[quote]Mascherano wrote:
Hey pch2! I’ll be following along![/quote]
Thanks!
[quote]tootles27 wrote:
Yipee! Log time! You will be back into the swing of things in no time. (:
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Hopefully!
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
looks good…basic, yet effective! With room to progress…good job!
Tuesday, could be
A1) pushups
A2) inverted rows(body weight ideas here)
Have you ever done front squats? or maybe OH squats with just the bar…those really engage the core as well! Im still sore from Friday![/quote]
Tuesday’s what I’ve been doing is:
A1 BB BP
A2 Push ups
My push up game sucks, so I’m actually doing them on the smith machine at an decline. It’s super embarrassing but I can’t ignore them any more.
B1 Split squats
C1 Row
C2 Inverted Row
With this I feel pretty good.
It’s Friday that I don’t like. Though I may add OH squats to the split squat, that seems fun. I’m going to have to use a stupid body bar though. I feel like such a girl in the weight room lately. I can’t just do what I’m good at though.
Oh hi, pch2!!
Nice to see you in this neck of the woods…
I’ll be following along closely…
Keep plugging along and you’ll get there.
I, too, have pain from dips. I can do sets of 5 or so unaided (I’m nothing like Kimba), but they agitate my one rotator cuff so much I tend to avoid them.
[quote]pch2 wrote:
C1 Machine Assisted Dips
C2 Upright Row
This was the first time I’ve attempted dips. I didn’t like the way they felt on my elbows and shoulders. I don’t think I’ll be doing them again. I also didn’t really love the upright rows, they seem very isolated and not very full body, but maybe I’m just thinking too much about them. In the past I’ve done assisted pull ups instead of the dips, but the machine was taken. I don’t know advice would be nice. [/quote]
Regarding this, I hate Machine Assisted Dips. They don’t allow you to be in a natural dip position which means pressure/pain for your elbows and shoulders. I can only do a few unassistead, but do the rest with band assistance. At least this way your body can shift (I find I tilt so my upper torso is more forward than my legs if that makes sense) to a position that doesn’t hurt. When I do them this way I actually love them 
I’ve been trying to stay around 1300 calories. When I’m home it’s not that hard. I only keep clean foods in my apt, so all I really have to worry about is getting enough protein.
The problem is when I’m not home. I tend to spend a night or two at the boyfriends each week and most of the weekend. He lives with a lot of guys, so food doesn’t really stay in the kitchen. I’ll buy stuff and it’ll be gone the next morning. It feels really petty to start labeling, but I guess I’m going to have to. All that tends to stay around the house are carbs. Maybe I’ll just start buying lots and lots of eggs, and just eating eggs when I’m there.
Saturday’s gi (the pajamas), but mine wasn’t dry so I went no gi. Which actually made class kinda difficult since we did a sweep that really needed handles (the flower sweep). It’s a sweep that’s often done to me though, so it’s good to understand the details of it. It doesn’t work if your hips are square with each others so to counter act it, I’ll have to keep squaring up. I didn’t roll after class, I don’t roll when I’m pmsy, my pain tolerance is lower and crying is easier.
Sunday I did nothing. I don’t actually have an off day planned into my schedule, but one usually appears. I didn’t really feel like doing anything, so I didn’t.
Last night was BJJ. We did sweeps from butterfly guard. I haven’t really played butterfly guard or thought about incorporating it into my game, but if I’m going to start thinking about no gi more I probably should. The first two were fairly simple, sit to one side kick him over into side control sweeps.
The third one was a little more complicated though. We elevated him using the butterfly hooks (like in the picture), then straightened one leg while keeping the other bent to then trap one of his legs. Then we underhooked the leg and stood up with it in base. Straightening one lieg while bending the other takes some coordination, if you don’t get it right you drop your buddy directly onto your crotch, fun times. I didn’t roll last night, but am itching to today.
So are you the only girl in your class or what? Are you always up against guys?
[quote]tootles27 wrote:
So are you the only girl in your class or what? Are you always up against guys?[/quote]
Yeah, and it blows. Competitions are against girls, but those are few and far between. Also even then the womens division usually has like three or four people in it.
I just spent three hours getting smashed, thus wonder why I even do this. It does a lot of reinforcing of just how much stronger men are. They’re also brought up to do aggressive things much more naturally. I still occasionally find myself just moving when some guy pushes me.
I’m going to have some soup, then I’ll update with a more upbeat reply.
Waits patiently for pch2 to finish what must be one HELL of big bowl of soup
[quote]imhungry wrote:
Waits patiently for pch2 to finish what must be one HELL of big bowl of soup[/quote]
Sorry, ate soup, and went to bed still mopey. I’ve been reading my stupid post in combat sports and it has actually made me wonder wtf I’m doing. BJJ especially Gi BJJ is not self defense, things from it carry into self defense. I’m better off having done it than not, but lately I’ve been thinking about sitting to guard more, that’s not at all what one should do in a self defense situation.
That leaves sport. I don’t really have a desire to compete. It’s not even worth it most of the time, there are usually three girls, everyone medals. It doesn’t mean much.
I guess I’m just doing it for the fun of it. When you’re rolling with someone who’s on the same plane as you and using technique, it’s really pretty. It really is just human chess. Little movements on both peoples parts make such big differences. I’m aiming for a tight controlled game, no cartwheels, no circus tricks and when it works, it’s fantastic. You don’t have to be stronger than your opponent, just smarter and know more. The trick is to let them go where they want and let them use force, but to use it against them. The problem is that my technique isn’t better than the guys strength yet. I guess these are blue belt growing pains?
I wish I knew more so I can give you some better words of encouragement!
What got you into BJJ in the first place? Have you ever thought about trying out another form martial arts? I practiced Kung Fu when I was younger…it would be fun to get back into that!!
[quote]Court wrote:
[quote]pch2 wrote:
C1 Machine Assisted Dips
C2 Upright Row
This was the first time I’ve attempted dips. I didn’t like the way they felt on my elbows and shoulders. I don’t think I’ll be doing them again. I also didn’t really love the upright rows, they seem very isolated and not very full body, but maybe I’m just thinking too much about them. In the past I’ve done assisted pull ups instead of the dips, but the machine was taken. I don’t know advice would be nice. [/quote]
Regarding this, I hate Machine Assisted Dips. They don’t allow you to be in a natural dip position which means pressure/pain for your elbows and shoulders. I can only do a few unassistead, but do the rest with band assistance. At least this way your body can shift (I find I tilt so my upper torso is more forward than my legs if that makes sense) to a position that doesn’t hurt. When I do them this way I actually love them :)[/quote]
If there are no bands at my gym are there alternatives? I think a lot of it is that I have no tricep strength. I do a lot of the rowing motion in BJJ but there really isn’t any pushing. Is there a way to work up to unassisted dips that doesn’t involve machines or bands? I guess the pushups while keeping elbows close help. Do I really need something in the vertical plane?
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
I wish I knew more so I can give you some better words of encouragement!
What got you into BJJ in the first place? Have you ever thought about trying out another form martial arts? I practiced Kung Fu when I was younger…it would be fun to get back into that!![/quote]
Thanks, I’m just going through a phase (hopefully!).
I started because just lifting wasn’t doing it for me, and one of the ladies in the sorority suggested it and hooked me up with a friend in the area. I don’t actually want to do anything else, I love it, it just feels like it doesn’t love me. I’ve spent the week picking on white belts though, and I feel a little better. I control them, I just need more submissions in my repertoire.
I’m with MIM, can’t really help you specifically with BJJ. But I will say that playing with boys, in any sport really, is incredibly helpful for improving our game.
I mean, I play soccer with males only because I know it will make me a better player and challenge me athletically. This is actually the only reason I like playing with men, otherwise I find them to be terrible team players.
[quote]Mascherano wrote:
I’m with MIM, can’t really help you specifically with BJJ. But I will say that playing with boys, in any sport really, is incredibly helpful for improving our game.
I mean, I play soccer with males only because I know it will make me a better player and challenge me athletically. This is actually the only reason I like playing with men, otherwise I find them to be terrible team players. [/quote]
It’s okay, this is mostly just venting, and helping me think through things.
Playing with the boys for the most part is great, it would just be nice to occasionally have a girl to roll with. If I can handle myself with a guy my size I know a woman my size will be simple. With just guys though I will always be near the bottom of the totem pole. What size guy am I the same strength as? I can’t really compare myself, which sucks because I’d like to see how I stand.
My life is mostly male. I do science and BJJ, it’s all male. It’s interesting to watch them function though, they really are like wolf packs.
Other than throwing a pity party, lately I have been moving people and chunks of metal about.
Tuesday I was supposed to lift, but the gods conspired and I ended up going to a no gi class. We did a really interesting set up to the hip bump sweep. The general idea of the hip bump sweep is that if they lean too far back, you just push them over with your hips. It’s a sweep we’ve learned in the past, so I go to tweak details. In the set up we created a situation where he pulls backwards and you use that momentum to keep pushing him. I realized that the angle between my arm and my body was making hip movement really hard. Rather than turning my shoulders to put my hand behind me, I’ve just been reaching, which is a much weaker position.
Wends was gi, and we defended against the knee drive pass. It was just a matter of using the holes in their game to take their back. Then we went over what to do if they know enough to go to the negative. It was great because people do this to me all the time, and I could never figure out what was going on. you have to hook the ankle that’s still between your legs and then lift it with your floor to control his hips. Then you just pick him up into side control. It was awesome!
Thursday, since I didn’t lift Tuesday, I did horizontal push pull.
It’s all 5x5
A1 DB BP 35 (this is the heaviest I’ve gone with the DBs!)
B1 Machine Row the block says 87.5 what that actually is I don’t know
C1 Push Up
C2 Inverted Row
No legs, because then I went to BJJ. We did arm drags. Once from standing to a single leg, then one to pass the butterfly guard.
we need vids of the things you do in class! Or I can just look stuff up…
arm drags, something like this?
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
we need vids of the things you do in class! Or I can just look stuff up…
arm drags, something like this?
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Yup, exactly like that!