The Shark Tank + BW Exercises

The optional theme for The Fit Dish (hosted by Jill Conyers @ JillConyers.com, & Jessica Joy @ TheFitSwitch.org) is…

It’s a toss-up between the shark tank + BW exercises!

What the hecks is a shark tank, you ask?

I will get to it, but first, a back story!

I (sadly) have not mentioned BJJ in a really long while because…I haven’t been there in many moons. There are 2 reasons.

#1: Study-Guilt

F: I’m so sorry! :[ I really wanted to be here, but my rotations have been running later than usual, and I’m not quite as brilliant as Mike, so I felt guilty and stayed home to study. :[
Phil: That’s funny, because that’s exactly what he says about you.
F: Wait, what?
P: He says you’re brilliant and has no idea how you do all the things you do while still doing well.
F: Are we talking about the same person here? :o (My boards score pales in comparison to his, but thanks, good sir!)

#2: I almost dislocated my elbow a couple weeks ago.

This was entirely my fault. I was rolling with Mike and didn’t tap out because I thought I could find a way to escape.

But I could not, and we heard a really loud pop from my left elbow.

M: o_o What the hell was that? Farrah, are you okay?!
F: *tests all range of motion in arm* Yep, I can still move! Game on!
M: Dude, are you sure?
F: Yep!

So we kept rolling and I got stuck in another arm bar that I tried-but-failed to escape. (Cue another really loud pop and a sharp jolt of pain in my arm.)

M: Farrah!?!? Why didn’t you tap out!?
F: I thought I could escape, and it didn’t hurt yet!
M: You’re not supposed to tap out when you feel pain! If you feel the slightest bit of pressure, tap out immediately!
F: But sir, everyone here weighs at least 50 pounds more than me! If I tap out every time I feel pressure, I’ll never get anywhere! :[

I assured him that I was okay and that he hadn’t completely murdered my arm, and he texted me this later on:

Last week was the last time I’ll get to be at the academy for a while, so in honor of that and the fact that it was Shark Week, Phil decided to shark tank me.

This is basically where you’re on the mat and everyone else lines up to roll with you. If you’re lucky, you get about a 10-second break in between each person. Phil decided to make it more difficult by letting them choose what position to start in (guard, mount, side, back…).

The guys were rather humane, so they chose to start in guard, and I managed to hold and/or pass guard until the last couple (where I started getting really tired). My last round was with Phil, who decided to take my back (I forgot how to escape that :[ )…and tickled me in the last 5 seconds.

Needless to say, I tapped.

If I weren’t at the academy, my 10 minutes (aka my current study breaks) would include bodyweight exercises!

• What would you do if you had 10 minutes to fit in something healthy?

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