u/durupaaa

TL;DR: Took 3 months off. Now having more successful rolls than when I left.

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33M White belt, training for just under 2 years.

After a fair bit of nagging injuries and overtraining, I took about 3 months off and used it to heal and also focus on other areas of my life.

This week I restarted training, and was pretty concerned about how far ahead everyone would be than me, as the team has been in camp for an international comp soon.

But, weirdly, still my first few days back, I’ve rolled with more or less everyone, and I feel like I’ve gained more success with my rolls this week than I did at my peak.

I still feel rusty and my conditioning is poor, but I managed to have a few pretty great rolls with people who 3 months ago I would avoid 🤣 even landing my first sub on a particular blue belt who refuses to ever let me work.

So I’m wondering: how is it possible that I’ve had been more successful this week that I was 3 months ago when I was in peak form?

TL;DR: Took 3 months off. Now having more successful rolls than when I left.

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33M White belt, training for just under 2 years.

After a fair bit of nagging injuries and overtraining, I took about 3 months off and used it to heal and also focus on other areas of my life.

This week I restarted training, and was pretty concerned about how far ahead everyone would be than me, as the team has been in camp for an international comp soon.

But, weirdly, still my first few days back, I’ve rolled with more or less everyone, and I feel like I’ve gained more success with my rolls this week than I did at my peak.

I still feel rusty and my conditioning is poor, but I managed to have a few pretty great rolls with people who 3 months ago I would avoid 🤣 even landing my first sub on a particular blue belt who refuses to ever let me work.

So I’m wondering: how is it possible that I’ve had been more successful this week that I was 3 months ago when I was in peak form?