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^^^yup, teaching yoga is how she's been supporting herself this year. unsurprisingly, she turned out to be a pretty quick learner at tennis. her hand-eye coordination isn't great -- which makes sense since she never played any kind of ball sport growing up -- but she can move and swing the racket. we're gonna keep playing over here, might even finally get a few lessons once she's making decent money again.

i worked out every day at the beach except one. mainly tennis but also went surfing one day! managed to stand and ride three waves (briefly, but still). life achievement unlocked. an old friend's little sister's boyfriend is a surfer and they live near where we were staying, and he was cool enough to hook me up with a board and a low key lesson. gf was not as disciplined but that's on her.

i'm gonna be a zombie today, arrived home at 4:45 AM (although got bumped to business on the last leg! first time that's happened to me, business class rules). need to go grocery shopping tonight and get back to GMB. i think i'll just restart week 9 and go from there.

ETA: weighed myself on my old scale in DC (crashed there with a friend who's living in my old apartment and so inherited some of my stuff), and i was 180.3. slightly surprising as the scales here were telling me i was in the mid-160s. i'm still lean enough to have visible abs so it doesn't really matter. just a notable data point.

- GMB F1 W9 D2
mild soreness in hams and upper back, from the scales. a bit stiff in wrists, neck, and hips so kept volume light. must redouble commitment to stretching.

Quote from: LBSS on July 19, 2017, 11:47:29 am

must redouble commitment to stretching.

Potentially the most repeated comment in my log that fails to be adhered to. It's a goal that just gets renewed like my car insurance policy without ever really using it.

i just finally quit stretching. forever. i finally gave up on the idea of stretching. I feel pretty good though, but I haven't been training hard consistently the last few months. i've had so many stretching related tweaks that I just decided, no mas.

:/

Quote from: Coges on July 19, 2017, 07:29:32 pm

Quote from: LBSS on July 19, 2017, 11:47:29 am

must redouble commitment to stretching.

Potentially the most repeated comment in my log that fails to be adhered to. It's a goal that just gets renewed like my car insurance policy without ever really using it.

yeah, it's funny: i went through a few years where i just decided that stretching and SMR were dumb and so i mobilized before workouts but never really stretched after. didn't seem to hurt me none. but after noticing the big change in my right wrist after just a couple of months of not-even-that-intensive stretching and movement, i'm back on the bandwagon. let's see how well i do.

Quote from: adarqui on July 20, 2017, 12:12:09 am

Quote from: Coges on July 19, 2017, 07:29:32 pm

Quote from: LBSS on July 19, 2017, 11:47:29 am

must redouble commitment to stretching.

Potentially the most repeated comment in my log that fails to be adhered to. It's a goal that just gets renewed like my car insurance policy without ever really using it.

i just finally quit stretching. forever. i finally gave up on the idea of stretching. I feel pretty good though, but I haven't been training hard consistently the last few months. i've had so many stretching related tweaks that I just decided, no mas.

:/

i don't believe you about "forever." you've certainly hurt yourself more stretching than anyone else i know -- a weird amount -- but i wonder if that's just because you need to find a better/healthier way for yourself to do it. your injuries often seem to come while you're trying to press and hold deeper/longer into a static stretch. the GMB approach i've found very healthy and helpful. it's gently dynamic and it's a lot to do with organization, e.g. using your quads and glutes to pull yourself into position for a deeper pancake, or using your bodyweight and back to pull yourself into a deeper posterior-shoulder stretch. ymmv.

have you read "stretch to win"?

nope never read it. you've recommended it several times, never checked it out tho.

i've experimented with a few protocols, AIS, PNF, static, simple dynamic/movement based .. I'd agree that my overzealous static holds are probably the biggest culprit. One of my worst stretching injuries was when i worked at Memorial Sportscenter, just went down and did some light hamstring stretches with really short holds (~2-3 s), and boom hamstring tendon/muscle got a razorblade-like tear. that injury haunted me for a long time.

as far as forever .. ya who knows, but i did one stretch the other day and i stopped immediately. in my mind now, the risk to reward ratio has tipped heavily in favor of risk.

for the most part i actually enjoy how i feel right now.. resting more than training feels pretty good - i just need to step up my training sessions again.. lots of aches have disappeared (hips/ankle). That stupid knee injury is still there though, seems like I did some serious (though probably a very small section) of damage in my left patella. Going to try and get back on track athletically (running/sprinting), but implementing more rest than training. Rest as a training session.. ;f

pC

- GMB F1 W9 D4
boring, i ran out of steam and didn't finish. haven't eaten enough today. gonna go remedy that now.

calves took the brunt, otherwise not as sore as i thought i'd be. right toe bugging a little. had a work event tonight so no workout.

Quote from: LBSS on July 23, 2017, 11:54:05 am

- ultimate frisbee x 90 minutes
gassed. gonna be sore tomorrow. it's freaking humid. much sweat. super fun except the one pakistani dude who comes out is extremely lazy and bad and was on my team, which is always a little vexing. nbd, it's pickup ultimate where i'm the best player by a wide margin and that means everyone else is relatively bad to never-played-before bad. but still. dude. move your feet.

Good to see you still in it w/ the frisbee. We are having a hucking competition next time you are over here so get ready for that

done. i propose combined total of pull, stationary backhand, flick, and inverted or unconventional throw of your choice. something else to train for. 

- yoga x 90 mins
great sweat. this week has been rough especially sleep-wise.