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Pregnancy & BJJ: Weeks 9-12
I AM SO TIRED, hungry, and nauseous all the time. The nausea is so severe it is keeping me from sleeping…when going to the bathroom 13x isn’t. Building a whole person is exhausting. All my teammates know about the baby. There really was no safe way to train without keeping them in the loop. Techniques … Continue reading
Pregnancy & BJJ :Weeks 5-8
We know. I mean, WE. KNOW. I had been feeling sick for weeks, but I have bad allergies and a recent minor health scare. I had symptoms that made me there was no baby so I didn’t panic. It wasn’t until I couldn’t eat my favorite foods without feeling nauseous that I decided to buy … Continue reading
Pregnancy & BJJ: Weeks 0-4
I had absolutely no clue. I operated under business as usual. I completed takedowns, live drilling, and I sparred. Little did I know, my extreme fatigue was not just the flu.
Combat Corner Grappling Spats -Review/My fav training item-
Combat Corner Grappling Spats Size: Small Price:$50 & below I’m 5’4, 155lbs, female w/ junk in my trunk. I have a size small and it fits great! I typically wear a medium or size 9 in pants/jeans. I was sent these spats several months ago and I LOVE them. When I received them in the mail I just … Continue reading
The greatest pain
I don’t want my page to be all super sad, feel free to ignore and scroll past, but I can’t help but mention june 18, 2011. It’s not even about, “I remember what I was doing on that day..that morning..what we planned to do later on.” For me personally what sticks with me everyday is … Continue reading
Q5 Labs Sample Reviews
This review is different from others that I’ve done in that the product (Q5 Sample pack) sent doesn’t retail anymore in the way that I received it, however the individual products do exist in different sizes. At one point Q5 labs retailed a sample pack of some of their popular supplements for 10$ to aid … Continue reading
Nothing to lose…
A couple weeks ago I suffered an injury that kept me out of training for a bit and left me unable to perform a lot of daily tasks. Close to that time I also got into a fender bender that cost me my entire travel fund for worlds. Exactly one week ago I decided that … Continue reading
Food for thought courtesy of Ayn Rand
I’m not particularly sure how I ended up in this rabbit hole. However I’ve constructed a lengthy list of texts and works by some significant philosophers that have recently piqued my interest. Among them is Ayn Rand, whom I was introduced to her works several years ago. Life experience and my general desire for information … Continue reading
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
I was diagnosed with having Carpal Tunnel Syndrome at the age of 19 (in 2009, I’m now 23ish 🙂 ). It was severe enough to wear I had to buy computer software to complete my college assignments via voice-text as I could not type without extreme discomfort. I can remember being a junior in high … Continue reading
My thoughts on the NCAA Tourney!
2 jobs, full time school life, Barely time to get my bjj in…i’m grumpy lol
I Wonder As I Wander 