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Ryan's Journal
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Yeah, that's exactly it.
Thursday and Friday were spent getting an assignment done, and I probably won't get any training done today because I've got a test happening, with social stuff afterwards.
Last night I went for a 3km jog through a rapey part of town (and was surprised to realise that I was able to jog that far) and barely got mugged, raped or murdered at all.
Thursday and Friday were spent getting an assignment done, and I probably won't get any training done today because I've got a test happening, with social stuff afterwards.
Last night I went for a 3km jog through a rapey part of town (and was surprised to realise that I was able to jog that far) and barely got mugged, raped or murdered at all.
Company is severely lacking at my gym, regardless of temperature or gender.
Good to see you are enjoying socialising and getting back to training.
Good to see you are enjoying socialising and getting back to training.
Thanks Tony. There are certain pros and cons to each training environment. At home: Ain't nobody gonna judge you; you can have whatever equipment you so desire (assuming you can afford it and make room for it); no waiting around for equipment. Strength gym: Being surrounded by big strong guys makes it easy to get big and strong; all the Texas barbells and quality Olympic barbells in the world; some social atmosphere with the freedom to make loud noises. Commercial gym: Eye candy and I guess maybe some other factors.
Last gym I trained at was a Uni gym, because the office I worked in was owned by the university and membership was cheap.
It was amusing to find a few guys there half my age wanting my physique, especially when realising I was more than legally old enough to be the parent to all of them.
Most of the young females found me to be a bit of a scary old man, the few who didn't realised I was there to train and were generally more hardcore themselves.
That was where I had 2 reactions to doing push press on the wrong side of a bosu in one session, a young lady stating I must have an incredible core, male training with her seemed a little put out, like she was going to find the wrinkles and bald spots a turn on. Then one of a group of guys I saw and spoke to regularly asking what happened when I fell off, when I declared this had not happened he responded with 'but you have to fall off that's why we like watching you.' More honest less ego massaging response, I liked it.
It was amusing to find a few guys there half my age wanting my physique, especially when realising I was more than legally old enough to be the parent to all of them.
Most of the young females found me to be a bit of a scary old man, the few who didn't realised I was there to train and were generally more hardcore themselves.
That was where I had 2 reactions to doing push press on the wrong side of a bosu in one session, a young lady stating I must have an incredible core, male training with her seemed a little put out, like she was going to find the wrinkles and bald spots a turn on. Then one of a group of guys I saw and spoke to regularly asking what happened when I fell off, when I declared this had not happened he responded with 'but you have to fall off that's why we like watching you.' More honest less ego massaging response, I liked it.
Yeah, that's exactly it.
Thursday and Friday were spent getting an assignment done, and I probably won't get any training done today because I've got a test happening, with social stuff afterwards.
Last night I went for a 3km jog through a rapey part of town (and was surprised to realise that I was able to jog that far) and barely got mugged, raped or murdered at all.
LOL! Watch your arse!!
Push press on wrong side of bosu...I assume this is one of those things you did mostly for the challenge/enjoyment, rather than for musculoskeletal benefits. I like the guys' response, and all the things that could go wrong seem like a good reason to watch.
I always watch my arse -- it's the sexiest one I've got.
A little extra info here: Late last week the owner of my studio insisted on putting up records for peoples' snatches, C+J's, front squats, strict presses, push presses and push jerks, alongside our squat/bench/dead records. Now I feel like I actually need to live up to my records in some capacity. That, spurred on by watching another trainer coach some of the fugliest cleans and push presses I've seen (he had her using the hex bar for crying out loud, which is suboptimal at the best of times, but she couldn't do a decent clean or press with a regular bar), prompted me to pass on regular upper body training last night and show them how it ought to be done (even though I haven't trained cleans or jerks since 2012 and wasn't good at it back then). This morning I figured that doing cleans will have a pretty similar affect to doing way-too-high-frequency deadlifts like I started on last week, so I did that instead of 3x10 deadies.
I always watch my arse -- it's the sexiest one I've got.
A little extra info here: Late last week the owner of my studio insisted on putting up records for peoples' snatches, C+J's, front squats, strict presses, push presses and push jerks, alongside our squat/bench/dead records. Now I feel like I actually need to live up to my records in some capacity. That, spurred on by watching another trainer coach some of the fugliest cleans and push presses I've seen (he had her using the hex bar for crying out loud, which is suboptimal at the best of times, but she couldn't do a decent clean or press with a regular bar), prompted me to pass on regular upper body training last night and show them how it ought to be done (even though I haven't trained cleans or jerks since 2012 and wasn't good at it back then). This morning I figured that doing cleans will have a pretty similar affect to doing way-too-high-frequency deadlifts like I started on last week, so I did that instead of 3x10 deadies.
Stress relief would have been better if the parents were under the bar.
I started doing stupid unstable exercises partly for the fun of it and partly because medication made me so uncoordinated in the evening. Standing on stairs that felt fuzzy and not 100% there gave me a desire to be able to shift balance fast. This combined with enjoying being able to do really stupid things in general.
So I take it there was no sphincter going from o to O then! Generally a good sign.
Must resist urge to comment on you paying attention to women's snatch at new gym. Keeping it clean to avoid being a jerk.
I started doing stupid unstable exercises partly for the fun of it and partly because medication made me so uncoordinated in the evening. Standing on stairs that felt fuzzy and not 100% there gave me a desire to be able to shift balance fast. This combined with enjoying being able to do really stupid things in general.
So I take it there was no sphincter going from o to O then! Generally a good sign.
Must resist urge to comment on you paying attention to women's snatch at new gym. Keeping it clean to avoid being a jerk.