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Been hittin these and they are actually pretty fun

YouTube - 12-19-2007 Kneeling Box Jump

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Got home from working out and upon seeing my face Demon Spawn #1 asked me:

"Daddy did you get beat up again?"

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I'm hitting 5 reps a set in 9 seconds for the first few sets of the ring/blast strap pushups. I"ve decided not add the mini band as i think the load on my elbows and shoulders are enough. I'm going to just try to ram out as many reps in each 9 sec sets with 30 seconds rest as I can.

Good news about BJJ is that it is coming along nicely. i'm not advancing as well as some but I puting in hours of video study so I'm devopling ather elements that will come together at some point.

Good/Bad news was that today no-one could pass my side position and I only got srmbared on a poorly timed set up. The BAD new is that every one was trying to pass my side guard from my right side which worked out my elbow much more that I set out to do at any one time.. The elbow wasn't noticed till I took off my elbow heat wrap and yes it was lsrge, not s

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i'm not advancing as well as some but I puting in hours of video study so I'm devopling ather elements that will come together at some point.

Why do you feel you are not advancing as well as some others?

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Originally Posted by ThinkGreen

Why do you feel you are not advancing as well as some others?

I will reply a little totmorrow.

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I can barely read what I wrote in my last two posts.

Simple answer is that I don't learn physcial tasks as fast as others. Everyone is getting stripes but me. I'm tense, hold my breath and am as corridinated as a pregnant baboon. In football I was last string in 8th grade but by my senior year I was starting and getting college prospects. When I learn something I lean it.

Another problem is I can't roll as much as the others because of my physical limitations. I was really on the verge of a major freakout when my elbow swealled up. Five rounds of live grappling was just too much. At least I didn't get armbarred (on that arm). I'm supprised my elbow swelled up but then again it may just as well have mostly been a muscle pump. I wish I had just left my Gi on and I would probably have never been the wiser.

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I'm nailing 2 rep sets with the mini band on the ring pushups now. Love those things.

Grappling progress has taken a serious jump this past week. I wrote down in my notebook some of the techniques and counters used against me and spent hours researching tutorials. I then went to my old mma school and drilled some. Suprised some people.

I got that Power Training book by Mens Health on order. I keep hearing it has outstanding routine construction templates and I'm ready for something new.

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I SAVED A LIFE! just another day on the job ma'am:

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I have a physcial agility test coming up and by contract I don't have to pass only participate. There is no incentive for passing whatsoever other than a free shirt that says basicaly shoot me on it. They could at least pay some of my BJJ tuition. I have two problems with passing this test:

1. It has a 1.5mile run and distance unning is not good for me. Plus I hate running distance.

2. I'm real passive agressive on this because they make us take this test for our health yet make us work a 28 day shift rotation for " the good of the city" which has resulted in numerous health problems for me not the least of which is my $500- a month mood medication.

On the other hand I'm a hyper competitive motherfucker in all things phsyical and as Hatebreed says "I will be heard".

SOOOOOOO, maybe, just maybe, I willl train for this run.

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I'm rocking the new Power Training book. This is me front squating for the first time in years. We'll call this a before video and my next one of me repping out 300lbs+ my after video.