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Classic Banks!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX-F3qf66YM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX-F3qf66YM</a>

You leave the door with intentions of fulfillin your visions
Constantly sidetracked, thinkin bout who's your man or who isn't
Maybe it's necessary - maybe you're overreactin

Keep my, mind on my money, and my head to the sky
I never really smile much, if you was here you'd know why
There's frustration and fire if you look in my eye
The media fuckin me up, right hookin my high

Feels like ages since I last posted. I was sick for about a week. I missed 3 days of work and came back to work last Thursday and I could've trained on Thursday night but I didn't want to risk infecting anyone at Judo so I waited until Saturday to go to Judo again. I took up Coges advice and have been watching some youtube tutorials of basic moves.

Even though Judo is about technique, size/bodyweight definitely helps. There's some obese guys that train and it's hard just practicing the throws on them let alone trying to land them in randori. Ground work is even worse. I haven't learnt any joint locks properly yet. I've been taught a couple of basic hold down/choke techniques that work against them. However, once they are on top of you it's very difficult to get out of and almost impossible if they have you in a hold down/choke.

There's a competition in a couple of weeks so they were doing weigh ins on the scale. One of the obese guys I was training with weighed in. I thought he would have been around 100-110kg because he's shorter than me and probably only 5'8 and doesn't look like he lifts or anything. Anyway it was 127kg (280lbs) and I was thinking no wonder I struggled to lift him! The other guy was a bit taller and weighed in at 140kg (308lbs). I don't know the weight of the other 3 guys but I'm guessing they would all be over 110kg (242lbs).

Also on Saturday they announced that one of the Judo players had been missing since Thursday night and was declared as a missing person. He was a blue belt that called 'old man' because he's 43.  I did randori with him a few times and he always tried to throw me but he was only about 70kg (154lbs) so it was difficult for him because I'm at least 20kg heavier than him. To his credit he has got me a couple of times but when I go against other blue belts or senior ranks they take it easier on me but he just goes full pace and tries to execute, which is good. I remember the first time I had randori with him he just went hard out and after about 2 minutes (we do 3 minute rounds) he asked if I weighed over 100kg. I said nah I only weigh around 90kg and I could see the disappointment in his face.

Edit- Old man was in the news and unfortunately they found his body yesterday but said it wasn't any suspicious circumstances with his death. Apparently he suffered from some mental health issues. The instructor didn't say anything about his mental health to us after training. He just said that his wife appreciated the support and we were welcome to message her but just not to visit her because she needed rest. Then after training, some of the guys were talking privately saying that they were really worried because he had some mental health issues. It wasn't much later than 24 hours and I saw on the news that his body had been found. I'm expecting it's going to be a bit sad tomorrow at training and I feel terrible for his wife.

Gym

Bench-
barx12
60x6
90x3
102.5x3
92.5x5
92.5x5

Incline DB Bench-
12x12
20x12
32x10
34x8

Squat-
barx6
60x3
100x3
115x3
120x3

Chin Ups-
8,8

Solid benching bro!

Bench-
barx12
60x6
90x3
105x1
115x1
122.5x1
110x3
87.5x10

Incline DB Bench-
12x12
20x12
32x8
34x6

Chin Ups-
12

Assisted Pull Ups (12kg)
15

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on August 12, 2020, 11:34:42 am

Quote from: Coges on August 12, 2020, 03:12:24 am

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on August 11, 2020, 09:21:42 am

I said a few months ago that I wanted to start boxing. Unfortunately my achilles is not getting any better and because boxing involves a lot of endurance and footwork I've decided not to pursue it. However, I have chosen to start another sport- Judo. I had my first training session today and it was pretty cool. I can't remember any of the names of the techniques but I learnt how to fall sideways, front and backwards and also learnt a couple of cool throws and chokes with 1 on 1 training for 90 minutes. I think I pulled up fairly well but we'll see tomorrow. I plan on going back on Thursday for my 2nd session. At this gym they train on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Chin Ups-
7,7,6,6

Pull Ups-
4,4,3,3

Nice! Judo is badass.

Once you learn the techniques you will find your strength a huge advantage. By chance I actually came across this a little while back which I thought was interesting.

That's a cool chart. I'm planning to be in the -90kg division. Currently I'm Regional for Bench, Squat and Deadlift. I should be National for Bench and Deadlift in a few months.

Nice. How did you find your strength compared to the other guys in your first session?

Also, we need to get the Adarq martial arts squad up and running.

In my first session I was just learning some of the fall techniques and a couple of basic throws and chokes working individually with one of the instructors. I don't think he was putting in much resistance against my throws because it was just working on the technique. Vice versa when he did throws on me I didn't resist much and just focused on falling to the ground with the correct technique.

I had my second session today and worked in with the group today but we didn't do any throws or much stand-up. It was mainly ground based for the whole 90 minutes. On Tuesday I wasn’t paying much attention to what the group was doing but I think Tuesday was dedicated to stand up and throws so maybe Thursdays are their ground nights but it’s too early to tell and I didn’t ask.

Anyway with the ground work I felt like when I was on top they struggled to get me off, but it was just awkward because I don’t know what to do apart from that one move I got shown on Tuesday. When I was on my back I was fucked though. We did these 3-minute drills where you would start facing each other on your knees and wrestle. After 3 minutes we’d get 30 seconds rest and move onto the next person. I’m used to that because we did that in rugby but not for 3 minutes! I think it was only the 2nd person and I was already soo gassed from the 1st person I couldn’t get anyone off when I was on my back. I remember looking up at the clock on the 2nd person and I was on my back struggling I thought it must be close to 3 minutes. Nah it was still 1:41 seconds to go so I just tapped so we could reset. The next 3 people after that I just had no energy so it wasn’t good.

Prior to training I was planning to go to the gym and just do some bodyweight exercises but after training I felt drained. Next training is on Saturday. Hopefully it’s throws!

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on August 11, 2020, 09:21:42 am

I said a few months ago that I wanted to start boxing. Unfortunately my achilles is not getting any better and because boxing involves a lot of endurance and footwork I've decided not to pursue it. However, I have chosen to start another sport- Judo. I had my first training session today and it was pretty cool. I can't remember any of the names of the techniques but I learnt how to fall sideways, front and backwards and also learnt a couple of cool throws and chokes with 1 on 1 training for 90 minutes. I think I pulled up fairly well but we'll see tomorrow. I plan on going back on Thursday for my 2nd session. At this gym they train on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Chin Ups-
7,7,6,6

Pull Ups-
4,4,3,3

Nice! Judo is badass.

Once you learn the techniques you will find your strength a huge advantage. By chance I actually came across this a little while back which I thought was interesting.

That's a cool chart. I'm planning to be in the -90kg division. Currently I'm Regional for Bench, Squat and Deadlift. I should be National for Bench and Deadlift in a few months.

I said a few months ago that I wanted to start boxing. Unfortunately my achilles is not getting any better and because boxing involves a lot of endurance and footwork I've decided not to pursue it. However, I have chosen to start another sport- Judo. I had my first training session today and it was pretty cool. I can't remember any of the names of the techniques but I learnt how to fall sideways, front and backwards and also learnt a couple of cool throws and chokes with 1 on 1 training for 90 minutes. I think I pulled up fairly well but we'll see tomorrow. I plan on going back on Thursday for my 2nd session. At this gym they train on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Chin Ups-
7,7,6,6

Pull Ups-
4,4,3,3

Squat-
60x3
100x3
140x3 i was only planning on doing 1 but ended up doing 3 because it was easier than I thought it would be
135x3
130x3
130x3
105x5

Trap Bar Deadlift-
60x3
100x3
140x3
160x2
180x2

Vid of 180x2
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXEJEQO_Qkw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXEJEQO_Qkw</a>

30 minutes on the treadmill just walking for cardio.