Endurance, Mobility, and Toothpaste

Training Week: 2024-05-13

I’ve officially started endurance training again! I still hate it, but it’s a hate I can live with. Maybe because I know I need it; maybe because learning to suffer is learning to love.

Summary:

Coming out of the Free Fall Program (review coming soon!) I was left with the same training deficits as when I began. That’s not to say the program wasn’t effective; it’s just saying that 8 weeks of GPP wasn’t enough to correct 20 years of over/misuse of certain movements and energy systems and the neglect of others.

It was a bit of a hurdle just to get myself started because in contrast to the last endurance-focused block I did, the programming is all on me. That means there’s no pre-written plan to keep me accountable or even on schedule. Nevertheless, I jumped right in with 2 x 35+ minute sessions this week and still managed to tackle mobility.

This week’s grappling continued with the transition between attacking lower-body and upper-body limbs; via butterfly guard and shoulder cruches this week.

As an aside, I’ve taken up the habit of deep squatting while I brush my teeth. That’s an extra 2 - 4 minutes / day which is certainly better than nothing; particularly if I don’t let my t-spine get lazy.

Contents:

• Monday: Passive Rest

• Tuesday: Monostructural Endurance

• Wednesday: NoGi BJJ w/ simon; sase and armbar

• Thursday: NoGi BJJ; transitioning from leg to upper body attacks via butterfly guard

• Friday: Monostructural Endurance

• Saturday: NoGi BJJ / butterfly guard and shoulder crunch

• Sunday: Strength / Mobility - hips, shoulders, hamstrings