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- warm up

- handstand practice x 20 mins
best so far, got several full 3s holds and a couple 4-5s holds. still very inconsistent. mixed in some pirouettes and cartwheels.

- jump rope x a little
first time doing this in quite a while. came right back. might start mixing a bit of jump-rope-based HIIT in before work. gf being out of town makes early nights/early mornings easier.

http://deadspin.com/look-at-this-flying-dog-go-1795988264

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- GMB F1 W7 D5
skipped floor kips. too discouraging, need a new set up/plan of attack. got a suggestion on the GMB forums to get some mats and kip from there to the floor, reducing height as i get more comfortable. seems like a good suggestion. need to get some mats.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3yHzw_JHTY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3yHzw_JHTY</a>

i've also always been mystified by the east-west imbalance. it's so consistent, year after year. no equivalent that i know of in other major pro sports.

how you feeling now, fast does lie? i thought the warriors would win but i didn't think it'd be this dominant. cavs gave it everything today and still lost.

it's 11 PM and still working on this proposal. on the plus side, it'll be done tonight and tomorrow back to normal life.

re: frog stands/crow, messing with where knees are resting and hand placement led to big improvements for me. closer to armpits, closer to elbows, more or less inside. i don't see why there would a hard-and-fast rule about whether it's better for your hips to be higher or level with your shoulders, but it's worth playing around to find the most comfortable and sustainable spot. personally i've found that hands shoulder-width (prescribed distance is closer in) and slightly splayed out with knees fairly close to armpits leads to a crow i could hold for minutes if i wanted to. ymmv based on physiology, where you're mobile, etc.