It’s been a while since my last update. I’ve had the unfortunate event happen where my mother passed away, coupled with some injuries.
My weight has continued to drop. It’s now hovering around 73-74kgs and I’ve learnt a number of tricks thanks to Jono and Morgan from Team E. Right now I’m just taking it easy while I’m resting my knee. I had a freak accident in a sponge pit while performing a slant gainer. My landing leg fell through a small gap of 2 crash mats which let my body fall another 1.5 further than I should have while my following leg clipped the crash mat and putting some nasty strain on the knee. Never fear tho, I’ll be back in action. Will need another 2 or so weeks to heal properly. In the mean time, getting back into upper body weight training. Will post another blog soon
Just a quick update. I’ve set up a twitter account to post updates. They’re a lot more frequent than the posts I’ve been putting up on this blog and you can get all the little secrets of my training and progress as it happens.
It’s literally been weeks since my last post, but never fear, I’m still alive lols
In terms of my weight loss, I haven’t made too much progress. I’m still doing daily weigh ins to keep an eye on it, but I’ve reduced the amount of cardio work and increased the weight training. My weight has remained around 78-79kgs. While fat reduction has been minimal, I have toned up and increased muscle mass.
I’ve also been to tricking classes run by Jono and Morgan from Team E. I’ve been having a blast. Picked up a couple of basic tricks, but still a lot to work on, but one thing I want to share with you is something I picked up from a wealth seminar and combined it with something my friend Janice said.
Both were to do with mediation and relaxation. The exercise done at the seminar demonstrated how much more strength we could draw up when in a meditation state. This has always fascinated me, especially when the shoalin monks do it. The exercises done in the seminar ws enough to allow me to play with the concept and I asked questions on how this could be used in training.
As the famous saying goes, Ask and you shall receive. Well I found the answer, by practising how to meditation I was able to applying to strength exercises like hand stands to build up upper body strength, I think combined it with the advice my friend gave me, which was no matter how much you relax, you can always relax further.
The idea behind this is quite simple, by relaxing our muscles, we allow more energy to flow through our bodies. Tension restricts flow, so by removing them we can go harder, longer, and faster.
I was also able to apply this same principle to stretching for flexibility. At first I didn’t know what to expect, but I thougth I’d give it a shot. I was amazed! Each time I stretched, I reached the point where I could feel the tension, I focused on relaxing that area, then stretched further, relaxed it again, then stretched again. I kept going and going and going. It was amazing, although I didn’t get to the full 180 degrees side split, I had gone further than I had ever before.
I did something last night that I found extremely interesting this morning.
I was pretty pumped last night and knowing I won’t have much of a chance to train over the weekend due to a 2 day seminar, so I wanted to push myself pretty hard. Last night before bed, one of the exercises I did 25 dips. I normally only do 6, so doing 4 times the normal amount was most likely going to make me feel sore the next day.
This morning, to my suprise, I was shocked I didn’t have any of that soreness I normally do. Before doing the work out, I experiemented with some suppliments to help with getting over any fatigue and improve on recovery time. I’m going to list them out here to help people out. I am in no way affiliated with a suppliments company, so I’ll keep the suppliments generic. What I took pre workout was the following:
BCAA
Vitamin C
Multi vitamins
Flaxseed oil
For post workout, I took a protein shake.
Let me know if anyone else tries this and let us know your results.
Wow! It’s been a while since I last posted up my weight loss progress so here they are.
6/04/2009
85.2
187.44
-0.40
-0.88
3.8
8.36
10.2
22.44
7/04/2009
84.6
186.12
0.60
1.32
4.4
9.68
9.6
21.12
8/04/2009
83.8
184.36
0.80
1.76
5.2
11.44
8.8
19.36
9/04/2009
83.4
183.48
0.40
0.88
5.6
12.32
8.4
18.48
10/04/2009
83.3
183.26
0.10
0.22
5.7
12.54
8.3
18.26
11/04/2009
84.4
185.68
-1.10
-2.42
4.6
10.12
9.4
20.68
12/04/2009
85.9
188.98
-1.50
-3.30
3.1
6.82
10.9
23.98
13/04/2009
84.6
186.12
1.30
2.86
4.4
9.68
9.6
21.12
14/04/2009
84.0
184.80
0.60
1.32
5.0
11.00
9.0
19.80
15/04/2009
84.4
185.68
-0.40
-0.88
4.6
10.12
9.4
20.68
16/04/2009
83.5
183.70
0.90
1.98
5.5
12.10
8.5
18.70
17/04/2009
85.0
187.00
-1.50
-3.30
4.0
8.80
10.0
22.00
18/04/2009
85.5
188.10
-0.50
-1.10
3.5
7.70
10.5
23.10
19/04/2009
84.5
185.90
1.00
2.20
4.5
9.90
9.5
20.90
20/04/2009
83.5
183.70
1.00
2.20
5.5
12.10
8.5
18.70
21/04/2009
82.6
181.72
0.90
1.98
6.4
14.08
7.6
16.72
22/04/2009
83.3
183.26
-0.70
-1.54
5.7
12.54
8.3
18.26
23/04/2009
82.8
182.16
0.50
1.10
6.2
13.64
7.8
17.16
24/04/2009
81.6
179.52
1.20
2.64
7.4
16.28
6.6
14.52
25/04/2009
81.0
178.20
0.60
1.32
8.0
17.60
6.0
13.20
26/04/2009
81.1
178.42
-0.10
-0.22
7.9
17.38
6.1
13.42
27/04/2009
81.2
178.64
-0.10
-0.22
7.8
17.16
6.2
13.64
28/04/2009
82.5
181.50
-1.30
-2.86
6.5
14.30
7.5
16.50
29/04/2009
82.0
180.40
0.50
1.10
7.0
15.40
7.0
15.40
30/04/2009
81.8
179.96
0.20
0.44
7.2
15.84
6.8
14.96
1/05/2009
81.8
179.96
0.00
0.00
7.2
15.84
6.8
14.96
2/05/2009
81.9
180.18
-0.10
-0.22
7.1
15.62
6.9
15.18
3/05/2009
82.1
180.62
-0.20
-0.44
6.9
15.18
7.1
15.62
4/05/2009
81.5
179.30
0.60
1.32
7.5
16.50
6.5
14.30
5/05/2009
82.1
180.62
-0.60
-1.32
6.9
15.18
7.1
15.62
6/05/2009
81.6
179.52
0.50
1.10
7.4
16.28
6.6
14.52
In terms of weight loss during the last week or so I’ve been hovering around the 82kg area. My diet and cardio workouts weren’t as disciplined as they should be. Getting back into it now. Also been developing some muscle mass during work outs. This is where it gets difficult to work out if you’ve really lost weight. The best way to measure this is to get some fat pinchers which I’m not using.
The plan to continue loosing weight is to do cardio in the morning, continue watching calorie intake, continue to take suppliments where required, continue to go for walks around the beautiful Botanical gardens in Sydney on my lunch breaks, and possibly do more cardio at night. I’m also testing out stopping eating by 7pm, as it allows the body to burn up any glucose it has left in the system and to switch over to burning up fat.
I’ll let you guys know how this goes and the results it produces.
There’s a whole lot more I could talk about in terms of what’s been done in flexibility, training, new tricks, etc I’ve learnt along the way, but I’ll save them for another blog.
I’ve been away for a while, but I thought I’d write up on this article. Recently I went to a large convention and for whatever reason, a large number of people got sick.
I got hit with it myself, but I was also one of the people who recovered the quickest from larengitis and the flu. People asked me how I do it and I share with them 3 simple areas I focus on that when all 3 are working in congruency, it works wonders. I’ve refined it over the years, but it’s still based on the 3 basic areas.
1. Dose up on goodness. This means taking vitamins where you body may be deficient in. Vitamin C is normally good as well as multi vitamins. Also taking up lots of greens and alkalizing helps. I cheat in this area by taking a vege supplement. It pretty much alkalizes as well as provide you all the daily nutrience your body needs from vegetables in 2 teaspoons. Goji berries also help with increasing anti-oxidants. Fruits are also good as it keeps the water content high. One thing I’ve started recently where I’ve been able to feel the effects is a slice of lemon for every 500ml of water. I was surprised how something so simple could have such a positive effect.
2. Exercise. Exercising helps the blood flowing and overcome the sickness. It also puts you in a better state for recovery. Don’t push yourself as hard as when you’re feeling well. It will tip you over the edge. Some exercises I HIGHLY recommend is trampolining. A rebounder will work just as great. The effects of bouncing up and down lymphises the body. It allows the body to flush out the toxins faster. Rebounding or trampolining for 15 mins a day works wonders. This is one of the best investments anyone can make for their health, hands down. It’s also great for weight loss as it generally puts the heart rate into zone 3 for metabolic heart rate for burning fat. Sickness doesn’t stand a chance when you have one of these :p
3. Positive attitude. This is one I use a great deal. I’ve recently incorporated the power of incantations, where you get your whole body into it. Not only just affirming you’re going to get better, you’re strong, powerful, fit, but you’re also sending a clear message to the body where sickness will have no option but to be defeated. By changing the physiology by doing chest pumps, power moves, whatever; you’re in a much better state to recover than being down in the dumps effected by sickness.
This formula has worked wonders for me through the years, take a proactive approach and it will do the same for you.
It’s been a while since I last posted and I thought I’d give everyone an update with what I’ve been doing. With having 2 weeks off gymnastics, I’ve been trying to focus on loosing weight while trying to maintain muscle mass. I purchased a heart rate monitor a week or two ago to better monitor my cardio workout. The idea is to set the heart rate in a metabolic zone 3. I won’t go into detail here, but zone 3 is when the body burns the most fat. I’ve also been alkalyzing and naturally detoxing with the exception of eating chicken. I must say I haven’t felt this good in like 10 years. In the process, the body has become more efficient where it takes longer now to reach the heart rate of zone 3, and it takes more effort to maintain the heart rate of zone 3.
Weight loss is continuing, but it’s slowed down a bit. There’s a number of factors where cardio wasn’t done in the morning, or I over ate on the day. I still have a day where I can eat something outside of the plan, but it’s kept at a moderate level. For example, it might have been a roast chicken or lately, it’s been a Hotdog de wheels at Harry’s cafe de wheels :p
lols