Power Physique

[Bloodhy]

Congratulations on the strips.

Why the switch to bw from 531? I ask because i made the opposite switch ( bw to 531)

Great question.

First of all my priorities switched, BJJ is at the top of my list now, by far.
Second, I love a routine. BW training every morning starts my day right. It's also very convenient. The plan is to add morning Cardio once the weather allows, which BW training will accommodate.
Lastly, it's super easy on the joints and easy to recover from. Surprisingly, my strength is still there as told by my BJJ teammates. And, the physique is holding up too.

I probably will get back to weights at some point, it's been a big part of my life for years.

 

[thugpoet]

Great question.

First of all my priorities switched, BJJ is at the top of my list now, by far.
Second, I love a routine. BW training every morning starts my day right. It's also very convenient. The plan is to add morning Cardio once the weather allows, which BW training will accommodate.
Lastly, it's super easy on the joints and easy to recover from. Surprisingly, my strength is still there as told by my BJJ teammates. And, the physique is holding up too.

I probably will get back to weights at some point, it's been a big part of my life for years.

Yea I can see that. I went down deep in callisthenics Mafia for a while and it's fun doing handstand push-ups lever pull ups etc .
. thanks for the detailed response. Good luck.

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest - Week 24
Monday
AM Chinup/Squat/Pushups 13-9-8-8-7
Abs wheel 5x1
PM Stretching 45 min
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Tuesday
AM Chinup/Squat/Pushups 13-9-8-8-7
Abs wheel 5x1
PM Stretching 20 min
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Wednesday
AM Walk 30 min
PM Stretching 30 min
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Thursday
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 2 hrs

Friday
Wolfhouse No-Gi Open Mat 1hr

Broke my nose again a few weeks ago, my coach accidentally knee'd me in the face in a live roll. Pretty sure I'm doing sleep apnea again and my Garmin watch agrees. Daily poor sleep stats.
That's part of why I stopped fighting ~10 years ago. Had broken my nose in boxing and got sleep apnea. The Doc said he would only fix it if I stopped fighting and that he wouldn't fix it once...

I got an appointment with a nose specialist within 2 weeks. I hope I can get in for surgery pretty quick without waiting a few months...

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest - Week 25
Monday
AM Chinups 10/9/8/7/6
Pushups 20/18/16/14/12
PM Stretching 30 min
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Tuesday
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Wednesday
AM Chinups 12/10/9/8/8
PM Stretching 30 min
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Thursday
AM Walk 30 min
PM Stretching 30 min
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Friday Off

Saturday
AM Walk 45 min
AB Ambassadors Spring Open - Double Silver

The competition went well, I got double silver whereas I got bronze in my 4 previous comps.

I made a playlist with comments on my 4 matches:

 

[Bubble Boy]

Dude, watched all your matches, cool shit. Appreciated the commentary. Congrats on the silver!

 

[Bloodhy]

Dude, watched all your matches, cool shit. Appreciated the commentary. Congrats on the silver!

Thank you! My toolbox is definitely full and the dots are connected between the various techniques. I just need to apply it better in a competition setting.

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #26
Monday
AM Chins+Pushups+Delts: 3x(10+15+8)
PM Stretching 30 min
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Tuesday
AM Chins+Pushups+Delts: 3x(10+15+8)
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Wednesday
AM Chins+Pushups+Delts: 3x(10+15+8)
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Thursday
AM Chins+Pushups+Delts: 3x(10+15+8)
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Friday
Wolfhouse Open Mat 1hr

Saturday
Elk Island Hike - Tawayik Lake: 11.2km 1h43
Boxing (2 min rounds)
Shadowboxing x3
Bag Work x3
Speed Bag x3

Sunday
Walk 1hr

It's been a minute since I boxed... or rather 9 years. Felt great, and I might be doing more of it after my next comp. I'm in an "MMA gym" but it's really a boxing gym... They have a huge amateur boxing fighter program and a couple of pros.

Next promotion is in July, and then December. Think I might get my purple in July, and so do my teammates. Fingers Crossed.

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #27
Monday
AM Chins+Pushups+Situps: 3x(10+15+10)
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1.5 hrs

Tuesday
AM Walk 30 min
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Wednesday
AM Chins+Pushups+Situps: 4x(10+15+10)
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Thursday
*Calgary Seminar 3hrs* - Passing - Corey from 10P Montreal

Friday
Canmore Hike 1.5hrs

Sunday
*Canmore Seminar 5hrs* - Honeyhole Entries, Turtle attacks, Front Headlocks

Great start to a holiday with these seminars. Ton of useful information and I especially liked the techniques on Guard Passing from Headquarters. It's very similar to Rafael Lovato JR style, which I like to emulate with my top game. Super heavy pressure at all time and no wasted movement. Also, can there be a better location than Canmore for a seminar? Place is beautiful.

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #28
Monday
Kelowna Hike - 1 hr
PM No-Gi 10Planet Vancouver - 3 hrs

Tuesday
AM No-Gi 10Planet Vancouver - 1 hrs
PM No-Gi 10Planet Vancouver - 2 hrs

Wednesday
AM No-Gi 10Planet Vancouver - 1 hr
Minnekhada Hike - 1.5 hrs
PM No-Gi 10Planet Vancouver - 2 hrs

Thursday
AM No-Gi 10Planet Vancouver - 1 hr

Friday OFF

Saturday - True North Grappling Tournament
Gold in the Absolute Division (Nogi Blue Masters 1)

Fantastic week in Vancouver training at 10th Planet. Learned a lot of new techniques/principles and I fine-tuned my game quite a bit rolling with so many different grapplers. Favorite sub is Arm Triangle RN.

Finally won a GOLD, and in the absolute too! Going to take a break from competing for a bit. I've been going non-stop since September. I know what I need to work on, I just need more time in the gym rounding up my game fully.

 

[hardheart]

Heck ya!!! Congrats on the GOLD! Keep on kickin names and taking ass.

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #29
Monday
AM Chins 3x10
PM Squats 2x10,8x135
Flys Machine 2x10,9x115
CG Lat Pulldowns 2x9,8x120
Delts Machine 2x10,10x50
Cable Pushdowns 2x18,14x30
EZ Curls 2x10,9x50

Tuesday
AM Walk 30 min
Wolfhouse No-Gi Coach 1 hrs

Wednesday
AM Walk 30 min
PM Incline Bench 2x10,8x135
DB Shrugs 2x10,9x60s
Single DB Rows 2x10,8x60s
EZ Skulls 2x10,8x50
Conc Curls 2x10,8x25
45° back raises 2 x10,10
Single Cable Delts 2x10,8x10

Thursday
AM Walk 30 min
KINGDOM Nogi 1 hrs

Friday
AM Conv Deads 6x225,5x275
Reverse Flys 3x20,20,20x55
Cable Pushdowns 3x20,20x35
SS Cable Curls 3x10,10,10x35
PM Walk 30 min
Bike 30 min

Saturday
AM Bench Press 8x160, 8x185, 15x135
MTS High Rows 3x12,11,10x50
Leg Raises 3x20,18,16
Bike 30 min
Walk 1.5 hrs

AM Bodyweight: 185.0 lbs

Bombshell news late Sunday night; Wolfhouse is switching to GI ONLY classes...??? Weird AF. Been coaching no-gi there for ~6 months and it was going well.

Anyways, it's a blessing in disguise. I'm so happy I got the chance to coach, but I also have other goals in my life that I couldn't attend to... It was also great to give such a hard push for 6 months into my blue belt; I progressed a lot.

Kingdom was super happy to take me back, and I'm ecstatic to go back! I really missed the crew there, as I was JUST telling Ryan at the True North comp.
Now I'll have time and energy to get back on the weights: win-win.

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #30
Monday
AM Conv Deads 5x225, 5x275, 3x300
Delts Machine 3x12,11,10x50
Cable Pushdowns 3x20,18,16x47.6
SS EZ Curls 3x12,11,10x50

Tuesday
AM Stairs 7x200 (19:57)
Kingdom Nogi 1 hr

Wednesday
AM Bench Press 10x160, 10x185, 17x135
Face Pulls 3x18,17,16x30
Cable Pushdowns 3x25,25,25x35
SS Cable Curls 3x12,12,12x35
PM Bike 45 min (15km)

Thursday Off

Friday
AM CG Pulldowns 3x13,12,11x120
MTS Single Rows 3x12,11,10x50
EZ Skulls 3x15,13,11x50
SS Conc Curls 3x10,10,10x25

Saturday
Handle Push-ups 5x20
Bike 1hr - 21.8km

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #32
Monday
AM Bench Press 10x165, 10x195, 22x135
Flys Machine 3x10,10,10x130
Cable Pushdowns 3x25,25,25x35
Machine Curls 3x12,11,10x80

Tuesday
AM Bike 40 min - 12 km
PM Kingdom Nogi 1 hr

Wednesday
AM CG Pulldowns 3x13,12,12x120
Seated Rows Machine 3x10,9,9x115
Side Delts Machine 3x14,13,12x55
Reverse Flys Machine 3x20,18,18x55

Thursday
PM Kingdom Nogi 1 hr

Friday
AM Shoulder Press Machine 3x12,11,10x60
DB Shrugs 3x12,11,10x75
EZ Skulls 4x15,13,11x50
Conc Curls 3x10,10,10x25

Sunday
Elk Island Hike (10.7km - 1h36)

Big life/career changes coming up; looking forward to new opportunities.

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #33
Monday
NGrip Pulldowns 3x12,11,10x120
MTS Single Rows 3x12,11,10x50
Jewitt Rows 3x10x60
Conc Curls 3x15,13,12x25
Cable Pushdowns 3x30,28,26x35
PM Kingdom Nogi 2hrs

Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Wednesday
Flys Machine 3x11,11,11x130
Bench 3x10,10,10x165
Side Delts Machine 3x17,16,15x55
Facepulls 3x20,19,18x27.5
Hanging Leg Raises 3x15,15,15
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Thursday
Hammer Curls 3x10x30s
SS DB Kickbacks 3x15x20s
Curls Machine 3x12,11,10x80
Tris Machine 3x15,15,15x80
Standing Wrist Curls 2x15x30s
Abs Wheel 2x8,8
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Bike 22km - 1h13

Saturday
Kingdom Wrestling 1hr
Kingdom Open Mat 1hr

A solid week of training.

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #34
Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 2hrs

Wednesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
Bench 15x135,12x165,10x185
MTS High Rows 3x15,13,12x50
Snatch Grip Shrugs 3x10,10,10x135
Conc Curls 3x16,13,12x25
EZ Skulls Tri-Sets 3x30,30,30x50

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #35
Monday
Flys Machine 20x130,12x145, 8x160
Cable Pushdowns 35x35,25x42.5,12x50
Landmine Chest 25x25,15x35,10x45
Facepulls 25x25, 20x30, 15x35
Kingdom Nogi 1 hr

Tuesday
Rowing 30 min, Lvl5 - 6,392m
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Wednesday
NGrip Pulldowns 3x20,15,12x120
BO Rows 3x10,9,8x135
Delts Machine 3x17,16,15x60
Conc Curls 3x18,16,14x25

Thursday
Stairs 8x200 - 22:00
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
MTS Shoulder Press 3x20,19,18x40
Jewitt Shrugs 2x15,15x70
Single Cable Delts 13x10,7x15,12x10
Dips Machine 3x12,12,12x165
EZ Curls 3x15,14,13x50

Saturday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #36
Tuesday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Wednesday
Bench 20x135,15x155,20x135
Flys Machine 3x15,14,13x135
EZ Skulls 3x15,15,15x50
Facepulls 3x30,30,30x20

Thursday
Kingdom Nogi 1hr

Friday
CG Pulldowns 20x100, 12x120, 10x140
Meadows Rows 15x25,12x30,10x35
EZ Upright Rows 3x15,15,15x50
Conc Curls 5x10,10,10,10,10x20

Saturday
Kingdom Open Mat 1 hr

Sunday
Jasper Hike 11 km

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #37
Monday
Bench 5x185,4x205,3x3,2,1x225
Cable Pushdowns 3x20x50
Facepulls 3x25x30

Thursday
BO Rows 12x135,3x8,8,7x165
Classic Pulldowns 15x110,10x130,7x150
Delts Machine 15x6015x70,15x80
EZ Curls 3x16,15,14x50

Friday
Feroce Flys 15x30,3x12,11,10x35
Snatch Grip Shrugs 20x95,15x135,12x185
EZ Tris Giantsets 3x15/13/11x40
DB Twist Curls 3x15,15,15x20
Hanging Leg Raises 3x15,15,15x7.5

Saturday
Walk 1hr

Drove across the country for 48 hrs straight and there's no BJJ here. I plan to hit 10th planet Montreal twice next week.

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #38
Monday
Low Bar Squats 20x135, 15x165, 12x185
SLDL 20x95, 15x135
Seated Calf Raises 3x12,11,10x90
Planks 3x1:30

Tuesday
10th Planet Montreal 2 hrs

Wednesday
Walk 2hrs

Thursday
DB Rows 13x70,10x75, 10x80
Classic Pulldowns 15x120,15x110,20x100
Jewitt Shrugs 2x15,15x75
Conc Curls 3x12,11,10x25

Friday
Feroce Flys 3x12x35
Close Grip Pulldowns 3x10x120
Delts Machine 3x15x60
EZ Curls 3x15x50
Tris Giant Set 3x10/10/15x50
Abs Wheel 3x5
Walk 1hr

Saturday
Bike 22.3km 58 min

 

[Bloodhy]

Purple Quest #39
Monday
Pushups 5x20, 5x15, 5x10, 5x5 (=250)
Bike 22.3km <58Min.

Tuesday
10th Planet Montreal 2hrs

Friday
Tbar Rows 10x100, 9,8x125, 12x100
BB Shrugs 15x135, 12x185, 15x135
DB Curls 15x25, 10x30, 15x25
Walk 1hr

Saturday
Rear Delts Flys 20x80, 15x100, 15x80
Side Delts Machine 20x60, 15x75, 12x90
Cable Pushdowns 25x60, 20x80, 15x100
Conc Curls 3x15,12,10x30

Sunday
Walk 1hr

Saw Face to Face live with Lagwagon and NOFX, but this one blew my mind: