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1 hour ago, WhiteGhost said:

Great start  I am also going to be a beater this round, so let's team up and see if we can neutralize their offense.  Mad Hatter and Mu are their stars so I will take one and you take the other. I have selected Mu but I am happy to switch if you prefer

Mad Hatter works for me! I'll add it to the doc.

Switched to Beater: 150 reps today

3 sets
15 TRX pull ups
(15 TRX push ups)
(5 minutes rope climb)
5 assisted pull ups (-130)
15 later pull downs
15 cable bicep curls

Gym workout> Quidditch (300 core reps)

-3 sets-

(1 min plank)

20 Bridges

20 Crunches

(20 Kick backs)

(20 Mountain climbers)

(20 Clams)

20 Oblique crunches BL

20 Partner Crunches

20 Medicine ball pass

Next week is against the Puffs. Likely gonna be a good fight. Does anyone want to take up seeker position. I dont mind switching to Beater. 

Oh gods, it is so easy to feel inadequate and like you should just quit. Brains are dumb sometimes but you can totally overcome this!

Don't hurt yourself! I'm coming for you guys next week! 

The last few days I have honestly been doing bare minimum. The first couple days of a period always knock me out between pain and fatigue. 

Wednesday

Defense Against the Dark Arts> 15 minutes of headstand practice

History of Magick>20 minutes Athena's Playbook (cardio... I still dislike burpees)

Thursday

History of Magic> 12 minutes Athena's Playbook (lower body)

Transfiguration> 30 minutes (frog pose became painful at some point recently. Need to focus on flexors for a bit)

Today

History of Magick> 18:00 Walk/Run/cooldown (.99 miles) // 14 minutes Athena's Playbook (abs, separate from Quidditch)

Transfiguration> 20 minutes lower body stretching

Defense Against the Dark Arts> 20 handstands

Quidditch> 180 reps

3 sets

-20 standing oblique crunches (BL)

-20 standard crunches

-20 straight leg raises

That makes a lot of sense. It's easier to shift balance in smaller or larger increments because of how hands are designed. 

6 minutes ago, raptron said:

I love the laughing post-fall. It's the only way to liveeee. Haha.

 

Echoing MH, I find the more gymnastics style headstand (from a tripod) to be much more stable because you can actually use your arms to help you out! I highly recommend going for those when you are recovered enough. 

I actually had the idea that they would be less stable. I'll have to try that next round.

1 hour ago, Mad Hatter said:

Assassin life = falling. A lot.  

 

Please be careful with the bound headstand though, I once sprained my finger rolling over it that way. I’d even consider switching to a tripod headstand until you get a little more control of the movement and practicing at a wall for the bound headstand.

 

Love your attitude though!  

Yeah... after this I moved to the wall, set my myself too far back on my head, and rolled over my neck. Bright side my UT only seized up and I'm a massage therapist. So, it won't set me back much. Gotta be careful though. ^_^'

Watching the parallettes progress is inspiring. I'm excited to get stronger with basic things so that I can start doing stuff like this.

3 hours ago, @mu said:

 

Yeah! Totally agree, progress comes from enjoying the process, which includes a lot of fails and flopping around. But it's fun and then little improvements are really sweet

Love the feline attitude as well is the state of your yoga mat due to clawing?

Yeah, it's foam squares, so it isn't a big deal. I order a gymnastics mat yesterday though. That on is not getting left out. 

You've got this!

I'm not done with today's work but I'm excited. Sometimes progress isn't graceful. A lot of progress is falling and looks like failure. I can't kick up into a handstand yet so I started at a headstand to get used to the feeling. I did it, I flopped immediately, but I did it. Also, I can tell a difference in my strength, things are easier. It's rather exciting. Keep flopping till you succeed guys!

Adjusted my standing obliques from yesterday~

4 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

Ooh exciting! For what purpose?

 

Thinking about it, toes to ceiling is probably not a bad progression.  Looks fun either way.  

A friend and I are looking at Unis out there.

it is a lot of fun! It's less scary now. 

Adding a new personal challenge. Looks like I may be moving to Germany come 2020. I need to study the language daily. 

Good! 

... didnt see all the other comments. XD

Good to it being intense.

120 added! 

Knocked out 3 sets of 40 standing oblique crunches (20 each side) on my break. ❤❤❤

The struggle is real, my friend!

Hahah I never even thought of that. I guess you could. It is really useful for trigger points and getting into the low back and glutes though. 

Yeah! They are great. We use them on ourselves at work all the time. XD

You can also look into massage canes. They have more pinpoint accuracy and good for releases.

How are you using the peanut? Floor or wall?

10 minutes ago, @mu said:

Awesome pic! Slight spider woman tendency I see

Haha yeah, I struggle with kicking up into the handstand and still trying to get used to being upside down. Also my ceiling is super low. XD