Posted: 31st July 2010 by RomeZa in Uncategorized
Tags: life, Rome Za
Living life, you never know who comes into it and leaves. Sometimes they come for a season, sometimes a reason and sometimes a lifetime. But sometimes you need to erase certain people from your life because they are bad for you and your life.
I had an occurrence this weekend that helped enlighten me on how to act towards certain people. It was a short period of enlightenment lasted only one evening but in that evening I received a wealth of knowledge that will benefit me for a lifetime.
- Some people are totally oblivious about how others feel, Im not sure if its there fault because they were raised by wolves or the fact that they just simply don’t care. Either way sometimes they either need you to spell it out for them or they need a nice hard slap.
- When you feel that something will go wrong, it usually does. Maybe its your intuition, maybe its the fact that you formed that reality by thinking it, but either way, try to avoid it and jump over that obstacle instead of hitting it with your face head on.
- Almost no one is going to assist you with anything if you don’t ask, and the people that do assist you from their heart are the true people in your lives. I personally don’t like to ask for anyones help/assistance/etc. But when I see someone needs my assistance and I care for the person I am always there. They don’t need to ask.
- Don’t try to force it if you feel that a person doesn’t belong in your life. If you think that they aren’t good for you, they probably aren’t. No matter how many “kind words” they say.
- Always strive for happiness no matter what. If something makes you unhappy but makes a loved one happy, and you are willing to sacrifice then do it! But if it makes you unhappy and you don’t care about how the others feel then don’t do it! You will regret it. (I went to a party this weekend because i was there to celebrate my best friends birth, even though I knew I shouldn’t have been there.)
Thats all I can think of for now from my disturbing night. Im feeling a lot better after actually getting this down in writing. Very happy to close that chapter in my life, and begin a new book.
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Posted: 27th July 2010 by RomeZa in Uncategorized
Tags: Grappling, injury, Rome Za
I havent grappled consistently in over 2 months with my school responsibilities and the injury that I got during my comeback. I realized during this time is that without grappling I am still awesome and that It does not define me as a person. Its the relationships that I uphold with the people in my life that define me. None of the titles, belts, medals matter if the people that you love most in your life don’t appreciate and love you for being you.
This past month I have started talking to some friends I haven’t talked to in a while, ended a very long relationship that I had, and not trained all month(excluding 4th of July weekend). And what I realized is that even during the rough patches in your life, there is still plenty of light that shines down on you in all shapes and forms. Life does go on even without grappling, school, a girlfriend, etc. Every mistake, and every rough patch is just a learning experience in and of itself. I have had time to train Julius Caesar and spend tons of time with my little guy and it felt very fulfilling.
I even took up a new hobby this month, Rock climbing! Its totally awesome! Hit me up if you guys ever want to try it out!
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I started working with clients for private personal training sessions a few weeks back and boy is it going well. I am starting to see results in the clients and that makes me happy. Really happy. I really want to see them achieve their goals of losing weight, gaining muscle, gaining confidence, looking better in the bedroom, etc. When they achieve those goals I feel like I achieved those goals, and boy does it feel great!
A few things I noticed that would improve personal training sessions:
- Everyone being on time.
- Following instructions on the homework that you get.
- Taking before pictures
- Setting a goal(s)
- Keeping a progress record
If you or someone you know wants to get in shape, contact me, and I’ll have them in the best shape of their lives. First session is free just to see if I’m the right trainer for you.
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Posted: 8th July 2010 by RomeZa in Uncategorized
Tags: bicep, BJJ, injury
Summer school ended with a bang. Even though I missed the whole first week, I managed to rally and pull up a B+ for the final grade… Woo Hoo Go me! As soon as school was over I started training. I was going hard for 2 days and on the 3rd day in a row, I was back to my awesome cardio and great timing. Everything was going awesome until I heard a tear and I winced in pain. I partially tore my bicep, thank god it wasn’t my rotator cuff.
It has been about 3 weeks now since that happened and this weekend I was up in Bridgehampton, getting some really good rolls in with a few black belts, and purple belts. It was a great weekend! It felt so good to roll again, especially no gi, because of the heat. Hopefully I can get back to training full time in the next week or so, I would love to compete 2-3 more times this year. =]
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Posted: 9th June 2010 by RomeZa in Uncategorized
Tags: BJJ, Goals, Gym, Nursing, plans, Rome Za, students
I realized that I have been just breezing through and not determining my end game.
Where do I want to be?
I have been training a lot but I haven’t figured out what I really want to accomplish from this training and competing.
With BJJ I want to get my Black Belt and have a school with 300+ students.
I want my gym to have 100+ students in the first 2 years.
With Nursing I want to get my BSN, then work for a year and get my NP license. Then I want to work in a private office or manage a private office.
These are my end goals.
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Posted: 9th June 2010 by RomeZa in Uncategorized
When people walk into their first BJJ class, they realize its not as easy as it looks. There are 2 categories of guys in gyms. There are guys that get good and there are guys that don’t get good. The guys that get good are the guys that are able to check their egos at the door. Those guys get fully immersed in the process of learning BJJ. They pay attention to the moves being shown, and they ask questions if they don’t understand something.
If you cant check your ego at the door you will be on this path at learning the basics of BJJ for a LONG time. Being a white belt in a new gym is a brutal yet amazing experience. You are a new face and nobody expects anything from you. So everything that happens is fun!
As a white belt I used to get beat up a lot by the guys in the gym. Probably not as much as other white belts due, but thats simply because I was one of the first people to start training in Clockwork. Either way you take every tap exactly for what it is. Its only a tap. You tapping on the mat and starting over again. It doesn’t make you less of a person. This is the Process that I noticed the White belt progresses. This isn’t universal but I believe it is pretty accurate.
- As a white belt you should be getting beat up for about 2 months by all the other guys there.
- After those 2 months you will start catching other white belts and lasting longer with blues.
- At about 5-6 months of consistent training you will breaking in all the new white belts and giving fits to some of the blue belts.
- Somewhere in between 6 months to a year, you will be tapping blues and having an easy time with most whites.
These 4 stages aren’t set times but they are estimates from what I have encountered in my training. Some people will learn faster and some will learn slower. Stay consistent in your training and come to class everyday ready to learn. You will be a black belt in no time.
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Today with the help of a good friend, I added 2 new supplements to my list… Zinc and Cayenne pepper both in hopes of picking up my immune system so I can train harder. Every time I start training hard, my immune system breaks down and I get sick.
My supplements include:
Zinc for immune function
Cayenne pepper for blood flow
Glucosamine for my joints
Fish oil for my healthy fats
Alive Multivitamin for a balanced intake of vitamins and minerals
Whey Protein for recovery
L Glutamine for anti catabolic affects
and that basically my list of supplements that I take so far.
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Posted: 8th June 2010 by RomeZa in Uncategorized
Tags: BJJ, Injuries, Rome Za, Training
I started training really hard last few weeks and the day after promotions while rolling, I hurt my shoulder. So I took 2 days off and then got a heat stroke while going to the beach and working out outside. After all these occurrences I thought I was in the clear and then my hands started hurting in weird places.
I decided to take a step back and start rehabbing and prehabing areas that need it. I started doing special rehab circuits for my shoulders, and the pain started dimishing almost instantaneously. For my hands was a little bit harder because at first I couldn’t figure out what hurt. Eventually I figured out it was my metacarpals and they hurt because my grips were strong making my flexor digitorum very strong. Yet even though my grips were strong I was totally neglecting the other side of the my hand/forearm called the extensor digitorum. I have been strengthening it for 1 day so far and the hands are already feel better.
I kept pre-habbing my neck and foot and started this new workout routine that I will share later when I start seeing progress… Cant wait to get back into training!
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As soon as sumer came, I was already with an awkward predicament with school. Summer school was starting on the 28th of May and I was determined to ace this class so I can move onto my clinicals. So I come in May 28th which is a Thursday, and I am the only guy in class. Also it is the 2nd day of classes, so I already messed up at least 4 hours of class. Summer school counts a day for about a week. Im sitting there and the class is crowding up with religious Jewish girls, and now I’m getting a bit worried thinking I don’t belong here, but I stick it out until the professor gets there. He says “You don’t belong here, so don’t try to hustle the nice Jewish girls” WTF!
So I sign up to a different class that is on Mondays-Thursdays, and I missed 16 class hours already, and to add to the excitement I have an exam on tuesday for lab practical and a classroom exam on wednesday. I just finished the second exam as I am writing this and I think I did great. I sacrificed the weekend but came in pretty prepared for this stuff.
Yesterday were promotions, congratulations to all the new blue and purple belts in the school, and Mr Vin for getting his brown. On the training aspect of life, I am training 5 days a week and 2 days of strength and conditioning. Right now I am feeling great about this, so this will keep up. With the help of my good friend and strength and conditioning Advisor Hollywood Dalid, I formed a program to last me for the next 4-6 weeks. Then I will assess my gains, and we will create a new one. I would like to compete at least twice a month after summer school is over.
Talk to you soon guys!
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Posted: 21st May 2010 by RomeZa in Uncategorized
Tags: BJJ, Goals, Grappling
Past 2 years and some odd months, I have been contemplating about my future, and I know that I want to do BJJ for the rest of my life. As soon as I finish my nursing degree and get the education that I want to get, if all goes well, I will probably have my black belt already or be awfully close to it.
I realized yesterday that I am not competing or even training at my capacity, if their even is such a thing and I need to pull myself together and just make my dreams come true instead of waiting for it to happen. I want many things in my future, but the dreams that are pertaining to BJJ are simple. I want to win a lot of titles, I want to have my black belt, I want to win at a black belt level. I want to own a school, with 500 students in more than 1 location. For me to reach these goals, I will need to put in a lot of effort and I am totally willing to do it.
Last few days training have been eye opening and mind blowing. I will continue to learn at this pace for as long as I can. I am very “on fire” for learning and making things happen right now. =]
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