the last few days have been interesting. I need personal assistance with cleans it seems because the technique is just not hitting me, perhaps I will work with it again on my own or just give up on it altogether. My broad jump is at about 8' 3". I'm going to drop the frequency of weight training and just do deadlifts once a week to maintain the skill. This way I can get on with all my other calisthenics things as a daily practice instead of constantly anticipating the weights. I'll probably also continue with the w pulls and dips. I tried one of blane's challenges; 100 climb ups in 10 minutes. I managed a measly 38. I like the benchmark aspect of this though.
I continue to change my decision about whether or not I should do weight training. I think it just has to do with practicality. I love the fact that I could just start training pistols anywhere without a care in the world while with weights a lot of concern about where the weight is, how loud it hits, how much weight is on the thing, the mental anguish of doing another set, organizing all my other training around it, it's all a mess. Too much mental bs to deal with. The quantifiable aspect of weights is what really appealed to me but so much of the success of a rep can vary greatly with whatever technique I'm using. I want to see how much force my body can get with just my bodyweight. we already know it works for the upper body, now I'll just have to sort it out for the lower body.
In other news, I'm sick today so I'm just hanging out instead of training. I also may have fractured my toe doing a dive kong up some stairs. I don't really do kongs that much. I can do them, I just don't like them as much, they don't seem to be all that useful. Good to have in the repertoire but not something I will train a lot just because everyone else trains them.
Last thing. I've been consumed with watching tumbling drills videos on youtube. There is so much to the art of tumbling that I did not fully understand a few years ago. It is a deep discipline all on its own.
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