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Look ma, no panel mats
Apr. 9th, 2007 10:30 pmTonight in gymnastics I did back kickovers for the first time! For those who don't know, that means I did a backbend, walked it in as tight as I could, and kicked over -- onto my hands, through a handstand and down to my feet. I've been working on this for a few weeks with my feet up on panel mats; but last week I had a small revelation about pushing as hard as I could with my fingertips, and tonight I went from 3 mats to 2 to 1 to zero. I am so pleased. :) These were only my first few kickovers, of course, and experience tells me they'll probably get a lot easier as more things become habitual and I don't have to think separately about fingertips, ribcage, shoulders, etc. I may always need a nice warmed-up back though -- it's kind of amazing how far I can walk my hands in toward my feet these days, and maybe when I learn to kick/jump harder I won't need to, but for now I do.
I love gymnastics because I go there and get told I have weakness issues with my shoulders. Wow. Nobody, nobody has said I have weak shoulders for years, anywhere else. So it's funny, and also a nice bracing reminder that there are higher standards to aspire to. I'm gonna get better... hell, I'm already getting better! The kickovers! My cartwheels, which are sometimes on a line now! My back extension rolls, which now flail up to an odd sort of headstand more often than not! Moses always looks at me with his big sad eyes and assures me that more work will make me get better... I really wonder if he understands I'm pleased with many aspects of my progress.
The other random thing about today: I ate no meat and no cheese. Wow. I have, in the past, noted one or the other, but I'm not sure I've ever had a day with neither before. Admittedly, it wasn't wholly accidental -- I realized the oddity as I was heading through the mall to pick up dinner, and purposely didn't get my planned piece of pizza. ( what I ate today ) That's gotta be eight servings of fruits and vegetables, even counting conservatively.
I love gymnastics because I go there and get told I have weakness issues with my shoulders. Wow. Nobody, nobody has said I have weak shoulders for years, anywhere else. So it's funny, and also a nice bracing reminder that there are higher standards to aspire to. I'm gonna get better... hell, I'm already getting better! The kickovers! My cartwheels, which are sometimes on a line now! My back extension rolls, which now flail up to an odd sort of headstand more often than not! Moses always looks at me with his big sad eyes and assures me that more work will make me get better... I really wonder if he understands I'm pleased with many aspects of my progress.
The other random thing about today: I ate no meat and no cheese. Wow. I have, in the past, noted one or the other, but I'm not sure I've ever had a day with neither before. Admittedly, it wasn't wholly accidental -- I realized the oddity as I was heading through the mall to pick up dinner, and purposely didn't get my planned piece of pizza. ( what I ate today ) That's gotta be eight servings of fruits and vegetables, even counting conservatively.
