#and their thiccccc coach

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I need someone to watch Iron Leaguer with me I'm not mentally stable enough to finish the show

ITS BEEN TWO YEARS DARN IT

[clinchbinch-blog]

Observing Classes, First Stripes, and Passing Guard.

Sitting here on my Saturday night watching the Rickson Gracie “Choke” Documentary for the second time (He was dreamy in 1995). If you haven’t watched Choke, do it. It is a true testament to the Gracie Family and to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. But also, Yuki Nakai was so stellar as well. Go watch.

Had a yumbo taco salad because ground turkey and chicken were on sale. More on diet later I guessssss.

I really love observing classes. I love listening to the coach and looking at what my teammates are doing with the information. It lets me be a little more critical and specific about what I should be looking for in my own movements and adhering to technique. I’m a musician and as a musician, my technique was kinda meh so I guess I’m trying to make up for it, hahaha.

I observed Thursday’s class which was double leg takedowns and what to do when a turtle position comes into play if and when said take down doesn’t work out. J also covered rear naked choke, and a this seat belt rolling thing that I forgot the name of because my notes weren’t detailed enough, But I can see it in my brain hole.

After this class, I also realized I really know nothing about chokes. I know one choke and it isn’t the rear naked choke.

As much as I love observing classes, I really regret not doing that class. I felt like I needed a rest, but the more I think about it, the more I probably could have done it. It ended up messing up my body and mind not doing that training, felt like shit after work on Friday, cried about it, then went to bed. I went to class today and I am feeling so much better. I feel inspired to keep training and make a difference in myself. I am a better person when I train and I need to maintain that schedule. I am also feeling inspired because a few of my friends/training partners got their first stripe today. They work hard and I really have learned a lot from working with both of them . I try not to worry or think about getting my stripe because it’s so nice to just enjoy the process. I love celebrating the successes of other people. At my very first class, I saw two or three people get their first stripe and I think seeing how happy it made them was the best part.

I also had a friend come with me for her first class and we trained together. In this class we went over Ippon Seoi Nage from a rear choke (great intro class right?) and then O Soto Otoshi from the rear choke (hook their leading leg, turn to that side, and push down or take them down over your leg) (Ippon Seoi Nage, no choke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vr0DbedK_c) (O Soto Otoshi, no rear choke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltj1d_ooC_E&fbclid=IwAR2sqGyS5amrxmR2Q0SkYxUFcrgSbRI4laA5Inc3GU1ru512edJJx0nc9yw)

From there we dug into going from closed guard into arm bars (I really struggle with this and would have liked to have drilled it more), then closed guard into a kimura, then closed guard and sweeping into a mount (I like this a lot even though I’m like a trash bag stuck on a poll trying to drill it). My bottom game is really poor and so I keep trying to find ways to get around that obstacle. I am getting better at getting out of being mounted and into their closed guard. After that, I have a fighting chance because my legs are thiccccc.

So I’m going to work on these sweeps we’ve been tackling. Kite Sweep, Scissor Sweep and the one we covered today (missed the name cause the Gangster Rap was too loud).

We’ll see what happens at open mat tomorrow. Probably more blue belts fucking me up. Good enough.

[gym-x-plus]

AHHHH HELLO MY ANGELS!!! 💓 HAPPY TUESDAY!!!! :)))) Really hyped because my app logo I’m using for my 6 week challenge got approved so now it’s GO TIME 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 WEE, so excited!! You guys kept asking me if I sold workout plans/coaching so I made it happen for ya!!! 💪🏼 Still gotta put together the finishing touches and all that but should be releasing in the next few weeks! As it comes closer I’ll be posting more info on it but just know you’re gonna love it & we all about to be THIC N FIT THIS SUMMER!!!! We shall call it, Fit girl summer 🤩 by yours truly!!! Had a FIREEE shoulder workout this morning I think u all are going to looooove so let’s rock ⬇️ 💖Lateral raises- 3x15-20 💖 Seated shoulder press- 3x15 💖 Hold lateral raises- 10 reps on one arm while holding the other up x3 💖 Underhand barbell front raise- 3x15 💖 Overhand barbell front raise- 3x15 💖 Barbell press to negative front hold- 3x8-10 💖 Dumbbell upright rows- 3x15 💖 Crossover cable rear delt flys- 3x8-10 💖 Cable leaning lateral raises- 3x failure (as many reps as u can) Ended with cardioOoOoO 🤌🏼💦 💓 SAVE 💓 tag your gym buddy!! Let me know if you like this workout when ya try it!! 💪🏼 LUV u all, have a beautiful day && stay thiccccc xoxo <33 #shoulders #shoulderworkout #shoulderday #fitness #fitnessmotivation #gym #gymmotivation #gymgirl #gymrat #workout #workouts #lifting #liftingweights (Orlando, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/COMqSDMHv38/?igshid=1sknhql0e4tun

[animalfarm2018-blog]

week 1// cows n sh*t

(day 1) on monday, day 1, i was introduced happily to a group of people i either knew fairly well, or new faces i had to get used to. as everyone was hugging, and talking, and having fun, i was sat there, completely spaced out, chilling with my closest friends. yes, i did drama before this whole finasco took place, but only for the long period of, 5-6 weeks.. i know its sad, but i had a fair idea of who everyone was by the end of the day. for the wrecked first morning, we played name games and working on our “animalistic movements”, which was basically making complete fools of ourselves by crawling, growling, kicking, pecking, clucking (?) and other things animals seem to do, i guess. oh, and i accidentally tripped someone over, so if you’re reading this, yeah i’m sorry. after lunch, we began to read act 1 from our clean scripts, now either in folders or covered in dirt and/or some liquid stain. we all took a line each, which was basically our “auditions” as we needed to show off our acting talent, by being hunched over and really tired. it was a mood (note: i call everything a mood because i have no idea how to form a sentence)

(day 2) i walked into the rehearsal room with the worst throbbing headache, and, once again, i was spaced out. i was really out of it for most of the day, so i had to leave to go home, but i did stay for the first half. we began the day by reading act 2, and choosing the top three roles we wanted, in no particular order. after finishing reading the extremely well written production, we did a few singing exercises with our music coach, eadaoin, following a (fairly cute) jam session of all the people who wanted to sing, to sing! i appreciated and was awed by all the talent i was surrounded by, and how similar of a music taste i have with do many people, which was pretty cool. from what i heard when i went back home, after lunch they continued with acting out scene 4, and practising the dance off. everyone who did even one step complained.no offence to our choreographer, but the amount of people that had opinions that got flung back to me, was slightly comedic. 

(day 3) we got our roles!! i assumed everyone was happy with their roles, which they were. we did a run-through of the entire show as our characters, which was interesting to listen to everyone really delving into their characters, and really bringing out the defining traits in their speech. after the reading, we all got into groups to come up with, unique, titles for each scene. my group, personally, had the most creative titles (even though i can’t remember them for the life of me lmao). i had to go up and write the majority of voted titles, which were official. with some of my favourite titles being “THE THICCCCC HARVEST”, “begone thot”, “old major gets fuckin’ merked” and personal favourite, “minimus smokes a PHAT joint”. then, in our same groups, we had to make up a tune for a song in the play called, “do nothing”, which we had to perform the following day. during these two group actions, we were all measured for costumes, which was extremely enjoyable as the costume designer, karla, was such a bubbly person with so much enthusiastic energy! she would just make me feel so happy, even when she was asking for me to measure my thighs. once again, mood. along with the costumes, we were also introduced to the stage setting, which was so impressive and innovative! 

(day 4) we began the day, not in the rehearsal room, but the theatre room, first performing the songs we produced the day before, we then spent a lot of time on the rough first draft of the dance off, which, since i wasn’t there i was completely dazed and confused, so i just, tryingly mimicking the movements everyone was doing. at lunch, a new feature to the whole production was introduced. the video diaries. it was a go-pro in a cute little telephone box, with questions taped on the wall. each individual had to answer the questions, and since it was completely confidential, all of us could be as bitchy as we want. then, after the diaries, we all hunched together on the theatre chairs, and watch a bbc movie, “pride!”, which was based on a true story, which inspired our director to get our whole, punk vibe that was introduced that day, to the show. the movie was about the miner strike in 1984, where a group of lesbians and gays formed a support group to the miners to help them get money during the strike. after the movie, we all went up to look at the idea of all of our costumes, which was pretty cool. i found my costume to be one of the favourites i had. 

(day 5) farm trip!! we had to leave garter lane at 9:30 (which is far too early for me goddamn) to go to two farms, both in kilkenny. before we reached the farm, we got lost, in the middle of, quite possibly, the smallest village in ireland, with around 2 houses and a shop. the first farm we reached was an all-rounder, laid back farm, with the nicest dog, peggy. there were chickens, peacocks, pigs, sheep, goats, a calf, and even alpacas. we got to feed the animals (or get our hands completely consumed by the animals) and learn loads about each said animal. after saying goodbye to the dog we were all fascinated by (we’re all 5 i swear), we headed off to the next farm, a dairy farm. to make a long story short, someone in the group became a love interest to the cows. he began ‘moo’ing at them, and t-posing at them until he became encircled by (a shit ton of) cows.i got to pet a cow, which was pretty fun as they’re somewhat soft, and there was another dog there, issy. she was just as good as peggy. i learned a load about cows, like how they have best friends, how they judge gingers, and how they dry hump each other to get bulls attention. once we went back to waterford, it was straight to lunch. once we came back, we had our first welfare meeting to close the week. 

it was an amazing first week, that had plenty of new experiences i quite enjoyed. i became close with new people, and got better with friendly relationships as the week passed on. not a minute was wasted where i felt like i was regretting my decisions, because its something to be going into town each and every day doing the same things, day in and day out, but its something else to be working so hard with the nicest group of people, to get something out of it and go “yeah, i did a production over the summer”. the summer project is something i’ll have to continue doing, no matter what the circumstances are. 

- tara x