Weekly Progress Report: 2012-01-23
I finally recovered from my bout of less frequent training. Friday and Saturday I got a lot of volume in; it felt much better.
Challenge #11: Origami!
I bought some origami paper! Now I won’t have to cut a letter-size sheet every time.
2 more are done. It probably took me less time to do these 2 than to do my first one. That is of course a good thing, because as you know I got a friggin’ thousand to do. Just out of curiosity, maybe I should time myself doing one.
I would say the hardest part, especially with that small paper, Read more
Weekly Progress Report: 2012-01-16
Hola fellas!
Challenge #6: Straddle Press to Handstand
Since last week, most of my physical training was turned away from my main goals. Thus I made progress, but nothing worth showing up here. In the meantime I will let my body rest more than usual and do stuff that is different for a bit.
Keep ya posted!
Challenge #11: Origami!
Add that to the fact that I currently got no imagination for new PicLetters, this progress report was not bound to go very well. No matter, I say! Let us start something else!
After all, I DO have a friggin’ THOUSAND pieces of paper to fold up and string together.
Before I can do 1000 of them, I had to learn to make one first. The first one. Yeah. Typically the very one that looks the most awful while taking you the most amount of time to complete.
Took me more than an hour. I wonder if it was 2.
Weekly Progress Report: 2012-01-09
My Vacation of the Year™ is already over. Back to Work and Stuff™ !
Challenge #6 : Straddle Press to Handstand
Elbow Planche: I got it! 67 seconds max hold, effectively adding 9 seconds to my last record and blasting the goal away. On to the next step of learning hand balanding: trying it out as much as possible!
Tuck Planche: 11 seconds! Steady progress. I’ve been experimenting with movements and variations based on Darryl’s work, but Read more
Weekly Progress Report: 2012-01-03
They’re back! Welcome to 2012!
Challenge #6: Straddle Press to Handstand
10 seconds on the Tuck Planche. I’m working on application of the latest hints Darryl has given me; one that’s proving tricky is attempting to bend more forward. I’ve also Read more
Weekly Progress Report: 2011-11-23
Aloha!
Challenge #6: Straddle Press to Handstand
A couple of things. First, it’s unfortunate as I was unable to catch it on video, but last Thursday I successfully stood my Tuck Planche for 5 seconds, thus adding another second to my latest max PR.
I’m at 15 seconds for the Tuck Front Lever;
And also 15 seconds for a satisfyingly straight Elbow Planche. Read more
Weekly Progress Report: 2011-11-08
This guy knows how to move. Seriously.
Challenge #6: Straddle Press to Handstand
On the same day I succeeded in doing my very first Kong Vaults, out of the blue I also decided I would try my Elbow Planche directly on the ground. I had tried it last summer, and I acutely remember failing miserably to even appear to have a semblance of position.
Well, it’s a wee bit different nowadays:
You know what? Balancing is the shit.
Challenge #10: The PicLetters
New letter! It’s a Pirate-related letter. Read more
Weekly Progress Report: 2011-10-24
Muppets are cool. Admit it.
Challenge #6: Straddle Press to Handstand
I can now hold a Tuck Planche for 2 seconds!
Remaining time to reach target: 58 seconds. And this position is much more about strength than balance. When I can get about 10 seconds I’ll start testing movements with the legs in that position, to add variety to the training.
Weekly Progress Report: 2010-10-19
Hey look at this dubstep video! I went to see Skrillex last friday, it was pretty frickin’ sick.
Yes, this should have come out 2 days ago at the latest; I know you were salivating to get your weekly update. I had a lot of schoolwork that was quite the priority. Now that I’m a tiny bit more on top of things (not as much as I’d like, mind you), here’s your fix.
Challenge #6: The Straddle Press to Handstand
The Elbow Planche is coming along, one small improvement after the other.
I’ve also been practicing my kick-ups, and they’re definitely getting more precise and refined. Buuut I’m not a pro just yet.
Dragonboat: Of Lessons and Evolution
Last week, I wrote a post on Dragonboat, talking about my latest season and what I love about the sport.
This post follows it up. Over the span of time (3 years) I’ve been paddling, I learned many things. Also, some things I would see change or evolve.
Before that, Candy Eye! I highly recommend that you watch this through the end. (Those of you who know the sport may have already seen it… but you’ll watch it through anyway. I know I have!)
Awesome eh? OK, Now let’s get to business.
Lessons and Discoveries
Weekly Progress Report: 2011-10-10
Challenge #6: Straddle Press to Handstand
So like I mentioned last time, since I’ve succeeded on my Tiger Bend goal, I’m now moving forward to practicing my kick-ups.
When I get my Elbow Planche down, I will practice freestanding handstands. As it happens, I’m pretty sure that by then, it’ll turn out to be fairly easy. All hail progressions! But let’s not claim victory before it happens. Not mentioning that after that’s there will still be quite a bit of work to do.
