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Friday: Gym weights and treadmill Saturday: Teaching in the park. Lots of basics.

Welcome back, Deviette! Looks like you've had a fun week. I think that's one of the things that always is a challenge with grappling - weight difference! I know the little bit I've picked up in BJJ and Judo (precious little), every time I'm with someone who outweighs me, it amplifies the effort required to do EVERYTHING…

Wednesday: Hit the gym hard - taking a rest day was exactly the missing ingredient!

Monday - Gym time. I was feeling a bit off, so de-loaded by ~10% on the weights, and did the treadmill at about 25% reduced pace. Tuesday - Rest.

Sunday: Black belt class. Did a lot of lower form review, 1-steps, board breaking practice and worked on breath control throughout, as it was fairly continuous. Good class

Friday - More grinding at the gym - I've scaled back some of the exercises, both in sets and reps for lower body. Though I was gaining in strength, I found that it was really taking a toll on my flexibility - so at least for the next several weeks, I'm going to maintain the strength, but really focus on range of motion…

Thursday - Stretching - I skipped any technique work, as I was especially sore from conditioning. Managed to get some good stretching in, but it took more effort than usual, mentally and physically. I think I need to adjust my sleep a bit - next week I want to add more forms practice, and I need to be on top of my game.

Wednesday saw me back for more conditioning - 2nd day with the new routine. It's a very small HOA gym. I really enjoy it because it means most days I don't have to share it with anyone - it makes up for not having much equipment by being mostly private. It was unusual that near the end of my workout 3 people came in and…

Tuesday: Stretching and slow kick work. Stretching was a bit difficult, but once I warmed up, wasn't quite as bad as I thought, and surprisingly the kick work wasn't too bad either - yes, it seems I'm not hitting all the same muscles every day, which is exactly what I am shooting for. Was a little worried with the switch…

Monday: Conditioning at the gym- First day of new routine - shifting focus away from strength and more toward stability/balance, while continuing with endurance work, though shifting away from steady state and going more tabata style. Feeling all the DOMS today.

I've been lapsing in my record keeping! Thursday: Stretching 30 minutes. Was really sore, but pushed through. Friday: Back to the gym. Hit it hard - back on the treadmill. Last day before I change things up next week. Saturday: rest day. Sunday: Black belt class. Fantastic time - we didn't want it to end, so we went an…

Wednesday: Conditioning @ the gym. Was NOT feeling good about the treadmill, decided to jump over to stationary bike instead. Not sure what the problem was, but glad I made the switch. Still got a good sweat going without the dread.

Good work! - try to be consistent and it gets easier.

Tuesday: 1 hour stretching - worked on cold/static stretches, as I haven't worked those in a very long time. I prefer dynamic stretching best, but I often find that any 1 style of stretching (static, dynamic, pnf) tend to plateau pretty quickly, so either have to cycle or if stretching every day, mix them. On the good side…

Monday - had to shift the gym schedule this week, as my daughter's swim schedule shifted, so I'm back to a M-W-F for conditioning. It's still a grind, but I'm getting it done and hitting it hard. I've shifted my treadmill work to be time focused instead of distance focused - I figured that might be a better way to ensure I…

Saturday - spent the day moving furniture - skipped the gym. Sunday - Black belt class. Not feeling confident on my breaks for testing yet - but still working on it. I hoped to be further along by now, but still 6 weeks left to get this straight!

Thursday: Conditioning - weights + treadmill. It's a grind, but it's working. 3 PRs were achieved. I'm pretty sore this morning - looking forward to more stretching tonight.

Wednesday: Kick combinations + 1 hour of stretching (Making progress!)

Tuesday: Conditioning - weights + treadmill

Monday: STREEEEEETCH - 1 hour of hard stretching after warm up.

Just got off the phone with my GP (they had a cancellation and I jumped on it), and I'm cleared to resume training! Let the fun resume!

No training today due to potential health issue.

Incredible! Your hard work is paying off so much!! Thank you for sharing!

Back to the gym today - starting to shift away from strength and more towards endurance training. 7 weeks until test and I am determined to be physically, mentally, and emotionally ready!

Welcome back, @Luizh!

I'm glad you like the name change! I totally understand about scheduling... that seems to be the hardest part of training sometimes! It is also one of the reasons I committed to a specific date for testing... now that I have a deadline, suddenly my schedule makes room somehow.

Wednesday: Home practice - Stretching and basics

Monday: Rest (This new schedule feels very strange to start the week with a rest day... but I should get used to it soon) Tuesday: Conditioning - really glad I resisted practicing Monday, as my muscles really needed the recovery after hard training last week. I'm wanting to change things up on my training schedule - I'll…

Sunday: Black belt class in the park. Focus was on forms and board breaks - my breaks are getting more confident, and conditioning is definitely paying off. Even my senior form (84 moves of insanity as I like to call it) felt reasonable.

Saturday: Conditioning at the gym. Weights plus treadmill. Looking forward to class tomorrow. We are at the park until this surge is over... catching funny looks is always fun.