my Arte Suave

Day Two of training! Feeling better and better..still rusty,...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:28:48 -0500

Day Two of training! Feeling better and better..still rusty, have 3 lung as opposed to the 10 I like to have before competitions.. My knee keeps shrinking in size.

I went pretty hard tonight, so I feel in about a week or two I will be back to feeling good about my Jiu-Jitsu again. Anywho I think I will be right on time for the tournaments mid-March.

Loving my new Fushida CompGS, loving it! http://www.fushida.ca

First day back training!

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:20:50 -0500

And it felt good. No pain at all! Only problem I have is the swelling, which makes it hard to bend my knee past 180 degrees. It was 11 or 12 Days, no bjj, no sweating, no nothing. Needless to say I have a ton of work to do if I am to get back to Abu Dhabi.

Promotions. If you want to be legit you should be able to compete long side your peers, a bit successfully. NAGA dont account for nothing. #bjj

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:39:00 -0500

A bunch of people whining about promotion, and they’re not even up to par with the people who hold the rank that they want.

If it hurts. Take it personal.

I really miss Jiu-Jitsu.

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:01:49 -0500

Awesome new Dave Camarillo interview.. He talks a lot about his...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:34:00 -0500

Awesome new Dave Camarillo interview..

He talks a lot about his book. But listen to the whole thing and pick up gold on how to be a great martial artist and fighter, whatever your interest may be., with his experiences. I take away a lot from this.

the different looks of my knee.. the one all the way to the...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:32:29 -0500

the different looks of my knee.. the one all the way to the right is in bags so i can shower..lol its a process having this knee.. everyones telling me not to get it wet, not to sweat to much if i decide to do upper body workouts..lol craziness..

Getting fatter by the day…Im a day closer to this nightmare being over..

I see the Doc next week to remove the stitches and talk about what really went down. Cant wait!

Me riiight before surgery!

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:23:44 -0500

Me riiight before surgery!

The worse drilling partner, teammate, coach, EVER. Is the one that tells you this isn't going to work because "I'll do this" or no explanation at all.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:16:24 -0500

You goin to montreal trials?

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:30:00 -0500

We’ll see. Nothing is certain. I do have a great desire to get back and compete opposite some old foes in Abu Dhabi. And a great desire to repeat as champion and represent the United States. So I will work my butt off to do it.

Rough stretch..

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:01:47 -0500

These past few months have been pretty rough on me physically. Since the end of the November, beginning December I’d say, until now have been rough. I remember being sick and missing training bjj somewhat. Then a week later I wrecked my knee and got bad news from my MRI. And so I completely couldnt lift weights anymore, and had to take it easy during training. And I am a guy who likes to go hard always, so its just been so tough. I wouldnt call this even remotely close to being a ow point in my life, but it just sucks.

I had tournaments in mind to do, and I wont be able to do em, because now Docs talking about surgery. *SIGH*

I think though, I still will do the Pan Ams, Worlds, and New York open at the very least. Even if I have to tie a million wraps around my knee to do it, I will.

Happy New Year to everyone. I just had to vent a little. I stil train everyday, BJJ, I just cant squat, and do snatches and clean and jerks like i love to build my programs around..

The Most Basic Program In The World

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:52:58 -0500

Yesterday was the first day back doing squats since the beginning of december because of the injury I had to my knee. And to get back into the flow of things,I will use this very simple program from Greg. http://www.cathletics.com

By Greg Everett

I’ve written down this same program so many times for so many people, I thought it would make sense to put it down here for other people to use. I’m sure things that look a lot like this have been floating around for decades because it makes perfect sense and is remarkably simple. I think I may have stuck it or something very similar in a newsletter at some point in the last couple years as well.

The basic structure is as follows:

Day 1
Snatch
Snatch Pull
Front Squat

Day 2
Jerk
Push Press
Overhead Squat

Day 3
Clean & Jerk
Clean Pull
Back Squat

The snatch, clean and jerk can be the classic lifts as written, or any variation of your choosing based on how you’re feeling on a particular day, or based on what you need to address certain technical problems. This includes variations like powers, hangs, complexes, etc.

Snatch and clean pulls can be done as pulls as written, or you can substitute any pulling-related exercise such as halting deadlifts, partial pulls, segment pulls and pull complexes. Again, choose exercises that address your own needs with regard to technique and strength.

The push press on day 2 can be any kind of upper body press exercise that you decide is most effective: push press behind the neck, press, incline bench press, etc. Similarly, the overhead squat on day 2 can be replaced with a snatch balance variation, complex of snatch balance and overhead squat, snatch push press and overhead squat, etc.

Front squats and back squats on days 1 and 3 can be done with whatever sets and reps you choose. As a starting point, I would suggest 3s for the front squat and 5s for the back squat, 3-5 sets for each.

To this you can consider adding a technique exercise at the start of each day related to the classic lift of the day. For example, on day 1 if you have trouble with the turnover of the snatch, you might choose to do a few sets of muscle snatches or tall snatches before doing the snatches. Keep this exercise relatively light and easy.

Start the first week with fairly conservative weights and spend 3-4 weeks building the weights up, decreasing the reps or sets somewhat as you go if necessary. For example, you might do triples in the snatch, clean and jerk on week 1, doubles on week 2 and singles on week 3, increasing the weight by 5-10% each week.

Have fun with it and post any variations you use successfully here.

As much as I have done and continue to do, in sport jiu-jitsu, and my strength and conditioning. I find myself constantly questioning my dedication. Is it enough. And I always always side with, no.

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:44:03 -0500

I wonder if its the same for a lot of people?

sometimes it gets cold in this place! Thankfully the heat caught...

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:42:29 -0500

sometimes it gets cold in this place! Thankfully the heat caught up and i could take off the hoody and beanie. =)

Everyday.

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:08:36 -0500

Everyday.

"When I am fighting I am keeping my mind empty for any expectations. I am waiting for something..."

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:03:22 -0500

“When I am fighting I am keeping my mind empty for any expectations. I am waiting for something unique, completely new.”

- Rickson Gracie

"the best feeling in the world might be..lying exhausted dead on the floor, after working your heart..."

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:28:24 -0500

“the best feeling in the world might be..lying exhausted dead on the floor, after working your heart out, victorious.”

These are my Fushida teammate, Isaac Doederlein! Cant wait to...

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:40:20 -0500

These are my Fushida teammate, Isaac Doederlein!

Cant wait to get my hands on these! These are the new batch from Fushida, the comp GS!

Get your hands on one of these and tell em I sent ya! http://fushida.ca

If I aint at crossfit providence, I am at Next Level Fitness, in...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:04:30 -0500

If I aint at crossfit providence, I am at Next Level Fitness, in Johnston, RI.

Its incredible how highly technical these guys are.

Finally got some Oly Lifts in today. No squating or actual cleans or snatches. I did do the burgerner warm up, some snatch pulls, and jerks. And rounded it out with some arms and core.

My new thinking is bodybuilding is highly under appreciated. Bodybuilding IMO, should be something you should do every once in a while, for a week or two weeks at a time. If an elite olympic gymnast, olympic lifters, sprinters, do it, why not grappling athletes. Ihave even seen Wrestlers from Iowa do bodybuilding.

Gotta build the muscle around the joints, family!

Citadel football S&C..imagine being in an enviroment like...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:00:14 -0500

Citadel football S&C..imagine being in an enviroment like this? You know how much better you would be in something like this? Being around Fanatics..my Dream..

Made this tonight. Chicken cutletts chopped up, with the kicker,...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:04:24 -0500

Made this tonight.

Chicken cutletts chopped up, with the kicker, Coconut cabbage, greenbeans..mmmm

also in the coco cabbage are garlic onions, and kerrys gold butter..Paleo wont like the cutlets..but whatever..this dinner was amazing!

sooo good