All I've been able to do since last Saturday is nap. Seriously! I've taken more than 20 naps in the past week, each 30-90 minutes. I really think I f'd up my adrenals with all that hullabaloo last weekend. Plus, my sleep this week was botched, on account of all the napping. Getting that back on track now.
Diet was great the entire time. No junk whatsoever - the status quo, nowadays.
Stress was decent enough. I'm on vacation now though, which is awesome!! Time to catch up on my work! Hell yeah!!!
Gymkana practice Wednesday, same deal Thursday. Had a light practice Friday and some fun n' games in the gym, which ended with me busting my left shoulder. Whoops. Nothing too serious, from what I can tell, but enough to keep me out of performing during the Saturday show at the Baltimore Convention Center.
No workout Saturday, of course. Just icing the shoulder. Taking ibuprofen. Pounding fish oil capsules (~10g of omega 3's daily, instead of the usual 3g). Gonna get this sucker better so I can get my planche on.
18 March 2012
Wed 3.14.12 - Sat 3.17.12: Naps, Injury, Show
14 March 2012
Tue 3.13.12: Early morning Gk
Sleep: 3hrs + lots of naps
Diet: great
Stress: chill
The house is still in shambles, but forward progress is in the works and there's justice in the world.
Gymkana practice was from 5am to 10am today - a long period of open gym hours while a news crew was in there working on a story with us. I was in there for the better part of it, though I took some time out for studies. Still, feeling drained. Couldn't accomplish much.
Today, I napped at a table (in a chair), on a bench, in a lawn chair, on a couch, and in an armchair. I might have f'd up my adrenaline glands on Saturday night, since all I want to do is nap. I'm hoping it'll correct itself.
Mon 3.12.12: SRope, Gk
Got 9hrs of sleep, plus a 1hr nap in the afternoon. Diet was good. Stress was down from "wanker motherfucker" to "fuck g'dammit." Went slackrope walking for about two hours in the afternoon. Beautiful weather. Jive with the vibe. Stress now down to "mega chill." Still, I was feeling drained at practice and couldn't accomplish much. I worked some Chairs, rings, and a bit of stuff on the floor. Nothing to brag about.
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11 March 2012
Tue 3.6.12 - Sun 3.11.12: Quick Update (Shit went nonlinear.)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday were all tough school days. About 4hrs of sleep each night.
Gk practice Tuesday, the usual fare.
Gk practice Wednesday, ran a mini-show.
Gk in-gym show Thursday, performances went mediocre. No MXP, no Ladders; Ring and Chairs weren't my best.
Rested Thursday evening. Too damn tired to work out.
Gk Chairs show on Friday. Went well. Rested otherwise.
Saturday, shit went nonlinear again, though not as bad as it did this past summer. An idiot tenant upstairs decided to have a house party and trashed the entire fucking property in a matter of hours. Some 200+ complete strangers joined together in the group effort. The neighbors called the cops before I even got home, thereby denying me the pleasure of doing it myself.
I got 1.5hrs of sleep that night, only in part due to the DST change. Stress level up "bah" to "wanker motherfucker!" (the second highest level, surpassed only by "wanker motherfucking cunt!!")
Felt nauseous the entirety of Sunday whenever I was in the house. Horrible stench. Going to have to convince the landlord to hire professional cleaners, since that broad seems to know about as much as Yajie when it comes to cleaning.
Didn't workout, on account of being awfully fucking tired.
On the plus side, I just might get new carpet.
05 March 2012
Mon 3.5.12: Chairs, HBal, Strength Misc.
Sleep: 6.5hrs
Diet: great
Stress: good
Still feeling a bit under the weather. Not much more than a hoarse voice now and a bit of fatigue, but it's noticeable.
2hr Gk practice. Started with Chairs; went well. Moved onto rings for a few presses there. Mediocre. Some handbalancing practice. Some planche, row, and manna work, but not too much. Then some miscellenous stuff on the floor. Working towards front walkovers and back extension rolls.
04 March 2012
Wed 2.29.12 - Sun 3.4.12: Quick Update
The skinny:
Gymkana practice Wednesday and Thursday. Got some new MXP poses to work on: a handstand on Ingrid's back (while she's in the splits), holding her in a double stag handstand on my forearm, and hand-to-hand with me basing on the floor (elbows on the floor).
Friday and Saturday were strength workouts at home; only about 90min a pop, since I was damn tired.
Sunday, so far I've just spent about 20 minutes foam rolling and stretching, but now I'm feeling like a lazy arse, so I'll probably do some conditioning as well. (Edit: Nah. Got busy with other work and could use the rest anyway.)
Stress was mellow.
Sleep sucked. Going into Thursday, I got 2hrs of sleep, from 4am to 6am. Wednesday and Friday were similar, but a bit more. All due to work. Saturday and Sunday were average volume.
Diet was great, as usual. I did, however have a sandwich, chips, and ice cream, on Thursday night. Whooh. That was the first time I had ice cream in two months. It was good, but I'm content now for another two.
Also ended up with a minor cold/sore throat, no doubt from the lack of sleep. I've discovered that fruit smoothies really help suppress a cough. Take maybe a 1-2 cups of frozen fruit, a cup of cold water, and three scoops of whey protein. Throw it in the Cuisinart and hit "go" until it all becomes a uniform color. Serves one.
I think the smoothie bar at the campus rec center will put a single scoop of whey in your shake for some extra free. Pfft. If you're not taking in at least 50g of protein (preferably 100g) with your food, then it doesn't count as eating!
29 February 2012
Tue 2.28.12: Hbal, Rings, Cond., & Misc.
Sleep: 4hrs overnight + 3hr nap
Diet: great
Stress: good
Awesome afternoon nap. So awesome. Just so awesome.
2hr Gk practice. Warm-up and the usual, including practicing some rudimentary tumbling. Practiced OAHS for about 20-30 minutes. Nailed a good number of them on my left hand, even managed to start breathing while holding them. On the right side, I got a few short holds, but they were in a fairly well contorted position, and used entirely strength, not balance. (The holds were short because I lack the strength!)
Worked rings press handstands to back levers, and also some ring supports and minimal-pike skin the cats. Followed that with some manna work. Now I've got a V-seat about 10 degrees past vertical for a 2-3s hold.
Ended with about fifteen minutes of conditioning, focusing again on coordination drills and rudimentary tumbling. Tuck/hollow jumps, back walkover stretching, hollow/arch rolls, cartwheels, no-hands forward rolls, back extension rolls, etc. Done in no particular order or amounts, just until I broke a good sweat.
At home, worked a bunch of light biceps curls, rice bucket, active straddle holds for a lil' bit.
Mon 2.27.12: Chairs, Hbal, Rings, MXP
Sleep: 6hrs
Diet: great
Stress: fine
2hr Gk practice. Worked Chairs for about the first hour; mostly Illusions, and started working towards the Double Illusion with Derrick. Also, worked handbalancing stuff and rings strength (handstand presses and dips to back lever). There was about fifteen minutes of MXP at the end.
Sun 2.26.12: Rest day
Sleep: 6hrs
Diet: fine
Stress: fine
A confession for Jim: I had two slices of lemon cake at dinner with my family. They each had a light layer of icing on the top. Just keeping honest.
No workout today, but did have the gym reset after Thursday's set-up. So, I moved a couple of mats around. nbd
25 February 2012
Tue 2.21.12 - Sat 2.25.12: Quick Update (w/ Shows)
The executive summary:
Sleep: Pretty shoddy overall. 4-7hrs per night, decent quality. Had a couple of short naps in there, including a few 7min powernaps, which I don't like needing to use.
Diet: Great, except for Wednesday and Friday requiring that I abstain from meat, which kind of throws a wrench in my gears. Doubled up on the eggs, cheese, and whey protein. Need to remember to buy some tuna at Costco.
Stress: Fine, I guess?
Gymkana practices Tuesday and Wednesday. It's been so long now that I can't exactly remember what I worked on. There was no MXP this week. There was a lot of Chairs. There was a lot of ladders as well, and stretching, on Wednesday.
No Gk practice on Thursday - just equipment set-up for a meet that'll be held tomorrow. Took that as a rest day.
Friday had two short shows: Chairs and Women's Pair at one, then Ladders at the other. Easy peasy. Did a late night strength workout when I got home. Went pretty well, but I was damn tired.
Saturday is today, which'll be another late night workout - later tonight... Update: Did a fairly short strength workout, with the usual stuff. Also, some conditioning.
