One of those was completely cut out of my life for the time being because I wasn’t able to grapple. So I went to my acupuncturist and good friend Paul and He recommended a chinese herb to use on the injury to help expedite the process the better.

Usually when someone get an injury the magnitude of mine, it requires surgery, but 1 month after it happened my shoulder is about 85% back to normal and the range of motion is fully there. How did I do it?  It was actually very simple after you figure out what you have to do. Its a program just like any workout program but it had some key factors that could not be ignored, they had nothing to do with exercise.

All I am saying here is that its totally possible to heal up a almost fully torn ligament without surgery, using exercises and homeopathic medicines. Stay tuned, I will release a How-To-Guide for rehabbing these pesky and time consuming injuries.

I am having this house warming party very soon probably next Friday-Sunday, and I am probably going to video tape it for this blog and for memories. Past few months of my life have been very hard but now the sun is totally shining down at my face and nothing/no one is going to stop me from reaching my goals.

I am back on track for going to sleep before 1 am, which I think caused me to be feeling physically shitty as of late. Sleep on time is so important to me, when I don’t follow my schedule my immune system starts acting up on me. So some of my short term goals include.

• Going to sleep before 1 am at least 5 days a week.
• Start reading med surge material during the month of August.
• Start teaching before the month of August is up, and do this free seminar.
• Get back into training BJJ
• Get into a loving relationship

Long term goals are still the same but more in my face, now as I am getting closer to most of them.

• Get my BSN in nursing
• Get my Black Belt in BJJ
• Open up my own school
• Start working as a nurse and start schooling on my NP license
• Get married and have kids

LETS GO!

Drinking Ginger tea, water, and eating fruits is making me feel a lil better but my head has a feeling of being crushed.. I sat down today and started preparing what I’m going to teach at the seminar I am doing in the near future. This seminar should be a great start for this teaching position I will start in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.  I will be teaching No Gi Grappling(Brazilian jiu jitsu), 2 times a week. I haven’t chosen the times or days yet, but I’m strongly considering Tuesdays and Thursdays in the evenings.

Cant wait to get this seminar going and then to get this started!

• My king size tempurpedic mattress was delivered after a 2 week long wait.
• My health insurance came in, so now I can the MRI that I need for my shoulder. Which has been injured for over a month.
• I also found a place to teach grappling in Brooklyn, and I plan on doing a Free 2-3 hour seminar to commemorate me teaching at this gym. Everyone is welcome!
• Finally I am moving into my apartment tomorrow, after waiting for this for about a year. I realize the moment is almost here!

If you are interested in attending this seminar, then get in touch with and lets make this happen!

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.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!