It's been raining a lot. Cool for us, since Pearl Harbor doesn't get much of the rain during the year.
However, the windward side and north shore have been pounded. There's flooding and stuff. We've gotten a lot, but it's more pooling than flooding. It's nice though. I like rain. It makes me feel pure. I went to the movies today. Had to buy some new clothes so I wouldn't chill in my soaked clothes.
PT tonight:
4x50 Super situps and pushups
2x50 neck ea
2x100 Fire haulers
The SU and PU were easy enough. I was kind of nauseas though so soon after eating dinner. A good salmon sandwich with a salad.
The neck was okay...the sideways ones kind of hurt today. A lot of weakness leaving. Fire haulers were good. The last 20 burned on each set, but that's fine.
Totals:
200 Super situps
200 pushups
100 neck ea
200 fire haulers
I just had a thought. We have weakness leaving our bodies each time we put forth effort and impose strain on our bodies. Is there ever a point where all the weakness is gone? Would that be synonymous with enlightenment? Sages and masters seek to transcend beyond mind and body to become spirit through tremendous physical and metal trials. In our endeavors to cope with the physical and mental strain of our exercising, will we be able to constantly increase the difficulty, to reach the top of the pyramid? And if so, what happens then? Can we go beyond? Or does something break? And at this breaking point, have we then reached the ultimate point of freedom to let go of all that binds us and accept enlightenment?
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Dos
I RAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 5 WEEKS! IT WAS AWESOME! THE ANKLE FELT GREAT! STIFF, BUT NO PAIN!
I RAN TWO MILES IN THE RAIN, AT A NICE EASY PACE. FELT AWESOME TO BE OUT THERE PUTTING ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AGAIN.
8:45, 8:04 (16:49)
I RAN TWO MILES IN THE RAIN, AT A NICE EASY PACE. FELT AWESOME TO BE OUT THERE PUTTING ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AGAIN.
8:45, 8:04 (16:49)
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Productive week so far
This week has been very productive and efficient, and I'm only two days in!
Yesterday I took care of most of the stuff I wanted to accomplish this week (dentist, flight surgeon, and college appointments, called transportation office about shipping my personal items, called recruiter about previous officer's package, memorized the rest of the tunes for tomorrow). All that in two hours. So I took the rest of the day off and went to the north shore to body board. It was nice. First time to the beach and in the waves since I sprained the ol' ankle. It performed well. However, I did jam my 4th toe on the left foot. Wave threw me at a rock. Hurts. It'll be okay.
Today, I called the apartment dude to confirm, and I have a place to live!
Had a great day of rehearsals for the concert tomorrow: looking forward to it. Tofa will be there, so that's cool. Easy to impress when you're on stage in a uniform. ;-)
Another girl was walking in front of me as we entered base this evening. She turned to spit, and then felt embarrassed and apologized. I thought it was awesome and said I was just about to cheer for her. She had a cute laugh.
To PT:
At lunch today, I went outside to do a pyramid. It ended up just being a simple inclined plane. Only made it up the one side and was too tired to go down. Pushups were good, situps were good, dips were okay (hard, but okay), but pullups were unreal! I did okay at 1, and 2, and 3. 4 started to feel weak, 5 was decent, 6 felt super weak. By 7, I was almost failing. At 8, I could only complete 7. My arms wouldn't work. So came back and did 2,4,4 for 9. Then for 10, I did like 3, then 3, then 2, then 1, then 1. I suck. It's been awhile. I think I've only done two pull up workouts since I got here. This was 3.
The dips were fun...did the running leg thing like Hannibal.
All in all, it was a productive workout because I felt a huge burn, I failed many times on the pullups, and I pushed through to attain my goal of at least half a pyramid.
Pullups: 55 ish
Pushups: 110
Situps: 165
Dips: 110
Yesterday I took care of most of the stuff I wanted to accomplish this week (dentist, flight surgeon, and college appointments, called transportation office about shipping my personal items, called recruiter about previous officer's package, memorized the rest of the tunes for tomorrow). All that in two hours. So I took the rest of the day off and went to the north shore to body board. It was nice. First time to the beach and in the waves since I sprained the ol' ankle. It performed well. However, I did jam my 4th toe on the left foot. Wave threw me at a rock. Hurts. It'll be okay.
Today, I called the apartment dude to confirm, and I have a place to live!
Had a great day of rehearsals for the concert tomorrow: looking forward to it. Tofa will be there, so that's cool. Easy to impress when you're on stage in a uniform. ;-)
Another girl was walking in front of me as we entered base this evening. She turned to spit, and then felt embarrassed and apologized. I thought it was awesome and said I was just about to cheer for her. She had a cute laugh.
To PT:
At lunch today, I went outside to do a pyramid. It ended up just being a simple inclined plane. Only made it up the one side and was too tired to go down. Pushups were good, situps were good, dips were okay (hard, but okay), but pullups were unreal! I did okay at 1, and 2, and 3. 4 started to feel weak, 5 was decent, 6 felt super weak. By 7, I was almost failing. At 8, I could only complete 7. My arms wouldn't work. So came back and did 2,4,4 for 9. Then for 10, I did like 3, then 3, then 2, then 1, then 1. I suck. It's been awhile. I think I've only done two pull up workouts since I got here. This was 3.
The dips were fun...did the running leg thing like Hannibal.
All in all, it was a productive workout because I felt a huge burn, I failed many times on the pullups, and I pushed through to attain my goal of at least half a pyramid.
Pullups: 55 ish
Pushups: 110
Situps: 165
Dips: 110
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Busy weekend
Hey there! Hi there! Ho there!
Finished some noon PT before lunch:
10 super sets
50 leg lifts each
50 neck each
50 Super situps
Super sets felt good. Nice burn. Did reps of 10, alternated diamond, regular, and wide pushups each set. On alternate sets, switched between regular/reverse/half crunches, and leg levers/right/left crunches. Concentrated on perfect push ups...chest to ground, lock arms at top. Made it burn more, but felt awesome.
Leg lifts were easy. Tired more quickly on the right leg, probably due to lack of use the past month with the crutches. Sideways neck always stiffens up.
SSU easy.
The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are hectic for gigs! Especially the weekends. Last night, we had a short arrival ceremony for a dignitary, then our command holiday party. This morning I got up at 8 to go sing the anthem for a retirement ceremony. The command told me to be there at 9:30. The gig didn't start until 11. That sucked. I polished my shoes during the 90 minute wait. Then I came home to work out. At 5, the rock band is mustering to play at one of the admiral's holiday party. It will probably go late. Then tomorrow morning at 5:30, we muster to play concert band for Pearl Harbor Day. That will actually be cool.
Busy weekend.
Finished some noon PT before lunch:
10 super sets
50 leg lifts each
50 neck each
50 Super situps
Super sets felt good. Nice burn. Did reps of 10, alternated diamond, regular, and wide pushups each set. On alternate sets, switched between regular/reverse/half crunches, and leg levers/right/left crunches. Concentrated on perfect push ups...chest to ground, lock arms at top. Made it burn more, but felt awesome.
Leg lifts were easy. Tired more quickly on the right leg, probably due to lack of use the past month with the crutches. Sideways neck always stiffens up.
SSU easy.
The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are hectic for gigs! Especially the weekends. Last night, we had a short arrival ceremony for a dignitary, then our command holiday party. This morning I got up at 8 to go sing the anthem for a retirement ceremony. The command told me to be there at 9:30. The gig didn't start until 11. That sucked. I polished my shoes during the 90 minute wait. Then I came home to work out. At 5, the rock band is mustering to play at one of the admiral's holiday party. It will probably go late. Then tomorrow morning at 5:30, we muster to play concert band for Pearl Harbor Day. That will actually be cool.
Busy weekend.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Mid week
I'm lazy. I haven't done any PT since the last posting. Except for some random push ups here and there. I've been preoccupied with lots of rehearsals and gigs, learning several new songs for Christmas shows, preparing arrangements for moving off base, and looking for a new vehicle.
That's no excuse. So today, I made sure I did a little bit. Here it is. It took like 20 minutes.
11 Killer Push ups variation thingy.
Did groups of two (sets of 20) with 20 Super situps in between.
Then did 2x40 neck each, alternating with 2x50 flutters.
And ankle rehab.
Totals:
110 pushups
110 super situps
80 neck each
100 flutters
*****
It hurts to lift the arms. I read Charles's blog saying he figured I'd go for Pam Reed this week. After reading, I decided not to let him down.
250 fire haulers.
Before your jaw drops, keep in mind that after 130, my arms dropped for a second. Kept going. 168, dropped again. Kept going. 175, dropped again. Focused on sets of 5 while letting them drop on the 5th just for a split second of relaxation. At 210, I rested for about 5 seconds. Then pushed to 240 and went past just to see how far. 10 later, 250, my back and shoulders were cramping pretty badly, and I want to be able to hold up the microphone tomorrow, so I stopped. My goal is to hit 300 in a week or two. When I come home, we should do it together. Dean ran what, 351? We should aim for 351.
That's no excuse. So today, I made sure I did a little bit. Here it is. It took like 20 minutes.
11 Killer Push ups variation thingy.
Did groups of two (sets of 20) with 20 Super situps in between.
Then did 2x40 neck each, alternating with 2x50 flutters.
And ankle rehab.
Totals:
110 pushups
110 super situps
80 neck each
100 flutters
*****
It hurts to lift the arms. I read Charles's blog saying he figured I'd go for Pam Reed this week. After reading, I decided not to let him down.
250 fire haulers.
Before your jaw drops, keep in mind that after 130, my arms dropped for a second. Kept going. 168, dropped again. Kept going. 175, dropped again. Focused on sets of 5 while letting them drop on the 5th just for a split second of relaxation. At 210, I rested for about 5 seconds. Then pushed to 240 and went past just to see how far. 10 later, 250, my back and shoulders were cramping pretty badly, and I want to be able to hold up the microphone tomorrow, so I stopped. My goal is to hit 300 in a week or two. When I come home, we should do it together. Dean ran what, 351? We should aim for 351.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
3
Saw two movies today: "Australia," then sneaked into "Transporter 3."
Both were great. Australia had something for everyone: rugged herding, bushland, love story, war, etc. Transporter was kick ass. Jason Statham is a bad ass. He was more ripped than usual. We should do his diet.
PT at 7:50pm.
10 Super Sets of 10 each. Alternated Diamond, Regular, and Wide Pushups each set. Alternate sets of situps went like this: Reg, Reverse, Half crunches, then Leg levers, left, and right crunches. On the 6th set, weakness began leaving the triceps.
Followed with 2 sets of: 2x40 neck ea, 50 flutters, 90 fire haulers.
Neck still tight, flutters easy, 2nd set of haulers killed! Lots of weakness leaving.
Totals:
300 Pushups
300 Situps
80 neck each
100 flutters
180 Fire haulers
Both were great. Australia had something for everyone: rugged herding, bushland, love story, war, etc. Transporter was kick ass. Jason Statham is a bad ass. He was more ripped than usual. We should do his diet.
PT at 7:50pm.
10 Super Sets of 10 each. Alternated Diamond, Regular, and Wide Pushups each set. Alternate sets of situps went like this: Reg, Reverse, Half crunches, then Leg levers, left, and right crunches. On the 6th set, weakness began leaving the triceps.
Followed with 2 sets of: 2x40 neck ea, 50 flutters, 90 fire haulers.
Neck still tight, flutters easy, 2nd set of haulers killed! Lots of weakness leaving.
Totals:
300 Pushups
300 Situps
80 neck each
100 flutters
180 Fire haulers
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Synchronzied
I find interesting symmetry in the fact that we all were injured around the same time, and have all reached a point of healing simultaneously. Cool.
As I wrote in some of the responses, my ankle is feeling awesome! There's still some scar tissue and a bump around my right lateral malleolus, a bit tender to the touch, but I can walk around without a limp. Whoopdeedoo!
Today, I woke up at 9:53, did some meditation with breathing exercises. Almost passed out on one of them: all exercises were timed to my heart beat. After initial relaxing stages, I inhaled and exhaled for 9 heart beats each way. First, expanding the diaphragm on inhalation for 9 breaths, then contracting for 9 breaths. On the last exhale, I held the "no-breath" for 70 heart beats. Remember when we used to do underwater training? When your body tingles with the decrease in blood pH? This effect occurred at 30 beats. Not even half way done, fighting for air, eyes open so I could focus on staying conscious. The whole body started "buzzing" (that's how I describe the pH feeling), and at 60 beats my vision started fading in and out. At 61, my lungs screaming for air, I exhaled even more to resist temptation to breathe. 65, another fade. 66, exhale. 68, another fade. 69, AHHHHH! 70! I think I took a big enough gulp of air to cause a negative pressure system in the room. The windows imploded and I inhaled glass.
Not really, but once the pH normalized, my mind was completely still. It was awesome! The ninja meditation pushes the body so far past the limit that the mind HAS to become stronger.
With this state of stillness and confidence, I decided to jump right into PT.
Started with the BIG Situp Workout. It was a piece of cake! I even did extra reps of 10 on some sets because it felt good and I lost track of counting.
Then, I did 4x50 pushups. Lots of weakness leaving. The first set was great. So I only rested a minute, then did it again. At about 35, my arms failed, so I took a 2 second break, then finshed out. This time, rested 2 minutes in between. Failed at 24. Kept going and failing until I hit 50. Another 2 minute break. Came back and struggled until I hit 50. Pshew!
The tough part was switching positions: In each set, first 10 were regular, then 10 diamond, 10 regular, 10 wide, 10 regular.
Followed by alternating neck and fire haulers. Did 2x40 each neck, and 2x90 fire haulers. Lots of weakness leaving again. The first set hurt, so I put on "Down with the Sickness," for the second set. This made me feel like a badass, and although I failed once at 65, I picked back up and pushed through.
Good day for PT!
Totals:
660+ situps
200 Pushups
80 ea. neck
180 Fire Haulers
******
Even though you two are the only ones who read this, I'll write out the Big Situps Workout for the off chance that someone views it and wants to try it.
40 regular situps
40 of each crunch (regular, reverse, left, right)
40 leg levers
50 "4-count" flutter kicks
40 half-situps
stretch abs for 1 minute
Repeat
As I wrote in some of the responses, my ankle is feeling awesome! There's still some scar tissue and a bump around my right lateral malleolus, a bit tender to the touch, but I can walk around without a limp. Whoopdeedoo!
Today, I woke up at 9:53, did some meditation with breathing exercises. Almost passed out on one of them: all exercises were timed to my heart beat. After initial relaxing stages, I inhaled and exhaled for 9 heart beats each way. First, expanding the diaphragm on inhalation for 9 breaths, then contracting for 9 breaths. On the last exhale, I held the "no-breath" for 70 heart beats. Remember when we used to do underwater training? When your body tingles with the decrease in blood pH? This effect occurred at 30 beats. Not even half way done, fighting for air, eyes open so I could focus on staying conscious. The whole body started "buzzing" (that's how I describe the pH feeling), and at 60 beats my vision started fading in and out. At 61, my lungs screaming for air, I exhaled even more to resist temptation to breathe. 65, another fade. 66, exhale. 68, another fade. 69, AHHHHH! 70! I think I took a big enough gulp of air to cause a negative pressure system in the room. The windows imploded and I inhaled glass.
Not really, but once the pH normalized, my mind was completely still. It was awesome! The ninja meditation pushes the body so far past the limit that the mind HAS to become stronger.
With this state of stillness and confidence, I decided to jump right into PT.
Started with the BIG Situp Workout. It was a piece of cake! I even did extra reps of 10 on some sets because it felt good and I lost track of counting.
Then, I did 4x50 pushups. Lots of weakness leaving. The first set was great. So I only rested a minute, then did it again. At about 35, my arms failed, so I took a 2 second break, then finshed out. This time, rested 2 minutes in between. Failed at 24. Kept going and failing until I hit 50. Another 2 minute break. Came back and struggled until I hit 50. Pshew!
The tough part was switching positions: In each set, first 10 were regular, then 10 diamond, 10 regular, 10 wide, 10 regular.
Followed by alternating neck and fire haulers. Did 2x40 each neck, and 2x90 fire haulers. Lots of weakness leaving again. The first set hurt, so I put on "Down with the Sickness," for the second set. This made me feel like a badass, and although I failed once at 65, I picked back up and pushed through.
Good day for PT!
Totals:
660+ situps
200 Pushups
80 ea. neck
180 Fire Haulers
******
Even though you two are the only ones who read this, I'll write out the Big Situps Workout for the off chance that someone views it and wants to try it.
40 regular situps
40 of each crunch (regular, reverse, left, right)
40 leg levers
50 "4-count" flutter kicks
40 half-situps
stretch abs for 1 minute
Repeat
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