Good luck with your exams! Enjoy the early morning BJJ when you can get it. 
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I am dying to train now. I have completely lost my appetite and have hardly been eating anything at all. I am definitely looking a lot leaner though. After my exam on Monday I will be heading straight to the gym.
I got a chance to train today but there was no bjj so I just lifted weights:
Warmup x 5 rounds
Pushups: 12
Squats: 12
Situps: 12
Hip raises: 12
DE Bench w/ Chains (100lbs)
135+100x3
185+100x5x3
ME Bench w/ Chains (100lbs)
185+100Ć3
225+100Ć3
275+100Ć1 (failed 2nd rep)
Incline Bench Press
135x10
185x10
225x8
- Between sets of bench I did:
Barbell rows 205x6x10
Bradford Press
95x3x10
- Between sets of Bradford Press I did:
Pullups
BWx3x5
I wanted to do more but I was training with a guy today who wouldnāt shut up between sets so I ran out of time. Good reminder why I prefer to lift alone.
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BJJ this morning:
We drilled the omoplata from closed guard and ways to transition to a kimura or a reversal with a kimura grip. Then we drilles a way to take mount when someone rolls out of the omoplata by hanging onto their elbow and pressing your thigh into their upper arm while tucking your foot under their side. From there you can transition into side control, mount or kesa gatame. I tweeked my neck funny while rolling out of an omoplata so I didnāt roll. Itās not bad but I just didnāt want to risk making it worse.
Tomorrow:
Am BJJ:
The instructor was sick so he just opened up the gym and let us have an open mat. Since I was the most experienced guy there (though that isnāt saying much. It was all newer white belts) I lead us through the warm-up and taught some basic tie-ups and takedowns from the tie-up and rolled a few rounds. I discovered using a submission that I donāt know the name of. I have seen Ken Shamrock use it before and it was very easy to set up and execute. I will have to try it out on some more experienced guys this weekend.
You get to scarf hold and then reach back and hook under their leg and then grab the insides of your thighs and squeeze your knees together, squeezing the air out of them and not allowing them to take another breath.
This afternoon:
Warmup (circuit w/ no rest)
Pullups: 5x6,6,5,4,3
Pushups: 5x12
BW Squats: 5x12
Situps: 5x12
Hip raises: 12
DE Paused Squats w/ Chains
45+100x5
135+100x5
225+100x5x3
ME Block Pull w/ Chains
225+100x3
315+100x3
385+100x1
455+100x1
Safety Squat Bar Squats
45x10
135x10
185x5x10
Always heard that one called the āThighmaster choke/chest compression.ā I think Bas Rutten is generally credited with popularizing that one.
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Yall probably donāt know this but I am a singer/guitarist. I have been playing solo for a long time now but have always wanted to get another band together. I randomly met a band that had no frontman through a plumber that came to my house to fix a clogged drain and now we will be practicing on friday nights. Unfortunately, this means no more bjj on saturdays because our practices have been going until about 2am and bjj is at 9:00. I will be going to the Sunday open mat instead and doing my accessory lifts and running on saturdays.
Upright Rows:
45x10
95x10
115x10
135x10
115x10
95x10
Rear delt raises:
25āsx3x10
Side delt raises:
35āsx3x10
Barbell curls:
65x3x10
Dumbbell concentration curls
30āsx3x10
Open mat:
I got some good rolls in. My reversals from guard were working well today. I was able to disrupt one guyās base from closed guard so much that I pushed him to his back with my feet still crossed and went straight to mount.
Movement class:
This class looks easy but it is brutally difficult. We learned how to lizard crawl 1 inch off the floor. Then we proceeded to lizard crawl for 30 minutes straight. I have never felt such lactic acid buildup in my life. I sweat out 8lbs!
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Tomorrow:
Warmup
Pullupsx5x7,6,5,4,3
Pushupsx5x13
Squatsx5x13
Situpsx5x13
Hip bridgesx5x13
DE Bench w/ 100lbs of Chain
45+100x5
135+100x5
185+100x5x3
ME Bench w/ 100lbs of Chain
225+100x3
245+100x1
265+100x1
280+100x1
Incline Bench
135x10
185x10
205x7
205x5
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Between sets of DE and ME Bench I did Barbell Rows:
205x10x5 -
Between sets of incline bench I did band pull aparts 4x10
Bradford Pressā¦ssā¦Delt Raises
105x3x10ā¦25x3x10
Concentration Curlsā¦ssā¦Band Tri Pushdowns
30āsx3x10ā¦1 Bandx3x20
BJJ AM Class:
We drilled hook flips from butterfly guard. I had a hard roll with a particularly spazzy guy named Tony whoās whole game revolves around stiff arming and running away. Itās a really weird game where heās always on defense but since thatās all he ever does, he is really good at avoiding submissions.
Pullups:5x7,6,5,4,3
Pushups:5x13
Squats:5x13
Situps:5x13
Hip Raises:5x13
Hit the bag a little while I taught my daughter how to squat.
NoGi AM BJJ
We drilled more hook flips from butterfly guard, how to reverse directions if they post when you try the initial hook flip and how to guillotine when they post on you. I was really underslept so I didnāt roll.
Later today:
Snatch-Grip High Pull
Work up to heavy 3x3
Rear Delt Raisesā¦ssā¦Barbell Curls
25āsx4x10ā¦ssā¦65x4x10
Delt Raisesā¦ssā¦DB Hammer Curls
35āsx4x10ā¦ssā¦35āsx4x10
Band Pull Apartsā¦ssā¦Band Tri Pushdowns
4x20ā¦ssā¦4x20
Tomorrow:
DE Squat w/ Chains
45+100x10
135+100x10
225+100x5x2
ME Block Pull w/ Chains (no belt)
Work up to 465+100x1
SSB Squat
195x4x10
Block Lunges (holding plate overhead)
45x4x10
Sorry to interrupt your log; I was wondering what the abbreviations meant for the DE squats and ME block pulls, I googled them but couldnāt find any definitive answers.
That means dynamic effort and maximum effort. If you want to read more about it google conjugate training method, Louis Simmons or Westside Barbell.
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I havenāt trained much this week because my wife had surgery and Iāve been at the hospital with her. We are going home today though so Iāll be back at it soon.
Snatch Grip High Pull from Blocks
45x10
135x5
185x3x3
High Pullā¦ssā¦Barbell Row
135x3x10ā¦ssā¦65x3x10
DB Raiseā¦ssā¦DB Curl
30āsx3x10ā¦ssā¦30āsx3x10
Band Tri Pushdownsā¦ssā¦Band Pullaparts
3x30ā¦ssā¦3x20
Warmup:
Pullupsx3x8,7,6
Pushupsx3x14
Situpsx3x14
Squatsx3x14
Hip raisesx3x14
Bench Press
135x10
185x10
225x5
245x3x3
Barbell Row
225x3x5
DB Pressā¦ssā¦Bent Over DB Row
80āsx3x12ā¦ssā¦80āsx3x12
Plate Flyesā¦ssā¦Rear Delt Plate Raises
25āsx3x10ā¦ssā¦25āsx3x10
BJJ Class
We drilled papercutter chokes in a gi. Then I had 4 hard rolls.
AM BJJ
Drilled moving to single leg x guard from a failed hook flip. Then we moved from single leg x to leg drag to smash pass, knee on belly and to same side ankle lock, esteema lock, and opposite side ankle lock.
I had a balls-to-the-wall roll with Tony who is impossible to have a flow roll with because he apparently does not have the ability to chill out.
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