Zen and the lifting of heavy things.

New workout – trapeze training Soviet style. Note the lack of actual trapeze, apart from one or two exercises:

Squats
Shoulder press
Vertical rows
V-snaps (2×10)
Rope climb (2)
Inverted situps (2×20)
Chest raise (2×20)
Dish (60 seconds)
Superman (60 seconds)
Round-the-world (2×4)
Chinups (2×8)
Dips (2×10)
Handstand (60 seconds)
Leg Lifts (2×10)
One arm hang (2×30 seconds each arm)
Planche rocks (2×5)

That’s a workout. Alternating workouts swap the press and vertical rows for deadlifts and benchpress. This is because I was getting undisciplined – I’d do the one arm hangs “sometimes”, because hey, I get that while I’m doing tricks, right? YEah, not so much. So I do this three times a week, and on the other 3 nights, I’m allowed to actually play on the trapeze. This may kill me.

Since I’m not doing lifting, I have less need to keep daily track. So, herewith a wrapup.

Ran 25k. 4 (maybe 5?) trapeze sessions. 2 straps classes. 2 sessions with Ji.

That’ll do.

So I haven’t lifted for a while – been resting the shoulder. Still doing trapeze a few nights a week – I took 2 days off and felt much stronger coming back. I need to see physio about my shoulder – that’s booked for today, then 3 days off in Beijing to rest it either way.

What I have been doing is jogging. I doubled my distance a week ago, and this “week” (weeks start on Thursday now) have done the doubled distance every day, and on one day even turned around and tripled the original. Jogging seems to ease the broken heart, it’s a good time to think, and gives good endorphins.

Next week, I’m going to poke Ji about private sessions once or twice a week as well. I’m really starting to look buff. Very excited!

From July 12th, apparently the first time I added crunches to my routine:

Ab crunches, 2×30.

So I’ve added 10 kilos resistance, made them harder by lifting my legs, and I’m still doing more in my first *set* than I used to do in total.

Like I say to Jess, one day your rest days will be harder than your current workouts.

35 minutes jogging, up and down the biggest hill in Taipa (big in Japan!). Writing the numbers 1-25 in the air with both feet. 60 oblique crunches per side, 100 stepups.

I don’t even like cardio! And today was a “rest” day….

Tag. Fizit, you’re it.