[kaboom187]

Keep it up. I truly barely submit my fellow blues very often, its usually very nice technical battles. When i roll with a whitebelt though, i don't feel like theres any danger around. It sucks though, cause i'll tend to roll more sloppy and carelesss, which ins't conducive to improving. As a result, i always try to roll with those better, or put myslef in really crappy spots against whitebelts so i can atlest practice escapes. I could care less if they tap me while i'm working a defense. And yeah, i trained 3-5x for those first 12 months, then i missed 2 months with skin infection/back injury, and have only been going 3x a week since october. On the plus side, i've added in some lifting and i'm making some progress. Its showing in my jiujitsu too- faster scrambling, better grip strength, stronger posture, better pressure. I like the balance I have of 3 days jiujitsu with 3 days lifting, with one day for rest or maybe open mat at jiujitsu.

How long have you been doing the crossfit stuff, and do you like it more than regular lifting? did you wait until you reached certain strength levels before you gave it a go?