Coach Al-mulla
03-22-2005, 12:29 PM
hi every one........
on march 19 i competed in a grappling tournament with out preparing for it physically or tecnically... the idea was to see how far i can push it Psychologically . In preparation for the tournament I focused on breathing and mobility exercises. The tournament followed a robin format which means every one rolls with all the guys in his weight class, and there are no point if you submit your opponent you get 3 points if you draw each gets 1 point and if you lose you get 0 point the guy with the most points win. My weight class had 8 guys, which means I had 7 matches. I withdraw after my fifth match because I did enough damage to my body at that point
My observations from this experiment:
1-After the first mach I was pretty much 80% done physically.
2-I was able to stay in good shape mentally using normalizing breathing after each match, but it didn’t really help physically.
3-When you have no strength the flaws in you game start to show up. Because you have nothing to hide them with.
4-The pain is on as soon as the match was over, but it didn’t feel that bad while I was grappling.
5-When you are really gassed if you want to keep going you have start playing it smart rather than playing a game of who is the strongest.
6-I could of kept on grappling till the end of the tournament, you don’t now how much your body is hurting until you start cooling down.
7-After the tournament was over it took me an hour and a half to stop shaking and be able to think straight. It’s almost like having a really bad fever.
8-Today march 22 my body is still sore.
9-Most important lesson ‘ you could get through any thing with breathing”
Thanks to every one on this forum for sharing their knowledge .
and by the way out of the five matches i had i won two lost one and drawed on two.
on march 19 i competed in a grappling tournament with out preparing for it physically or tecnically... the idea was to see how far i can push it Psychologically . In preparation for the tournament I focused on breathing and mobility exercises. The tournament followed a robin format which means every one rolls with all the guys in his weight class, and there are no point if you submit your opponent you get 3 points if you draw each gets 1 point and if you lose you get 0 point the guy with the most points win. My weight class had 8 guys, which means I had 7 matches. I withdraw after my fifth match because I did enough damage to my body at that point
My observations from this experiment:
1-After the first mach I was pretty much 80% done physically.
2-I was able to stay in good shape mentally using normalizing breathing after each match, but it didn’t really help physically.
3-When you have no strength the flaws in you game start to show up. Because you have nothing to hide them with.
4-The pain is on as soon as the match was over, but it didn’t feel that bad while I was grappling.
5-When you are really gassed if you want to keep going you have start playing it smart rather than playing a game of who is the strongest.
6-I could of kept on grappling till the end of the tournament, you don’t now how much your body is hurting until you start cooling down.
7-After the tournament was over it took me an hour and a half to stop shaking and be able to think straight. It’s almost like having a really bad fever.
8-Today march 22 my body is still sore.
9-Most important lesson ‘ you could get through any thing with breathing”
Thanks to every one on this forum for sharing their knowledge .
and by the way out of the five matches i had i won two lost one and drawed on two.