Bands

I have had no choice but to rest yesterday and think about this whole Oly lifting 'plan'. Gary John, older brother of Coach Dan John, simply posed the question to me, 'What do you want?'. Gary is a wise man despite his 'dumb luck and chance'!

I've decided then not to decide.

Yesterday I went to gymnastics which wasn't much fun.Too many kids latching on to the Parkour craze and the usual burst of enthusiasm after the Olympics. I warm-up, threw a few sumersault and left feeling, well, very good. And that in part is one of the solutions. I just need to enjoy the moment and not the future. I love training. Love it! I spoke with my good friend David Horne yesterday and he said, 'Why can't writing be like training? I never let my training get interrupted but writing there always seems to be an excuse not to write". I couldn't agree more.

So here's what I enjoyed today.

Kettlebell Warm-up of goblet squats, presses, rows, figure 8's, swings, snatches, side bends and windmills. I still cannot press anything overhead with my right arm.

Power Pushups - 80lb green bandsx12, 80lb green and 40lbs mauvex10, 2xgreensx6. Go here for Power Pushups. I have had my Power Pushups for 6 years now. Awesome bit of kit that you can use for everything from speed benching to dips to punching drills.
Face Pulls - Iron Woody blue bandsx20, doubled bluesx20, blacksx20
Power pushup Chest Press - 2xgreenx3 (too heavy), green and mauvex5 (still too heavy), greenx16
Green Band Iron Woody Pull Aparts - x15x15x15
Bicep Curl with Blue bands Iron Woodyx8x8x8
Tricep Overhead Ext with Green Iron Woodyx15x15x15
Side/Front raise/Cubans/Press combo - 1x5 each with light bands
Power Wheel - max extensions on rollouts. Getting very close to a full rollout!
Stretch

Laurence texted me today and said he is really pleased with how he went at WSM and that he can now 'hang with the big boys'. Here he is with Jimmy Marku...

Photo courtesy of mariuszfan1

Comments

[David Horne]

Loz did real good, he should be very pleased with himself.
I LOVE to train, it makes me feel good, and I will do it to the day I die. In all the years I worked in a commercial gym (about 15 years), I could count on my 10 fingers the amount of folks who really loved to train and this is where most go wrong.

It's a little like Mount Snowdon in Wales. You can get a small train to the top, or of course you can climb up to the top on the variety of routes (ranging in difficulty). The destination is all the same, and the view the same, it's just how you get there.

Best advice to anyone is enjoy your training!

[Steve Gardener]

Regarding the 'enjoyment'. Back when I edited and published Muscle Mob we published an article or 3 on Malcolm Whyatt called 'Life's an adventure'. In them he relates the enjoyment of the journey, as per David's comment above, as well as arriving. The issue or problem for some is we don't get to think about the journey until well after we've arrived.

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