Jiu Jitsu Training

Today's training was at home. I was working on the grappling dummy. I worked on from various positions from full guard, full mount, and back mount. From full guard, I was work on the arm bar, triangle, and kimura. Then from full mount, I worked on a couple of cross collar chokes, shoulder locks, and arm triangles. From back mount, I was working on collar chokes, bow and arrows, RNC, and arm bars. I was efficient with my time and I got to work on from both my strong side and weak side.

Powerlifting Training

Several hours later, I worked on my bench at home and did some upper back work with grip training.

Bench Press - 135lbs and 225lbs - 10 reps, 280lbs, 320lbs, 350lbs, 375lbs, and 4 sets - 350lbs - 1 rep
Bench Press with 1/2 Board - 4 sets - 315lbs - 6 reps
Close Grip Bench Press - 2 sets - 295lbs - 8 reps
Fat Man Pull Ups with Fat Gripz (Pronated Grip) - 4 sets - 10 reps 
Fat Man Pull Ups with Fat Gripz (Supinated Grip)  - 4 sets - 10 reps (Last Set - Held for an extra 10 seconds at the top part of the lift.)

It's been over a year since I late made a post. Since then, I was working on my second Master's degree, getting another IT certification, competing in both Jiu Jitsu and Powerlifting, training my kids for competition and helping them out with their homework. The pandemic practically ruined everything from working out at the gym, training Jiu Jitsu, helping out with my kids on their school work (homeschooling), and more. No more lunch Jiu Jitsu, so I switch Jiu Jitsu gyms and I trained mostly at home for strength and conditioning. I've been studying a lot more for both work and on stock investing.

Anyhow, I'm at the Gracie Barra Diamond Bar gym. I've trained with the owner, Professor Jaime Dietz-Velez, when I was a blue belt and purple belt during training camps, and that I have visited his gym several times. I'm new to the area and I'm glad that his gym is open and is close to home. He's a really good instructor and his students are great as well with the training environment that is definitely suited for me.

I'm definitely a lot stronger now, since I'm significantly heavier. I'm still constantly trying to find that balance in training. Luckily, I have a Jiu Jitsu dummy at home and I work with the kids. I don't think I'll be competing this year in Jiu Jitsu, but in Powerlifting, I'm looking to compete in November at the USPA Drug Tested North American Championships. I want to break some more state and national records.

Jiu Jitsu Training

Today's training was on breaking the full guard and passing. The first guard break was holding on to the hips by using the pants and using the lower back to push back to break the guard. Another guard break was to use the cross collar sleeve grip and use a two on one to stand up and push the leg down to break the guard. Next, using the opposite collar to bring over to threaten the choke to have the opponent open their guard. Finally, after the guard break, the pass was from the seated staggered position to weak side pass while blocking the leg and using the cross face to get to side control.

Next, we did positional training from the full guard for 6 minutes from both the top and bottom position. Then, I got to roll for one round. While Professor was going over each move, I was stretching out and taking advantage of the time to work on my flexibility in the meantime.

Powerlifting Training

Afterwards, I went straight to the Crunch Fitness gym in Diamond Bar, CA to work on the deadlifts. Luckily, I waited for just a couple of minutes before starting my training. I spent less than 20 minutes since I had errands to do afterwards and I needed to see on where I was at on the deadlifts. I made some big jumps between each set since I was already warmed up from the Jiu Jitsu training.

Deadlifts - 225lbs - 6 reps, 355lbs - 5 reps, 445lbs, 515lbs, and 575lbs - 1 rep, and 625lbs - 2 reps
Corework - 5 minutes (3 sets - Planks - 35 seconds for each set, 3 sets - Bridge Isometrics - 30 seconds, and 3 sets - Body Hollow Isometrics - 30 seconds)
​Corrective Stretching - 5 minutes