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Post by redeyes on Dec 16, 2014 13:52:40 GMT
Went to class #4 today. Basically we were just practicing the escapes we learned before which is good because I need lots of practice. I rolled with a female whitebelt today. She controlled me well when she was on top of me in side control. She only made one mistake and that was not putting her arm out to stop me from rolling her on her back. She quickly corrected the situation while I was off balance and mounted me though. When I was on top she forgot to defend with her knees and I quickly mounted her. Was a fun class. Stuff like that really drives home how important technique and timing is. Giggity.
That is a post filled with opportunities or some out of context shenanigans. I'm just not gonna...
 Yeah, I should have worded that differently. What I was trying to say was that technique and timing can defeat strength without too much trouble in Jiu Jitsu. When I was taking Tae Quon Do, even as a yellow belt, I would sometimes spar with females of higher rank, one was a black belt. I always had to go easy on them. If I faced a female black belt in Jiu Jitsu I would get owned. Part of that is how the belts are given out too. In Jiu Jitsu it takes 1-3 years to get the next belt and is an uncertain proposition. In other martial arts you get a belt test every three months and as long as you can perform the form and the moves and maybe break a board or something you get passed. |
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Post by misterdark on Dec 16, 2014 15:44:24 GMT
A few weeks ago, i had bloodwork done for a new life insurance dealio. My cholesterol is higher than i want. Coupled with the fact that i am growing weary with being a lazy bastard, is finally pushing me to get in better shape.
I'm not going to get a gym membershipj just yet, but i started getting up a little early each morning this week, and walk a mile. Also started tryting to eat better. We will see how that works out.
I may start another thread...
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Post by LowKey on Dec 16, 2014 17:59:18 GMT
A few weeks ago, i had bloodwork done for a new life insurance dealio. My cholesterol is higher than i want. Coupled with the fact that i am growing weary with being a lazy bastard, is finally pushing me to get in better shape. I'm not going to get a gym membershipj just yet, but i started getting up a little early each morning this week, and walk a mile. Also started tryting to eat better. We will see how that works out. I may start another thread... Welcome to the club. This may be contrary to what some may say, but loose any excess weight before you try to start a workout routine. Your body will freak if you simultaneously cut calories AND increase caloric usage significantly. Eat better quality food, stay away from carbs and try for the low side of 900-1000 calories a day (spaced out through 6 tiny snack-meals). Drink LOTS of water, black coffee or black/green tea (no milk or sugar). Be prepared for feeling unhappy for 3-4 days , then it will get better. |
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Post by dannusmaximus on Dec 16, 2014 23:00:07 GMT
Respectfully disagree about Crossfit leading to injuries. Crossfit CAN lead to injuries, but so can any other workout program if you get crazy with it. The key (IMO) is to not get into the hyper-competitive cult mode that Crossfit can lead to. I've got absolutely no problems saying "Yeah, I'm not going to try and lift that. Take some weight off it..." or subbing out another exercise with one that is too high impact. If a trainer in ANY program won't work with you or tries to push you too hard, ditch them. Your right. Probably should have qualified that. You're also correct it's probably the cult aspect and students accepting challenges that they should probably avoid. There are some excercises that crossfit does that shouldn't be considered however. The lifts give me great pause, especially the one where they squat and then jump to push the bar over their heads. Yike, my back! I stand corrected. I think the lift you're describing is a clean and press, which is actually an official Olympic lift. Form is huge with lifts like that, and the crossfit trainers at our local branch are fairly strict about form with such things, because, as you point out, you can screw yourself up REALLY badly if you get one of those lifts wrong. Anywhoo, I'm not a cross-fagger, but it's huge in the FD/PD community. I know enough about it to know that I think, done properly, it can be a really good workout as far as performance and power output. I also know (based on the number of meatheads limping around my station at any given time), that if you go full retard with it it can screw you up big time. |
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Post by Gingerbread Man on Dec 17, 2014 18:33:53 GMT
Put up 285 lbs 5 times last night. Did 10, 8 and 7 pull ups. did a few sets of jumps then taught piston punching. they were not getting it. At all. They kept doing back fists.
Oh well, thursday is just a day away.
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Post by redeyes on Dec 18, 2014 5:53:43 GMT
#5 today. We practiced all six escapes from side control, The reverse arm bar, the kimura and something else that would do nasty things to your shoulder. I rolled with a white belt that had a couple stripes of electrical tape on his belt. I held him in side control for a good while, partly because his shrimping scooted us into the wall and gave me a good opportunity for a knee battle, He tried to roll me repeatedly and did not succeed until he let me think I was about to win the knee battle then I got rolled and put into side control. When it was my turn, I used a little strategy and flopped around uselessly like I had no clue what I was doing then rolled him as soon as he started thinking about starting a knee battle. Side control in 10 seconds. Yeah baby!
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Post by Gingerbread Man on Dec 22, 2014 19:13:51 GMT
Ate bananna pudding with nilla wafers. FAT MAN LIKE!
I'll be on the threadmill today.
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Post by redeyes on Dec 23, 2014 1:00:13 GMT
#6 today. We did mat angle to tackle, then some kind of strange looking armbar defense where you use your leg to force down the other person's leg that is holding down your lower body then shrimp and bridge up onto their body and turn them up on their head then spin them 45 degrees then get side control. Was actually not that difficult to do. Then we played murderball. Basically you have two goals and two teams. Kinda like basketball except no dribbling, you are on your knees and submissions are allowed. My team mate was slim and quick so I let him worry about scoring while I did my best to hold down the other two guys. We won 5-1 so the strategy was a success. Luckily it was a short game because I ran out of gas pretty quick.
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Post by as556 on Dec 24, 2014 19:59:19 GMT
Get it redeyes! Sounds fun man.
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Post by nxp on Dec 25, 2014 1:17:10 GMT
Just going to echo Tony, Redeyes! Not really sure I'm following well, but it sure sounds like a great class to be in. I'd love to find something like that locally that was close and didn't chew into family time.
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Post by redeyes on Dec 25, 2014 6:02:58 GMT
Yeah, it is fun. It is kinda just the tip of the iceberg too. At the gym I am at you can train Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Boxing, Kickboxing, and other classes based on the previous with different focuses all for one monthly fee. (Around $100 if you sign up for a year.) I only have enough gas to train Jiu Jitsu now. Maybe in a few more weeks I will try to take Judo as well.
Yeah, I don't know the correct names for most of the stuff we do. My teacher doesn't care about the names as long as we do the moves correctly and learn to think while we have dudes on top of us trying to hold us down and break our arms and stuff. I will worry about the correct names later, maybe.
The first move at 7 seconds in is mat angle to tackle, but we don't roll over, we hold the opponent and grab behind the knees. The second one directly after is shrimp to guard, but he added rolling his opponent over at the end.
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Post by nxp on Jan 2, 2015 4:41:28 GMT
Woot woot, it's new years.
Got a little jingle from some odd jobs, gonna toss it at a 1 pood bell and some rings. Trying to decide if I should jump to 1.5 or stick with 1.
GBM?
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Post by LowKey on Jan 2, 2015 16:27:14 GMT
Well, Down to 192.2 lbs as of this morning. Not bad for starting out at 212 about 2 months back. And this while eating a nice steak each night  |
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Post by Gingerbread Man on Jan 2, 2015 17:50:22 GMT
Woot woot, it's new years. Got a little jingle from some odd jobs, gonna toss it at a 1 pood bell and some rings. Trying to decide if I should jump to 1.5 or stick with 1. GBM? Ok, I'm not tracking, you got some extra cash and you want bell/rings? What is a bell and rings? Sorry. |
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Post by nxp on Jan 2, 2015 20:14:39 GMT
Sorry dude! Kettlebell - 1 pood is 16kg, 1.5pood is 24kg. Leaning toward the 16kg KB, and getting some gymnastic rings for the garage.
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Yeah, I should have worded that differently. What I was trying to say was that technique and timing can defeat strength without too much trouble in Jiu Jitsu. When I was taking Tae Quon Do, even as a yellow belt, I would sometimes spar with females of higher rank, one was a black belt. I always had to go easy on them. If I faced a female black belt in Jiu Jitsu I would get owned. Part of that is how the belts are given out too. In Jiu Jitsu it takes 1-3 years to get the next belt and is an uncertain proposition. In other martial arts you get a belt test every three months and as long as you can perform the form and the moves and maybe break a board or something you get passed. 
