This saturday at 1 PM?

I've had those before man. They are about the worst days of your life and make you feel like everything you've done is pointless and utter crap. Days like that happen, and no matter how much you want to get frustrated and angry you've gotta realise getting upset does nobody any good, and that the next time around, you'll be back in technicolor! 

 


Felt highly demotivated today, I need to switch somethings around or something, I dunno. That being said, here's my log.


Monday, August 31
Warmup - Row: 300m 1:00.

Workout

Squat

• 45x5
• 95x5
• 145x3
• 175x3x5

I think they were better than they felt, I know I had small depth issues, Ill keep the same weight next workout

OH P

• 45x5
• 65x5
• 85x3x5

DL

• 135x5
• 195x5

Pullups

• 12x5 (someone was using the 15s)
• 15x5+4 (couldn't finish that last pullup)

My Creatine and Whey arrived today. Ill be taking in 15g a day for a 1 week loading phase, then about 3-4g daily for 3-4 months, depending on how long it lasts. Ill probably put on 4-8lb of water here this week, but it will supposedly make my workouts better... we'll see about that. I'm excited though, feels like all the pieces are in place for me to explode.

Good to see that the harshness is kind of over for you man!

Yay for finding a groove and hitting your stride!  As Miyagi-San says: "Daniel-San, balance not just karate.  Whooooole life lesson."

Time for some new Goals....


Initial Goals when Starting the log
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Horizontal Flag - Got it, if just for a few seconds
20+ second freestanding handstand I still walk around a bit, but I'll say I can STAY IN THE AIR for 20+ seconds
Muscle up Easy Peasy
20 consecutive pullups  - Realized this goal is somewhat pointless... I'd rather go for 10 muscle ups, and this sorta follows
50 consecutive pushups - also somewhat pointless
Being able to consistently run a mile - Still Fail
Handstand from Planche Easy peasy now
Flips - Front, Back, and Side count
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From When I cut Leg work due to my knee injury
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20 pullups/chinups- Same as stated above
20 dips - doing weighted instead
60 pushups - again, pointless
Planche to handstand Got it
10 ground HSPUs I like this one.
2 Parallete HSPUs
MuscleUp
The abs of a sex god. I am a sex god.

New Goals
Strength/Power
Upper Body
Ring Muscle Up (Strength probably isn't an issue... its technique that I cant get)
10 HSPUs
10 Bar Muscle ups (Kipped)
5+ second Flag, Each Side, perfectly horizontal
50lb weighted pullup/dip
Planche (pushup, would be nice)
Tuckplanche-handstand-elbowlever-handstand
OAC

Lower Body
10ft Broad Jump (currently at around 9'6" or so, last time I checked)
60 Inch Box Jump (Up to about my shoulders, currently probably somewhere around 53)
2XBW Squat
1.5XBW PC
2.5XBW DL

Flexibility/recovery
Stretch daily (A huge Goal for me)


Skill
Backflips Outside, anywhere (Currently just in the gym on the spring floor)
Sideflips better (I always land them facing backward and in a crouch)
Fronts Off height (Freaks me out for some odd reason)
Btwists (Look SOOO cool)
Flow practice (Be able to hit more than 5 obstacles in rapid succession without losing balance/coordination)

Other
20LB of muscle (Current weight hovering around 148, I'd like to be up to about 165 or so)
Take APEX's Teaching class (so I can better help other's learn)


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Looks good for now, I'll add if I think of any more




I'm also back regularly on Starting Strength now...

Did you use false grip when trying the muscle ups?  It's damn hard if you don't, not many people can.  That position you describe (arms straight, top of dip) is called the support position.

Balls.

Spend a lot of time in support on rings.  When that is solid, increase your reps on ring dips and try to work on your Rings-Turned-Out (RTO) supports.  When that is solid, start doing ring dips with rings turned out just at the top.  When that is solid, do RTO throughout the whole dip motion.

When you get 10 reps of RTO dips, see me.  You are ready for higher intensity gymnastics skills like the iron cross.

IMHO pullups on rings is a waste of time unless you are specifically working your false grip.  I wouldn't do any sort of hang/pullup work on rings without being in false grip 100% of the time -- that goes for back lever and front lever, also.  Afterall, all of these moves are intended to go from support to hang and back -- and you need a false grip to do that.