Nicky Rod

Sometimes I'll eat.

So literally, it's just completely random.

I don't follow any specific thing.

But in the training room leading up to the competition, I'll definitely, like Nicky Rod, visualize that I'm walking out onto the competition mats.

I'll pick somebody that's a similar body type to the person that I'm competing against.

And then we'll start out.

uh with some distance between us we'll come out smack hands and you know act like everything's a real competition i'll even sometimes have you know corners that will yell out times and things like that just to replicate it as much as possible that's funny because i've talked to a lot of olympic gold medalists they used to do a podcast with like athletes and they all sound like nikki rodd

I mean, I would say like the toughest mentally was just this last ADCC.

You know, I just had a big injury leading into it that kind of screwed the whole camp and weight cut and everything up.

So, yeah, I would say the last ADCC.

Like I said, I'm a very competitive person and I hate losing.

So definitely not.

Yeah.

I was trying so hard.

Yeah, I definitely think it plays a big part in, you know, your confidence when you step out onto the competition mats, you know, being confident that even if you get put in the worst possible situations, you know what to do and know how to work out of them.

Yeah.

So yeah, honestly, I have pretty much the same schedule as Nicky Rod.

So Monday, Wednesday, Friday, I do twice a day.

Every other day, once a day.

And then normally, noon practice is like our biggest class.