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A rather boring cold October day.
I should have worn my jacket. Now I see.
I told the cats don't shed until Friday
But do not think they're listening to me.

At work, I didn't get much done today.
I'm lonely now that all my friends have quit.
A little progress would help to allay
this feeling that I'm sort of faking it.

Then yoga -- by a strange coincidence
we worked on straddle-ups in class. And though
I meant to post of something else for once
I'm working on them still, and now you know.

All day I loved and hated life, in turns.
I want to quiet my brain, but still it churns.

Date: 2006-10-12 05:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nevers.livejournal.com
so how are your straddle-ups?
i am getting pretty close to a back walkover. i can kick over from a bridge about 1 in 5 or maybe 1 in 3 tries. when i try to connect them though i tend to freak out and bail out, even though it's technically easier to do them connected. it would help if i had a spot to work with me every day.

Date: 2006-10-13 06:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nevers.livejournal.com
hmm... i don't usually have any energy left for acro when i get home in the evenings, and i also don't usually keep our living area clear enough to do a back walkover in it.

equinox doesn't seem to have a member bulletin board for finding an acro partner :(

Date: 2006-10-15 12:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nevers.livejournal.com
haha. if you can do stuff when you're dead tired, more power to you!! i just feel way too tired to trust myself. also usually by evening my shoulders hurt... and they do not like bridges one bit.

i hear you on not wanting to drop anything.

what kind of weights stuff are you most into? are there specific muscle groups or lifts? just curious since i don't do that stuff at all and don't feel any lack (that is not wholly true but i'll spare you an essay)

Date: 2006-10-19 12:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nevers.livejournal.com
very interesting. why bench presses as opposed to pushups? also, do you do bicep curls to help your pullups, or for definition? also curious about the hamstring curls.

the one thing i think would help me with weights is squats. i used to have such powerful legs when i was dancing, and i've lost out that. i am SO RIDICULOUSLY SORE from pushing off for and landing a dozen front handsprings on tuesday. and stronger legs will also help me as a base. but squats, ugh, i just can't get myself to do them.

Date: 2006-10-21 04:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nevers.livejournal.com
see, i can only do about 8 pushups (if i'm doing 3 sets) before my arms and chest get too tired (and it's clearly them, not my abs, that are giving out) so i don't think i need anything harder. when i can do 3x12 i want to elevate my feet, toward the eventual handstand pushup goal.

the glute/ham natural thing looks amazing! i want to start doing ham curls for my heel hang on trapeze
http://impactartists.co.uk/images/Aerialists/ulali2.jpg
i am close to being able to support myself like that but not quite there.

doing curls for knee stability is smart. they are a backup for the acl and that's another reason i should probably do them.

squats don't do ANYTHING for jumps? hmmm. maybe i should just have a front handspring practice. sadly equinox's fitness classrooms both have wood floors (my old gym's was padded) so i don't feel comfortable tumbling there.

Date: 2006-10-27 01:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nevers.livejournal.com
ooh, the cable assist sounds very interesting!

are you saying that moving from flat pushup to hspu would be good because it would slowly shift the load from one muscle group to the other, or that it would be bad because suddenly my delts would have to do most of the work whereas i wasn't working them before?

there's this great list of plyo exercises for power:
http://www.performanceworkouts.com/exercise_guides_power_1.shtml
but i just don't know... i have never seen a "plyo box" at either of the gyms i've tried, and as i've mentioned before, making myself do this stuff is hard because it doesn't feel fun. this is why i need a training partner. but also, neither of the gyms i've tried has had a community bulletin board!

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