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Quote from: Coges on September 03, 2020, 09:09:09 pm

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Quote from: Coges on September 03, 2020, 12:46:03 am

What's funny is when I have been juggling and I play the piano afterwards I notice my coordination with both hands playing together is far improved but I do get tired more quickly though.

Interesting. I have been playing piano again over the last year or so after a 10+ year hiatus. I might have to start juggling too! What do you like playing?

Give it a shot and see if you notice a difference too. I've been playing Fur Elise and trying to get those two fast bits down. It's so much harder than it seems but after a juggling session my hands were moving much more independantly of each other and I could actually track their spacing better.

As far as playing I play a bit of everything. Currently working on the Letter by Joe Cocker but have a bit of everything from classical to boogie woogie, blues and jazz. And some 70s rock too.

What about you?

Yeah pretty similar. My old books are mostly classical and blues/ragtime. I stumbled across this youtube channel where the guy has good versions of all of Scott Joplin's ragtime pieces, would love to be able to play some of them. Really wish I'd kept it up since HS but luckily I think if you learn the basics at a young age you can pick it up again pretty quick.

Yeah man I started playing in high school and have had a piano in pretty much every house I've lived in. Such a shame to not have been consistent but there's always time. Never had any formal lessons but studied music so understand a fair bit of theory.

You're right though. Much easier to get back again if you already understand the basics.   

INCREDIBLE GAME WINNER BY RAPTORS.

holy fuck.

u thought kemba's incredible pass/assist to put them up 2 with 0.5s left was it.. then they put Fall on Lowree .. Lowree fires a cross court pass all the way to whatshisface.. and nails a game winning 3.

BEAUTIFUL.

Hahaha. Best description. They all kept calling him OG so I still don't know what his name is.

His shot looked slow AF too so I'm amazed he got it off in time.

Quote from: Coges on September 03, 2020, 12:46:03 am

What's funny is when I have been juggling and I play the piano afterwards I notice my coordination with both hands playing together is far improved but I do get tired more quickly though.

Interesting. I have been playing piano again over the last year or so after a 10+ year hiatus. I might have to start juggling too! What do you like playing?

Give it a shot and see if you notice a difference too. I've been playing Fur Elise and trying to get those two fast bits down. It's so much harder than it seems but after a juggling session my hands were moving much more independantly of each other and I could actually track their spacing better.

As far as playing I play a bit of everything. Currently working on the Letter by Joe Cocker but have a bit of everything from classical to boogie woogie, blues and jazz. And some 70s rock too.

What about you?

What is this juggling stuff?

Like circus juggling. It's a staple in the programming I'm doing now. Reasons are "research indicates that learning to juggle accelerates the growth of neural connections related to memory, focus, movement, and vision. The beneficial changes persist even after weeks without practice".

https://www.naturalnews.com/027519_juggling_brain.html

I'm currently on 3 balls. Can do 1 min continuously and am working towards 5 min continuous.  Working on foot juggling too (like hackey sack) but that's so much more difficult for me. I can only get three or four alternating kicks right now. Ultimate goal is 5 ball hand juggle and 1 min alternating foot juggling.

What's funny is when I have been juggling and I play the piano afterwards I notice my coordination with both hands playing together is far improved but I do get tired more quickly though.

wow. insane. u rarely ever see that.

BUCKETS with the ft.

massive mistake by giannis.. though.. if he doesn't foul, jimmy might have hit that. was almost down even w/ the contact.

HEAT W. 2-0.

Mate that was intense AF. I am loving Miami right now.

31/08/2020
Squats & Splits- Day 1

Prep

3 ball juggle - 3x60s
Cross Bench pullover 3x5
ROS Seated Good Morning 3x5

Strength

3 Position Squat-
5 x 3 @ 80kg

Hack Deadlift-
1 x 2 @ 60, 4 x 2 @ 80

Ring Dips- 5, 5, 5, 5, 3
KOT Sissy Squat- 5x10

Inner Range Floor Press- 3x10@10
Hanging L-Sit- 3x10s

Squats were pretty difficult and the pauses were getting shorter and the positions higher as I went. Last set was ok though and depth was still pretty good. Could have gone way heavier on the hack deadlift. Just didn't know what to expect. Next time will be up around 100-120 on that one.


01/02/2020
Squats & Splits- Day 2

A1) Couch Quad Stretch - 3x30s
A2) Single Leg Pike- 3x5 (1 rep = 4 1/4 reps)
A3) Long Lunge Pulse- 3x5
A4) Seated Pike Lift- 3x10

B) Front Split Test- 60s per side

C) Half Kneeling Hpi Flexor- 1x5/side

D) Standing Pike- 1x60s

Pretty cool stretching session. Didn't take too long but got some surprisingly nice results. Got my calf to touch down on the front splits with right leg forward and hips square. I was upright too and had a decent level of comfort. Then on the standing pike I had both palms flat on the floor again with a pretty good level of comfort. I have forever struggled with left calf tightness and tightness behind the knee. Yesterday was the first time I didn't notice it as much. I think the SL pike had a lot to do with that.

Starting a new squats and splits program today. Goal is to get a clean 150kg in the next 2 months. Plus some solid flexibility gains.