Another taiji course (I really meant to ask Gentle Ox about any functional difference with the term he used!) on Saturday. I'm reading a book on this too.
I also did my Muay Thai workout on Saturday morning to complete week 2 of the 90 day challenge. Then a walk and a sea swim on Sunday - with fish and chips afterwards.
I need to find the right balance for the way I log stuff and set targets and challenges. I seem to be on the right path at the moment though and looking forward to a bright day. It's got cold again here!
Not a great deal to report. I seem to have settled into a routine of doing the Fighter Exercise Programme, and a taiji course, which is:
Monday - Combat workout,
Tuesday - rest/casual training - taiji class in the evening,
Wednesday - HIIT
Thursday - Strength
Friday - rest/casual training - usually a run and swimming
Saturday - combat - taiji class in the morning
Sunday - rest/casual training
For the moment I have paused Express Tone. I really love this programme, but I found it was too much. I am doing other things too. I run occasionally, and I would like to have a regular running routine. My 10k race has been cancelled again this year (the first weekend in September) but last year I did the training programme for that. I may do that this year and do a 10k run of my own if I can work a nice route out. I cycle. I walk, usually doing quite long walks on Fridays with friends - and I hope to be able to do things like go up mountains soon. My partner and I swim in the sea when we can, and we swam in the River Wye at a place called Kern Bridge on Sunday - it was beautiful. There is also gardening work.
In many ways I'm doing pretty well. I still have my battles around addiction and compulsive behaviours. That's a long-term, ongoing battle. I'm enjoying watching the football: I hope your team is doing OK if you're following the Euros, Wales are surviving at the moment. I'm in otherwise good health.
The the last HIIT I did - very enjoyable and rather tough, recommended! - was from a district council in Scotland, who were uploading their exercise classes to YouTube during lockdowns. I can't find it now, sadly.
I hope everyone is doing OK. I haven't kept up with your threads very well and will try to get around as many as I can.
Thank you, GF. I seem to have found something that works for the moment. I'm a bit loathe to change it to be honest.
The weather over the weekend wasn't up to outdoor swimming sadly, but:
Saturday: Combat, the final week of the first part of Montrait Muay Thai 90-day challenge. 1.5 hours tai ji class.
Sunday: Rest/casual training. A cycle and a walk.
Monday: Combat, starting the second part of the 90-day challenge with this:
Woohoo!
That's really at the top end of my capabilities at the moment and I feel amazing having done it.
I'm boasting a bit now - but I also highly recommend this challenge if you're at my sort of level, which is hardly super advanced! - but the full workout is:
Warm Up:
Double Pump Squat 15
Forward Back Forward 30
Plank walkout to Push Up 8
Alt Kick Ups 30
Burpees 10
Circuit 1
Alt Jump Lunge 16
2 Point Push Kick (speed) 20+20
Switch Hand Push Ups 15
Mountain Climbers 30
Cross + Hook + Knee + Elbow (power) 10
Burpees 10
Half Spring Up to Jab+Cross 30
REPEAT
Circuit 2
Alt Double Jump Squat to Double Knee 10
Speed Knee 40+40
Double Push Up to Double Jab+Cross 10
Climber jacks 30
Double Cross Hook Switch Knee Power 10
Burpee 10
Tall Plank Shoulder Touch 20
REPEAT
I did that in around half an hour with no real breaks and was absolutely done in at the end, but really buzzing!
As I say, I'm loathe to mess around too much when I seem to be in a sustainable pattern. I'd like to run more, I will say that, and I'd like to meditate every day.
Last night was a 2 1/2 hour taiji and qi gong class. I'm really tired at the end of these, not least from standing for all that time - a loooot of focus on standing! But I do feel the benefits already, mosty in my posture. The version of The Form we're doing is closest to this one I've been told:
This morning we went for an hour-long walk (about three miles I think) in beautiful weather, and I did:
So, thank you to Fife Sports and Leisure Trust for their lockdown workouts! The production values aren't the highest but it's a good workout for me at this stage.
Tomorrow is Strength day, so either a little weights thing or an Al Kavadlo 5 by 5.
I tried to do a pull up on the gym equipment in the park and, erm, didn't manage that! I'm sure I've done one in the past - with a chin up grip - but couldn't really move myself at all this time. I feel generally fitter and stronger at the moment but I haven't done any specific pull-up focused stuff. If I do want to do my Al Kavadlo Century I obviously need to work on that.
We're hoping to go sea swimming this evening and I might book a pool session now.
More generally, life goes on. I wish I was braver and I wish I was more free - I wish everyone was more free (freer if you prefer, not a word I like).
I wish you a free day - as far as you can manage it - and a happy and healthy one.
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