Exercise geekery
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flexagonI've been wanting to get my thoughts down regarding exercise, since I'm so confused now in this land of post-Toledo, pre-any-new-classes, not having a regular routine. This is based mostly on a recent post from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nevers, though I used different categories.
Things I really like and want to keep in my program.
Ashtanga yoga, maybe advanced vinyasa. I missed yoga so much, but now that I'm getting back into it... it doesn't give me a workout the way it did 6 months ago. Rrrgh! Frustrating! Only ashtanga is still intense enough to satisfy.
Straddle work a la Toledo. If I do one particular series of warmups from him, I can touch my chin to the ground... maybe that's boring to some, but it makes my heart sing every time, because it's something I never thought I'd do.
Handstand presses against the wall -- I was thinking before the Toledo stuff ended that ideally I'd do them 3x/week instead of 2x/week. For the last couple of weeks it has been 0x/week.
Handstand balancing. I know the drills that have been helping me. How often can I fit them in? Would even one set per day help? Given that I have to warm up my wrists pretty extensively every time, how often makes sense?
Pistols. They are the most badass quad/glute exercise. (For calves, the most badass was the one-footed jumping rope, and I'm thinking of bringing that back in but maybe gradually.)
Kettlebell things: orbits around the head, figure 8s, Turkish get-ups, wood choppers (I haven't even tried those for ages).
Rehab/prehab shoulder things. Cuban rotations, external rotations, several of Toledo's other little moves. Trap 3 lifts, for handstand strength.
Skin the cats. Alternately, raising toes to the bar, because it is pretty amazing to do 10 of those.
Pullups, ring pushups, and ring dips. I'd better add rows to that for well-roundedness, although I do not love them.
Things I used to be good at, that I want back.
Splits. Lost 'em. When I got them I was working them very specifically 1x/week, as well as doing yoga. Now neither my hamstrings nor hip flexors really want to go there.
Hip flexibility of the pigeon, double-pigeon, box pose, outward rotating kind.
My backbend, in general. I want to do drop-backs in sets. Would that fit in with leg day?
Things I have never had, that might be great to work on
Ashtanga jump backs
QDR circles
Things I don't have right now that I'm okay with letting be
Back walkovers -- no good place to regularly attempt them. If my backbend comes back, so will they.
Muscle-up drills may fall in this category too. They hurt, and are hard on several joints.
OK. That's not an actual weekly exercise program, but I think it will help guide me when I make one. I think I need to go back to morning workouts in general -- evening is good brain-time for me so it's nice to have the option of staying at work, and (speaking of work) morning workouts come along conveniently before work can derail my focus on self-care.
nevers, though I used different categories.Things I really like and want to keep in my program.
Ashtanga yoga, maybe advanced vinyasa. I missed yoga so much, but now that I'm getting back into it... it doesn't give me a workout the way it did 6 months ago. Rrrgh! Frustrating! Only ashtanga is still intense enough to satisfy.
Straddle work a la Toledo. If I do one particular series of warmups from him, I can touch my chin to the ground... maybe that's boring to some, but it makes my heart sing every time, because it's something I never thought I'd do.
Handstand presses against the wall -- I was thinking before the Toledo stuff ended that ideally I'd do them 3x/week instead of 2x/week. For the last couple of weeks it has been 0x/week.
Handstand balancing. I know the drills that have been helping me. How often can I fit them in? Would even one set per day help? Given that I have to warm up my wrists pretty extensively every time, how often makes sense?
Pistols. They are the most badass quad/glute exercise. (For calves, the most badass was the one-footed jumping rope, and I'm thinking of bringing that back in but maybe gradually.)
Kettlebell things: orbits around the head, figure 8s, Turkish get-ups, wood choppers (I haven't even tried those for ages).
Rehab/prehab shoulder things. Cuban rotations, external rotations, several of Toledo's other little moves. Trap 3 lifts, for handstand strength.
Skin the cats. Alternately, raising toes to the bar, because it is pretty amazing to do 10 of those.
Pullups, ring pushups, and ring dips. I'd better add rows to that for well-roundedness, although I do not love them.
Things I used to be good at, that I want back.
Splits. Lost 'em. When I got them I was working them very specifically 1x/week, as well as doing yoga. Now neither my hamstrings nor hip flexors really want to go there.
Hip flexibility of the pigeon, double-pigeon, box pose, outward rotating kind.
My backbend, in general. I want to do drop-backs in sets. Would that fit in with leg day?
Things I have never had, that might be great to work on
Ashtanga jump backs
QDR circles
Things I don't have right now that I'm okay with letting be
Back walkovers -- no good place to regularly attempt them. If my backbend comes back, so will they.
Muscle-up drills may fall in this category too. They hurt, and are hard on several joints.
OK. That's not an actual weekly exercise program, but I think it will help guide me when I make one. I think I need to go back to morning workouts in general -- evening is good brain-time for me so it's nice to have the option of staying at work, and (speaking of work) morning workouts come along conveniently before work can derail my focus on self-care.
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Date: 2012-02-13 01:55 am (UTC)I also want to start listing random exercises that I have loved...
Pike-ups on a stability ball.
Hands on a bench, jumping up and over the bench from side to side.