[farmboy]

Thursday 2/9/06
Sleep was ok last night. Went to bed a little early, about 9:30 or so, and got up at 5:00 am. Only woke up a few times during the night. I think that all of the caffeine I drink during the day is screwing with my ability to get a good, full night's sleep. I may have to give up coffee, again, for the ump-teenth time!

5:45 am
I decided that I was going to start over with squats. We've had a rocky relationship ever since I started doing them a few months ago. I never really felt comfortable with the weight I was lifting, I didn't really feel that I had the best form/balance/flexibility, and I definitely wasn't going deep enough; my thighs weren't even breaking parallel with the floor. So, I'm going to start over with lighter weight and concentrate on form and with me getting comfortable with the motion of the squat, then work my way up with the weight.

Squat 135X5/145X5/155X5/165X5/175X5
Last set was tough. Really struggled with the 5th rep at 175lb. So, the deepness of the squat makes a huge difference.
Bulgarian Split Squats (25lb DBs) 3 sets X 8 reps each leg
Glute Ham Raise 3 sets X 6 reps
The GHR is tough for me. I don't know if my core just isn't strong enough, yet, or what, but as I lower myself I feel like I'm going to fall forward if I go too far.
Saxon Side Bends 3 sets X 8 reps each side

7:00 am
Protein Shake:
1 cup milk
½ cup orange juice
3 slices of peach
1 tbsp sugar
5g creatine
5g l-glutamine
2 capsules BCAA 2000

12:45 pm
Miso Soup
Lobster Tango Roll
California Roll
7 pieces sushi

3:00 pm
Met-Rx ProteinPlus Bar

7:00 pm
Judo

We worked on a lot of ground techniques Thursday night. Started out just practicing each one before moving on the randori from the knees. We started with several arm-locks, including juji-gatame, ude-gatame, ashi-gatame, and waki-gatame. After that, we did some free-sparring groundwork. I can see why some BJJ practitioners may say that judokas' ground-game isn't as good as those who study BJJ. It seems that most of the black belts have focused more on the throwing side of judo. Not that they are really bad, just that I'm hanging a lot better than I thought I would be able to, even when it seems that thye are really trying.

Of course, it's probably just that they are taking it easy on me because I am new. The one thing that I notice is that as often as they go for the sub, they go for the pin. Now, I know that in judo, after so many seconds you get the pin, but I just ... I don't know, anyway. I think that some BJJ training would benefit my ground a little. Hopefully, I'l be able to get up the Buffalo and check out the school Murdock has been talking about.

After the randori we worked on de-ashi-harai and different variations for the last half hour of class. I did ok, but I'm having a little trouble with the timing sometimes. Oh well, practice makes... better.

9:15 pm
PB&J sandwich
Glass of OJ (We ran out of milk. OJ isn't the best thing to drink right before bed!)

I took a motrine and used some tiger liniment on my left shoulder and elbow. It was really sore during and after class. I guess I hurt it worse than I thought Tuesday night.