Tell uncle Dioufy about today's sesh

[Howfs89]

Jiu Jitsu today way absolutely savage... a couple of the guys are preparing for the Europeans, so we had 6min rounds of full sparring - 2mins off between rounds, for 80 mins

Phew mate, i have done 5 minute judo sessions x six rounds.

It nearly killed me, i remember that !

Some great sessions on this forum, i might try some to mix my gym sessions up.

Keep up the hard work lads.

[Deserter]

Jiu Jitsu today way absolutely savage... a couple of the guys are preparing for the Europeans, so we had 6min rounds of full sparring - 2mins off between rounds, for 80 mins

[Dioufy]

On crossfit workouts how good do you keep form on the pull ups? I can do 8 hanging pull ups in a row but I do them slowly, keeping form perfect. When I rush them my depth isn't consistent and my form is as bent as Frochy's nose.

Just dunno how to do them when being timed.

[EddieShredder]

On crossfit workouts how good do you keep form on the pull ups? I can do 8 hanging pull ups in a row but I do them slowly, keeping form perfect. When I rush them my depth isn't consistent and my form is as bent as Frochy's nose.

Just dunno how to do them when being timed.

They don't count if you don't dead hang... I try to do them as quick as possible, whilst doing them properly. I get pulled up (no pun intended) on it if they're not correct.

It's a false economy anyway really... if you have to redo one or two because you didn't do it properly, it'll take longer in the long run.

I've been told to start doing "chest to bar" pull ups now, rather than "chin to bar". :x

[Howfs89]

Righteo lads, after reading through the thread i thought i would have a go at the Treadmill interval thing.

So it was my first go, and it went like this.

5 minutes warm up jog.

Then 30 seconds at 16kmh
Then 60 seconds at 9kmh.

Did that ten times, then did a five minutes jog.

Like i say, it was my first go, i think i could go quicker and have less rest time, and make it a longer session, All about tweaking i think.
Tonight i will go and do my weight's stuff, i am in a cobweb blowing stage after a year on the booze, kebabs and whores, including a broken leg stint.

I am seriolsy thinking about going to a Local BJJ club after xmas, i have done judo and Ju-Jitsu in the past, and bjj always looked great.

Bring on the lighter, fitter healthier me!

[EddieShredder]

Righteo lads, after reading through the thread i thought i would have a go at the Treadmill interval thing.

So it was my first go, and it went like this.

5 minutes warm up jog.

Then 30 seconds at 16kmh
Then 60 seconds at 9kmh.

Did that ten times, then did a five minutes jog.

Like i say, it was my first go, i think i could go quicker and have less rest time, and make it a longer session, All about tweaking i think.
Tonight i will go and do my weight's stuff, i am in a cobweb blowing stage after a year on the booze, kebabs and whores, including a broken leg stint.

I am seriolsy thinking about going to a Local BJJ club after xmas, i have done judo and Ju-Jitsu in the past, and bjj always looked great.

Bring on the lighter, fitter healthier me!

Good stuff bud!

Where are you based? Any good BJJ clubs in your area?

[Howfs89]

Hi mate,

I am from Bolton just outside Manchester. I believe there are four clubs around my area, but one good one i hear about twenty minutes from me.

I hear good as in a good coach and also a few people of my size. I dont know weather that makes a difference in BJJ, but when doing Judo i was always rolling/throwing with smaller or bigger, never someone similar. Frustrating it was!!

[EddieShredder]

Looks like there's a couple of clubs in Bolton, Combat Base have a really good comp team... don't know much about Aspinall BJJ, but i've heard the name and they look to be a decent club from their website Both look pretty large, so you should get a good range of training partners, and both have black belts at the helm...

http://www.combatbasebolton.co.uk/

http://www.aspinallbjj.com/

Here's a map showing them and other clubs around the area http://slideyfoot.wordpress.com/2001/01 ... jiu-jitsu/

[Howfs89]

Looks like there's a couple of clubs in Bolton, Combat Base have a really good comp team... don't know much about Aspinall BJJ, but i've heard the name and they look to be a decent club from their website Both look pretty large, so you should get a good range of training partners, and both have black belts at the helm...

http://www.combatbasebolton.co.uk/

http://www.aspinallbjj.com/

Here's a map showing them and other clubs around the area http://slideyfoot.wordpress.com/2001/01 ... jiu-jitsu/

Just the clubs i was looking at going to mate, cheers.

Aspinall is about ten minutes away on one night..I hear they do some great fitness nights too.

Cheers mate, lets see what comes of it !

[Howfs89]

15 minutes stationary bike -Interval
15 minutes cross trainer - Interval

3 x 2 minutes rounds padwork (Basics)

5 Minutes steady skipping.

Good stretching and cool down.

[Deadendgeneration]

Increased my 5RM across the board today

Squat 3x5 145kg's
Benchpress 3x5 82.5kg's
Deadlift 3x5 150kg's (can't believe how much my deadlift has gone up, it was less that 100 about 2 months ago.)

[EddieShredder]

Increased my 5RM across the board today

Squat 3x5 145kg's
Benchpress 3x5 82.5kg's
Deadlift 3x5 150kg's (can't believe how much my deadlift has gone up, it was less that 100 about 2 months ago.)

Awesome.... nicely done

Amazing how these things increase with some consistent training... I want 200kg deads by end of next year, but I think/hope with proper training, i'll get it sooner.

[Deadendgeneration]

Increased my 5RM across the board today

Squat 3x5 145kg's
Benchpress 3x5 82.5kg's
Deadlift 3x5 150kg's (can't believe how much my deadlift has gone up, it was less that 100 about 2 months ago.)

Awesome.... nicely done

Amazing how these things increase with some consistent training... I want 200kg deads by end of next year, but I think/hope with proper training, i'll get it sooner.

Yeah 180 is my target for now. It's literally gone up every since I nailed the technique. 180 would be double my weight at the moment though I'm hoping to get that down when I return from my travels.

Had been stuck on 80kg's on the bench for a while so it was a relief to clear that.

[EddieShredder]

I haven't benched in god-knows-how-long.... my crossfit guy just doesn't use it as part of my workouts, so I don't know what i'd bench. I'll have to give it a go and see what I can push. When I started crossfit, my bench was about 75 if I remember correctly, and at that time my dead was a worryingly bad 70kgs. Now it's 130kg off the floor, and max is 140 off a 6inch rack, so I'd hope that even though i've not been benching, it'll have gone up due to the other exercises i've been doing.

You going to be training while travelling, or just gin, juice and ho's? D

[Deadendgeneration]

I'm going to stay in Hanoi for a few weeks and I know where there's a decent gym there. Also know there's a BJJ gym there as well so will shake off the rust a bit. Strained my achilles tendon though so will have to be careful.

Still that will only be about 2 weeks of the 2 months I've got off work. Just going to have to take it easy on the beer/food and work on some decent bodyweight routines.

['Frilla]

Increased my 5RM across the board today

Squat 3x5 145kg's
Benchpress 3x5 82.5kg's
Deadlift 3x5 150kg's (can't believe how much my deadlift has gone up, it was less that 100 about 2 months ago.)

Nice one mate, gotta love the feeling of moving up weight wise..

[EddieShredder]

Biggie today as last workout before xmas:

Crossfit:

Row 2000m warm up
Dynamic Stretching
Deads: 2 warm up sets, 6x5x90kgs (explosive sets on the minute, every min for 6 mins), final set of max reps (22 - just cos I wanted to beat last weeks - killed me.).

12 AMRAP of:
21 Med Ball Slams (10kg)
15 Mountain Climbers
9 Push Ups

6 completed rounds and 21slams

The straight to BJJ - 30mins Drills, 5x6min rounds sparring.

Power nap time.

[m1kee50]

I actually went for a run this morning, with the dog. I love going out when there is absolutely no-one else around its ace. Merry Xmas one and all.

[EddieShredder]

Got an interclub grappling comp today... have a fight and burn off some of those excess xmas calories

[EddieShredder]

Slow 2000m row
Dynamic Stretching

Warmup (Official CrossFit WarmUp, no less):
3 rounds of 10 reps of
Samson Stretch (do the Samson Stretch once each round for 15-30 seconds)
Overhead Squat with broomstick
Sit-up
Back-extension
Pull-up
Dips

Strength:
Floor Press - 3 x 8 x75kgs (2x5 warm up sets at 50kgs/65kgs)

Conditioning:
5 Rounds for time (9.06mins):
50 x Air Squat
100 x Jump Rope.

Foam Roller for 10mins on quads to recover

[Deserter]

Quality work sir!

Did Fran again last week and got it down to 8mins exactly - shaved minute and a half off as pull-ups are getting back to where they used to be.

Well, have just 'ticked over' for the festive period but tried Fran again yesterday and surprised myself with a 7min 11secs time. 50 secs inside my previous time and know I can go faster. Managed the first set of 21 thrusters in one, but straight into pull-ups was a killer so ended up doing 7,5,4,4,3 to get to 21. Second set of thrusters I did as a 10 and 5, while pull-ups were 5,4,3,2,1. Did final set of 9 thrusters in one again but was absolutely shredded by then so pull-ups dropped to 3,2,2,1,1.
Still doing strict pull-ups rather than kipping, which clearly costs me a lot of time.

[Dioufy]

Cut the reps, up the weight, keep form good.

Then watch the weight pile on.

[Dioufy]

Also, I find mixing up my sessions helps tonnes.

Managed 14 rounds of Cindy today. Killed me.

[EddieShredder]

Yesterday I went to the local gym here in France, as I'm on holiday visiting old friends where I used to live. Terrible gym, no equipment... so just ended up doing bench on the smith machine, and then some single arm deads with dumbells, followed by dumbell thrusters - tabata intervals of both.

Then bumped into an old friend on the way home, and went on an accidental 14 hour bender.

[Counter-puncher]

i think I'm going to start shadowboxing regularly again