Devlin

Week 0 day 3 Weight 242.1 Got an hour of bjj. Why is it when I set goals I can't avoid injury. Looks like it's minor but I thought I broke my toes during a warm up drill tonight. Guy pulls guard, as I'm pulled forward he shoots his hips in for a de la riva guard and the momentum causes my toes to plow into his arse/hip. Hurt like a bastard. Also went to a psh dinner the other day, wore new shoes. Open blister on the back of each heel. God damn shitty luck. Still got an hour in tonight, should be healed up by Saturday so 3 sessions for week 0 is on the menu.

Week 0 day 2. Weight - 244.7 Training - None, slept in unfortunately, nights mess with my sleep badly. Should be training bjj tomorrow. Going to watch some instructional on my lunch. -30 mins research.

Week 0 day 1. Night shift this week so should be able to get plenty of training in. 1st bjj session of the camp out of the way. 1hr down. Only managed 4 mins Sparring as I managed to pop my lip when face met my opponents knee in a scramble. Still it's minor and will be fine by Wednesdays session. The 4 minutes were specific and high paced though so I'm happy with them. 2 mins top 2 mins bottom. Worked on de la riva passes and a de la riva sweep this class. I'm finishing that I really enjoy a knee cut pass and it's getting added to my game quite well. Hit a Lockdown from half guard to initiate a nice sweep during Sparring too. Hit a few nice passes, overall it came together quite well. I also watched around 45 minutes of an online manual on Kimuras, specifically using them from side control as a method of control and how to take the back. Diets been solid, good day 1 so far.

Hi first challenge as a monk. I've always been a big fan of fighting games and shows like that, I'm also a massive mma/bjj fan. So this challenge is going to have a tekken theme. I'm also going to do this as a 6 week challenge as the tournament is 4th of August 2019. Goals 1/ Road to the iron fist. First part of the iron fist tournaments are the back story, I'm going to be training bjj 3x a week on avg during this challenge. I've planned with my shift patterns and injuries aside it should be possible. To allow this I will now be training in nogi jiu jitsu too, I already picked up my gear. 2/ Be in shape for the battles ahead. - 2 x strength and conditioning sessions per week. - 2500 kcals on training day, 2200 otherwise. - weigh in below 235lbs at the end of this challenge. 3/ Increase technical skill - dedicate 2hrs per week to watching technique breakdowns on the basics. 4/ Finishing move. -work on submissions, the one shot ko in bjj is the blood choke, I need to work on having a choke available to me from every position. Long term goals 1/ lose weight. 2/ compete in bjj (should be fulfilled 4th of August)

Time to review this challenge I think. 1 day left but its a rest day. Just got another single day of bjj in. Training went well, I was a bit lethagic in spots and I think this is down to a few things. Tiredness/diet and in Sparring sometimes being too happy to play defence and try to counter, which doesn't always work out for me. On the plus side, I am at present injury free and shall be doing the next challenge as a 6 weeks to the tournament challenge. I think I set my goals too high this time. I shall be doing a zero week again as soon as the opportunity opens, and my tournament is a week after the end of the next challenge. Once the next challenge opens I'm in.

Week 4 day 2 Diets been decent. No training today been busy with life stuff. Back to work tomorrow but bjj on the night.

Week 4 day 1. My updates so far have been a little on the poor side and my weight has been stagnant. Need to do better. Weight is around 242 to 243, disappointing after hitting 239 earlier but got to remember it's a marathon not a spring. Bjj 1hr 30mins tonight. Good class, worked on some de la riva stuff and sparring went well. Final week, need to kick it up a gear and really push.

Week 3 day 3 Weight 242.5 Bjj. 1hrs 15mins. Good session tonight. Did better in Sparring against the same guy until I gassed out. Badly. Also suffered a small cut inside my mouth which ended my Sparring prematurely. Lucky for me. Did more double under stack passing which went well for me again. Once I get that position it seems like I can catch most with it. Definitely my go to pass.

Week 3 day 2. Weight 239lbs. Lowest this year. Slept a lot today after last night's training and night shift. Didn't eat too well either. Going to need to step it up to hit my goals.

Phew I was night shift all weekend until this morning. I am tired today. Week 3 day 1. No weight recorded today. Only 4ish hrs sleep. Got 1hr 40mins of bjj in today with around 30.ins sparring. I was pretty poor today. I hold myself to high standards that I just didn't hit. Caught a couple of subs but even against guys I usually do well against I struggled, seemed like I had a mental block where after the first few rolls my mind was worn out even though I wasn't gassed. Not sure what happened but I'm going to right it off for now. On the positive side I managed a de la riva sweep and hit a couple of triangles/armbars and only got caught twice over 40 mins sparring so didn't get dominated just couldn't seem to get my game up and running.

Thanks, And funny you should ask as I didn't have one planned but today realised there's one on 4th of August near to me. Gives me loads of time to prep and I'm off work for it. Think I'll give it a go. Nobody registered in my weight class yet but loads of time to go.

Week 2 day 3 Weight 243.4 Expected an upswing, diet went well yesterday however a new KFC opened down the road from me and I had said we'd go and stop by when it opened so there was some indulgence. Probably the first kcal excess in the last few months and it was nice. Felt good today, more energy and felt good while training. Its possibly the kcals I'm on are a little low for me, might have to increase in training days. Bjj done, that's 2/10 so far. Worked on mount escapes and counters to people trying to take mount. Then specific Sparring which went well for me, the techniques we drilled suited my style and I was able to work them well. Then moved into general Sparring, went hard again some guys who are my level and did pretty well. Being a big guy I try to take bottom position as its where I'm worst then look for a sweep or sub. And I was able to hit plenty tonight. Though one guy cracked me up he managed to get out of quite a few bad spots by getting close to other people rolling or the edge of the mat and then when we rest just going from the break. Caught him with a few nice techniques. Got to roll with one of our guys who's just back from worlds, in the lead up he had a full camp training all day everyday for like a month, you can really tell. Once he gets a position its like trying to move a vice. Felt good today.

Week 2 day 2 Weight 241.8 Good day today diet in line and Windows planned. I've been thinking about the rest of my challenges this year, think I've decided on the monks and a dbz theme since it's going to be skill advancement and martial arts based. Also please see the cool dbz screenshot from Instagram below. It also fits as the last time I was here I did some dragonball stuff so now I'm a little older with a little time off this makes sense. Might do the path of goku.

Also had a lovely ww sausage and mash and a beer after training to chill out.

Update bjj class done. 1/10 Down. Great class techniques worked nicely for me. Nice triangle from collar and sleeve grips. Did plenty fo rolling towards the end, caught a nice Armbar in a scramble and a head and arm choke too. Didn't get tapped but I was pretty adventurous so it wasn't through lack of engaging. Hit a few nice passes and the Armbar came after being mounted and hip escaping back into guard. Trying to work some de la x guard but opportunity didn't arise.

Be pretty insane if he was natty at his age with his schedule. It'd also be pretty irresponsible to be natty, since it increases his chance of injury and he is the starring role in films that hundreds of people's livelihoods depend on.

Week 2 day 1 Weigh in 241.0 getting there. Work 7 until 5. Should be done on time. Should be at bjj tonight for an hour, a lot of the teams still in the US though and plenty competed yesterday so unsure on the turnout.

Week 1 day 7. Another good day to day. Had a full fast yesterday. Tiped the scales at 242.3lbs this morning, happy this that. Back to normal windows today. Wanted to train tonight but no open at as all coaches etc are either at worlds or other comps. Going to lift some weights when I get in I think. Week 1 review. Weightloss 2.5lbs down. Can't complain with that. Will be very happy if I can keep that up. Bjj, no classes, studied books/technique clips so I did what I could, literally at work all classes and no open mats due to comp. Should be able to make 3 to 4 next week to level it up. Diet - foods been good. Monthly review Good training but a couple of injurys have slowed me down. Weight loss is below what I wanted but have gone from 252 avg in April to a 246 av in May ending at 253ish. Progress is underway. On to next week.

Week 1 day 5. The back spasm seems way better today. Bought plenty of better food shopping last night and I'm on some good food today and a little higher than planned as I'm on a full fast tomorrow. There's also a ufc card on to give it a watch. My body's having another day off tonight. My bjj training this weeks been a bit poor but a lot of the lads are training in the US for the world's this weekend so I'm not missing much. Should be training 2 sessions next week at minimum. Today weighed in at 243.8, nothing too high and weights coming down. Also had the dog out for a couple of walks. Struggled today, fancied playing fifa 19 which I got rid of with my ps4 earlier in the month, really fancy it after this weekend but managing to avoid it.

Week 1 day 4. 243.2 same as yesterday. Did the gardening and have been for a run today. However tweaked my back while gardening and that's not great. I'm quite prone to back spasms. Hence why I'm trying to drop some weight. Hopefully this will be nothing.

I use the bodyfast app currently but pen and paper makes sense if your keeping the same window. I struggle to do that with shift work. And yeah pull ups are funny things, if you struggle with that pavel tsatsouline methods for building up are quite handy.

Looks like your on a roll and have ticked off quite a bit from that tricky list. Following.

Sounds like a good run, and nice job keeping your weapons sharp. I assume fro what your saying on the turning kick you can't kick to the head in training/completion?

Week 1 day 3. Work again today, can't train due to work times. Off tomorrow though. Going to garden and lift then Weight 243.2 happy with that, diet hasn't been great last few days so moving down is ideal. Food today - very good all within macros and window has been hit.

Following. That tnation article on pirate maps and shark bites is brilliant going to be taking that on board myself.