Did a workout I saw on GymJones, which they took from CrossFit (150 squats, run 800m, 150 squts). I was originally planning to do a 50kg, 45kg, 40kg progression, but I forgot to add the bar, and then forgot that 2x10kgs is 20 kgs. Sets broken down as follows:
2x 25 squats @ 70kgs
2x 25 squats @ 55kgs
2x 25 squats @ 50kgs
Run 1000m
15 squats @ 70kgs
10 squats @ 70kgs
15 squats @ 70kgs
10 squats @ 70kgs
20 squats @ 55kgs
20 squats @ 55kgs
10 squats @ 55kgs
20 squats @ 50kgs
20 squats @ 50kgs
10 squats @ 50kgs
End result; my legs are shaking.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Still not dead
- Did the overland. It was a beautiful trip, though physically piss. Kicking around the idea of doing it with eliot in winter.
- Back at uni, back at the gym. Still trying to find a nice goal to work for (my workout buddies are tough but don't have any specific goals of their own), right now a planche and iron cross are the main ones, and I'm a fair way from both. Uni is sweet, second year kicks ass. Feel like I've learnt more in the past week than in the past year... Maybe I just forgot everything I learnt last year :).
- Have started stretching. Seen a *little* bit of improvement over the past week or so, which is very comforting. Beginning to enjoy doing it too.
- Set up a 10 minute timer on my computer which starts and resets itself automatically. On the alarm I do a set of something. Nice way to keep active.
- Didn't celebrate my 3rd birthday (was out bush). Februrary 14th or 16th - I've tried and I can't remember which. Felt kind of sad... sometimes I look at all the stuff I can't do and realise how far I havn't come. This is tempered by the thoughts that I havn't dedicated myself to being solely physical, it has been the smaller part of my life. Mostly though I think I have good friends, good food, good challenges... it makes the details matter less.
- Back at uni, back at the gym. Still trying to find a nice goal to work for (my workout buddies are tough but don't have any specific goals of their own), right now a planche and iron cross are the main ones, and I'm a fair way from both. Uni is sweet, second year kicks ass. Feel like I've learnt more in the past week than in the past year... Maybe I just forgot everything I learnt last year :).
- Have started stretching. Seen a *little* bit of improvement over the past week or so, which is very comforting. Beginning to enjoy doing it too.
- Set up a 10 minute timer on my computer which starts and resets itself automatically. On the alarm I do a set of something. Nice way to keep active.
- Didn't celebrate my 3rd birthday (was out bush). Februrary 14th or 16th - I've tried and I can't remember which. Felt kind of sad... sometimes I look at all the stuff I can't do and realise how far I havn't come. This is tempered by the thoughts that I havn't dedicated myself to being solely physical, it has been the smaller part of my life. Mostly though I think I have good friends, good food, good challenges... it makes the details matter less.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Good times.
I've been away from the keyboard for a bit, I realise. Working on my driving, revising the things I did poorly on in my exams and recovering those lost scraps of knowledge from ages past to try to rebuild my melted desktop has been taking up most of my time.
Before all that though I was up at Kapooka, doing the reservist entry course and enjoying myself immensly. 'Kapooka Survival Guides' had been floating around my unit before then, and from what I gathered from those at my unit, I had expected it to be pretty tough. My assumption was that it would be physically draining - long, heavy pack marches with sleep deprivation and the like. In reality though; physically it was piss - most of us left less fit than when we arrived, but the attitude the staff take was something I think noone there had experience before, one which a few of us fell in step with in the first few days, and others never got to grips with. If you're looking at spending time up at Home of the Soldier, my advice is this: Disregard all your thoughts about proportionality. If you fuck up, they're going to yell at you. A lot. Learn from it and get over it, because they certainly will. The staff there are in the buisiness of training soliders - they are not (necessarily) bad people, they have just found that sadism works as an effective blunt instrument with which to train the rabble who come in. Kapooka is not hard (if you need proof, just look at some of those you've see march out) - but it is different, and you need to be prepared to change. Just enjoy it.
What I felt I got most out of my stay there was a greater understanding of teamwork. Working in a team does not involve each person giving equally to the team. It involves devoting oneself totally to the goal of the group and the welfare of those within that group above yourself, something I had never considered until then.
What follows are some of the memorable moments of my time at 1 RTB:
* * *
Getting off the bus in silence, the corporals telling us to take our bags in our left hands and enter the entry hall. Watching half the cohort take pick up their bags with their right hand and walk off. Then waiting in the entry hall for the platoon commander, the platoon staff lined up like statues - motionless - with identical thousand-yard stares.
* * *
Belaying the last person at the abseiling wall, who came rocketing down barely touching the wall.
"Slow down man, only a couple of meters to go."
He landed, turned around and looked up at me incredulously.
"Who the fuck are you calling man?"
"... Corporal, sorry."
* * *
Looking up at one of the corporals, and recieving one of the most vicious greasy's back. Then, later, going to him for help... "No no, you do it like this mate. Fuck, sorry - recruit."
* * *
"What the fuck are you doing with that machine gun?! No machine gun's tonight!"
* * *
"So, you do medicine do you?"
"Yes corporal."
"Are you a nerd then? I fucking hate nerds!"
"That's a little prejudice corporal."
* * *
"Our submarine, as some of you may have noticed, is taking on water. The only way to stop this water leak is to polish our brass. We must also be completely silent, to avoid being depth-charged."
* * *
"Get away from the slut's rooms ya sex offender!"
* * *
At the range, cleaning our weapons after a shoot.
"Man, did any of you guys ever play pokemon? That shit was awesome."
"What about Zelda? They were pretty much the best games ever made."
"Yeah man! Zelda was the shit!"
* * *
In the lines, a mate of mine left the room to fill out the medical restrictions logbook for when his pills would run out. The platoon sergeant walked through the foyer and told him to piss off, so he quickly did the addition and ran off. He came back and said, "Man, I think I fucked up my med book."
Later; the sergeant came around handing out admin.
"Ah, Recruit C! How many days are there in November, recruit C?"
"30, Sergeant."
"So why the fuck did you say your meds ran out on the 32nd of November?"
* * *
Our platoon commander, warning us of booby traps laid by guerillas in the local area. The next day, patrolling and watching the section ahead disappear under a cloud of smoke. They missed one.
* * *
Being the last ones to leave before Christmas, we had the place to ourselves on the last day. Squaregaited everywhere.
* * *
There were many more, but most of them are in-jokes. Good times.
Before all that though I was up at Kapooka, doing the reservist entry course and enjoying myself immensly. 'Kapooka Survival Guides' had been floating around my unit before then, and from what I gathered from those at my unit, I had expected it to be pretty tough. My assumption was that it would be physically draining - long, heavy pack marches with sleep deprivation and the like. In reality though; physically it was piss - most of us left less fit than when we arrived, but the attitude the staff take was something I think noone there had experience before, one which a few of us fell in step with in the first few days, and others never got to grips with. If you're looking at spending time up at Home of the Soldier, my advice is this: Disregard all your thoughts about proportionality. If you fuck up, they're going to yell at you. A lot. Learn from it and get over it, because they certainly will. The staff there are in the buisiness of training soliders - they are not (necessarily) bad people, they have just found that sadism works as an effective blunt instrument with which to train the rabble who come in. Kapooka is not hard (if you need proof, just look at some of those you've see march out) - but it is different, and you need to be prepared to change. Just enjoy it.
What I felt I got most out of my stay there was a greater understanding of teamwork. Working in a team does not involve each person giving equally to the team. It involves devoting oneself totally to the goal of the group and the welfare of those within that group above yourself, something I had never considered until then.
What follows are some of the memorable moments of my time at 1 RTB:
* * *
Getting off the bus in silence, the corporals telling us to take our bags in our left hands and enter the entry hall. Watching half the cohort take pick up their bags with their right hand and walk off. Then waiting in the entry hall for the platoon commander, the platoon staff lined up like statues - motionless - with identical thousand-yard stares.
* * *
Belaying the last person at the abseiling wall, who came rocketing down barely touching the wall.
"Slow down man, only a couple of meters to go."
He landed, turned around and looked up at me incredulously.
"Who the fuck are you calling man?"
"... Corporal, sorry."
* * *
Looking up at one of the corporals, and recieving one of the most vicious greasy's back. Then, later, going to him for help... "No no, you do it like this mate. Fuck, sorry - recruit."
* * *
"What the fuck are you doing with that machine gun?! No machine gun's tonight!"
* * *
"So, you do medicine do you?"
"Yes corporal."
"Are you a nerd then? I fucking hate nerds!"
"That's a little prejudice corporal."
* * *
"Our submarine, as some of you may have noticed, is taking on water. The only way to stop this water leak is to polish our brass. We must also be completely silent, to avoid being depth-charged."
* * *
"Get away from the slut's rooms ya sex offender!"
* * *
At the range, cleaning our weapons after a shoot.
"Man, did any of you guys ever play pokemon? That shit was awesome."
"What about Zelda? They were pretty much the best games ever made."
"Yeah man! Zelda was the shit!"
* * *
In the lines, a mate of mine left the room to fill out the medical restrictions logbook for when his pills would run out. The platoon sergeant walked through the foyer and told him to piss off, so he quickly did the addition and ran off. He came back and said, "Man, I think I fucked up my med book."
Later; the sergeant came around handing out admin.
"Ah, Recruit C! How many days are there in November, recruit C?"
"30, Sergeant."
"So why the fuck did you say your meds ran out on the 32nd of November?"
* * *
Our platoon commander, warning us of booby traps laid by guerillas in the local area. The next day, patrolling and watching the section ahead disappear under a cloud of smoke. They missed one.
* * *
Being the last ones to leave before Christmas, we had the place to ourselves on the last day. Squaregaited everywhere.
* * *
There were many more, but most of them are in-jokes. Good times.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The Den
Finally got an expandable chinup bar that doesn't need any screws. My rings are now hanging in my doorway and they are awesome.
Ring L-sits are hard.
Ring L-sits are hard.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
What is wrong with gym franchises.
I was doing skin the cats on a chinup bar (even having one is a pretty impressive accomplishment for a 'modern' gym), and got a good talking to from one of the personal trainer's there, who none to kindly asked me to either leave or move to the bank of shoulder machines. Call me shallow, but I don't like being told how to exercise by a person with a muffin top breaking out over her athletic pants.
Later, I saw the gym board - where each trainer at the gym had posted a little biography. Each came equipped with a quote - "Go hard or Go home", and the like. Hers was "Those who don't have personal goals will always be working for those who do."
The irony nearly killed me.
Later, I saw the gym board - where each trainer at the gym had posted a little biography. Each came equipped with a quote - "Go hard or Go home", and the like. Hers was "Those who don't have personal goals will always be working for those who do."
The irony nearly killed me.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
The State of the System
Have a new set of workout goals. A little more achievable than the last few I guess. Most are half-way steps that I probably could have used when I wrote clarity at the start of the year.
- Set of 10 'proper' muscle ups.
- Full pistol each leg
- Handstand press
- Advanced tuck planche for 60 seconds
- Freestanding HSPUs
- Flag
All of these I see as pretty easily achieveable. I understand the mechanics behind each as much as I can. Some of them (like the muscle ups & adv. tuck planche) are just drilling; the others I think are mostly technical exercises and will just require persistent experimentation to nugget out. Theres also a fair bit of cross-over between the last four, so that will also assist.
And a couple of big ones:
- OAC
- Iron Cross
It feels a little weird just writing those last two down. Definitly possible, definitly hard. I'm not sure if I want to set a timeframe on either just yet.
In other news, Uni has finished, and after my exams I'll be heading to Kapooka for Army basic training.
Train hard.
- Set of 10 'proper' muscle ups.
- Full pistol each leg
- Handstand press
- Advanced tuck planche for 60 seconds
- Freestanding HSPUs
- Flag
All of these I see as pretty easily achieveable. I understand the mechanics behind each as much as I can. Some of them (like the muscle ups & adv. tuck planche) are just drilling; the others I think are mostly technical exercises and will just require persistent experimentation to nugget out. Theres also a fair bit of cross-over between the last four, so that will also assist.
And a couple of big ones:
- OAC
- Iron Cross
It feels a little weird just writing those last two down. Definitly possible, definitly hard. I'm not sure if I want to set a timeframe on either just yet.
In other news, Uni has finished, and after my exams I'll be heading to Kapooka for Army basic training.
Train hard.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
October 15th
Did September 4th today with A & T, did the second ergo in 1:30.4, which is a new PB set at a new level of physical exhaustion. I think I was over pain at that point. Only broke on the last backwards quadrupedal (we went down then up, rather than up then down), my shoulders just gave out and I didn't want to faceplant on concrete... I finished it - however poorly - in the end.
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