I was reading Steve Pavlina’s blog on goals today, and he was asking What daily discipline(s) would make this goal a done deal?
So I came up with some.

- JiuJitsu Training in a technique-oriented kaizen fashion.
I really need to develop my ‘A’ game, as Christian would put it. This morning I put a new position into my toolbox, the Jeff Glover ‘Deep Half-guard’. After D’Arcy Dan tried to explain it to me, I was pretty iffy on picking up a whole new halfguard mentality. After doing it a couple of times, I just became a bona-fide convert. Sign me the fuck up. It’s exactly that kind of thing that needs to keep happening. All components need to progress at a steady rate, without leaving some behind.

- Eat enough healthy stuff to avoid debilitating fatigue and injury
I need to be eating in a way that provides energy and doesn’t put any weight on. I’ve been good at this for exactly; 1 day. My nutrition plan is solid, and the routine is too. Now if I could just see results faster. Brad is a total inspiration in this regard.

- Strength Train
Weight divisions for SoCal Pankration are different, as well as the skill division. 206-225 will be what I fall into, so I’ve got to weigh in heavy with some strength on my side. I was planning on cutting below 210 to make weight but there’s no point now that they set the division at 225. Now it’s all about putting on a crapload of muscle. I’m going to accellerate the stabilization phase and work on Hypertrophy for the next 4 weeks and see where that gets me. I’ll finally get to see what the stuff I’m certified for actually does.

- Flexibility Training
It’s getting to the point where my BJJ game is totally hindered by my flexibility. I’m never gonna be BJ Penn, but between that and the postural problems causing injuries, this is an area that I haven’t given enough attention to. I just need to get it handled. I started SMR with Ulises in our S&C sessions, and I’m focusing on posture and stretching in my chair at work.

- Conditioning and Endurance Training
Joining with Moorpark College wrestling helped a bit, but still; I’ve got to up my game with this stuff. I’ve got Ross Enimait’s conditioning book and it looks like my S&C partner, Ulises, is gonna hate me. It’s time for all this stuff ot kick into high gear. The Brackets are 16-man brackets on a single elimination, which means there’s 5 matches between me and gold medal in a BIG man’s division. My only real choice is to outgas my entire division.

- Mental Focus
I just went over the Gold Mettle Plan stuff again, I keep getting reminded how amazing Rhadi’s insights are. If you’re competing. Buy his stuff. I also am watching film over and over and over. I’ve got 2 of Mark Laimon’s competition BJJ subs dvd’s and they’re really helping with the visualization. Between that and the Inner Realm on Video and Audio, my head’s in the game. HA! looking at the website for the GMP, there’s a testimonial from me on there. Haha!

- Hard Sparring
I just don’t do this enough. On Saturday, I’ll make Krav Level 2, which will allow me to hit the Fight classes with full gear. Also, Martin just opened up sparring classes at the T.O. Boxing, and that’s the ticket. I may just have to put classic Krav on a hiatus just to get some real mat time in.

Looking back, I’ve finally created a lifestyle that is conducive to winning, rather than one that’s conducive to talking a big game. It’ taken a long time to get the pieces to fit in with the rest of my life, but I’m confident that I’m actually doing what it takes to win, and not praying for a miracle when I step on the mat in April.