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Now fight the urge to disappear forever.
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Thanks everybody. The best thing about BJJ so far is all the cool people I've met and this thread is no exception. FreakyMetalKid posted:Now fight the urge to disappear forever. Except for times I've been traveling, I've averaged 5-6 hours of training per week over the past year, and my single stated goal for the next year is to keep training as regularly/consistently as possible. That being said we have a kid on the way at the end of the month, so I know that training frequency is going to take a hit for at least the foreseeable. My wife has been very cool with my wanting to resume and maintain regular training as soon as possible after the baby comes but I'm not sure what's a realistic expectation. Anyone out there a have advice or experience balancing newborns and training?
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I'm the wrong person to talk to because I trained while my wife was still in the hospital recovering from her c section. I'd leave the hospital to go to the gym. I did switch from evening training to early morning training but otherwise continued a 5 day a week training schedule.
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Aug 10, 2018 11:48
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I found an hour a week is pretty reasonable for the first few months, and then you can probably crank it up to two hours a week. Then you'll just kind of have to periodically reassess what's fair based on your personal situation. I'm switching to 6am classes because I noticed my wife is always more grumpy at night than in the morning (from parenting all day), so I figure I can get away with more hours if I train when she's in a good mood and then spend my evenings helping her out. Customize based on your own situation.
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butros posted:
I have many children. It just depends on your kid/wife/family. If your baby isn't one of the quiet ones, that'll just sit/nap in the stroller while you roll, you might have to change your class times/dates to match up with people who can watch the baby while you train.
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Aug 10, 2018 12:57
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Our club has many parents bring their kids - some since they were newborns - to chill out on the side of the mat while they train.
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Aug 10, 2018 14:59
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Have you guys ever reflected on martial arts you took as a kid or teen and suddenly realized it was mostly bullshit. I've been thinking about the years I did Hapkido and suddenly realized it was really suspicious that we never sparred and were forbidden from doing competitions because it was "disohonorable to fight for glory" Like even though I universally am getting my rear end kicked in BJJ I still feel confident about it because at least I know what would happen if I did this against something other than a padded mitt
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Aug 10, 2018 16:44
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Mine wasn't. Best lesson I ever learned was "if you get hit with something, and you're not sure what it was or where it came from, STAY DOWN" This has saved my stupid rear end several times. Other lessons include "try speaking politely at all times because even that 8 yr old girl over there can murk you" and "never narrow your body weight because you will get knocked over"
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Aug 10, 2018 17:30
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CommonShore posted:Our club has many parents bring their kids - some since they were newborns - to chill out on the side of the mat while they train. We have this and I hate it. Mostly because they don't chill out. They're running around, screaming, playing on iPads, etc etc the entire class.
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Aug 10, 2018 17:55
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I did "karate" as a kid and looking back I realize it was actually legit kyokushin instruction and it owned
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Took judo as a kid so no bullshit there.
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Congrats butros!
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Blue belt squad form up. Congratulations. 15 year old that I outweigh by 90lbs arm-bared me 3 times tonight in one roll...
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you guys get injured a lot. i'll ask yall. training partner of mine has knees that are causing him immense pain. sitting on a bench with no weight on them he'll raise them up and you can hear audible crackling and popping but with no pain. when weight is on them he's in agony. ultrasounds, x-rays, mri's have all come up clear. blood tests show no arthritis markers. normal squats cause the most pain, sumo squats cause significantly less pain. has anyone got any loving idea what this might be?
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Marching Powder posted:you guys get injured a lot. i'll ask yall. training partner of mine has knees that are causing him immense pain. sitting on a bench with no weight on them he'll raise them up and you can hear audible crackling and popping but with no pain. when weight is on them he's in agony. ultrasounds, x-rays, mri's have all come up clear. blood tests show no arthritis markers. normal squats cause the most pain, sumo squats cause significantly less pain. has anyone got any loving idea what this might be? sounds like he's got bad knees
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Mechafunkzilla posted:sounds like he's got bad knees this is literally two different doctor's official diagnosis
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Marching Powder posted:you guys get injured a lot. i'll ask yall. training partner of mine has knees that are causing him immense pain. sitting on a bench with no weight on them he'll raise them up and you can hear audible crackling and popping but with no pain. when weight is on them he's in agony. ultrasounds, x-rays, mri's have all come up clear. blood tests show no arthritis markers. normal squats cause the most pain, sumo squats cause significantly less pain. has anyone got any loving idea what this might be? That sounds like the osgood schlatter symptoms I had as a kid, but that supposedly only impacts children and adolescents and at least for me it went away around 17ish. How old is the guy? I recall my doctor saying that a very small percentage of people keep growing into their 20s and can experience similar symptoms, but that its beyond incredibly rare. My knees never stopped doing the crackling and popping thing because the bone growth that causes the noises stays behind after the pain goes away and you can aggravate the area pretty easily in my experience. But I dont experience significant pain as long as I'm not doing dumb things like slamming my knees into the mat repeatedly. e: that should have shown up on x-rays and MRIs though now that I think about it. So I have no idea at all then. L0cke17 fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Aug 12, 2018 |
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Marching Powder posted:you guys get injured a lot. i'll ask yall. training partner of mine has knees that are causing him immense pain. sitting on a bench with no weight on them he'll raise them up and you can hear audible crackling and popping but with no pain. when weight is on them he's in agony. ultrasounds, x-rays, mri's have all come up clear. blood tests show no arthritis markers. normal squats cause the most pain, sumo squats cause significantly less pain. has anyone got any loving idea what this might be? I know its not a treatment but has he tried wraps or braces? When I get joint pain its amazing what a little compression can do.
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I asked a doctor and she said that the fact that the pain is proportional to the weight load in the joint makes her think that it's meniscal, but that it has been MRIed made her shrug and say "well buddy has bad knees then."
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First roll in a long while and I got my neck crunched once again with my teammate attempting to step over my head with a kimura but just neck cranking me with his thigh... gently caress. I feel a lot of pain in between my shoulder blades. Gotta love jiu jitsu.
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heeebrew posted:First roll in a long while and I got my neck crunched once again with my teammate attempting to step over my head with a kimura but just neck cranking me with his thigh... gently caress. I feel a lot of pain in between my shoulder blades. Gotta love jiu jitsu. I get a lot of neck pain and stiffness in that exact spot when I roll after a long break. The first time I literally couldn't turn my head the next day. It only happens to me after time off so the cure is simple: train more.
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heeebrew posted:First roll in a long while and I got my neck crunched once again with my teammate attempting to step over my head with a kimura but just neck cranking me with his thigh... gently caress. I feel a lot of pain in between my shoulder blades. Gotta love jiu jitsu. I get the same thing. I think its from all the pulling and holding. A lot of arm butterflies as a warm up helps a ton
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The insides of my elbows are very sore recently. Any ideas on why and how to prevent? It goes away after an hour
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spb posted:The insides of my elbows are very sore recently. Any ideas on why and how to prevent? It goes away after an hour This is the part of my elbow that hurts/breaks when put in an americana. Though my soreness was only present in that position.
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spb posted:The insides of my elbows are very sore recently. Any ideas on why and how to prevent? It goes away after an hour Sounds like you've got bad elbows
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spb posted:The insides of my elbows are very sore recently. Any ideas on why and how to prevent? It goes away after an hour Could it be the tendon the connects to the bicep? I've had problems with that since I had a stupid crossshit phase in college where we did Murph (a workout with 100 weighted pullups) every week. Honestly, I'm about ready to try HGH in a couple years or so to see if it helps since apparently that heals the poo poo out of your tendons, though I've never messed around with PEDs yet and HGH is not a good starter one. It's gotten better over time but I'll get pain in both if I go ham on pullups. Butter Activities fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Aug 12, 2018 |
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spb posted:The insides of my elbows are very sore recently. Any ideas on why and how to prevent? It goes away after an hour The insides as in the pit on the opposite side or the inside as in like, in the core of the elbow?
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SpaceSDoorGunner posted:Could it be the tendon the connects to the bicep? Yes, strained tendons are a thing. Paging Willie_Dee to the steroid podium please. In all seriousness, HGH + a little bit of test will have you feeling like you're 19 again.
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Marching Powder posted:you guys get injured a lot. i'll ask yall. training partner of mine has knees that are causing him immense pain. sitting on a bench with no weight on them he'll raise them up and you can hear audible crackling and popping but with no pain. when weight is on them he's in agony. ultrasounds, x-rays, mri's have all come up clear. blood tests show no arthritis markers. normal squats cause the most pain, sumo squats cause significantly less pain. has anyone got any loving idea what this might be? Sounds familiar. I was in a similar boat years ago, and after several X-rays and MRIs , a diagnosis of chondromalacia patellae (read: "you got bad knees"), and a bunch of physical therapy, what ultimately did the trick was... heavy squats. Squat stance is a pretty variable thing based on a person's hip orientation and femur/tibia length, so tell your friend to keep sumo squatting away if that's what works for his knees.
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Nestharken posted:Sounds familiar. I was in a similar boat years ago, and after several X-rays and MRIs , a diagnosis of chondromalacia patellae (read: "you got bad knees"), and a bunch of physical therapy, what ultimately did the trick was... heavy squats. Squat stance is a pretty variable thing based on a person's hip orientation and femur/tibia length, so tell your friend to keep sumo squatting away if that's what works for his knees. that's cool, i'll pass that on. thanks to all for the crowdsourcing of possible diagnoses.
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Tonight a girl taught me that I've been doing benchpresses wrong this whole time lol
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spb posted:Tonight a girl taught me that I've been doing benchpresses wrong this whole time lol fill us in
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Sounds like you've got bad elbows classic case of the bad bows my dude
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JaySB posted:Yes, strained tendons are a thing. They never totally heal too, it's almost a decade later from my teen crossfit years and they still flair up. The personal goal for myself before I touch gear is that want to at least be repping my squat PR of 315 as a training weight. But yeah, I'm hoping a quick, short test e cycle will finally but the tendon issues to rest, and if not, I'll know a lot more before I start pinning HGH.
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SpaceSDoorGunner posted:They never totally heal too, it's almost a decade later from my teen crossfit years and they still flair up. Sounds like you know what you are doing, good luck with it. My shoulder didn't heal on Test, but now I have power in my jab I'm not using it 500 times a minute. Hgh would be my next port of call but I don't want to get that into roiding, as fun as it is. Seeing a chiropracter did nothing sadly.
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I am stone cold petrified of ever touching any performance drug for any reason ever so more power to the guys considering it I had a blue belt compliment me the other day for using an advanced guard into knee bar when he tried to stand up guard pass me and I was like "I did what now?" because I was just flailing randomly.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I am stone cold petrified of ever touching any performance drug for any reason ever so more power to the guys considering it I'd say wait until your 50's, early 60's, before you think seriously about it. My uncle is 73 and uses test (probably HGH too) and he looks fucken ripped and rides a motorcycle everywhere (and seems to feel great). He's in a large motorcycle club so he's living that lifestyle too.
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spacetoaster posted:I'd say wait until your 50's, early 60's, before you think seriously about it. That's my plan eventually, trt. Yea you might die quicker but who wants to slowly succumb and get to 90. I'd rather live like a 20 year old until I'm 60ish than get old.
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Since we're on the topic of injuries and exercises: I hurt my back around a year ago and it flared up again recently. It gets better, but slowly. The lesson I think is I need to maintain exercises to keep it healthy. Yoga, deadlifts and core work were the physio prescription. But since it was DLs that hurt me last time, I'm a bit spooked on 'em. Do you guys have suggestions for another hip-hinge exercise? Kettlebell swings look fun, but I'm not sure if they're appropriate.
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