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I don't know if it's because of residual effects from the weekend's asthma attack or not, but I've been feeling very weak for the past week. I lifted weights the other day, and it took almost all my energy. Then, at wing chun last night, we were doing quick, low squats, and I thought I was going to die at twenty. Normally, I can do a couple hundred of them before I start to tire, but not last night.
It wasn't all bad, though. I found a way that I can do proper push-ups. You see, despite all my years of weight training and calisthenics, proper push-ups elude me. I simply cannot do them starting from the floor. From the top, I can go to about half way to the floor, and then it all goes to hell.
Well, last night I discovered that I can do them with my hands staggered. While one arm and hand remains level with my shoulder, the other hand reaches ahead another six inches or so. Apparently, this is more difficult for most people, but so far, it's the only hand position I've found where I can do the push-up all the way down to the floor and back up again. So I'm going to work on slowly bringing my hands closer and closer together so that eventually I can do a normal push-up.
Working with the exercise ball, I discovered I can hold a plank with feet on the floor, forearms (or just hands) on the ball with ease. It's good to know my stabilizer muscles work well, at least!
I also finally got my wing block working last night so that it felt natural. I've been working on this block for a couple of years, and last night, it finally clicked. I guess I'm a bit slow.
I got to play a little with kali sticks, too. Filipino stick fighting was the first martial art I ever "studied," way back when. My friend Tony was really big into stick fighting, and decided he would teach me the entire art of it in about twenty minutes on a gravel parking lot. The end result was a lot of confusion, soreness, and picking dirt out of my skin. The training consisted of him beating me with sticks, throwing me to the ground, and saying, "And then I could kill you!"
He went on to become a hand-to-hand combat instructor for the Marines, down in Quantico. I hope his instructional techniques improved somewhat.
Now I'm off to the grand opening of a traditional Chinese healing centre. This should be interesting....
Link time!
Dying woman loses marijuana appeal: "A woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive can face federal prosecution on drug charges, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday." The government is the pot Nazi. No pot for you!
Couple stand by forbidden love: Brother and sister live together as lovers. Government freaks out.
XXX Family Values: Porn star's career is managed by her Mom and Dad.
Say Everything: Really interesting sociological article about bloggers who share it all (you know, people like me). "As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited." Although I do all the things this article talks about, I'm far too old to fit into the demographic. I guess that makes me an anomoly. I've been sharing TMI electronically on a mostly daily basis sincelate 1995 (thanks,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elanya).
Flights departure - What Made Witches Fly?: Utterly incomprehensible article which cites me as a source. This must be a horrid translation from another language. It must be. Right?
Dead Sodas: A tribute to extinct soft drinks. I'm not finished reading it, but I hope they include my favourite dead pop: Hubba Bubba bubblegum-flavoured pop.
Krispy Kreme is so good that WHAT?: Thanks,f00dave!
By the way, today isf00dave's thirty-sixth birthday. Happy birthday, hubby. I loves ya!
It wasn't all bad, though. I found a way that I can do proper push-ups. You see, despite all my years of weight training and calisthenics, proper push-ups elude me. I simply cannot do them starting from the floor. From the top, I can go to about half way to the floor, and then it all goes to hell.
Well, last night I discovered that I can do them with my hands staggered. While one arm and hand remains level with my shoulder, the other hand reaches ahead another six inches or so. Apparently, this is more difficult for most people, but so far, it's the only hand position I've found where I can do the push-up all the way down to the floor and back up again. So I'm going to work on slowly bringing my hands closer and closer together so that eventually I can do a normal push-up.
Working with the exercise ball, I discovered I can hold a plank with feet on the floor, forearms (or just hands) on the ball with ease. It's good to know my stabilizer muscles work well, at least!
I also finally got my wing block working last night so that it felt natural. I've been working on this block for a couple of years, and last night, it finally clicked. I guess I'm a bit slow.
I got to play a little with kali sticks, too. Filipino stick fighting was the first martial art I ever "studied," way back when. My friend Tony was really big into stick fighting, and decided he would teach me the entire art of it in about twenty minutes on a gravel parking lot. The end result was a lot of confusion, soreness, and picking dirt out of my skin. The training consisted of him beating me with sticks, throwing me to the ground, and saying, "And then I could kill you!"
He went on to become a hand-to-hand combat instructor for the Marines, down in Quantico. I hope his instructional techniques improved somewhat.
Now I'm off to the grand opening of a traditional Chinese healing centre. This should be interesting....
Link time!
Dying woman loses marijuana appeal: "A woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive can face federal prosecution on drug charges, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday." The government is the pot Nazi. No pot for you!
Couple stand by forbidden love: Brother and sister live together as lovers. Government freaks out.
XXX Family Values: Porn star's career is managed by her Mom and Dad.
Say Everything: Really interesting sociological article about bloggers who share it all (you know, people like me). "As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited." Although I do all the things this article talks about, I'm far too old to fit into the demographic. I guess that makes me an anomoly. I've been sharing TMI electronically on a mostly daily basis sincelate 1995 (thanks,
elanya).Flights departure - What Made Witches Fly?: Utterly incomprehensible article which cites me as a source. This must be a horrid translation from another language. It must be. Right?
Dead Sodas: A tribute to extinct soft drinks. I'm not finished reading it, but I hope they include my favourite dead pop: Hubba Bubba bubblegum-flavoured pop.
Krispy Kreme is so good that WHAT?: Thanks,
f00dave!By the way, today is
f00dave's thirty-sixth birthday. Happy birthday, hubby. I loves ya!
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Date: 2007-03-16 03:51 pm (UTC)From:The question is, do you love him like your brother?:)
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Date: 2007-03-19 03:55 pm (UTC)From: (Anonymous)or vodka instead of the cheap whisky and rum. Gin and vodka have more congeners
removed during the fermentation process, so you won't be so hung over all the time.
Also, keep in mind when you're doing your rounds of self-medication during
the course of the ol' day, that you drink at least a modicum of water.
Hope this helps! (You're welcome).