Dude, take a couple days off from training. A "jacked knee" will turn into an injured knee, or some other injury on another part of your body because you're body mechanics are changed to keep the weight off your knee during everything from training to daily activity. I also suggest talking to a nutritionalist, especially if your gym has one available for the fighters. You've been commenting that you feel like crap physically and emotionally lately and your nutrition may be a major cause of this. At least do some research on nutrition for fighters and compare it to what you're doing now. (I'm making assumptions here, I know)
Right now I'm pretty much just eating what is in front of me. I'm really poor and I'm finding it hard to afford anything other than chicken and rice :/
Not much one can suggest after that : /. At least take some rest and eat double the chicken and rice during that day or two.
sometimes a missed class here and there gives you a bit more focus on those classes you do attend and gives you the chance to recover i would love to say this gets easier, as psychologically i tend to beat myself about mistakes in class, my training log is littered with 'bad' days but getting older just take its toll, you still have lots of time before that. tonight i also managed quite a fly turnover armbar in newaza randori that i messed up just last week, don't practice it near enough tho, and it was in my head that i needed to build up my ground game so was well pleased, and i took tuesday off after feeling a bit dispirited from saturday and pushing a bit too hard at the gym on monday
Absolutely not if your knee is screwed up! If the knee feels somewhat good you should go for a walk for a few miles to get it used to moving the right way again and some stretching but not much else. If you've been going full speed for a few months, a good break is in order anyways. Do something different during your time off to relax.
It's just a bruise (a massive bruise) and my range of motion is fine. It only hurts when pressure is applied, eg I'm on my knees, or I take a kick.
How long have you kept the intensity of your training for? If the frequency, time, and intensity has been pretty high for the last 2-3 months it will do you a lot of good to just rest. Not just for your knee but for the rest of your body and your emotional state as well. I've been reading about your depression and I can tell you as a person who suffers from some pretty severe depression myself at times, prolonged and intense physical activity without rest has made me make sure I'm not around people to let some emotions out too. It sounds to me that you need some R&R more then anything, so take it. I still suggest walking though. It keeps your body moving and is very low impact on the body which will keep your body on its toes. It's also good for the soul to just walk for an hour thinking and getting yourself straightened up in the head with how you want to achieve your goals. That's what I do anyways on my long walks : P.
How many hours of training a day and how many days a week? This consists of gym time and personal workouts. Then, how many hours would you figure are low/medium/high intensity (low would be working on technique with no real vigor or contact, medium doing the same but doing bag work/very light sparring, high being sparring).
Sometimes it's not just a physical break from training, it's the mental rest that helps. Time to chill, re-evaluate or just forget training for a couple of days works wonders. I've seen people come back from a 2 week holiday absolutely buzzing and ready to go.
I took four days out and I feel much better. Still not peak, but people were giving me less hassle when we traded, although I still lack in the clinch. Then I went to BJJ, and decided against rolling. Rolled once, really light, then just went and did techniue and my legs feel okay! On the downside my Brother was having trouble in BJJ, he came home crying about it. He is competing in the British Open and now understands why I cried :L We're a big bunch of girls.
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Wrote up a rota: Monday Sprinting/jogging • 30 seconds: High-Intensity Exercise • 60 seconds: Rest or Low-Intensity Exercise Repeat another 10 times, followed by a final 30-second high-intensity blast. Total time: 17 minutes Followed by 15 minute core exercises. Tuesday Hitting bag 4oz gloves/Shadowboxing 1kg weights • 30 seconds: High-Intensity Exercise • 60 seconds: Rest or Low-Intensity Exercise Repeat another 10 times, followed by a final 30-second high-intensity blast. Total time: 17 minutes Wednesday Bodyweight exercises. 10x3 push ups 5x3 pull ups Squats, N/a. Followed by 15 minute core excersize Thursday Light jog Friday 5x15 Car pushes minute rest in between Saturday Big run, 4 miles Sunday Rest. Please all come and mock my crappy rota, but also help me fix it. thank yee. EDIT: Please note this does not include hitting pads with my Brother or classes.
im not gonna mock, all im gonna say is have an in depth talk with your coach about what training should be like for your fight
Cool, I meant to do it today, I'll get to it tomorrow. Tonight I Went to BJJ, did lots of technique, then I went to Kickboxing, and learnt a lot! Also, I'm starting to throw good body shots. Then I ran about 3 miles until my bus caught up with me.
I'd talk to Iceield or Slip, but I wonder how much use your longer runs are? Wouldn't you be better substituting some sprint intervals, hill sprints or similar? Just a thought Chadderz, keep at it! Mitch
I'm glad you took the time off and it helped. No you're not. There's nothing wrong with being an emotional person. I agree with Mitch, keep it up and more power to you.
