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Kamikaze145's Log

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#1 ·
I figure I might as well start one of these. My name is Jeremy Myers, I am 5'8" 160 and I fight at 145.I am 19 years old.I train at Walker MMA in Dayton Ohio. I wrestled for three years in high school. I work out at the YMCA. I will start my log tomorrow, it will be nice to put this down in writing and maybe get some feedback because I know there are some knowledgeable people on the forum.
 
#33 ·
I just remembered my log after seeing one in my usercp. Today I had some bjj where we worked on a lot of options from butterfly guard including getting to butterfly guard from full guard. I like the butterfly guard to create scrambles and get back to my feet so I will be working on it a lot. And then I did something I got from the website 8weeksout.com. I put the treadmill on a 15% incline and on 11 MPH and I ran that for twenty seconds then rested until my heart rate got under 120 and repeated that 8 times and then ran a half mile at 6 mph. I also did that interval training saturday and I already feel like my cardio is getting way better. Its hard and intense but its more fun than running like 3 or 4 miles on a treadmill and more functional for mma IMO.
 
#34 ·
Today was bjj with Jim Kelly(black belt under Rickson). I started off before class with a two mile run where the last half mile was at no less than 10 miles per hour for conditioning and I did some bag work. Really working on my lead leg switch kick. BJJ was doing a lot of drills like shrimping, bridging, side control bridges, guard pass drills, and a drill where you hit spinning armbars from both sides.
 
#35 ·
Today I had bjj at five and we covered some basics from half-guard. A couple sweeps and just getting a good underhook and staying tight. Some situational rolling. Then I ran two miles on the treadmill and had a protein shake then muay thai at seven thirty. Class was some laps and brutal partner stretches to warmup and then got out the thai pads and 4x4x4 which is four punches, four knees, and then four kicks with the same leg. Then do it again and do the other leg. We did that for three minutes which is long as hell to do that. Then some other combos on the pads and the some clinch work which was really tough for the guy getting clinched because you had to try to keep your head up and that tired out my neck and traps really bad. Then some "play sparring" which is sparring very lightly where its all about technique and trying things out. Good day overall. Tomorrow im taking off and then mma sparring friday.
 
#36 ·
Sparring was really good and brutal. My right leg is really tight from Mojo kicking the crap out of it. I went through 3 rounds of mma sparring with 4 ounce gloves light and then I would say somewhere between 7-10 rounds of stand up sparring with 12 oz. gloves and shin guards. I went 3 rounds with Mojo and he was going easy on me so I could work my stuff but once he would get me tired or if I landed too many leg kicks he would start lighting me up and he actually dropped me with a leg kick at one point lol. I am struggling with a few things but I'm happy with my progression as a fighter and as a striker. I am loopy with my right hook and need to cut my angles better on my kicks and bring my hand across on my kicks. I just have some loopy bad habits but when I just stick to jabs and crosses as far as punches go I do pretty well. Two more weeks until my next fight and I feel good with where I'm at now.
 
#37 ·
The weight cut has officially started. I weighed in at 158.8 and weighed out at 156.6. I was not really trying to drop a lot of weight at the practice but im watching the diet and upping the cardio at this point.
Started off with bjj and went over some techniques for regaining guard once your opponent has side control and worked on getting up to my feet from my guard because I want to be on my feet or on top when I fight while my bottom game develops so I am tailoring my bjj to fit that style. Defensive guard, escaping back to my feet, and knowing what to do in bad situations. Then I hit the treadmill and ran three miles at kind of a spur of the moment interval. I would run at 11 or 12 MPH for 20-30 seconds or so and then 5 MPH for two minutes then 3 mph for 30 seconds then back up, etc....really just trying to burn some calories and keep my heart rate bouncing around.
 
#42 ·
bjj today. An hour and a half straight of live grappling. I did about 20 minutes of situational mma sparring before hand. Class was with Jim Kelly and we rolled the whole time. First guy I went with was like 240 but a beginner and not real athletic, I tapped him probably 25 times or so but he wouldnt tap to armbars lol I would just let them go and keep going. Next I went with a guy who probably weighed 175 or so and he was a little bitch. Everytime I would get position on him he would be like "hold up" and either pretend to be tired or hold his knee (torn meniscus, doubt it). The worst part was that it never failed, everytime I would take his back or get mount his knee would miraculously fail on him. Next I went with Yancy and I tapped him twice, once with a triangle and once with an arm triangle and he caught me in some sort of arm triangle-esque choke. He is bigger and a little bit better wrestler than me, and his stamina is great and he dominated me positionally but I was able to sweep him a few times and catch him a few times. I was able to keep him in my guard for the most part and when he got position I was able to scramble out. I also went with Paul(another 170 pounder) and he caught me in a guillotine, I kind of froze up for some reason and forgot any defenses. I passed his guard 6 or seven times and controlled as far as positioning, he is not bad, just out of shape. Then Jim went over our strengths and weaknesses, he said I need to avoid front headlock chokes better and as soon as someone starts going for one immediately protect my neck. I also got gator rolled with an anaconda choke by Yancy that was very tight and I weaseled my way out of it but he got the mount from it.
 
#43 ·
BJJ to start out. Just technique which was nice because im pretty sore from rolling yesterday. We did two half guard passes which was helpful because all I really had as far as passing the half guard before was instep on the thigh and pull your leg out. Drilled those for a while and that was class. I got offered a fight by a promoter who was at our gym today for April 25th. Hopefully I can take it but the plan is if I win this fight I will be fighting for the belt April 18th on my coach's card. If I am healthy though after that fight I would be more than happy to fight two weekends in a row, we will see.

After that I got a mile and a half on the treadmill. Took a nap on the mat and then muay thai. Started off running laps, then shadowboxing with sprawls. Then Kimura situps. Then we did partner drills, jab counters and jab cross counters. Then we practiced trapping kicks under our armpits. Good practice, I got a good sweat going. Wrestling tomorrow. I weighed out at 154.2 so I am ahead of schedule I will eat a little bit more than usual tonight to even things out. :thumb02:
 
#44 ·
Allright im behind a few days. Thursday I went to my high school team's wrestling practice to help out getting ready for the post season. Good workout, some live wrestling, drilling, and running.

Friday I did a conditioning routine where I ran back and forth on the mat 5 times, 4 times, 3 times, 2 times, and then 1 time. And then the same thing from 3 times but running backwards on the way back. Then power bounds with a medicine ball across the mat, then lunges. Then sprawls onto a ball then a pushup and then jump into the air for two sets of 10. Then jump rope, and carrying a 100 pound throwing dummy around on my shoulder. I also did some hurdles. I dont remember the exact order of everything but you get the drift. Conditioning.

I got a little nap in on the mat and then we had mma sparring which was pretty rough. All bigger guys except me and Troll but good sparring either way. No shin guards and not full power but I got some nice big lumps on my shins anyway.

This morning was muay thai, good technique session with some play sparring which is very light. About two hours followed by some jiu jitsu drills. Had to have my shins rubbed down by Neal which may have been the most intense pain for like 45 seconds I have ever experienced. The lumps are flattened out pretty good now though.
 
#45 ·
Went to the gym at 10 this morning and ran three miles and did some light bag work to jumpstart my metabolism because I need to get off the rest of the weight this week.

Then at five was bjj and we went over a few different armbar setups and some things off of that like taking the back and learned a little RNC variation. Then I ran another couple miles and weighed out at 151.4. I am probably at about 153 or so right now but im happy with where I am at with my weight. I plan to get into the forties wednesday.
 
#46 ·
Started off with a mile run and then bjj. BJJ was with one of Jim Kelly's brown belts. Started off with lots of drills for the first half hour or so and then did armbars from guard(kind of an advanced set up we have been working for a while now) and then the transition from that to a triangle if the guy pulls his arm out and then the defense to the armbar. Then I went and got another mile and a half in and weighed out at 149.9. I pretty much just have to stay disciplined on my diet at this point and my weight should be fine, I may or may not have to sauna friday night
 
#47 ·
Some triangle defense at bjj and a few guard passes then a good thai class. We were throwing combinations on thai pads with partners and countering jabs. We also did some good hard warmup stuff which was good for weight. Got a few more miles in at the end. Weighed out at 148.7
 
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