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+1 on taking a training break. seems like a wonderful idea if you can afford it. i'm not really thinking about what's after pakistan yet but one idea that's kicking around the back of my brain is just that: go chill in california for two months and do nothing but train and hang out. we'll see how much money i've got saved up by then.  ::)

on your jumps, an observation: you accelerate into the SL plants off multiple steps. but on the DL plants each step is done at the same speed, you're not adding from one to the next. that's why you're not getting any higher off multiple than one. you could try a saying a cadence cue to yourself, like "slooooww-faast-fast." that's worked for me a bit on days when i was having trouble accelerating step to step.

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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: I found the SquatDR of running :(
« on: October 30, 2016, 09:30:45 am »
She was just very misleading.

As for the:
315 Bench
500 Squat
10.x 100m
<6 feet dunk
I think only 0.00001% of the population can do those things. But yeah on youtube everybody can...

fixed.

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was planning to play ultimate tonight at the british high commission but have some GI issues. decided the wiser course of action would be to stay close to a bathroom. so it goes, the pitch will be there and apparently there are multiple games per week.

if i feel better in a bit i may go up and do some light work, maybe rowing.

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new notation a pain to write up, forget it. old notation is fine.

SORENESS: glutes and upper hams, a little
ACHES/INJURIES: right wrist during handstands
MENTAL STATE: good

- warm up
superset x 5 of jump rope 60s + joint circles

- SL pogo x 10,10,10/leg

- one-step RVJ x 4LR,4RL

- handstand practice x
did a few reps but right wrist was bugging. bummer.

- pull up x 10+3+3; chin up x 3+3

- DB OHP 16s x 10+3+3+3

- ab wheel roll out x 10,10,10

- lunge x 60,60

- stretch

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not that i spotted. the only aussie beer i saw was hahn low-carb, i think. someone bought me one -- one benefit of being the new guy is everyone buys you drinks, i didn't pay for anything last night -- and it was gross, so i switched to asahi and moretti.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: October 28, 2016, 05:26:58 am »
what's your pre-run warm up?

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islamabad social life began tonight with a party at the australian high commission. to the aussies on the board: cheers y'all. your countrypeople throw a solid party.

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i just started growing my beard back in, too. gonna keep it trim this time around but i look so young cleanshaven, or at least young enough that all the ambassadors i met the other night looked surprised when my boss (who's the CEO and knows all the ambassadors and other senior muckety-mucks in this city pretty well) introduced me as a director. it was funny to watch their facial expressions go from blank being-introduced-to-nothing-person-who-i-won't-ever-have-to-remember to eyebrows-up-oh-i-see-okay-then-slight-head-tilt.

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I wanted to get a recording but the person who usually records them is busy and i think he probably is fed up of always recording as before he was able to record when he was busy but now he is busy to do it, or maybe im just over thinking it. But I have to get someone else to record it, which I have yet to see a person who is willing.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AFUNTA-Flexible-Perfect-Digital-Smartphone/dp/B016ZET2JY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1477498021&sr=8-3&keywords=cell+phone+tripod

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SORENESS: VMOs, esp R
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: good

warm up

- circuit of jump rope x 60s + joint circles + sprinty stuff

reactive/explosive

- MR half tuck x 15,15,15

- broad jump x 5,5
found the empty room (i.e. "aerobic studio"), alhamdulillah. no measurement for these, felt in calves/soleus pretty strongly on the landings.

- one-step RVJ x 3,3

strength

- handstand practice x 5 mins
mostly just kicking up against the wall and holding for 10-20s, periodically trying to kick off. got one free hold of 5s.

- pull up ladder x 2+4+6+4+2 (+4 chin ups)

- TTB x 6,6

- walking lunge x 50,50
first set steps too short, all quad. second set longer steps, better.

stretch

now THIS is a workout i can get behind. was fun to do, i feel great now. will not be mad if the only thing i get better at while i'm here is gymnastic stuff, if i can also stay in reasonable shape and get a few jumps and jumpy-type things in. it's okay to hit the hamster wheel on a lot of stuff.

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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: October 26, 2016, 10:26:23 am »
possibly my favorite basketball photo of all time:


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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: October 26, 2016, 06:46:14 am »
a bit late to the party but...


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jet lag was awful today. not sure i slept more than 2-3 hours last night and i was just AWAKE, in that terrible jet lag way. i went out to look at places to live and by the end my head hurt so much i was nauseous and had to go back to my room and take a nap. so, needless to say, resting tonight.

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new notation because i'm going to break workouts into sections and it'll help me keep track of what i do when. would be great to have a script that would transfer these from a spreadsheet to posting format. would make it easier to sort and count what i've been doing. for example, after a month, how many cardio chunks have i done and what total volume of different types of cardio have i done? nbd, but in case one of the coders on here is feeling bored...

also i'm going to stop tracking weight. it doesn't matter, i'm not trying to gain or lose, and unless i see major mirror changes i don't care.

SORENESS: glutes a little
ACHES/INJURIES: head a little but it went away during warm up
MENTAL STATE: good, tired

warm up

- row x 1000m, joint circles, walking sprint-style crap

reactive/explosive

- SL pogo x 10,10,10/leg

- near-ME SVJ x 5,5,5
felt strongly in the VMOs, especially on landing, weird

strength

- circuit x 2
-- DB OHP 20s x 5
-- BSS @ 2:1:2 x 10L
-- pull up x 5
-- BSS @ 2:1:2 x 10R
easing into things still

cardio/finisher

- jump rope x 5 mins
4-5 mistakes, one of which turned into an extended (~30s) break. the gym's jump rope is really heavy so this gassed my hands and shoulders. next time will do 10 sets of 60/60 or something and try to make no mistakes.

stretch

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that is all super helpful, yes. thank you. when you say "controlled tempo" do you mean like on a count? for example 2:1:2 eccentric:bottom:concentric? or do you just mean under control and for volume. i remember you doing hundreds of lunges in a row back in the day, do you think that built strength?

one thing i love about the rower is that it's so easily measurable. still kind of not sure what kind of goals i could set for calisthenics. although i just remembered that gymnastics are a thing, so i could have goals be around doing a handstand, doing a planche, doing flat-footed pistols, etc. jump rope goals are easy: build up to 10 minutes continuous, then 20, then 30. build up to 50 double unders, then 100, then 200. learn criss-cross double unders, then create a jump rope kata and improve time (e.g. 100 skips, 20 double unders, 100 skips, 20 criss-cross single-unders, 100 skips, 20 double unders, 100 skips, 10 criss-cross double-unders, 100 skips).

gonna go do warm up + reactive + strength now.

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