Seeking Criticism/Support and Gains

[kaptr1d]

12/23 Weights

Squat
5 x 105
5 x 135
3 x 165
5 x 205
3 x 235
1 x 315 - PR -

SOHP
5 x 45
5 x 65
3 x 75
5 x 95
3 x 105
7 x 115

I've been slowly working my way back up to squatting heavy since my knee injury. I think that I've built everything back up again where I'm not going to re-injure myself.

Form check video here:

 

[kaptr1d]

12/27 Weights

Bench
5 x 65
5 x 85
3 x 105
5 x 135
3 x 155
8 x 165

BOR
5 x 55
5 x 65
3 x 85
5 x 105
3 x 115
8 x 135

 

[kaptr1d]

1/1 Weights

New Years Day Deadlifting!

5 x 135
5 x 165
3 x 205
5 x 255
3 x 285
7 x 325

My back was really tight before the workout... still is.

Goals for 2013
Bench - 245
Deadlift - 485
Squat - 405

I'd like to say get my purple belt, but that shit ain't gonna happen.

 

[kaptr1d]

Deload Week

1/4 Weights

Squat
4 x 5 x 105
5 x 135
5 x 165

1/5 Weights

Bench
4 x 5 x 65
5 x 85
5 x 105

 

[kaptr1d]

1/9 Weights

Deload Week

SOHP
4 x 5 x 45
5 x 65
5 x 75

BOR
4 x 5 x 55
5 x 75
5 x 85

1/11 Weights

Deload Week

Deadlift
4 x 5 x 135
5 x 185
5 x 205

 

[kaptr1d]

1/13 Weights

Squat
5 x 115
5 x 145
3 x 175
5 x 195
5 x 215
5 x 245

Squat Assistance
2 x 5 x 145

 

[kaptr1d]

1/14 Weights

Bench

5 x 75
5 x 95
3 x 115
5 x 125
5 x 145
7 x 165

Bench Assistance
3 x 10 x 95

I've been working around the clock for the last two weeks now... tomorrow I finally get to go back to BJJ.

 

[kaptr1d]

1/16 Weights

SOHP

5 x 55
5 x 65
3 x 75
5 x 85
5 x 95
6 x 115

BOR

5 x 65
5 x 75
3 x 95
5 x 95
5 x 115
6 x 135

SOHP Assistance
5 x 10 x 65

 

[kaptr1d]

1/19 Weights

Deadlift
5 x 145
5 x 185
3 x 225
5 x 235
5 x 275
7 x 315

 

[kaptr1d]

1/20 Weights

Bench

5 x 75
5 x 95
3 x 115
3 x 135
3 x 155
5 x 175

Bench Assistance

3 x 10 x 95

1/21 Weights

Squat

5 x 115
5 x 145
3 x 175
3 x 205
5 x 265

Squat Assistance

2 x 5 x 145

 

[kaptr1d]

1/22 Weights

SOHP
5 x 55
5 x 65
3 x 75
3 x 95
3 x 105
8 x 115

SOHP Assistance
2 x 5 x 65

1/23 BJJ

Chris taught class in the gi. We drilled the basic butterfly sweep with an overhook/underhook setup.

I was one of the higher belts at class this day so rolling was pretty easy. I was hitting a lot of butterfly sweeps. I felt good against the few purple belts that I rolled with, it was an "on" day for me for sure.

1/24 BJJ

Alex taught nogi class. We worked on the transitioning to the crucifix position from turtle when the bottom man grabs for your front leg and then finishing with a choke or armbar.

Rolling went well again today. My core game has been tightening up a lot as of late and I give a lot of the higher ups a hard time now. It's not that I'm tapping them out often, it is rare, but there's a lot of back-and-forth sweeping going on. I've finally worked out a series that I can work pretty well to escape from side control back to half and then back on top again which helps me avoid getting my ass kicked so much.

1/25 BJJ

Alex taught class in the gi. Today was more crucifix drilling from the other day.

We didn't roll for as many rounds as we usually do since we were starting from the feet today. My takedowns need work. Gi takedowns for me are much harder then nogi due to my long past wrestling background. I really ought to take some Judo classes but I never make the time for it.

1/25 Weights

BOR

5 x 65
5 x 75
3 x 95
3 x 105
3 x 125
7 x 135

 

[kaptr1d]

1/26 BJJ

Alex taught class in the gi. We drilled the crucifix setup from turtle again.

Rolling went well.

1/27 Weights

Deadlift

5 x 145
5 x 185
3 x 225
3 x 255
3 x 295
6 x 325

 

[kaptr1d]

1/28 Weights

Bench
5 x 75
5 x 95
3 x 115
5 x 145
3 x 165
2 x 175

I was fucking pissed about 2 x 175... I had a bad feeling before I started lifting and it turned into a self fulfilling prophecy.

Bench Assistance

4 x 10 x 95
8+0 x 95 - failure

1/30 BJJ

BJJ

Chris taught class in the gi. We drilled the baseball bat choke from KOB and reversing KOB by mule kicking and sitting up to a single leg.

Rolling went well. I tapped out a purple belt from another school six or so times. Not sure what was up with that...

1/31 BJJ

Alex taught nogi class. We drilled getting the gift wrap from the mount and transferring to an armbar or taking the back off of the gift wrap.

Rolling went well. I got my ass kicked by one of the resident brown belts but that is to be expected.

 

[kaptr1d]

2/1 BJJ

Alex taught class in the gi today. We went over the gift wrap position again to the armbar and to taking the back. We also went over transitioning from the armbar to the triangle if you feel you're going to have a hard time breaking your opponents grip.

Rolling went as I expected against all of my usual training partners.

2/1 Weights

Squat

5 x 115
5 x 145
3 x 175
5 x 215
3 x 245
6 x 275

Squat Assistance

3 x 10 x 145

My legs feel like jelly.

 

[kaptr1d]

2/4 Weights

SOHP

5 x 55
5 x 65
3 x 75
5 x 95
3 x 115
6 x 125

2/5 Weights

Deadlift

5 x 145
5 x 185
3 x 225
5 x 275
3 x 315
1 x 405 - PR -





BOR

5 x 65
5 x 75
3 x 95
5 x 115
3 x 135
5 x 145

 

[kaptr1d]

2/8 BJJ

Alex taught class in the gi. We reviewed back escapes, pulling the arm across and getting your back to the mat on the opposite side of the choking arm and rolling through the choke as a last resort.

I did really well during rolling today. I did well against some blue belts that outweighed me by several weight classes and I held my own against a purple belt that has been beating me up since the day I started training.

2/9 Weights

Deload Week

Squat

4 x 5 x 115
5 x 145
5 x 175

Bench

4 x 5 x 75
5 x 95
5 x 115

 

[kaptr1d]

2/10 BJJ

Tonight we had an open mat due to the blizzard.

I rolled with a bunch of purple belts and did well considering what I was up against. I've been getting a lot of compliments on my half guard... got to keep it up.

2/11 BJJ

Alex taught class in the gi. We reviewed the standard armbar to triangle setup from guard. Then we reviewed failed arm drag to leg lace to x guard and sweep... complicated.

2/11 Weights

Deload Week

SOHP
4 x 5 x 55
5 x 65
5 x 75

BOR
4 x 5 x 65
5 x 75
5 x 95

Deadlift
4 x 5 x 145
5 x 185
5 x 215

Incline Bench
10 x 95
10 x 115
7 x 135

 

[kaptr1d]

2/15 BJJ

Alex taught class in the gi. We went over passing spider guard and transitioning from a simple spider guard pass into an armbar.

Rolling went well. I got a little overzealous at one point and slammed one of my partners doing a standing guard pass. I felt like a dick and apologized right away... I basically started pushing him down and instead of waiting for his guard to open I plopped back down on the mat. Very rare of me to be spazzing like that.

2/15 Weights

Squat

5 x 135
5 x 155
3 x 185
5 x 195
5 x 225
10 x 255

Assistance SLDL

10 x 155
10 x 185
0 x 225

I didn't even feel like attempting the last set of DL's. Quit.

 

[kaptr1d]

2/16 BJJ

Alex taught class in the gi. We went over a sweep from spider guard and drilled back attacks.

Rolling was ok, but I was a little off today. A lot of the blue belts that I usually have an easy time controlling were escaping from my side control.


2/17 Weights

Bench

5 x 75
5 x 95
3 x 115
5 x 125
5 x 145
9 x 165

Assistance Incline Bench

10 x 95
10 x 115
10 x 125

 

[kaptr1d]

2/18 BJJ

Alex taught class in the gi. We drilled a spider guard sweep.

I did very well during rolling. My sweeps were on point and I was giving some people a hard time that usually dominate me. I had a pretty good roll with Alex. He beat my ass as usual but I felt I provided at least a minimal amount of resistance before tapping today.


2/19 Weights

SOHP

5 x 55
5 x 65
3 x 85
5 x 85
5 x 105
9 x 115

Assistance Close Grip Bench

10 x 85
10 x 95
10 x 115

I think I'm going to do the LI Pride tournament this Sunday. I have to see if I can make weight though...