The Start....

Well where to start, I have been training in BJJ for a few years now and to be honest very half assed! A friend of mine was doing TKD and heard about it, got into it and was at me to take it up, I was doing KickBoxing at the time and didn't like the idea of rolling around with a sweaty guy......

So what changed, well I there was a MMA/BJJ training weekend in Galway, about 4 years ago now and I wanted to go away with the boys, so I took a NO-GI class in Loughlinstown and loved it! The weekend was great and made me want to train in BJJ. I ended up joining Next Generation under Dave Jones.

I am a qualified soccer coach and that takes up a lot of my time, KB & BJJ were really summer for me and didn't get a chance to train all year round. I ended up giving up KB and only training a bit in BJJ. I stopped playing soccer and just kept up the coaching, to be honest the playing soccer was half assed too.

That's the background done and briefly up to date....so where are we now...

So now im 30, just turned this year and things I suppose have changed. I am 5' 8 and 82.5KG and last time I check my body fat was 20% (I was meaning to start this blog at the same time as my training to map my goals and successes, but that was again half assed....so HERE we go!)

I moved clubs to Howth, its about an hour away from where I live, but I wanted to train in the GI, so I travel out on Tuesdays for 7-9 for Judo & BJJ and on Thursdays from 7-9 for BJJ!

Well the same mate who told me to get into BJJ trains in CrossFit and has been on at me to stop doing the same weight programs in the gym, well guess what....I finally listened and I have been doing it for 2months now and yes, I love it!

Ok, so we know I train in BJJ and CrossFit.....so this is the blog....

I want to compete at a high level in BJJ and use the CrossFit to improve my general fitness and strength. Also, my correct weight should be <75kg....during my height of soccer and KB I was 72kg....that seems a long way off now!

So lets start....