Recovery

Tonight I was able to get in a light work out w/ "Bob," the submission dummy. I'm a big fan of this dummy. I bought a cheap judo gi for him and just drilling on the dummy is great for muscle memory and working conditioning. Again, it is not better then a real person, however, it is better then trying to work by yourself.

I also made two training aid investments- one is the TRX Training Straps. I don't have anymore floor space in my work out area because I gave it up for my 9 x 9 mats. This thing rocks. It hangs from the ceiling out of the way and I now have a strength conditioning tool. I travel for work and this can go with me- and I do work out on the road.

The other investment is a 90-lb Woody Bag. Primarily to do Power Cleans. I hate weight training, but love medicine balls and sand bag training. This isn't a ton of weight, but doing power cleans and should hoists are great total body work outs.

I like just doing simple full body exercises and I just need to build up my muscular endurance and power as I get old.

I'm also working depth. You watch videos and read books and get caught up in all these techniques and what not- but I realize I need to keep things simple and work a layered attack from each position. Just repeat and repeat and get solid on some straight forward techniques so I have a solid game throughout the positional hierarchy- it may be simple, but I have proven I am patient under pressure and I think this is the best way for me to go. I'm an old bastard and trying to learn everything is just too much.

I always think back to college and just curse the fact I didn't do the Judo Club versus the Karate Team (yes, I did well- ended up being the team captain)...but Judo would have been nice to be accomplished in. Then in 2004 I was working w/ a Jiu Jitsu brown- soon to be black belt. I just wasn't interested in sweating and hugging on a guy- my big mistake. Life is what it is and I should be thankful for this opportunity. I'll close w/ Eddie Bravo's chat on Work Ethic- I like it: