3.4.08 #32

Training with Buttercup

In typical BC fashion, I got my ass kicked today.  I was not happy with my performance during our cardio work.  I warmed up with an easy five minute ride on the bike as butter set up my stations.  Today we did:

pull ups

push ups

thrusters 

curls to press

ab roller

10 reps at each station, two - five minute rounds.  By my second rotation during the first five minutes, I was sucking wind pretty bad.  I only did 5 reps on the curls to press and asked butter to drop the weight at the break.  I still couldn't do more then 5 reps at that station in the second five minutes.  After our station work, we threw the medicine ball around for a few hundred reps and then moved to jits!

We started on the ground for a few minutes today to warm up.  Butter let me work through a lot of my progressions I worked on this week.  I was able to get good work in on both the baseball choke and the arm bar from the karate-chop set up.  I also worked the s mount arm bar and the arm bar moved that Rob taught last night.  After about 15 minutes of this, we moved to take downs.  I am still having problems putting my head in bad places during the take down.  I am also getting the take down, but allowing butter to be in a much better position on the ground.  I am having to work out of triangles, arm bars and even losing my back.   Obviously, I have some holes in my take downs as well.  I plan on rolling with Ferret tomorrow afternoon for 30 to 45 minutes to get some reps in and then I will be spending more time on my take downs Sunday night.  After missing some much work from being sick over the last week or so, I feel that I am on pace for the tournament.  I still have about two and half weeks to refine some of my moves and transitions.  My biggest and final concern is what my weight is going to be at.  I weight in right now at about 198, I don't want to compete at 205, but if I don't get down to 189, I will be stuck in the 205s...