I went to BJJ last night and asked about rolling when I have ringworm. The instructors said it’s fine as long as I keep it covered. Wohoo! Of course, it’s on the side of my elbow, so I have to put tape in a big X around my elbow to hold it in. I look like I have a huge injury on that elbow. But hey, I get to roll!

I wish I could figure out why I like rolling so much. Most people I know think I’m nuts. Even I think I’m nuts sometimes. But I like it. Even when some idiot is strong-arming me all over the place and hurting me, I still like it (not quite as much for the moment, but it comes back).

Anyway, because I’m at tae kwon do Monday & Wednesday nights, I’d missed learning the bump sweep on Monday. They wanted to work a follow-up move to that one, so they had to teach me the bump sweep first. I ended up working with 2 guys who had learned it on Monday, so they let me practice first. I earned a “Perfect!” from the instructors. The two guys… not so much. It was as if I’d had the extra night and they hadn’t. So we stuck with the bump sweep most of the night. Then everyone left except for me, the 2 instructors, and another experienced guy. We rolled round-robin for nearly 2 more hours! =o

Monday, Stage 3, B2
Actually skipped TKD and went home to lift because I wasn’t sure about the ringworm.

• Pullups: 2.75
• Deadlift: (1×6x50lb, 1×6x70lbs) 2×6x90lbs, 1×6x100lbs
  • I know, pulllups aren’t in the program yet, and that’s supposed to be RDL+row. Sometimes, I don’t follow directions all that well. And yes, I count fractions of pullups . Form wasn’t fabulous on the 100-lb DL (but, ha, triple digits!), though.
• Pullups: 2.5
• Bent-over row: (1×6x20lbs) 3×6x40lbs
• Pistol squats: 3×6
  • Same problem with form on the DL and BoR: upper back trying to round.
• Pullups: 2×25

And I stopped. Wasn’t motivated to work out, really, because I was already dreading not being able to roll. (But now I know I can, so I have no excuse next week!)