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Saturday I got 3x8 of 2in rope chins while wearing a 30lb vest. 100 ab wheel burpies in 8:31.

Rolling went well for once and I bagged my first blue belt by anaconda choke. This guy is very good and would be a purple but he has other priorities now. He was a skinny little gumby who would manipulate my moves but when i caught him in the turtle my weight advantage was an assest for only time we were rolling.(He tapped me two other times).

This focusing on BJJ isn't going to last, the literal torquing on my elbows is getting to be too much and i'm getting really depressed about it. I can drill all day but a couple rolls and I'm popping celebrex and hitting the ice. Maybe the much less frequency I was getting doing mma was better after all. I really want to get my blue first though I will try to solve the problem.

[ghostwipe]

I freakin hate gi.

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Slow week. BJJ went well, no MT this week (again). Flexability is noticably improved but I'm really sore with my back acting up. I'm taking the weekend off.

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I made a lifting schedule change. I've been doing all upper body days to give my joints a break but in the end I just did that day too freuqently so I'm back to two upper body days a week. Push/pull with only one upper day every three to four days. So today was bench, the standard 280lbs floor press for 2x15 with 30 seconds rest strictly. Legs flat on the ground. Just maintance with bench as usual. Blast strap pushups with 30lb vest and red mini band 20 reps, 10 rep., Seated one arm corner press 70lbs 15, 10 reps. Some RC stuff and stretching.

An observation that my wife made is that now that I'm focusing on BJJ I don't wake her up when I move around in bed. I've gone from flopping my 250lb ass ( I lost 8lbs yehhhhhy, I lost 8lbs...!) around to being smooth and subtle with my hips. Now if I only had a big dick...

[DEVILsSON]

I find that upper body needs more frequent workouts than lower body to make progress or maintain.

Can you do weighted dips leaning forward?
what about push ups where you touch chest to the floor?

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Dips are a big no-no and I only discovered that after spending $55- on dip bars for my rack. I do the blast strap pushups lower than chest level and they are fine because I can move my hands more neutral grip and of course the resistance is a lot less compared to benching and floor pressing.

My doctor wants me to workout as infrequently as possible and still maintain an acceptable level of strength. It's not the weight per se that gets me it's the time under load. So since I really don't want to increase the weight, working out more frequently out of boredom and desire to lift was not and is not going to result in anthing good.

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The blast strap pushups are probably the most pain free thing do for upper body. My shoulders properly postured, my elbows are up against my body and my wrists are not bent using the handles. I read on that shoulder savers thread on t-nation that pushups are great for shoulders and they really are. Using a weight vest and bands keeps things interesting.

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I was reading on another forum yesterday about guys with wrecked backs and it scared the shit out of me. Especially considering my back has 22years plue on it. My squat weight is starting to creep back up again and I need to check it and instead work in some other things like slip squat that will be somehting to improve on and also be teh evil "functional" for sports.

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Squat 2x15x340, RDL 20X2X250.

2 sessions of stretching.

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Did quick snatch single legs (slow snatch in my case) and damn good guard techniques in BJJ today. I couldn't roll after 50 armbar drills as it was too much. Still a good day and I think I'm going to get a stripe or two when David Adiv comes to do a seminar on the 19th.

Put on a ltlle zercher DL clinic. Finally something I know more about than anyone else in the room.