Masala tea training

4/24
Carpool duty afterschool all week,hop to ruck kbs to car from school to yoga studio for afternoon kb class. No time to change or coffee beverage of chumps...surf skirt make it work clear the road I'm home. Load the dogs and walk. Don't tangle with the Rat Terrier. Parkside people trying hard to relax...
Guy knows my voice by phone and sends masala tea with the Indian carry me home...sweet sweet tea. Farmer's carry 2x12 kg 7 minutes, no breaks,no set downs,park them run alley down-back,pick up bells upstairs,down,park.
Kb class 20 kg OH hold 45 secs 3x (L/R).
Best quote from Becky, one of my senior kb students, "This is what I am giving myself for my 80th birthday...yoga and kettlebells;not to be in a wheelchair when I am 80 years old."
Becky began yoga at age 50 and I don' t know how long she has been praticing, doesn't matter. She learns to find her strength and balance in her practices. She is darling and honestly looks younger than when I first met her.

Training 4/19-4/22

4/19
2Hsw 24 kg 3x(15,15,15)
2Hsw 16kg 3x (15,15,15)
2Hsw 12 kg 3x (15,15,15)
Dead clean 16 kg 5/5
C&P 2x16kg 3(5)
Jump rope btwn sets of c&p
Tail draggers length of weight room
4/20
walked to the gym and worked on hammie rehab,obliques as advised by Physical Therapist.
KBs
2Hsw 12kg 2 (50),1(25)
1Hsw 2(10/10),5/5
1Hsw 5(10/10)
Work at bent press 8kg 2(5/5), 12kg 2 (5/5) hmmm not sure if I'm doing this perfectly
Slingshot 12 kg 10/10 to feel bracing as advised by PhyTherp
Forward bends for hammie
Press handstand
Hanumanasana-they're just splits! Hanuman is the monkey god.
4/21
5min snatch 12kg 35L/35R,10/10,20/20 did with no warm up so took a breather at the 10/10s
Did pt stuff and cleaned up weight room,racked a bunch of plates.
Thoracic spine feels great. Having mobility there again esp on left is adding a new dimension back to training.
Later this day did what pt calls windmills for hammie and stability. Similar to yoga Half Moon/Ardha Chandrasana which is typically not stable and not "fun" in the way I like my yoga to be. Obviously need to work on this!!
4/22
9 am-9:45 am
JM,lunges eyes closed,jump rope to get going...
5min snatch 12 kg 25/25,25/25,15/15,5/5,5/5
Rehab stuff-heel slide for bracing alt left/right
Windmill 12 kg 2(5/5)
Handstands,Y Stands,Hanumanasana(splits)
In the p.m. Practiced some w/ my class
2Hsw 12kg 30 secs work 30 secs rest: 10 Rounds work
Flip squat 12kg 30 secs on 30 secs off for 2 mins total of work
Chest press 20 kg 5/4/3/2/1(L/R),16 kg 5/4/3/2/1
We jumped rope too. I'm a 1 trick pony on this. Carrick has skills.
Tail draggers across weight room w/5 lb plate.
As a class, we take a look at where everyone is with pullups. Discuss various grips and history. Everyone has a story to tell on these. Talk about tension,abs,pulling shoulders in to socket before initiating pull up versus "cartoon cat" hanging from a bar looking stranded.
Walk dogs as usual.

Shaking in Kentucky

5:30 Friday morning my futon and house are shuddering and the lamp and windows rattling. I open my eyes and see it is dark out but the birds have started to chirp early and there is still the feel of everything shaking. Is the furnace about to blow up? Is there time to wrap the dogs in sheets and lower them out window somehow? Maybe I'm having a heart attack from the dream I hold two (red) competition bells in one hand and was doing jerk. I stay very still in hopes that neither the furnace will explode nor will my heart. A little sweat pools on my chest. Fight or flight? What was I thinking to jerk 2 32s? No wonder I am sweating and having heart attack. Small dog sleeps,older dog alert to rumbles. Birds cease chirping. Earthquake. 5.4 at source. 4 here in city. Return to sleep.

Mother Nature creaks. Now my adjustments...
Several years of hamstring irritation,instability,and general one-sided gimpyness I see trainer at work and make appointment for screening with PT,alphabet soup letters, spine/pelvis guy.Long wait. Go through screening and decide to get hands on work that day. 10 minutes on stationary bike and then the Son of a gun does pretzel with me and I can breathe in stereo again. Work on left hip joint. Learn some recruitment/patterning activities. Homework for me. Will go to practice early today to do hw. I am happy I finally went after this. Was afraid I'd be told not to do the stuff I love doing. He says absolutley not to stop any activities I do. Yeah.

Dinner with Russian friends

There were several birthdays in my circle of friends this month and the invitation to celebrate them with our Russian friends was a highlight of my spring break. The care taken to prepare delicious food and bring people together, to slow down and talk over a multi-course meal is an excellent way to recharge. An appropriate beverage accompanied each course. Salmon served on greens with a white wine followed cauliflower apple soup garnished with diced green onion and apples. Sparkling wine was served with the soup. The salmon was "for in between." The main course, with red wine, was rack of lamb and a sauce I'll call Drunken cherry sauce. Warm homemade bread was available. Then dessert was a tiramisu and hot, hot tea from the samovar with mandarin bourbon as an option. Vodka throughout was an option. I have to budget 6 or 7 hours for these events!

4/6/08 - Log + Video

morning practice
JM,slow walking lunges focus on ankle,knee,hip alignment and hip flexors,ardha uttkatasana,ankle mobility stuff. High skipping.
2HSw 20kg 25,25
2Hsw 16kg 25,25
2Hsw 12kg 25,25
Still working on zipping up mid-section.20kg drives home the idea.
Windmills 3(5/5) 8kg
Arm bar and bent presses w/8kg. Relearning this.
Jerks for technique w/8 and 12 kg.
Light grinds day. Kept practice under 45 minutes:)

4/4/08 Ashtanga

Spring Break, finally! We had tremendous lightning and thunder here last night. I love it.
Ashtanga Mysore style this p.m. I was able to generate heat today and felt more lively in the practice. Mobility in Maricyasana A-D felt good today. Thought I might go for Full Primary,however shoulders would not get to floor in Kurmasana indicating tight hammies and hips. Still working with oddity in left ham. Has been odd going on 4 years. Strength is not impacted at all though. Finishing sequence was sweet and topped off with an eye bag and a blanket in Savasana.

4/3/08

In the morning
16kg C&P 3 (1,2,3)
Between rungs serving tea cups w/ sm. ball
16kg Snatches 3 (5/5)
Pullups 5,4,3,later on off doorframe 2,1

4/01/08

Practice in the a.m.
10 minute SSST 12kg switch every 20 reps no parking bell 5(20/20) 200 reps
C/P ladder 16kg 3 (1/2/3)
In the p.m. taught class
3x(3) Pullups