JayC's MMA/Fighter Training Log

JayC · 06-30-2008, 04:48 PM

Welcome to JayC's MMA training log.
First, any comments, advice, or questions are always welcome and appreicated. Free time is hit and miss but I'll do my best to keep up with this. It might start out very basic at first because of that but I will get as detailed as I can once the log gets rollin' and I have time.
Basically, I'm a former wrestler with a few years of TKD under my belt. I've decided to roll all that as well as my passion for strength/conditioning into MMA. I do work full time w/in a great job so MMA is my love and I give it priority when ever humanly possible. Since last year, I've been training under a UFC vet in an MMA gym and on a fight team within that gym. The core training is based around Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Freestyle Jiu Jitsu, and Mui Thai/boxing with a touch of Ninjitsu rounding things out. I train in these arts 5 days a week as well as strength & conditioning 5-6 times a week. Almost as important, my diet is clean and spot-on YEAR ROUND. Something most of my team mates can't even say

Keep in mind, sometimes things/routines switch up because you maybe nearing a fight, cutting weight, just training, no fight scheduled, etc..
I'll start my next post with a few back dated days I wrote out.
Thanks guys!

JayC · 06-30-2008, 05:11 PM

6/27/2008
Fight night for two guys on the team. Shot straight from work to weigh-ins to help corner, warm-up and prepare my team mates. Our guys cleaned up. Both (t)KO's in less then 2 min's!! Didn't finish until 1am. Long day.

I now have two fights scheduled, one for end of July and one for end of Aug.

Diet:
**please note, my diet is extremely low in cal's right now because I am cutting down to welterweight (170lbs) for my next fight.
Today:
Total: 1740 cals
Fat: 25%
Carbs:35%
Pro: 40%

6/28/2008
Usually open training day but due to fights being out of town, no training.
Got up and did conditioning and ran 3 miles in 20:40. This was around the neighborhood so up hills as well.
Evening weights: Lower body.
Hack squat
Squat
Stiff leg deads
Power cleans
one leg extensions
one leg curls
calves
sit ups
stretch
**most work outs right now are super sets due to preparing for a fight.
Diet:
total cals: 1810
Fat: 28%
Carbs: 31%
Pro: 41%

6/29/2008
sunday no training.. just weights.
Upper body:
warm up, 10 mins on eliptical.
stretch
Pull ups/body weight superset
w/dips
DB bench press superset
w/DB bent rows
BB 21's curls superset
w/incline crunches
BB incline bench
DB hammer curls superset
w/DB latteral raises.
finish off with a full round of
dips, crunches, then pushups until completed.

Didn't run since legs are recovering from yesterdays routine.

Diet:
Total Cals: 1940
Fat: 22%
Carbs: 30%
Pro: 48%

**note: also my routines are low weight very high rep because I'm close to a fight.

Kabeetz · 06-30-2008, 06:29 PM

Damn Jay sounds great. You an incredibly dedicated individual. I will be following along!

JayC · 06-30-2008, 06:48 PM

Appreciate it Kab! Yes, for what I lack in experience and/or technique, I usually make up for it 10-fold in heart and dedication.

I always tell the younger guys, heart and dedication aren't something you can teach, either you have it or you don't..IMO

Biter · 07-01-2008, 01:46 AM

Awesome journal Jay! Keep it up!!

JayC · 07-01-2008, 12:06 PM

6/30/2008
Brazilian Jui Jitsu/Wrestling (2 hours):
Worked on technique.. with submissions and defense from the head & arm position. Also worked on escapes from half-guard bottom position and counters from opposite position.
30 min's of grappling/sparring, 6 min rounds changing partners each round.
Also since I have a fight coming up, had to finish off with "The Guantlet" It's basically me in a circle grappling to full submission for 10 minutes with a fresh man coming in every minute. It will kick your ass!

I did pretty well, I submitted two guys and I was only taken down once and never submitted. It's nearly the best HIT conditioning around.

Diet
Total Cals: 1954
Fat: 26%
Carbs: 35%
Pro: 39%

JayC · 07-02-2008, 12:01 PM

7/1/2008
Stand-up/Striking (2 hours):
Worked Boxing technique. Worked different combo's on the bags then combined all of them in a timing drill.
Full contact sparring for 4 x 5min rounds, switching partners each round. Checked a hard kick with my elbow so its a little swollen and bruised today. Hurt like a bitch last night but I heal quickly so I'll be golden by tomorrow

Finished off the night with a non-stop 10 minute round of conditioning. 5 different stations, 60 sec's at each station and you go through everything twice w/no rest.

Diet
grams cals %total
Total: 1842
Fat: 56 502 28%
Sat: 20 179 10%
Poly: 5 41 2%
Mono: 15 136 8%
Carbs: 164 553 31%
Fiber: 26 0 0%
Protein: 178 710 40%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

**my weight hit rock bottom at 174lb tonight!!! YES! Only 4 lbs left and I still have over 3 weeks til fight time. That means I can live a little over 4th of July and my trip to the lake!

JayC · 07-03-2008, 02:02 PM

7/2/2008
Complete MMA/fight training (2 hours):
Since we have a few pro guys with fights coming up, we worked on training them and doing the whole transition for MMA/sparring.
First 10 mintues was conditining/warmup. Then 30 minutes of just boxing/spar. Then 30 minutes of just submission wrestling/BJJ/spar. Then we put the grappling gloves on and did several rounds of everything combined for fight training (complete sparring).
Finished with another 10 minute round of conidtioning (relay wind sprints).

**Sprained my fucking ankle tonight. Partner had a single leg on me and as I balanced on one leg was fighting him off and my ankle just twisted wrong under his weight (he had about 25lbs and 6 inches on me). I heard it pop twice like a knuckle crack.
It's not too bad, swollen but just a slight sprain. One that will heal up in about 1-2 weeks. I heal VERY FAST. I actually did it at the beginning of practice and just taped that bitch up solid and finished the whole session.. w/sprints. I hate quiting. Just how I am.

Calories Eaten Today
grams cals %total
Total: 1855
Fat: 41 371 21%
Sat: 13 119 7%
Poly: 7 59 3%
Mono: 7 63 4%
Carbs: 202 679 38%
Fiber: 32 0 0%
Protein: 183 732 41%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

**Heading out for the holiday weekend and won't be back until the 9th. That should give my ankle time to heal and I will still be doing things like eliptical, bike, and lots of weight training while on vacation. I'll pick things back up when I return.. enjoy the 4th!

MR. BMJ · 07-03-2008, 03:37 PM

Wow...awesome log bro!!!

BMJ

Kabeetz · 07-03-2008, 05:13 PM

Wishing you a speedy recovery on the ankle, sounds like you're confident it will heal asap.

Enjoy the long weekend bro.. the log is kicking some ass!

¼LB'er · 07-03-2008, 05:36 PM

I am keeping a close eye on this bad ass log bro. KO some fools for me.

NURSEPIMP · 07-04-2008, 05:27 PM

Bad ass log
That gauntlet sounds insane..

Good stuff, keep it up man. You are awesome!

JayC · 07-09-2008, 04:35 PM

I'm back all!

Thanks for the kick ass comments while I was out. I'm stoked to keep sharing my journey and updates on any fights, win or lose

I really appreciate the support.
Although I put in some strength and conditioning time while on vacation, I was able to spend about 2 complete days of rest which really helped my ankle. Its only been a week and I'd say my ankle is already back at about 80%. Thank god for my quick healing capablities.

**16 days til my next fight so I'll be doing some 2-a-days until then
Tonight is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu so I'll post my next entry in the a.m.

JayC · 07-10-2008, 02:41 PM

7/9/2008
BJJ (2 hours):
Straight jits for nearly 2 hours. Worked on breaking mount, holding mount and using north/south, side control, etc.. when wanting to control a scramble. Also worked a few different ways to get a triangle.
Spar/grappling for 5 x 5min rounds switching partners each round.
Stayed after to roll with some of our more experienced BJJ guys.. worked on submission that better suit my short/stocky size. worked some sick arm arm bars and ankle locks/toe holds. Body type really dictates what is useful and what is useless, so I'm trying to perfect the holds that best fit me while still learning everything possible to have more subs in my arsenal.

Diet:
Calories Eaten Today
grams cals %total
Total: 1749
Fat: 37 329 20%
Sat: 11 97 6%
Poly: 4 32 2%
Mono: 4 37 2%
Carbs: 198 675 40%
Fiber: 29 0 0%
Protein: 170 678 40%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

Fat Carbs
Protein Alcohol

Kabeetz · 07-10-2008, 02:45 PM

Nice work JayC. I know from wrestling in high school the crazy amounts of repetition that goes into really making all these maneuvers intinct and reaction rather than a thought process. Sounds like u're really talented bro.

JayC · 07-10-2008, 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kabeetz

Nice work JayC. I know from wrestling in high school the crazy amounts of repetition that goes into really making all these maneuvers intinct and reaction rather than a thought process. Sounds like u're really talented bro.

'ppreciate it bro! I'm just a really hard worker. I'm just relentless about learning all I can. Youre right, instinct is huge with wrestling and BJJ.. My instinct now is to revert to wrestling but I'm trying to engrain the BJJ so I have that as a dual front.

Polski Byk · 07-11-2008, 12:18 PM

This is good read keep it coming. Did you take into consid any of the strenght training movements that i mentioned?

06-30-2008, 04:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
JayC Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,565 Rep Power: 75439	JayC's MMA/Fighter Training Log Welcome to JayC's MMA training log. First, any comments, advice, or questions are always welcome and appreicated. Free time is hit and miss but I'll do my best to keep up with this. It might start out very basic at first because of that but I will get as detailed as I can once the log gets rollin' and I have time. Basically, I'm a former wrestler with a few years of TKD under my belt. I've decided to roll all that as well as my passion for strength/conditioning into MMA. I do work full time w/in a great job so MMA is my love and I give it priority when ever humanly possible. Since last year, I've been training under a UFC vet in an MMA gym and on a fight team within that gym. The core training is based around Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Freestyle Jiu Jitsu, and Mui Thai/boxing with a touch of Ninjitsu rounding things out. I train in these arts 5 days a week as well as strength & conditioning 5-6 times a week. Almost as important, my diet is clean and spot-on YEAR ROUND. Something most of my team mates can't even say Keep in mind, sometimes things/routines switch up because you maybe nearing a fight, cutting weight, just training, no fight scheduled, etc.. I'll start my next post with a few back dated days I wrote out. Thanks guys! __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Halfway spend a year notching your bedpost, getting mad jacked swole and making bank.

06-30-2008, 05:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
JayC Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,565 Rep Power: 75439	6/27/2008 Fight night for two guys on the team. Shot straight from work to weigh-ins to help corner, warm-up and prepare my team mates. Our guys cleaned up. Both (t)KO's in less then 2 min's!! Didn't finish until 1am. Long day. I now have two fights scheduled, one for end of July and one for end of Aug. Diet: please note, my diet is extremely low in cal's right now because I am cutting down to welterweight (170lbs) for my next fight. Today: Total: 1740 cals Fat: 25% Carbs:35% Pro: 40% 6/28/2008 Usually open training day but due to fights being out of town, no training. Got up and did conditioning and ran 3 miles in 20:40. This was around the neighborhood so up hills as well. Evening weights: Lower body. Hack squat Squat Stiff leg deads Power cleans one leg extensions one leg curls calves sit ups stretch most work outs right now are super sets due to preparing for a fight. Diet: total cals: 1810 Fat: 28% Carbs: 31% Pro: 41% 6/29/2008 sunday no training.. just weights. Upper body: warm up, 10 mins on eliptical. stretch Pull ups/body weight superset w/dips DB bench press superset w/DB bent rows BB 21's curls superset w/incline crunches BB incline bench DB hammer curls superset w/DB latteral raises. finish off with a full round of dips, crunches, then pushups until completed. Didn't run since legs are recovering from yesterdays routine. Diet: Total Cals: 1940 Fat: 22% Carbs: 30% Pro: 48% **note: also my routines are low weight very high rep because I'm close to a fight. __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Halfway spend a year notching your bedpost, getting mad jacked swole and making bank.

06-30-2008, 06:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kabeetz Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.Y. Posts: 6,745 Rep Power: 205145	Damn Jay sounds great. You an incredibly dedicated individual. I will be following along! __________________ "All you can do is stand and, worst thing you can do is panic. Use it to your advantage, avoid insanity manage. To conquer... Every obstacle, make impossible possible. Even when winning's illogical, losing's still far from optional." - T.I. "No Matter What"

06-30-2008, 06:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
JayC Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,565 Rep Power: 75439	Appreciate it Kab! Yes, for what I lack in experience and/or technique, I usually make up for it 10-fold in heart and dedication. I always tell the younger guys, heart and dedication aren't something you can teach, either you have it or you don't..IMO __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Halfway spend a year notching your bedpost, getting mad jacked swole and making bank.

07-01-2008, 01:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
Biter The new bad guy Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,001 Rep Power: 118302	Awesome journal Jay! Keep it up!! __________________ Light up the darkness

07-01-2008, 12:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
JayC Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,565 Rep Power: 75439	6/30/2008 Brazilian Jui Jitsu/Wrestling (2 hours): Worked on technique.. with submissions and defense from the head & arm position. Also worked on escapes from half-guard bottom position and counters from opposite position. 30 min's of grappling/sparring, 6 min rounds changing partners each round. Also since I have a fight coming up, had to finish off with "The Guantlet" It's basically me in a circle grappling to full submission for 10 minutes with a fresh man coming in every minute. It will kick your ass! I did pretty well, I submitted two guys and I was only taken down once and never submitted. It's nearly the best HIT conditioning around. Diet Total Cals: 1954 Fat: 26% Carbs: 35% Pro: 39% __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Halfway spend a year notching your bedpost, getting mad jacked swole and making bank.

07-02-2008, 12:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
JayC Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,565 Rep Power: 75439	7/1/2008 Stand-up/Striking (2 hours): Worked Boxing technique. Worked different combo's on the bags then combined all of them in a timing drill. Full contact sparring for 4 x 5min rounds, switching partners each round. Checked a hard kick with my elbow so its a little swollen and bruised today. Hurt like a bitch last night but I heal quickly so I'll be golden by tomorrow Finished off the night with a non-stop 10 minute round of conditioning. 5 different stations, 60 sec's at each station and you go through everything twice w/no rest. Diet grams cals %total Total: 1842 Fat: 56 502 28% Sat: 20 179 10% Poly: 5 41 2% Mono: 15 136 8% Carbs: 164 553 31% Fiber: 26 0 0% Protein: 178 710 40% Alcohol: 0 0 0% **my weight hit rock bottom at 174lb tonight!!! YES! Only 4 lbs left and I still have over 3 weeks til fight time. That means I can live a little over 4th of July and my trip to the lake! __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Halfway spend a year notching your bedpost, getting mad jacked swole and making bank.

07-03-2008, 02:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
JayC Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,565 Rep Power: 75439	7/2/2008 Complete MMA/fight training (2 hours): Since we have a few pro guys with fights coming up, we worked on training them and doing the whole transition for MMA/sparring. First 10 mintues was conditining/warmup. Then 30 minutes of just boxing/spar. Then 30 minutes of just submission wrestling/BJJ/spar. Then we put the grappling gloves on and did several rounds of everything combined for fight training (complete sparring). Finished with another 10 minute round of conidtioning (relay wind sprints). Sprained my fucking ankle tonight. Partner had a single leg on me and as I balanced on one leg was fighting him off and my ankle just twisted wrong under his weight (he had about 25lbs and 6 inches on me). I heard it pop twice like a knuckle crack. It's not too bad, swollen but just a slight sprain. One that will heal up in about 1-2 weeks. I heal VERY FAST. I actually did it at the beginning of practice and just taped that bitch up solid and finished the whole session.. w/sprints. I hate quiting. Just how I am. Calories Eaten Today grams cals %total Total: 1855 Fat: 41 371 21% Sat: 13 119 7% Poly: 7 59 3% Mono: 7 63 4% Carbs: 202 679 38% Fiber: 32 0 0% Protein: 183 732 41% Alcohol: 0 0 0% Heading out for the holiday weekend and won't be back until the 9th. That should give my ankle time to heal and I will still be doing things like eliptical, bike, and lots of weight training while on vacation. I'll pick things back up when I return.. enjoy the 4th! __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Halfway spend a year notching your bedpost, getting mad jacked swole and making bank.

07-03-2008, 03:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
MR. BMJ EXECUTIVE MODERATOR Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 10,120 Rep Power: 333913	Wow...awesome log bro!!! BMJ __________________ "No researcher has made a human bigger than a dumb-shit bodybuilder."---Dan Duchaine (12/18/97) BMJ...aka...."SPANKY"

07-03-2008, 05:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
Kabeetz Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.Y. Posts: 6,745 Rep Power: 205145	Wishing you a speedy recovery on the ankle, sounds like you're confident it will heal asap. Enjoy the long weekend bro.. the log is kicking some ass! __________________ "All you can do is stand and, worst thing you can do is panic. Use it to your advantage, avoid insanity manage. To conquer... Every obstacle, make impossible possible. Even when winning's illogical, losing's still far from optional." - T.I. "No Matter What"

07-03-2008, 05:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
¼LB'er RVCA Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 230 Rep Power: 28663	I am keeping a close eye on this bad ass log bro. KO some fools for me.

07-04-2008, 05:27 PM	#12 (permalink)
NURSEPIMP Sideways on a track Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 718 Rep Power: 12797	Bad ass log That gauntlet sounds insane.. Good stuff, keep it up man. You are awesome!

07-09-2008, 04:35 PM	#13 (permalink)
JayC Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,565 Rep Power: 75439	I'm back all! Thanks for the kick ass comments while I was out. I'm stoked to keep sharing my journey and updates on any fights, win or lose I really appreciate the support. Although I put in some strength and conditioning time while on vacation, I was able to spend about 2 complete days of rest which really helped my ankle. Its only been a week and I'd say my ankle is already back at about 80%. Thank god for my quick healing capablities. **16 days til my next fight so I'll be doing some 2-a-days until then Tonight is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu so I'll post my next entry in the a.m. __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Halfway spend a year notching your bedpost, getting mad jacked swole and making bank.

07-10-2008, 02:41 PM	#14 (permalink)
JayC Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,565 Rep Power: 75439	7/9/2008 BJJ (2 hours): Straight jits for nearly 2 hours. Worked on breaking mount, holding mount and using north/south, side control, etc.. when wanting to control a scramble. Also worked a few different ways to get a triangle. Spar/grappling for 5 x 5min rounds switching partners each round. Stayed after to roll with some of our more experienced BJJ guys.. worked on submission that better suit my short/stocky size. worked some sick arm arm bars and ankle locks/toe holds. Body type really dictates what is useful and what is useless, so I'm trying to perfect the holds that best fit me while still learning everything possible to have more subs in my arsenal. Diet: Calories Eaten Today grams cals %total Total: 1749 Fat: 37 329 20% Sat: 11 97 6% Poly: 4 32 2% Mono: 4 37 2% Carbs: 198 675 40% Fiber: 29 0 0% Protein: 170 678 40% Alcohol: 0 0 0% Fat Carbs Protein Alcohol __________________ Quote: Originally Posted by Halfway spend a year notching your bedpost, getting mad jacked swole and making bank.

07-10-2008, 02:45 PM	#15 (permalink)
Kabeetz Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.Y. Posts: 6,745 Rep Power: 205145	Nice work JayC. I know from wrestling in high school the crazy amounts of repetition that goes into really making all these maneuvers intinct and reaction rather than a thought process. Sounds like u're really talented bro. __________________ "All you can do is stand and, worst thing you can do is panic. Use it to your advantage, avoid insanity manage. To conquer... Every obstacle, make impossible possible. Even when winning's illogical, losing's still far from optional." - T.I. "No Matter What"

07-11-2008, 12:18 PM	#17 (permalink)
Polski Byk Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Jersey Posts: 506 Rep Power: 37290	This is good read keep it coming. Did you take into consid any of the strenght training movements that i mentioned? __________________ "If you train regularly, and dont look good naked, your doing something wrong" IG