[QUOTE=Scott Meneely;835851]
edit: I did manage to stay focused on judo throughout the class and didn’t get sidetracked by conversation about other things. It is my goal to try to be as focused on martial arts as I can while training, and not get carried away by chatter. I just thought I’d mention this to track the progress.[/QUOTE]
That’s always super important.
I find my judo class is hard to get sidetracked as we are rolling or randori pretty much the whole time. During technique it helps if they people you train with are focused and into it like you.
Of course last night things got disrupted by several guys talking about BJ Penn licking blood off his gloves Saturday night!
1/22
Pitt Grappling
Drilled guard vs guardpasser, pin vs escape, and I got beat up on when rolling.
Also worked an open guard pass.
weightroom
50lb db ohp 5 sets of 6
3 sets of 20 dips (two of those set were supersets with 20 knee raises directly after)
3 supersets, tricep pushdown to pull up
Short on time, I’ll edit this later, I just don’t want to forget…
Dynamic stretching
Squats
225 x 6
275 x 5
275 x 5
275 x 5
275 x 5
clean to front squat
3 sets of 5 @ 95lbs
overhead squats
3 sets of 5 @ 115lbs
Walking lunges and static stretching
Friday will go to seminar on leglocks from a bjj blackbelt!
Looking good 
Bout to start my own new blog monday after a pretty long layoff.
Keep up the hard work!!!
[QUOTE=Pork Chop;836562]Looking good
Bout to start my own new blog monday after a pretty long layoff.
Keep up the hard work!!![/QUOTE]
Thanks, but honestly I don’t feel my workouts have been as good as they were towards the end of last semester. Still trying to work a schedule that will work.
I’m thinking (tentative)
Mon — weights AND/OR south hills judo
Tue — weights
wed — no time for anything
Thur — Pitt grappling AND weights after
Fri — Pitt grappling (gi night)
Sat — weights
Sun — no time for anything
I’m not sure if this schedule is realistic for when my school work load increases, but for these first few weeks perhaps…
2/1
Squats
135lbs x 10
225 x 8
275 x 6
315 x 5
315 x 5
225 x 6
Pitt Grappling
Drilled
Ippon Seoi Nage
Morote Seoi Nage
Drilled some escapes and such
Rolled with 2 people, got beat up by one, held my own with the other
2/2
Push day
dynamic stretching
75lb db’s bench press x 4 x 5
db ohp 55lb db’s
x 5
x 5
x 5
x 5
x 3
Dips, bodyweight + 25lbs
x 13
x 15
x 16
Tricep pushdown
3 sets of 10
Static stretching
2/4
South Hills Judo
Moving uchi komi for uchi mata, ouchi gari, koshi guruma
combination:
Ouchi gari to osoto gari
Uke steps out of the ouchi, change direction into the osoto
Worked on the stepping for the ouchi, taking the first step low, and then bringing the back foot up forcefully.
Important points for ouchigari: Kazushi uke down, not away. Get low. Head on the inside. Reapingt motion, not hooking (I have the hook habit because I’ve gotten it to work). Step in enough to have room to drive.
Randori
Jeff, threw me twice with great throws, I threw him once, kind of, with an ouchi gari
Julian, got me with a couple nice throws, I got him with one, I think he let me get it. I reversed one of his throws also
Phil, threw me all over the place
Pull day
Deadlifts
(225lbs x 5) x 5
Weighted pull ups, body weight + 25lbs, alternating palms in then palms out
x 3
x 4
x 3
x 3
x 3
db rows
65lb db’s x 5
65 x 5
65 x 5
70 x 5
70 x 3
curls
25lb db’s x 8
(for these next sets, I sat in the incline chair with the db’s behind me)
20lbs x 6
20lbs x 6
bodyweight push ups to pull ups
20 push ups, 5 pull ups
20, 5
20, 5
Static stretching
Edit: I’m excited, south hills judo added an instructor profile section to the website!
Here it is!
i thought this said scott mendelson’s training log 
you got some really decent squatting in there man. your push exercises arent bad either. how come pulls so low in comparison?
[QUOTE=GunnedDownAtrocity;840842]you got some really decent squatting in there man. your push exercises arent bad either. how come pulls so low in comparison?[/QUOTE]
Really? I always think of push as my weakest, especially the bench press, maybe that’s cause the gym is filled with bench jocks that bench everyday, so they lift a hell of a lot more than me.
When you say pulling, I’m assuming you’re talking about rows. Usually I do them after deads and weighted pull ups, I’ll try to go max effort and see if I can pick up the numbers next week. I love weighted pull ups (or any pull ups for that matter), so I usually do them first.
You also reminded me that this coming week will be max effort deadlift!!! I’ll try an go for 315!
Ha, Scott Mendelson, that’s a dude that has nice push numbers!!!
When you coming to Pittsburgh man? I’m waiting!
actually i was talking about deads … i should have just said that to avoid confusion. aside from those who lift equiped, most people have a dead that is a bit higher than their squat. your max squat should be right around 375ish … so im shocked you arent pulling at least 4 plates. if you get that deadlift up, your squat is gonna go through the friggen roof man.
and you’re pushing strength isn’t weak at all. 75lb db presses and 55lb ovdb presses aint bad at all for the reps your doing it at. you’re rep strength kills mine.
unfortunately i wont be up to pittsburgh for anything but sushi or comedy clubs any time soon. i haven’t been able to train martial arts since going back to school. im in school by 8am and i dont get done with work until 9pm monday through friday, plus i work every saturday until 6pm. i squeeze in lifting at 930 3 nights a week, but thats all i can do for now. there aren’t any classes run at times i can make it, and even if there were there’s no way id be able to fit it in. not with the family, the house, etc. i miss it … but unless suzi lands another job that lets me go down to part time i just gotta do what i gotta do.
2/8
Weightroom
Squats
(225 x 6) x 5
goodmornings
(95lbs x 8) x 3
lunges with 95lbs on back
Panther grappling club (gi night)
Drilled throws
Drilled open guard with feet on biceps, drilled 2 sweeps and triangles
Rolling:
Newbie I owned
Wrestler owned me
newbie I owned
Ryan owned me
2/9
South Hills Judo
Jiu jitsu
Scissors sweep
Elevator sweep
Stand up, Marcus from Pittsburgh Muay Thai taught
Shadow boxing
Marcus told me too much weight was on my back foot (which I was doing to spring forward to jab)
Worked on details of Thai kicks, when step front hand goes down, switch hands for momentum, come up on the planted foot.
Worked with a lot of the guys on remodeling the club!!!
South Hill Judo will now have a boxing ring!!! Also got rid of bleachers and will extend the mats to that wall!
2/11
Went out to South Hills Judo but didn’t get to practice. We had to stretch the mat covering and finish fixing the place up. The boxing ring looks great, and the new mat design is also great.
In the gym today (2/12) I plan on doing max effort deads. I hope to go beyond 300lbs. I think I’m strong enough, but my grip gives out (I don’t wear gloves or anything).
We’ll see.
Did some skippin rope, push ups, and other stuff. Too much snow to go to the gym.
For the past week I did some push ups, bodyweight stuff, didn’t go to the gym, was depressed and lazy!
Today 2/23
Deads
225 x 5
225 x 5
245 x 4
255 x 5
255 x 4
Bodyweight pull ups
5 x 5
Rows
60lb db’s x 6
x 6
x 6
Went to the mat room, did some heavy bag hitting and kicking and messed around with acrobatic stuff, cause I felt like it.
Did cartwheels looking in the mirror, and they didn’t look to horrible. I did some handstands against the wall (going to try to be able to do them without a wall).
Static stretching.
Monday I want to go to south hills judo or the weightroom.
2/25
South Hills Judo
I only attended the first hour.
Ne Waza
Drilled guard vs. guardpasser
Worked on Kimura
If you can’t get kimura straighten uke’s leg to roll him over (leg on same side as the kimura)
Worked on a guard pass (stacking)
Guard pass to paper cutter choke (thumb in deep!)
South Hills Judo recently lost their BJJ teacher, which is a shame. They are looking to find someone to replace him, but for now it’s just judo (and muay thai!)
2/26
Push
standing db ohp
50lbs x 8
55 x 6
60 x 5
60 x 5
60 x 4
Dips, bw
x 25
x 25
x 20
x 15
Incline Bench
115lbs x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 4
115 x 4
Some knee raises
um…welll…yeah
It’s been a while since I did anything substancial. I’ve had a bad case of the winter blues, grad school and my busy schedule are in the way, and a lot of things just really hit me at once. I have done some home exercise, push ups and what not, not to any intensity, but just to not turn into a complete fat useless…ummm
Went back to the weightroom last week, did some atg squats and pull ups.
Yesterday (3/24)
Supersets, db bench to db rows
55lb db’s x 10 (bench)
x 5 (row)
x 10 (bench)
x 5 (row)
65lb db’s x 5 (bench)
x 3 (row)
x 5 (bench)
x3 (row)
x 5 (bench)
x 3 (row)
2 x 2 min round of jump rope, 30 sec in between.
Went to Pitt wrestling club, they showed me some wrestling basics.
Will go to the gym tonight!
Recently my diet has been very bad. I’ve had unusual sweet cravings, and I’m not doing anything about it (except giving in:D ). I hope to get my athletic life back on track.