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Knee on belly should be escaped as soon as possible:)

80,4 - "Recovery" , gym and BJJ

My smashing test in golf worked fine. I scored my usual - just in the buffer, but very long drives - long for me that is:) I'll visit Helsinki for few days: no golf and no bjj - not even youtube.

I just noticed on my morning run that I need to go to gym - otherwise I will have a long break from gym. Next possible workout is on Thursday. So I'll do a workout today.
OK - we are leaving tomorrow - so I have time to go to BJJ and play golf next morning. Not really a recovery day:)

80 - Letting go at golf course

After 4 days tournament, today I'll go and play careless golf and punish my golf balls a little. I'll dig some dirt with my clubs and enjoy the beautiful weather. Next weekend is an important competition - grand prize is to play in Spain or compete for the possibility.

No Bjj today - unless watching youtube counts:)

80,5 - final day of golf tournament

I was 15th. It was not good, but not bad either.

80 - third day of the tournament

80,5 - second day

After second day I am 15th of 60 players. I would be happy to be in top ten after 4 days. Golf is strange - Some times every thing is easy and you score well, but ...

80,6 - First golf tournament day

Life-score of the competition is at
http://www.nexgolf.fi/mgs/livescoring.nxg?s=610
I don't have much expectations for this tournament. My game is very unstable. It means that sometimes I play very well for 9 holes, but it has not lasted for a full round. OK - tournament is 4 full rounds so I can expect some not so perfect holes.

80,9 - recovery

I did my morning run and tabatas. Today is recovery and rest of the week is a 4 day golf tournament. If I had a rolling partner I would go slow rolling. I really have to get someone to roll with me. I am hoping that Autumn will change that. Folk comes back from summer vacation fat and eager to roll:)

Today was a great day for slow roll. It was just what I needed - need to do this more often:) ... every day would be make some progress on my rolling.

81,3 - golf and maybe bjj

Bjj class is straight after a round of golf. Previous experience tells me that I might not make it, but you'll never know. I am still trying to figure out how to get people to drill techniques with me. Gracie combatives was not the answer, maybe Ribeiro's book or Ryan Halls DVD is? (I am getting better at imagining the techniques so maybe I can do the drills just as a mental exercises:)

80,8 - old man gross fit or gym

Yesterday was a good day at bjj class. It was slow roll or at least low intensity. I noticed that if I start attacking, my defense sucks. This means that I need to attack more - but after I have a controlled position. No worries - it will come...eventually.

81,2 - golf and bjj

I'm skipping my morning run and playing golf a little earlier. My intention is get to my bjj class. I'll try to slow roll with everyone - or play defensive positions ( as I always do).

Today my plan worked.

81 - jog and gym

Today my main event is...making chocolate and crisp bread:)

I did my morning run and afternoon is gym. I wish I had a rolling partner to do some slow roll. I need to test a lot of new techniques, but first I need to learn them.

81,8 - jog, golf, bjj

Looks like I'm starting to gain weight again. It must be muscle growing. I think if you workout 4 times a week, you can get 1- 2 kg muscle in a year. I go to gym 2 times a week and time of weight increase is one week - so there is a possibility of 25g of new muscle for me. (OK - it's cake.) But it's better to have cake and workout than just eat it.

I've found very interesting new bjj instructors: Rafael Lovato Jr, Ryan Hall, Reaction Team, Marcello C. Monteiro... and many more. I think I need to pick one and try to figure out what is his game about. (Or what should me game be about...)

Did not make it to BJJ Class. I was cleaning strawberries to fridge for winter. Maybe I'll get more strawberry cake and grow a little more:)
  

81,4 - gym day

I did my morning run second time. I'm not sure if I can do it every morning. Maybe I need to recover from the tabata? Today is gym and probably it's more maintenance than development. I don't feel hungry enough to build muscle. (But I'm sure I'll get some doms on legs - as usual.)

81,5 - morning run and golf

I ran 2,2 km straight from bed. I did one tabata during my morning run. Just have to listen how it feels tomorrow.
It's a rainy day again, but I'll try to play 18 holes of golf.

I am still wondering how to learn bjj and how to learn to teach bjj. (For the teaching part I am also wondering why do I need to teach it - but maybe it's to get partner's who would slow roll. Kind of "old man jiu-jitsu" or in my case "oxjj")

Going to BJJ seminar - Marko Helén

In Savonlinna

81 - recovery and weekend trip

I'll play 9 holes golf in the morning, but after that it's preparing for a travel to my mother in law's 80 y party. It's good to have some days for recovery. On Sunday I'll get to go to one session of a BJJ seminar. So I get only one session from a weekend bjj seminar, but one can't be in two places at the same time.

80,3 - golf and gym or old man cross training

Yesterday was a hard day - golf and bjj. Today is easier: golf and something more. I don't know what this type of training does. Probably it's more on stamina, endurance than muscle growth. Our gym workout is mainly muscle hypertrophy, but doing it after a 4 hour light workout which is burning muscle tissue...Maybe there is a way to turn the catabolic stage to anabolic by eating right after golf and before and after gym. (Otherwise workout will only eat more muscle - not grow).