Spring is coming

It's nice weather here in Oslo. Recovery is working as planed - no physical activity:-)

My next discipline to get to know

83,7 - Norway

It's going to be a recovery week. I'll be visiting Oslo. No training, no jogging, no thinking about martial arts... just being with my family.

After Easter I'll start my high intensity training session to get muscles to legs. My InBody measurement is in May and goal is to get more muscle to legs. If I get 3 kg in half a year... that would be a fault in measurement:-)

Seriously 1,5 kg would be a great amount for a not so young dude like me.

One final note. I've been testing Omegawave monitor and I am sorry to say that it has a lot of development to do before it's a consumer device. I have a three months trial, but I will not be needed to test it longer than one month. I'm sending it back - I'm not even going to use it for free.

83,4 - cardio

It was a perfect day for skiing so I did 15 km cross-country. Probably my last for this season, because we are visiting Oslo, Norway - My newest grandchild... and her parents, too.

I did the skiing and next I'd like to combine watching DVD lessons and doing drills. (Maybe not today, but here is an idea - could I do a workout by imitating some movements from lessons? Little like a kata, but keeping my butt down and trying to work my legs but imaging a BJJ pass or a Wing Tsun technique? Two flies with one move...?) 

83,1 - massage, recovery

Today is a lazy day. I had a massage and cut my hair. Main event is in the evening when I'll go and check WTF- Wing Tsun Finland. I did some reading for next research article. Maybe I'll watch some BJJ lessons from a DVD - or something.

82,9 - it's Sunday garage

We'll do mixfit today and goal is to warmup with grappling drills and punching drills. After stretching will do some rounds of technical sparring with an idea of observing opponents reactions to our attacks.

More stretching and then kickboxing and again observe opponents reactions.
Then we'll have a cardio session with a heavy bag and return to mat for some closed guard technical rolling and finish the session with a 30 minute functional leg routine and sauna.

If it goes like last time it's about 3 hours including the sauna. Time flies when you are having fun:-)

83,6 - WTF

I'm planning to learn about "WTF" - Wing Tsung Finland:-)

I've googled and watch Youtube. Looks like interesting but has the same problem as Aikido. It does not test the techniques. I thin I learned something in Aikido and I'll probably learn something in WTF.

Today I'll do some BJJ and spar few round boxing in our open mat session.

DAM .. it's a good feeling after a hard workout... After I recover, I'll go to sauna.

83 - cut day - eat often

Today I'll have a massage, but before that I'll do an kettle bell workout from a DVD. Never done it and I'm lucky that my kettle bell is too light. I'm expecting not to have to push very hard. Just learning the ropes.

Today is a fat cut day in my Intermitten Fasting schedule. Cut day means low in calories, but high portion of proteins and not so much carps. I'm trying to fight the feeling of hunger and also fight low energy by planning my "snacks" before hand for the whole day.

Plan is to eat ever 2 - 3 hours. I had my breakfast at 8 so I'll have a snack after Kettle bell workout about 10.30 - 11.00. (Salad and cottage cheese)
After massage at 13:30? (Lunch - I don't know)
Salad with my grand child at 16:30 - she'll have chicken nugets.
At 18:30 sandwich (maybe with a boiled egg )   and class of milk.
at 21.00 cub of tea and honey.

83,5 - Mixfit

It's Sunday and our mixed martial arts fitness session. Last week it took 3 hours. I'm aiming at 1,5 hours, but as we have so many disciplines - kicking, boxing, grappling, heavy bag (cardio) and finally a functional gym workout for legs and core which takes more than half an hour... We end the session with a sauna.
It was low intensity, "talkative", but fun. 3 hours and finished with a semihard functional workout.

Insight

One should not try to get in to better shape than one can maintain. Physical condition is not sustainable. "Use it or loose it" If you don't have time to keep your muscle or cardio, there is no reason to trim them to extreme. Aim for what you can maintain.

84,1 - crosscountry skiing

Weather is perfect for skiing. I did watch some BJJ lessons on DVD in the morning, but it would be silly to go in side on a weather like this.

85,1 - and getting even bigger!

Ok. Looks like work does not suite me or my goals to drop weight. Luckily I'm due to 2 weeks of not having to teach. It's time to get back to intermitten fastening! And growing muscle. Today I'll run home from work (so, today - Friday is still a working day:-) In the evening I'll go to gym or to BJJ class.

I'll start fastening tomorrow. Today we are having pizza.

84,9 - getting fatter???

My plan to loose fat is backfiring. I need to sharpen up and check my eating. Eating to much makes fat - moving the right amount makes muscle. I'm missing both targets!

Today in the morning I'll do a kettle-bell workout for youtube

84,7 - snow and bjj

It has snowed about 15 cm during night so a small morning workout is waiting before going to work. In the evening it's BJJ class.

84,7 - running home

Looks like I did not drop weight yesterday. Today I'll run home from work and post my research article to IMAS IQ. If I have energy I'll try to start stretching.

83,7 - cut and recovery

In diet today is a cut day - low carps. In exercise it's a recovery day. Maybe I'll do Yoga and watch some BJJ lessons.

Mixfit - bjj, boxing, kicking, gym

My legs have not recovered from Fridays running. It just tells me that I need to run more often. Programming next week looks bad. It's difficult to include leg training sessions. I just need to take the time in the evenings and do it at home.

84,3 - game plan

To develop my grappling, I've started to do a new game plan with a mind map application. I need to figure out the setup for each technique. I've started from standing up and I have a fair mental image of what I'd like to do. It's totally different situation when actually grappling.

Today is a technical rolling and drilling session so I have a possibility to test some techniques.

84,6 - getting it together

My schedule is messed up. Biggest hindrance is work and next is babysitting. First kills day light and second takes all the evenings --- BUT I see light at the end of the tunnel. (Hope it's not a train:-) I've been watching 1 hour lessons on BJJ and I think I'll keep it up. I've also started to drill the same lessons I've been watching to get more understanding. Drilling is insufficient. I can't get to the mat enough. It's difficult to match times with partners and also to find a free mat to practise on. One of the processes I've signed my self is to make a new game book. (Or make my first real one:-) I've started from standing up - and lot of my play comes straight from Ribeiros Revolution DVD. I'm just modifying it a little to fit me.

So idea is to study, if I don't have an opportunity to drill and do cardio and legs every second day.

84,3 - should not have lunch in school

Having a big lunch is not good for my diet. Today is a low intensity day - I did plan a cardio workout, but looks like I'll do it by driving a car...

83,9 - omegawave is working

I did my first measurement on omegawave. Rest hr was 39 and I am ready for intensive workouts. BUT I am babysitting... and also tomorrow. No problem. Time will come and I'll get to workout and test the monitor more:-)

83,0 -recovery and waiting for delivery

On Thursday my Omegawave recovery monitor has been send to me and today it might be delivered. If post is on schedule. Today is a full day at work and babysitting after it so no physical activity.

Hope I can produce some mental activity- and watch some BJJ clips during my working day.

My last Aikido class was today

I've been taking a basic course in Aikido and today was my final day. We've been iåntroduces all the techniques needed to graduate 6kyu. I'll skip it and concentrate more on BJJ or maybe I'll go back to Judo.

83,7 - Mixfit and Aikido

I'll do mixed martial arts fitness workout today - it's grappling, boxing and functional gym workout. In the evening I'll practise Aikido techniques.

I'll try to redo my "gamebook" for BJJ - thanks to Shanny's suggestion. I'll start doing it step by step. First idea was just to write down all the positions and figure out what I want to do, but what's the rush - why not do it well.

I'll start standing up - that's how the match starts:-)
First question is what is important to recognize. What are the main elements of stand up game? Is it grips, opponents posture, distance, movement - like pushing pulling or just following your lead?

To I need to make different plans for open stance and close stance? If my opponent is leaning forward? Or dancing a fair distance a way from me so that I can only grip his leave? Or pushing and pulling and trying to break my balance?

Working on this...

84,1 - Ribeiro in garage

Today I'll try to do Ribeiro's Revolution DVD - 1 lesson with a partner. I don't know if the DVD is designed as a training guide or a lesson plan, but I'll find out. I'll do some takedowns and slow roll for warm up.

We did mount from the DVD - did not get a lot of techniques done, but drilled some variations and combinations. I think it worked very well, Warm up was slow roll and cool down slow roll a little tighter.

Next time we'll slow it up more, but keep the tightness and detail of the techniques. 

84,2 - PAP lower body - Movie - BJJ

I did my morning workout for legs and next is a movie with my grandchild. If all goes well, I'll catch the evenings BJJ class. Very excited about Saulo Ribeiros DVD about BJJ.