Operation Look Like A Goddess

[ledove]

Originally Posted by LisaC

I love doing this - at first I hated it, but now that I've become a bit more flexible, I really appreciate it. I just wing the heavy leg onto my shoulder and treat it like a front squat. since I'm 5'10, I don't usually need to turn it into a press!

Meh, tall people! I'm 5'2"--everyone's taller than me

Lessee... Thursday night, BJJ + TKD. TKD was sparring, but I couldn't move so I reffed. Very funny during the gold belt sparring: one of the guys let out a kick, and a pair of socks flew out of his pants! He said later he'd tied them around his shins as shin guards (which aren't allowed in our sparring).

I am sore and bruised everywhere. It's great. I have the most impressive bruises on my arm from BJJ. I need to get the camera back and take pictures. I've been freaking out everyone at work all week.

Last night, meant to come home and lift but ended up taking Mom out to dinner since there was no food in the house. I've had my pre-workout shake this morning, and since I'm writing this down so ya'll will see it, that means I have to go down and lift now.

Mom's been on a break from lifting because of taxes. She should be getting back to it this week.

[ledove]

BJJ-style warm-up. It's kinda sad when you have to practice a warm-up but I practiced. We do a whole bunch of short drills like crab-walk (forward/backward), bear crawls, & alligators (they look like "Spiderman pushups" except you move forward after each one--I'm still working on the moving part), as many as Tim thinks of that day. Then I added a few of the dynamic stretches and a few dynamic BJJ warm-up moves.

RDL+row: (DL: 1x10x20lbs, 1x10x40lbs) 3x6x50lbs

Pistol squats: 3x6xbw
Wide-grip Pulldown: 1x6x50; 1x1x70, 1x3x60, 1x2x50; 1x6x60

That second one, I was having a hard time with math. First put too much on, then only took the extra from one side and couldn't figure out why my left arm was struggling. *le sigh*

Back Extension (subbed leg raise on Swiss Ball): 3x6
YTWL: 3x6x5lbs

Swiss Ball Crunch: 2x6x10lbs
Jackknives: 2x6
Lat Flex #3: 2x6
Prone Cobra: 1x45s, 1x30s

And I'm spent. No intervals, although they'd be perfect for BJJ.

Right now I'm cramming in as many BJJ classes as I can per week, one after the other, so I'm not getting much recovery time. That's mostly so I can learn as much as I can as quickly as I can. During the summer, TKD will move from T/H to M/W during BJJ class, so I'll be forced to have time off to teach at TKD, which will be a good thing. (I can pick up two more BJJ classes on F & Sat, but my longest streak per week will be 3 days. And I might have to be at TKD some Fridays for the Open Floor nights, so that'll give me an extra rest day.) And then hopefully by the end of summer, I'll be adapted to BJJ enough that switching back to the current schedule won't be so much of a pain.

I'm getting more sleep since adding BJJ, strange as that may seem. I stay at work later and go straight to class, so I can come in to work later. That means I get the extra hour or two of sleep that I need. And it's making a big difference: my eating hasn't changed, but I have a lot more energy and I don't have to have coffee to make it through the day. Wohoo!

[LWilson212]

That's great that you can get more sleep! I love coffee, but our office coffee sucks. I hate when I have to gulp it down just to make it through that afternoon stretch.

[ledove]

Originally Posted by LWilson212

That's great that you can get more sleep! I love coffee, but our office coffee sucks. I hate when I have to gulp it down just to make it through that afternoon stretch.

Our office coffee is actually pretty good. We have coffee makers that use individual pods, so it's always fresh. And there are lots of flavored coffees, too.

BJJ & Stage 3, A3

They're playing with class times as BJJ (new building + two martial arts schools combining = kinks). So last night we rolled for an hour and a half. Whee! I'm learning a lot, and the guys are taking their turn with me to teach me basic stuff. We learned this really cool armbar last night and then what to do if they try to get away--turn it into an even more impressive armbar by flipping them over.

Went home, made my PWO shake, and then decided to try 3A3. The Stage 3 workout A is a pretty good lifting set for BJJ--lots of hip, shoulder, and core work. So I figured I'd give it a whirl.

DB Snatch: 2x6x25lbs (both arms); 1x6x25lbs (right)

My left shoulder hurts. I don't think it's a muscle; maybe a deep bruise from rolling back over that shoulder? I go back that way more often than to the other shoulder. Anyway, it didn't want to lift any more. Today I'm icing it.

DB single-leg RDL: 2x6x25/10lbs
Bent-over rows: 2x6x40lbs

Again using offset weights in the RDL. Couldn't stand on one leg on my own, so I did these next to one of the squat rack uprights for a brace when I needed it.

... laid on the floor and said, "Silly girl." Then:

Pushups: 2x10
Plank: 2x30s

Wipe out. Shower, foam rolling (oh! I'd forgotten I had this--fabulous!), and bed.

[Bytsi]

Wipe out. Shower, foam rolling (oh! I'd forgotten I had this--fabulous!), and bed.

I bet you slept well!!! I'm impressed - strength-training AFTER your BJJ class?!?!? Wow! I've gotta get a foam roller...

[ledove]

Originally Posted by Bytsi

I bet you slept well!!! I'm impressed - strength-training AFTER your BJJ class?!?!? Wow! I've gotta get a foam roller...

Well, there wasn't much to it in the end Just making sure I really did leave everything on the mat. And I do still need to lift for BJJ, and there's no other time to do it at the moment except after class. Mornings are for sleeping

[LisaC]

Cool. I did a nrolw workout last week after class as well, and it felt really good since I was fully warmed up. It did take a couple days to recover from the extra fatigue though.

[stingo]

Ooh White Ninja vs Black Ninja! Fight!

[ledove]

Originally Posted by stingo

Ooh White Ninja vs Black Ninja! Fight!

Lots of log fights around here

BJJ, Tuesday

My joints hurt. Shoulders, ankles, knees. Makes sense, I know, because BJJ concentrates on using your opponent's joints to make them move and then to submit them. But owie! I get to TKD afterwards and can hardly do anything. I'll adapt, I know, so I should quit whining.

No class last night. Tonight is BJJ and TKD. Testing for TKD is next Saturday! So we'll be drilling lots of forms & combos tonight. I'll be teaching those and then Martial War, since we have two guys who have to test on it.

[LisaC]

Originally Posted by stingo

Ooh White Ninja vs Black Ninja! Fight!

ooo... do I look like a ninja? Stealthy in the snow, I guess...

[ledove]

I discover new bumps and bruises from BJJ every day. But it's still so much fun! We might have another girl join who has done some kind of grappling before. I rolled with her on Monday when all the guys started leaving early; she kicked my butt and then taught me how to do it (yay, fun!).

Then at TKD last night, some of the guys pulled out the mats to practice self-defense stuff. (To test for conditional black and black, you have to demonstrate some self-defense techniques.) So when they were finished, I dragged one of the guys over to play BJJ with me. Turns out one of our white belts did BJJ for two years, so he came over after his class and showed us a few things. He said he'll keep working with me, too, to catch me up on stuff. Wohoo!!

[ledove]

Meh, NROLFW workouts have been non-existent. I try, but I have no energy. Trying right after BJJ doesn't help. I'm a quivering pile of sweat after BJJ. But once TKD starts its summer schedule, BJJ will drop to 3 days (with breaks between!), so I can lift either the morning of BJJ or after TKD (I'll only be teaching there). So, until then & when I have time, I'll play around with squats/deadlifts, rows/pulldowns, and some ab work with lots of rest.

TKD, last night: I got to warm up the beginner class, so I made them do the Leg Matrix from Stage 3. Mwahahaha. I think they hate me now.

[Bytsi]

TKD, last night: I got to warm up the beginner class, so I made them do the Leg Matrix from Stage 3. Mwahahaha. I think they hate me now.

Oooooooooooooohhhhhhh... you are mean!!!!!!!!

[ledove]

Originally Posted by Bytsi

Oooooooooooooohhhhhhh... you are mean!!!!!!!!

LisaC made me do it

BJJ tonight

Whee!! (I just got back, so I'm still a little loopy/flying, so apologies if I'm incoherent, but I had to write this down.)

Class tonight was great. Again with an hour and a half. (Maybe they changed the class time? I dunno.) I finally finally got someone to tap during free rolling. And with a move we learned for when the other person messes up, and which we were promised wouldn't happen much. But I got 'im! Twice my size. Reached back & grabbed his knee, rolled him to the knee bar, awesome. He tapped, rolled over and looked at me, and said, "I can't believe I got caught in that." Wohoo! (and then he kicked my butt for the rest of the round. Oh well.)

And I caught someone else in another mess up and had perfect form on the ankle lock... but he has hyperflexible ankles, so the lock doesn't actually work on him. But he did tell me after the round that I did have the lock exactly right and that anyone else would've had to tap. Score.

I'm getting better at this whole thing. I keep getting caught in "Well, now what?" situations, though: I can do a little, and then don't know what to do after.

After class, I was standing around with the guys (because my legs wouldn't work to walk back for my stuff), and they decided to do tire flip and sledgehammers. I followed them out the back, and they've got a great big ol' tire out there. So we started flipping it. It's basically a deadlift + clean. I got 3 flips in, and 5/side sledgehammers. I've always wanted to do tire flips They told me after that the tire is 200-250lbs. Sweet!!

(But that also means I need to up the weight next time I deadlift, right? )

So, fun after class means no extra lifting for me tonight. I can feel myself starting to fade...

[Bytsi]

What a fun workout!!! Even though we do grappling, I suck at it - you must really be taking to the BJJ since you're getting people to tap out - yay!!!

[DirtyMartini]

Originally Posted by ledove

After class, I was standing around with the guys (because my legs wouldn't work to walk back for my stuff), and they decided to do tire flip and sledgehammers. I followed them out the back, and they've got a great big ol' tire out there. So we started flipping it. It's basically a deadlift + clean. I got 3 flips in, and 5/side sledgehammers. I've always wanted to do tire flips They told me after that the tire is 200-250lbs. Sweet!!

It really is true what people say - weight lifting truly DOES have real-world application!



That sounds like a lot of fun.