registered for marathon today

i'm super sore from yesterday's workout(s) but feeling fantastic. i registered today for the portland marathon. i'm really looking forward to an active season of swimming, triathlons, and grappling. i forgot that i'm going to the blazer game tonight so i wont be able to train tonight but a rest day never hurt anyone so thats ok. Still ate very clean today.

4 hour training day.

so before the jiu jitsu tournament, i dieted pretty hard and dropped under the 170lb mark to wrestle with lighter guys. i hit 164 and was pretty happy. i've introduced some carbs and salt back into my diet so i thought maybe i bounced back over 170lbs. i weighed myself tonight and am at 166lbs. That would never matter to me in a million years but if i do more wrestling matches, it will be much more fun to wrestle other guys under 170lbs.

Today's morning workout was a power endurance workout. I suck bad at those but i try to stay mentally strong.

5 min row easy
5 rounds of
1 rope climb(i laid on back and pulled myself to standing position 3 times instead of climbing rope)
5 deadlifts at 225lbs
50 Thrusters
500meter row.

The thrusters were brutal but i tried to think about how great they are for me when they were hurting. i want to have a good tri/jits/marathon season and mental strength is important for all those. i'm excited to see what this season is like being 20lbs lighter than i was last year. i'm sure i lost some strength but i hope the lighter weight makes things a little smoother on the endurance events. i'm doing a 4000meter open water swim next month and i want to make sure i'm fit for that.

Tonight after work, i went to Omar's gym and did his submission wrestling class from 6 to 7:30 and his MMA class from 7:30 to 9pm. Felt great to sweat and work for 3 hours. It was very interesting to roll with guys who don't also workout. I felt like I had a slight edge that i certainly dont have when rolling with our fit recreate fitness team.

rollin with pneumonia

so last weekend was my first jiu jitsu tournament. i had been so excited for weeks. The day of the tournament i was extremely lightheaded and weak. Learned a few days later that i had pneumonia. The bright side is that i was pulled out of the tournament early for bleeding too much when a guy cut my eyebrow with his fingernail. I didnt want to quit so it was nice that i was forced to. I'm looking forward to competing at full strength. In this tournament, i was a little affraid because of how sick I had been the week before. I'm under 170lbs for the first time in my adult life. I like being lighter. I thought my strength would go down but i still feel pretty strong. Today's workout was a good one considering i spent literally all day in bed yesterday complaining about how sick i was.

Today
5min row
8x3 Squat at 85% of 1RM 265lbs

3 1min rounds on airdyne. with 2min rest between rounds.
33
26
30

damn tricycle

5 minutes easy row
4 rounds
10 zercher squat (95/115/135/135)
1 min row @ >300m (302/302/303/301)
90sec rest

then 4 rounds
3 barbell snatch followed by 15meter OH lunge
45/65/75/75

Then
3 rounds
1 min airdyne immediately followed by 1min kb hold(2x24k) immediately followed by 1 min rest. No additional rest between rounds.
Cal: 31/25/22

thought i was going to die during the airdyne section.

Jits 2/17

got in after a week off and rolled with the boys last night.
good stuff. The guys have all gotten better so its hard to tell how much I suck.
got so dehydrated i had a migraine last night after the roll. Did about five 5 minute rounds. Felt pretty good. No pain.

IWT in the morning

Did a great IWT and "the only Tabata worth doing"(according to Dan John) Front Squat tabata. good stuff. Walking a little funny today.

Warmup: 5 minute row easy pace

Then: 3 rounds

10 clean + jerk + 2 minute row @ >575 meter pace
3 minute rest
Improve meters each round

75/95/115
580/581/576(failed to improve. Was happy to stay above 575 though. Wanted to throw in the towel the entire row)

Then: 2 rounds

10 goblet squat + 10 boot strapper swings @ 25#

Then: Tabata Front Squats @ 75#

20 work/10 rest/8 rounds

71 total

Swim Team 2/15

So swimming has been going very well. its a fantastic compliment to the jits. Its great for mobility and conditioning. My rib was really hurting the other night so i went to the pool and stroked out 1000 yards of very slow freestyle. Working on the Total Immersion technique which is pretty cool. I was bummed to miss jits but the swim was a nice consolation prize.