Copa Podio Heavyweight 2013 Brackets Announced - February 1st

Leandro Lo will be entering world of the heavyweights this upcoming February 1st.
The same day Faber rematches Renan Barao for the bantamweight belt, and Jose Aldo faces Ricardo Lamas for the featherweight belt.
The same day (in far less grand news), I debut at purple belt at US Grappling's Submission Only in Greensboro.

The green group has among others: Luiz Panza, newly minted black belt Travis Stevens, and Leo Noguiera.
The yellow group has Rodolfo Vieira, Alexandre Souza, MMA fighter Alan Belcher, Leandro Lo, and the Saudi King's adopted son Faisal.
Travis Stevens will be missing the Paris Grand Prix to compete in the Copa Podio. Out of the Grand Prix's in Judo, the Paris one is always one of the toughest and highest profile with impeccable Judo on display.

 

Interview Friday: BJJ News/Take it Uneasy Podcast/Travis Stevens

I saw it over at BJJ news:

 

Mental Preparation: Travis Stevens on Judo & BJJ Mental Preparation for Competition

Brock Samson has self-belief.
I'm sure every morning he wakes up, looks in the mirror, thinks "wow, I am a bad@$$. In fact, no one is more of a bad@$$ than me.....in the entire world."









If you follow this blog, you know I'm a nerd for studying the insight/mental preparation before competition and/or fighting of high level competitors. It's also one of the hardest things to ascertain in regards to any specific methodology. It's a semi-derided moment when a professional athlete (especially fighters) admit they've been to the sports psychologist. The machismo of the sport and of male-sport culture regards this as weak, and mental weakness is something akin to the cardinal sin of fighting and sport.

But, as is often the case, necessity will force us to reconsider that which we might once have never been willing to give a fair attempt.
There comes a point, especially the stiffer the level of competition, where the actual training is roughly all comparable.
Everyone is good. Everyone trains a lot. Everyone eats well. Everyone has good coaching. Everyone has good training partners.
The difference is often very, very tiny on that given day, at that given moment, in that split second.

You are only as good as the preparation you do beforehand: both physical and mental.

I got this over at BJJNews.com, so go check them out (you should have checked them out first this morning when you sat down in your cubicle.
 

Copa Podio Middleweight Grand Prix Highlight - via BJJ Hacks

Friday's Dunning-Kruger Effect Sample: Full-Time Training Schedule with Matt Holt

I'm big on scheduling and plotting out my training, as well as keeping a training log.
I'm always interested to see how full-time or close to full-time competitors and athletes allot their time to drilling, live sparring, & the dreaded (for me) strength and conditioning.

Peaking and periodization is another art form which long term I would like to improve (and by improve, I mean learn about b/c currently I know very little beyond recognizing some of the late stage signs of overtraining and fatigue).

I'm always interested to see the "haters" come out when they read the training regimen of a full-time athlete. The steroids, the disbelief, the overtraining blah blah claims come about very, very quickly.
It's interesting to see the Dunning-Kruger effect let fly almost immediately. People who've never been to the OTC and/or never trained more than once per day, or picked up grappling as a hobby in their mid 20's immediately choose to disbelieve rather than take with a grain of salt and consider what it's like to literally train, teach, and compete roughly full-time.
I'd liken it to reading about Travis Stevens' full-time schedule for training:

That being said, I believe I stumbled across this posted on Sherdog

Matt Holt:
"JiuJitsu Competitor, Greco Roman wrestler, and coach.

Description

2013 FILA world bronze medalist. 2012 NAGA Men's Expert world champion. 2x US Open place winner. Olympic Training Center Resident Athlete. Received a Masters of Education at Southern Oregon University. Was an All-American and Academic All-American for coach Mike Ritchey at SOU. University All-American in Greco Roman.
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Monday 8/12/13
10:00 NO GI DRILL/POSITIONAL SPARRING – RICKY STORY – PAID
12:00 GI PRACTICE
6:00 WRESTLING PRACTICE – ZEPH – PAID
7:00 TEACH SUBMISSION WRESTLING – PAID

8:00  LIFT
DEADLIFT – 8X175/5X315/3X335/3X355

1. HIGH PULL 8X165/8X175/8X185/8X195
2. MED BALL SLAM 20X20/20X20/20X20/20X20/

1. T ROWS 8X160/8X170/8X185/8X185
2. CURL PRESS 8X26/8X26/8X35/8X35
3. BAND ROWS 40/40/40/40

• SL PULLY CURL
• LEG EXT
• TRI EXT

TUESDAY 8/13/13
9:00 GI PRACTICE
10:30 WRESTLING PRACTICE – EVAN – PAID
7:00 TEACH SUBMISSION WRESTLING – PAID
8:30 NO GI LIVE 30 MINS – PAID

8:30 LIFT
ZERCHER SQUAT 8X255/5X275/3X315/3X335

1. SLED PULL 50 METERS 135/155/165/185
2. SLED PUSH 50 METERS 135/155/165/185

1. HIP ABDUCT 8X170/8X180/8X190/8X190
2. HIP ADDUCT 8X170/8X180/8X190/8X190
3. BOX JUMP 48 INCHES 8/8/8/8

• SIDE RAISE
• FRONT RAISE

8/14/13
10:00 NO GI DRILL/POSITIONAL SPARRING – RICKY STORY – PAID
12:00 NO GI PRACTICE
6:00 WRESTLING PRACTICE – ZEPH – PAID
7:00 TEACH SUBMISSION WRESTLING – PAID

8:00  LIFT

1. KB OVERHEAD SQUAT
2. CRUSH GRIPPER
3. PAVEL TWIST
4. AB FLEXOR
5. BACK EXT
6. GOOD MORNINGS

8/15/13
12:00 GI PRACTICE
6:00 WRESTLING PRACTICE – ZEPH – PAID
7:00 TEACH SUBMISSION WRESTLING – PAID
8:30 NO GI LIVE 30 MINS – PAID

8:30 LIFT
HAMMER STRENGTH INCLINE BENCH 8X315/5X335/3X365/3X385

1. SINGLE ARM PAVEL PUSH PRESS 8X50/8X60/8X60/8X70
2. KB FRONT RAISE 8X35/8X35/8X44/8X53

1. SINGLE ARM CRUNCH PRESS 8X53/8X70/8X70/8X70
2. LF SIDE RAISE 8X120/8X125/8X135/8X135

1. TRI EXT 8X140/8X150/8X160/8X170
2. SINGLE ARM RING PUSH UP 8/8/8/8

8/16/13
12:00 NO GI PRACTICE
6:00 SUBMISSION WRESTLING – PAID
7:00 KETTLE BELL WORKOUT – 18 MINS

8/17/13
3 MILE WALK
8/18/13
3:00 WRESTLING PRACTICE – PAID
4:30 NO GI LIVE 90 MINS"