Arm Bars and Triangle Chokes.

Sunday night Nathan and I went to the gym to do some jui-jitsu. I'm proud to say that I learned two new moves!! This is quite an acomplishment because three days later I can still remember them (for the most part). I have some pictures that will show you what exactly each move looks like. I do not take pictures of Nathan and I while we train so these are just pictures I found on the internet.

The first picture is not of a move persay but it is called the Guard. Before I learn a new move this is the position we start in. There are some differences though. The man on top has his butt in the air unlike when we are in this position our butt rests on our heels. We start from this position because I am a small person and need to know how to fiight with my back on the ground.
The first move I learned was the triangle choke:

As you see the person on the bottom has their legs wrapped tight around the person's neck.

The second move I learned was the Arm Bar. When first learning this move I had to ask Nathan "Is this choking you?" and he had to explain to me that this move is not a choke but a move to break the other person's arm. It was really funny, shows how much I really do not know.

In MMA when using these moves the point is to get the other person to tap out, which means that either their arm is about to break and in a lot of pain, or they are about to pass out. When the opponent taps out then you automatically need to let go of them and you win!

Boxing

Yesterday I started boxing again. It wasn't for long, but my arms definately got tired and my hands were sore. I wore boxing gloves while Nathan wore pads on his hands for me to punch.
Nathan would yell out what type of punch he wanted me to do along with other encouraging words usually like "You suck, I am way better" and helpful tips such as " Keep blocking your face" (which I am still not good at).
All in all it was a helpful practice and a good start into doing more MMA stuff.

Centergy.

I haven't been posting regulary like I had originally planned and that is because nothing has really changed. I haven't done any new training at all. We have just been working out.
On Tuesday I started a new class at the Courthouse called Centergy. I was extremely nervous. This is a class that Nathan and I had been planning to go to for weeks but we just never did. But yesterday we finally started. Oh man, I had a tone of fun. Even though I wasn't close to being able to do everything correctly, and I was laughing the whole time...I loved it. After school that day I went and bought a yoga mat at Walmart.
Oh, right. So centergy is a "yoga/pilates" class. It really works your core (so I have been told).
So our plan now is mon, wed, fri work out (weights) and tues & thurs go to centergy.
I seriously love working out. (even if i have to get up at 5:30 to do so.)
Not sure when we will go back to training again, but I will let you know when it happens.

Morning.

The plan is to work out at 6am Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

So far we have only been working out mondays because different things have come up.

Fortunately, this week we have hit a record and have so far worked out twice.

This morning we had an amazing work out where we just did a bunch of random stuff.

First we worked on an elliptical for fifteen minutes, then we did a bunch of weights for pretty much every part of our body, and we finished strong with a 15 minute run where I almost ran a mile and a half (which is good for me).

It was an awesome work out. And I will be very sore in the morning.