Haha.
Happy to help. It's a bit lengthy but as a PT I always found it great value to explain how and why certain exercises are being recommended. I wanted my clients to walk away from a session knowing exactly why we did what we did, if I did my job correctly after a 10 block of sessions with me you'd no longer need me and could take control of your own training

Made for a shit business model but made for very happy clients

acemuzzy wrote:

19m26s 5k just now, very happy with that!

That's amazing. Best run I've ever done is 3 miles 21 minutes. That was 15 years ago I'm about 27 minutes now

In my never ending pursuit of how to get fit without doing any exercise, i often find myself watching youtube vids of different exercises and routines, and thinking "that might be quite good if i did it".

usually it stops there, but the latest thing to catch my eye was 'animal flow' (kind of like yoga with more dynamic transitions i guess) and i actually did a a starter routine the last couple of days. not sure it's going to get me 'hench' but hopefully it will help improve my mobility/flexibility, especially in dodgy shoulder and hips.

then again, i'll most likely get bored and stop doing it before the end of the week and we'll never know what it might have done!

There's an Arnie doc on Netflix at the minute. A 3 parter. Part 1 is his gym and Mr. Universe / Mr Olympia days.

Obscene amount of muscle , fitness and strength on display.

Watched pt2 there. Great stuff.

It paints him very well but also ends on a bit of a tinge of sadness.
Even though he achieved so much, it's just him and his ponies rattling around in that big old house, there's a sense of loneliness and loss, of longing for past glories in his old age.

First football game in a few months cos of a dodgy ankle. Goig ok, still fit enough, touch not quite there but still enjoying it for 80 mins. Then got crunched, over on my ankle again, feels a bit back to square one. FFS.

Bravo.

Awesome! Well done buddy.
Which Kata did you perform?

Wookienopants wrote:

Awesome! Well done buddy. Which Kata did you perform?

Competed over 3 rounds, first round was Ananku (which seems to be a particularly shito-ryu and associated styles exclusive kata, I rarely see other styles using it). Second round was Bassai Dai, and 3rd round was Seienchin. I was tempted to do Nipaipo but I haven't practised that enough for competition I only really learned it about a month ago

I on the other hand have taken a bit of a temporary retirement from martial arts.
Been doing it for 30 years now and if I'm honest, I'm kind of fed up with it. Don't really know why but I just can't bring myself to get back into the dojo as I've found myself at a real plateau in my progress. I just have little desire to progress further and such little free time that I want to do other things for a while.

I doubt this is the actual end and I'm certain I'll be back in the dojo training at some point in the near future but for now, it's time to hang up my gi and spend my time with my family

Run Melbourne Half Marathon today. Felt good in the first half so had a feeling I could get a good time. Turned out I got a PB by just over 3 minutes.





Never thought I would be able to go sub 5:30 per km for the whole thing, but it felt really good today

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Last weekend my team played another game of wheelchair rugby league.  We won 64-14 but took our foot off the gas for the last 20 mins so as to not embarrass them.  The result will go down in the record books as a 24-0 loss because our team has agreed to forfeit this seasons results.  We've had to cancel a number of fixtures so for league integrity any games we actually do play will all carry the same scoreline.

Our opposition put out a load of social media posts congratulating themselves about winning 24-0.  This will be remembered next season.

I feel your pain. Two weeks in France seems to have allowed my bad foot to get better whilst simultaneously giving me a bad Achilles, dodgy knees, and resetting my fitness level to that of a smoking geriatric.