5/20/15 BJJ
5/21/15 5 supersets: 5chinups + 5 shoulder presses with 2 40lb dumbbells. No gi jiu jitsu class followed by Judo class.
5/22/15 BJJ Rolled several rounds feet to floor.
5/23/15 10 mile run around lower manhattan at approx 9:30 pace. Planning for a marathon.
5/24-26 on vacation through next weekend, trying to be physically active without any serious fitness activities. need a short back off period as have been having a lot of little aches and pains and want the body to heal itself up with extra zz’s and extra calories…
[quote]DrGelbman wrote:
Hey, Thanks for Following!
I would strongly recommend attending a class, if you can, jiu jitsu or judo. Both are great sports with a lot of intricacies to keep anyone busy for a lifetime. Being tall is arguably more advantageous for both BJJ and Judo. It will make your open guard very strong in bjj and will make techniques like foot sweeps, uchi mata and harai much easier for you in judo. So it is up to you whether BJJ or judo is more appealing. I train both. You are probably best off trying a class in both judo and BJJ and see which one is more fun. Judo is more athletic and exciting, continuous intense action. BJJ can be a bit more like sport kettlebell training where you explode then relax and explode then relax. It is also more intellectual kind of like a chess match.
You can also watch some sport bjj and judo matches on you and see which will appeal more to you. However, I would warn that observing the sport of BJJ especially to the untrained eye, can look pretty lame but the experience of training is totally different, a lot more fun.
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Thanks for the reply MG.
The Judo dojo in my town seems more like a McDojo, although I have only watched briefly from the outside through the window lol. I do remember feeling a bit bored while I watched BJJ, so Im glad you told me that it can be hard to understand to the untrained eye. I like the idea of more athleticism and action packed side of Judo, but am I correct to think that Judo has a higher prevalence of injuries? I want to avoid that at my age.
I do a bit of running as well, although I don’t usually run more than 5 km’s (3 miles) at once. Have you done any research into running style? Im currently investigating “the pose” method of running. Once again Im trying to prevent injury.
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[quote]theBird wrote:
Thanks for the reply MG.
The Judo dojo in my town seems more like a McDojo, although I have only watched briefly from the outside through the window lol. I do remember feeling a bit bored while I watched BJJ, so Im glad you told me that it can be hard to understand to the untrained eye. I like the idea of more athleticism and action packed side of Judo, but am I correct to think that Judo has a higher prevalence of injuries? I want to avoid that at my age.
I do a bit of running as well, although I don’t usually run more than 5 km’s (3 miles) at once. Have you done any research into running style? Im currently investigating “the pose” method of running. Once again Im trying to prevent injury.
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Yes, judo definitely has more potential for injuries. I will say, it’s rare to have a judo McDojo as judo pretty much requires live sparring, likely the number one marker that an academy is not a mcdojo.
Do let me know what you choose to do and how it goes!
For running I follow generic advice/tips I’ve picked up over the years from runners, books, and youtube videos: Wear good shoes (I’d personally advise against barefoot shoes). Land on your forefoot without committing weight to your heel. Fall forward into your next step. Take short forward steps (don’t over-stride). Etc. There is a ton of great info on youtube.
5/28/15
Outdoor kettlebell conditioning workout. First kettlebell workout in a while.
5circuits:
5 chinups (bodyweight)
5 1arm swings L+R
5 1arm high pulls L+R
5 1 arm clean&press L+R
5 1 arm snatches L+R
5 1 arm jerks L+R
1min rest between circuits. No rest between exercises.
5/29/15
BJJ training several rounds of light rolling.
5/29/15
Judo training, around 20min of uchi komis, 3 rounds of ne waza 2 rounds of nage waza. All with black belts with some weight on me.
Planning for a long run tomorrow.
5/31/15
Jiu jitsu open mat rolled with some tough purple and blue belts, felt strong.
Marathon training: Long run: 10.6 miles (was aiming for 12) at 9:30 pace. Felt like crap after mile 7 and really dragged my ass along to keep up with my friend. Probably would have been better off at a slower pace and without training jiu jitsu first.
6/1/15
Got a rack and olympic bar at work.(I don’t get to workout with barbells very often).
Did a squat workout:
5x95
5x135
5x155
5x165
5x185
5x185
Jiu jitsu class, worked some ankle pick variations and sleeve grip breaks.
Rolled a couple rounds felt pretty good.
6/2/15
Bench Press (first time bench pressing a barbell in 8 or 9 years!):
5x135
5x155
5x165
3x185
Chinups: (reverse grip, dead hang to chest-to-bar)
5 sets of 5 reps (bodyweight).
6/3/15
Shoulders:
Barbell Overhead Presses:
5x95lb 5x115 3x125 5x115
2sets 8reps single arm bentover reverse dumbell flys with 20lb each arm
2sets 8 reps 1 arm rolling bodyweight rows with jungle gym apparatus with each arm.
6/4/15
No gi jiu jitsu.
6/5/15
Deadlifts:
5x135, 5x155, 5x185, 5x225, 3x275, 2x285, 1x285.
May do some rows or chinups later today.
Never did do those chin-ups/rows…
6/6/15
Ab workout:
3x 1 min sets of forearm to hand planks switches–arms on a bosu. w/ 2min rest between sets.
3x1 min sets of plank switch knuckles on floor to hands on step with feet on a bosu. w/2min rest between sets.
Judo: Rolled (ne waza) for abt 40 mins with an older masters world champ.
6/7/14
Marathon training: Ran 12 miles at 10:10 pace, was not bad.
[quote]DrGelbman wrote:
6/7/14
Marathon training: Ran 12 miles at 10:10 pace, was not bad.[/quote]
Do you have a GPS watch?
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[quote]theBird wrote:
[quote]DrGelbman wrote:
6/7/14
Marathon training: Ran 12 miles at 10:10 pace, was not bad.[/quote]
Do you have a GPS watch?
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I use the run keeper app on my phone; has a nice interface, but I guess is not terribly accurate. Are GPS watches better with tracking distance/pace?
6/8/15
On call bench press workout:
Flat: 5x135, 5x165, 3x185, 3x185. Incline: 8x135.
[quote]DrGelbman wrote:
I use the run keeper app on my phone; has a nice interface, but I guess is not terribly accurate. Are GPS watches better with tracking distance/pace?
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Im not sure.
I use an app on my phone as well, although I am considering getting a watch as its a pain running around with a phone.
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[quote]theBird wrote:
[quote]DrGelbman wrote:
I use the run keeper app on my phone; has a nice interface, but I guess is not terribly accurate. Are GPS watches better with tracking distance/pace?
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Im not sure.
I use an app on my phone as well, although I am considering getting a watch as its a pain running around with a phone.
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Yea kind of a pain to keep in pocket, I’ve used an armband in the past and wasn’t too bad. The good watches seem kind of pricey, though having HR monitor might be helpful feedback also. What watch are you thinking of getting?
6/9/15
Squats:
5x135, 5x155, 5x165, 5x185 (subpar depth on this set), 5x165, 4x165
Good Mornings:
3x8x105lb
Chinups: 2x5reps.
No gi jiu jitsu, rolled, worked on a counter to RNC defense.
Judo. some drilling some randori, ended with 100 crunches.
6/10/15
Gi jiu jitsu. Felt really sharp.
6/11/15
On call deadlift workout:
5x135, 5x185, 2x225, 5x275, 4x295, 3x305, 2x305 filmed some sets and back rounds too much on the heavier sets. Will need to improve that.
Barbell corner row: 8x90, 8x115 5x135.
[quote]DrGelbman wrote:
Yea kind of a pain to keep in pocket, I’ve used an armband in the past and wasn’t too bad. The good watches seem kind of pricey, though having HR monitor might be helpful feedback also. What watch are you thinking of getting?[/quote]
I would just get something cheap.
As long as it gives me distance and speed. I suppose thats all I need. Although elevation and heart rate might be interesting to observe as well.
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6/12/15
Overhead Push Pull Workout:
Barbell Overhead Press: 5x95, 5x115, 3x125, 3x135(w/ assistance), 3x125, 3x125, 3x125. Last 3 sets with 8-10sec overhead lockout on final rep. 135 was too heavy might need to get a pair of 2.5’s and see how 130 feels. Would like to get up to my bodyweight (currently 170) at some point.
Chinups: 5xbw, 5xbw+15lb, 5xbw+15lb, 4xbw+15lb. As usual chin-ups were performed slow and with control. Went relatively light on these as they have given me a lot of elbow pain (medial epicondylitits?) in the past that was hard to shake off.
Gi jiu jitsu: Again felt unusually sharp, pulled a couple oldies out of the trick bag including several crucifix arm bars vs single leg/turtle.
6/13/15
Muay Thai Class: First time attending a striking class in several years. Was pretty fun. A lot of technique and conditioning work, no sparring though.
6/15/15
Squat Workout at work
95x5, 135x5, 155x5, 3x165x5. Not happy with my depth on the squats. I feel pretty comfortable going to depth on a kettlebell front squat but doesn’t seem to translate well to low-bar squats. I think I am weak coming out of the hole. Will try to keep the loads lower and increase depth. Also considering adding pause squats to the mix.
Gi jiu jitsu: pulled half guard on everyone I rolled with and had decent results from bottom half. Threw a few yoko otoshis as well.
6/16/15 rest
6/17/15
Marathon training: ran 7 miles at 9:30 pace felt kind of eh…
7/18/15
No gi jiu jitsu,
Judo. A bunch of condition at the beginning of taining. some uchi komi (mainly worked left seoi nage) and nage komi. Several rounds of randori. Did ok but was feeling fairly beat down.
7/19/15
Trained ne waza and standing randori with older international level judo and sambo player again pretty beat but really enjoyed the training.