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After this weekends tournament I felt really good. That same evening, I did some more working out and then went to sleep. When I woke up, the real soreness kicked in. My whole back was sore, but that was normal, what wasn’t normal for me was how sore my hips were. It hurts to walk, [...]

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Even though people, including myself, say to keep your ego off the mat, it’s not always going to happen ideally. On Monday I came in to training and rolled with a bunch of purple belts. I didn’t dominate like I’m used to and my EGO just turned on and I couldn’t get out of my [...]

Competition Day 3

Posted: 7th April 2010 by RomeZa in How To Train BJJ, Life of Rome Za, Nutrition
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Another night of really good sleep! god bless… Breakfast: 2 egg omelette with cheese and 2 pieces of whole wheat french toast, washed it down with a freshly squeezed apple, carrot, and beet juice. For a Snack I ate an apple. Lunch: was stir fried cauliflowers, broccoli and some grilled chicken. Some green tea to [...]

Competition day 2

Posted: 6th April 2010 by RomeZa in How To Train BJJ, Life of Rome Za, Nutrition
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Today I woke up from an amazing nights sleep and studied a little bit more for my nutrition exam. For breakfast I ate a multi grain bagel with olive cream cheese and a cup of tea with a fiber supplement. Coming into the exam feeling good, I finished pretty early and headed back home to [...]

April just came through the door and with that the amazing weather that comes with this time of year busted through the door as well. They say “April showers bring May flowers”, but hasn’t it rained enough in the past few weeks?! Whatever, enough about the freak weather this world has been getting. With this [...]

I woke up this morning, after 5 rough hours of sleep, feeling like the only thing I can do is go right back to sleep. I didn’t even feel like training because I was so tired, but I decided to head out and make it happen anyways. On the way to training I was a [...]

Migraine

Posted: 30th March 2010 by RomeZa in How To Train BJJ, Life of Rome Za
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Sometimes when the weather is bad or I don’t get my 8-10 hour of sleep, I get killer migraines that last all day. Today was one of those days… I toughed it out all day, and took a nap in the afternoon, the nap hardly made a difference. At about 5 pm, right before training, [...]

In life, the things that we avoid learning/doing are usually the things that will change our lives for the better. As a fresh blue belt on the competition scene, I used my athleticism and power to win matches. It took a bad accident for me to realize that the route I need to take is [...]

So you have been training for about a month now…. You have probably come close to or are striving to getting your first and most exciting tap. I remember my first tap… I was paired up with a ginger headed guy at this gym I was training at. He warned me he was very experienced [...]