Thu 16th

Am - Yoga in East Coast

then BJJ - did drills and then 5 (I think!) 6min rounds, felt a bit sharper today, not as sore or as flat as Tuesday.

PM - SDSC, numbers were low so I jumped in on a beach muscle session...

A1. Barbell Press 3 x 10 40kg
A2. Barbell Curls 32.5kg
B1. Prone Flys 3 x 10 6kg
B2. Cable Pushdowns 3 x 15 24kg
C1. DB Lat Raise 3 x 10 8kg
C2. Hammer Curls 3 x 10 12.5kg
*I was running short on time so did a couple more sets of pushdowns. Elbow were a bit sore but nothing too bad. 

Wed 15th

AM - Init Yoga

PM - did a 30min z1 piece of 1000m row / 2 TGU each side / 1min FLR on rings

Tue 14th

Am - BJJ East Coast

tough session 8 x 6min rounds I think. Felt pretty beaten up afterwards - *looking back it was probably the late night on Sunday that contributed to this!!

Mon 13th 

AM - Init yoga


Sat 11th

BOURNEMOUTH OPEN

Didn't go great in my weight class, not an ideal strategy and I got rushed. Once I was passed my head caved in and I essentially gave up. Really disappointed in myself over this - I thought I got over these demons but I guess demons never go away, you only learn to manage them...

I was going to leave after that but thankfully did the absolute. Got a straight footlock in the semi final and then a DQ for a knee reap in the final (was up on points). In hindsight it was a good exercise to do this before the British Nationals. I would have liked to have not given up mentally in my weight class but I guess it is a good reminder to me that I am not out of the woods. Kaizen etc...

A lot of unforced errors (including a dq for a knee reap 😭) but good to get back competing. Nice tune up for the British Nationals in 2 weeks... #bjj #jiujitsu #ecjja #ribeirojiujitsu #bournemouthopen #kneereap #dq #oops

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Fri 10th

Rest day, flying to Bristol and driving to Bournemouth.

That evening I was stretching in the hotel, did a lizard pose (left leg forward) and got a shooting pain in my medial meniscus. This threw me a lot, I had hot baths etc to ease out but I was genuinely worried I wouldn't be ok to compete...

Thu 9th

AM - Yoga in east coast and then BJJ

I was planning on rowing but feel like I am over reaching a bit so no more rowing for the challenge.

Wed 8th 

AM - Init yoga

PM - SDSC Row 5k - PR 18'52.3 *really happy with this, it was a battle in the heat but nice to get ahead of the Bournemouth Open

5k PR by .1. I'll take that in this heat 🙄🔥🔥 #row #erg #rowing #concept2 #pr #5k #fundraiser #fundraising #aware #awareireland #sdscgym

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Tue 7th 

AM - BJJ East Coast

Mon 6th 

AM - Init yoga

Sun 5th 

Open Mat - East Coast