Week 2 of 11...The Journey Cont.....

I'm just at the beginning of week 2 of 11 before the BJJ tournament in Aussie, still haven't paid entry fee or for flights yet waiting for some "special" for the flight to come along, which it will!!

I haven't missed a training session yet and juggling it all so far from personal to training to work! My schedule looks like this:

Week 1: Monday 25^th June to Sunday 1^st July 07

Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wed	Thursday	Friday	Sat
AM	Work 6-2pm	Work 6-2pm	Work 6-2pm	Work 6-2pm	Work 6-2pm	Work 10-2pm
PM	Gym 4:30pm Stre 5x 5 BJJ @ 6-7:30pm	League Training or BJJ every other wk	Gym 4:30pm Stre 5x 5 BJJ @ 6-7:30pm	League Training	Rest	Kaiapoi vs Riccarton 3pm

I get about 3-4hrs from end of work till gym work and then BJJ training some times I'm stuffed in that 4hr window!

Training:
The gym work hasn't been too "stressful" although each week, I'm raising the intensity! My goal in the first 4wks is to increase my foundational strength in the gym and each week raise the intensity by adding functional exercises into the recovery part of the foundational movements.

I've been so inconsistent with gym training this year that lifting heavy is HARD work at the moment and is taxing my cardiovascular system!!

I'm finding League training a little 'difficult' at times as my attention span is very limited because i don't get the same intellectual stimulus from Rugby League as I do from BJJ! I feel the league will take care of itself though i.e. my BJJ conditioning/training will transfer over to the league finals in late August as it's my Power phase then!! :-)

Personally:
I'm loving 'knowing' what I'm doing it gives me something to focus on! I do find switching "on" and "off" a little hard though, especially as the intensity of training starts to increase! I will be more conscious of switching 'on' and 'off'. What will help me is that I'm a father, partner and friend FIRST and a competitive male 2nd! No arguments end of story!

I no longer have 'scared' mindtalk, the more I train on the mat and in the gym the more constructive my talk is to myself! I have 100% belief that I will NOT lose because of Strength or Conditioning, PERIOD!!

Well that's enough about me so far, will talk more about the kids in the next post :-)