Unwinding

It’s been two weeks since I started taking care of my back… and I’m bored the hell out of my skull. I miss lifting, I miss the jits. Crap.
Anyways, so far the inflammation is getting down, and I finally went out jogging on Saturday night. Mind you, it was a little trotting like an old [...]

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And The Uncoiling Begins

My back is still twisted like a pig’s tail, but at least it’s not hurting that much anymore. Chiropractice FTW!

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I’m Twisted… Literally

Ok, I’m screwed… or maybe not. I dunno. I came back from my chiro, and after looking at my x-rays, I have to say my spine looks all f* up. Let’s just say that my spine, starting from the pelvis, is tilted to the left, my right shoulder is over an inch below my left [...]

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Decisions, Decisions, Schmuckcisions

In three weeks, my LA Fitness membership is about to expire. So far I’ve been going there only to squat as I do most of my pressing, dead lifting and other stuff at home. Heck, not that I’m back into jiu jitsu, it is more difficult to make time to drive back and forth from [...]

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Suckage of Cosmic Proportions

In the name of ${DEITY:=Salma Hayek}, training sucks more than a vacuum cleaner.
I’ve been training jits for two weeks already at a local SBGi gym (finally after almost a year-long hiatus). The staph crap is completely gone, and my neck is good to go. Been squatting and deadlifting heavy shit and doing my due diligence [...]

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More DIY – On Slam Balls and Tabata Sets

Before I discuss what a slam ball is, we need to explain the context in which such a training tool is used. And the context is High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), and specifically, Tabata intervals.
What is a tabata interval? It is a High Intensity Interval Training protocol originally devised by Dr. Izumi Tabata to increase [...]

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Parte Tres: Do-It-Yourself Stuff with PVC, Chains and this Time, Lumber… and Crap

Alright meat-heads.
Following my last post on the subject, this is the third installment of this crap I’ve been doing for the last couple of weeks. The fact of the matter is that my g/f and I have already signed and mailed our cancellation forms to LA Fitness. Screw them. The only thing we’ll miss [...]

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Parte Dos : Do-It-Yourself Stuff with PVC, Chains, Tires, Belts, Ropes, Bands and Crap

Following the trail of thought started here, we explore how to turn a lowly, humble and disposed tire into a fine piece of physical training equipment. I shit you not, it is possible… and no, I’m not running a spell-checker on this thing!!!
The Humble Tire
Originally I though I needed a piece of lumber with a [...]

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Do-It-Yourself Stuff with PVC, Chains, Tires, Belts, Ropes, Bands and Crap

Well, I’ve had some free time in the last couple of days, so I decided to make some shit at home. The first thing was a pair of rings, these ones made with PVC pipes and chains (I stole that idea from Ross Enamait’s forums.)
I haven’t hung this stuff yet – I’m installing some swing [...]

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Myofascial Release 101

I think most of us at some point or another have used the services of a massage therapy. And although we know deep tissue massage works, it’s not something that we can afford to use everytime our bodies are falling apart. Which is why this thread is coming into existence. My massage therapist gave me [...]

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NAGA : 2007 Southern Florida Championship

*** NOTE *** I made a mistake. The date of the tournament is July, 21, not June… DOH!!! 
FYI,
the NAGA (North American Grappling Association) is having its 8th Anual Florida Grappling Championship this Saturday, 6/21 in Parkland (north Broward), FL (full PDF brochure here.)
Among new things are a doubling of children division, separated by weight category, [...]

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How Long Is This Shit Gonna Take To Heal????

What the fuck? What the fuck? What the fuck?
Fuck, fuck, fuck!!!!! Sorry for my vernacular, but man!!!!
It’s been almost three months, two days short of three fucking months since the doc pulled the gauze from the drained staph pit, and I thought it would be fully healed by now. But this last Sunday my g/f [...]

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De La Hoya-Mayweather Will Separate Boxing From Thuggish UFC… According To A Retard

There has been a recent flurry of news and commentaries on the eve of the much anticipated fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floy Mayweather Jr. Add to it the controversy of Mayweather’s $1 mil challenge against UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell, and you have an interesting situation. Now, take that, and add [...]

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Dealing with Ligament Pains

So far the “poop loop” guys have been very helpful in giving me suggestions for dealing with the pain in my forearm ligaments (btw, “poop loop” guys, that’s how my girlfriend calls the bullies at bullshido.net) So, more or less I have an idea of what to do about it.
Massaging my own forearms and tricep [...]

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Don’t Mess With Staph

Following my previous post (I Have An Alien On My Leg), the saga against the bacterial world continued for quite a while… 
I’m finally cured from my injury/infection/whatever in my left calf. I can move and flex my ankle without a problem. In fact, the wound has been almost healed for several weeks now. And yet, [...]

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