Jul
16
2009
Hey everyone,
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.
To follow me, visit http://twitter.com/Raima and click on follow. It’s as easy as that 
Enjoy the updates
Jul
3
2009
Hey everyone,
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 highly recommend trying it after warm up.
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