Cimmerian Redemption

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INJURY DAY, FUCK!

SQUAT:

Hardly any stretching (dumb).

10xbar
7x135
5x185
4x225
?x275 <-- upon lifting this off the rack I felt something go in my lower back, no idea wtf.

3x225 <-- felt like shit because I was concentrating on figuring out wtf was with my back.


Decided to stop after another rep of 225. And sure enoug I could barely walk all weekend. PISS ME OFF.

Here it is monday and I'm still walkin around semi-stiff.

I'm wondering if a combination of lack of stretching plus the beating my lower half took during the 3 mile run on Thursday...

Grrr, I fucking hate injuries, looks like its upper body for another week or so...

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Haven't done shit since my back injury Friday, but it's been feeling mostly better so I decided to do some shit today and test it out for viability. Skipped Jujitsu tonight.

Ran to the gym, ~.75 miles.

100 pushups
100 crunches

Ran home, ~.75 miles.


Done. Back didn't feel anything from the run.

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Went to the gym to try some random upper body stuff and see if any of it messed with my back.


Pullup/chin:

5xPU
5xCH
5xPU
5xCH
5XPU
5xCH
5xPU
5xCH

Fine.

BENCH:

10xbar
10x135
5x185

5x225
5x225
5x225
5x225
5x225

Fine, though my left shoulder was giving me some shit, grrrr, getting old.


SHRUG:

5x225
5x225
5x275
5x225
5x225

Fine despite the yank in my lower neck/upper back on the left side.


DIPS:

x5
x5
x5
x5
x5

These were a bit rough on the shoulder, we'll see what happens.


Going to try Jujitsu thursday night and some very light squats Friday night and see how the back is, hopefully its fine.

Yeah and FUCK getting old.

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Jujitsu at the Hombu Dojo

~40 minutes warmup
~30 minutes technique
~20 minutes randori

Class was lead by one of the Sempei, a black belt who is a very dangerous man, yet once of the nicest you'd ever encounter.

Warmup consisted of (no running, woo!) basic calisthenics and some stretching, followed by a while of slow paced, timed, round robbin grappling. This was a good warmup considering it was extremely humid in the Dojo.

For techniques I worked with the eldest blue belt (by age) and the junior most brown belt (by rank). These are two fo the most technically proficient people we have, so it was a boon for me to have them both work me through. It was my choice, so I chose the Aikijutsu, Atemi Waza, and Hazushi portions of my chart to work on as I rarely get the chance. The Aiki portion is extremely painful on the wrists and arms when you're uke, but theyre awesome moves and very simple.

We then grappled for the remainder of the class, I was going the entire time with different partners, which has never happened before. What was interesting was that I DIDN'T gas in terms of my wind, I was breathing fine the entire time. Must be the running!

My back was fine, but my neck was giving me some trouble attempting a kata gatame with the opponent on my right, as I was pushing my head into the upper arm during the technique.

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SQUAT:

misc stretching.

10xbar
10x95

20x135

Attempting a 20 rep squat routine now that I'm healed, +5 lbs each session 3 days a week, we'll see what happens and if I can do this for a period of time w/out injuring myself...



PUSH PRESS:

misc stretching.

10xbar
10x95

10x135
10x135
10x135
10x135

Didn't want to go all that heavy because of my neck and back, fucking hate being injured.


PENDLAY:

10xbar
7x135
5x185

5x225 <-- clear to me that this is not advisable with my neck the way it is.
10x185
10x185
10x185
10x185
10x185



Done, was disgusted with my injured self and left.

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Jujitsu at the Hombu Dojo

~30 minutes warmup/run
~30 minutes techniques
~30 minutes newaza

Warmup was a run, couple miles, mostly uphill for the first mile, SUCKED, but I made it through walking only a couple times briefly on the way back, finished ahead of one guy.

Worked weapons defense techniques from my chart with the oldest guy in class, a new blue belt, with whom i enjoy working and I learn a lot from. Worked right down the chart, Club - Osoto Gari, Club - Ogoshi, Knife Stab - Gyakute, Knife Throat Rear - Ude Garami, Pistol - Front - Kote Geashi, and Pistol Rear - Osoto Gari.

Then we grappled a bit, I went 3 times, once with each brown belt and then with a yellow belt.

It was hot and nasty out for the run and grappling, drank a full 1/2 gallon of water in an hour and didn't piss.

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Misc day...

Decided to check out an L.A. fitness with a friend who works out there, decided to do his chest routine with him for kicks as I had nothing really planned.

BENCH

TRICEP PUSHDOWN

INCLINE PRESS

SOME GAY SEATED CABLE THING

DECLINE PRESS

MISC CABLE FLY AND TRICEP CRAP


All of this was agony on my shoulder, I putzed through it wanting to stretch and squat the whole time, lol...

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Stretching ~5mins


SQUAT:

10xbar
10x95

20x135

Felt interesting, +5 lbs every workout from here on out.


PULLUP/CHIN:

5xPU
5xCH
5xPU
5xCH
5xPU
5xCH

in 10:02, meh.


PUSHUP/CRUNCH:

20xPU
20xCR
20xPU
20xCR
20xPU
20xCR
20xPU
20xCR
20xPU
20xCR

100/100 in 10:41, meh.


GOODMORNINGS:

Tried these for the first tme, attempting to keep my hips from going back very far and to keep my lower back tight and straight.

5xbar
5xbar
5xbar
5xbar
5xbar


Felt alright, but tight and awkward as I've never done them before.



Done.

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Jujitsu at the Hombu Dojo

~30 minutes warmup
~60 minutes Nage Waza techniques

Class was given over to the senior brown belt, who lead us through warmups, at the end of which was an insane battery of leg lifts and crunches, followed by Ukemi, which we hadn't done in a while. It's good to get in those rolls.

I then worked with the gigantic yellow belt for the rest of class on Nage Waza. I went through Double Leg fine after 5-6 shots, then got stuck on Kosoto Gake for about 40 minutes, I just couldn't figure out the physics of it on the big guy (the only member of class that's bigger than I am, this guys huge) and I couldn't get him over. I tried adjusting the fit, had multiple people demonstrate, it just wasn't coming together on the big guy. I don't know if it had to do with my lower back being jacked again (yes, sore from the GM's and squat the night before, grrr) or what but it was frustrating as hell. It was almost too confusing because everyone said something different about how the technique was supposed to work. It's a technique I normally can pull off rather easily on anyone my size or smaller. We then movd on to Ura Nage and did some Osoto Gari after that.


Done.