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2/3rd's through Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men." I've seen the movie, which is so far a near-perfect translation of the book, and I hated the ending. But, this is a great book as far as I've gotten. Great characters, vivid descriptions. The story and writing feels tight, like nothing's wa...

And Leo Decaprio

Sangoma, here's a lengthy read on Knee Valgus (your knee collapsing inwards): https://bretcontreras.com/knee-valgus-valgus-collapse-glute-medius-strengthening-band-hip-abduction-exercises-and-ankle-dorsiflexion-drills/ From the link: Why is Knee Valgus Dangerous? Knee valgus can lead to patellofemor...

Monday, July 22nd Cable Internal Rotation - Elbow by Side 50lbs x 20 each side x 2 sets Glute Bridge with Alt. Leg Extension x 15 each, +9lb BB x 15 each Box Jumps 33" x 10, 36" x 10 x 3 sets and Hanging Leg Raise x 8, 6, 5, 4 Handstand Push-Ups [very partial] x 10 x 4 sets and Glute-Ham Raise [ver...

Bram, your reference is completely off. Vagus misalignment they are talking about is an anatomical one, not "buckling in" during squat, let alone one legged. And it was on people from MOST study, those with knee osteoarthritis or at high risk of developing it, 50 - 79 years old. How about in the Br...

Sangoma, here's a lengthy read on Knee Valgus (your knee collapsing inwards): https://bretcontreras.com/knee-valgus-valgus-collapse-glute-medius-strengthening-band-hip-abduction-exercises-and-ankle-dorsiflexion-drills/ From the link: Why is Knee Valgus Dangerous? Knee valgus can lead to patellofemor...

Friday, July 18th Rock Climbing 30 minutes Although climbing is not my cup of tea, I have a visiting 9 year old and my goal is to keep him somewhat tired. He probably climbed for an hour-and-a-half. Not too bad an experience, did one easy route up about 30/40 feet and some bouldering. Surfing 45 mi...

Wednesday, July 17th Surfing 45 minutes Meditation 5-10 minutes + Compassion Meditation Surfing 1.5 hours Thursday, July 18th Cable Internal Rotation - Elbow by Side 50lbs x 20 each x 2 sets DB Bench 60's x 12, 65's x 10, 8, 6 and Seated Cable Arnold Rows 42.5lbs x 20, 50lbs x 12, 10, 8 Decline Leg...

For whatever reason, I've had no interest in this show, even as it's blown up in the media. I even struggled through the first episode a couple years ago and found it disposable. But, I watched it on Saturday of the past weekend and was immediately hooked. So far, knocked out the first 5 episodes. T...

In regards to the two rules above - I think BW squat as low as possible is beneficial. And the actual technique is not as important with BW as when loaded. Don't know if you read what I wrote correctly. The advice was only in regards to pistols - not 2-legged squats. Now the PT might treat the same...

The PT at my gym works with a number of NFL athletes and uses pistols as part of their knee rehab, and for knee rehab with the general population. He only has 2 rules from what I can tell: 1) Don't go below 90 degrees - he usually uses a plyo box, which they sit back and on to, then come back up fro...

Saturday, I was sore in a number of areas: calves, hips, my outer low back, obliques, abs, chest, upper back Sunday, July 14th Surfing 45 minutes Had a quick window to go, got a bunch of waves, surfed quite well. Monday, July 15th Biked to the gym and back, about 1.5 miles each way. My old bike took...

Friday, July 12th Glute Bridge w. Alt. Leg Extension x 15 each L-Sit PG Chins x 5, 4, 3 (legs were barely up, but I was trying!) and KB Windmill 24lbs x 10 each, 30lbs x 8 each, 35lbs x 5 each Hop to 1-Leg Box Jump 21" x 10 each x 3 sets and Band Reverse Fly - Red [pull arms as far apart from one a...

Thursday, July 11th Busy day, and by the time I exited work the surf had gone away. But one of my clients, who hates exercising, just started again and I did this with her: 2 laps of a field dribbling a soccer ball 2 laps of a basketball court dribbling a basketball Tennis back and forth against a ...

Wednesday, July 10th Meditation 10 minutes [counting the inhale and exhale] + Compassion Meditation Picked up some cards describing various mudras, sorted them until I found one to do: Prana Mudra Now I neglected the portion where you lift your perineum and lightly contract your b-hole, but I did h...

Tuesday, July 9th Went for a surf on my lunch break. Surfed a spot about 1/2 mile to the South of me, my friend Bobby came to meet up, but balked due to the big number of surfers out. But me and my new co-worker's husband paddled out into the crowd. I got a couple waves right off the bat, but then ...

Bram, have you tried paddleboarding? It's such a change in perspective to go from laying or sitting on a board (or kayak) watching the waves roll in, and standing up watching them roll in. And fun to paddle out through the waves, or at least trying to. I'm jealous that you can hit the water every d...

Monday, July 8th Surfing 1.5 hours Looked okay, but it was way better once I made it out. Got some great waves! Shortened my surfing mantra (what I focus on) from 23 things down to 5. Felt like I surfed perhaps a bit better with less shit to think about. Super good time out there regardless. I don'...

Sunday, July 7th: Full-Body Figured if I'm still surfing like a goof after the insanely long workouts I've been doing (~50 sets), then I might as well not do them lol Looked through my log from 2010-2012, looking for patterns (thanks Irongarmx.net for storing all those workouts). Came up with about...

Monday, July 1st - Sunday, July 7th Can't sleep :( Monday - Surfing, Meditation Tuesday - Surfing, Full-Body Workout Wednesday - Surfing, Meditation Thursday - Surfing Friday - Surfing Saturday - Surfing Sunday - Rest (so far) Small waves Monday, got one fun ride. Tuesday was medium-big, a bit unpr...

Training Week for R - 45 year old male. This is his 14th week of training with me, week 9 was a total rest week. He's made every single workout, except maybe one, besides the rest week where he just played golf or did some cardio. Monday, Day 1: Lower BB Wide Stance Squats 15RM x 4 sets and Seated C...

I know I posted no more drunk driving or video games (no dui's or crashes, no games for a couple months) in the other thread. We're at the half-way mark though, so maybe a couple more would work. I'd like to get my first tube surfing. I'm at 19 years of surfing and zero of them. That said I want to ...

Monday, June 24th to Sunday, June 30th Monday - Upper Body + Meditation Tuesday - Surf Wednesday - Surf Thursday - Surf Friday - Meditation Saturday - Rest Sunday - Lower Body Monday, after warming up and lifting decently (hit a chin-up with a 75lb dumbbell), I did a set of light T-Bar Rows and my ...

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Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:53 pm

2019 - no video games

Been a couple months without playing: more reading, more exercising, more friend time. Haha, forgot I had that as a goal.

Monday, June 17th - Sunday, June 23rd Monday - Surf, Meditate Tuesday - Surf x 2 Wednesday - Meditate and Lower Body Thursday - Meditate, Surf x 2 Friday - Rest Saturday - Surf Sunday - Surf Felt after last week, yelling at someone -- and then feeling angry after -- I needed to at least attempt to ...