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um... yes.  wow.  da man.

straight up perfect weekend itinerary.

 

And in your life HOW? Tell me mooore. Fuckin' awesome.

I accidentally meet people.  It's cool.

bwaa haa haa

I would like a tomato tart thingy, please.

huzzah on a great use of the smith machine!!!

beer and wings FTW

Humidity is the WORST.  ugh.

We're having such a beautiful summer here I can't even remember humidity....

Hi!!!

Happy happy birthday.

Oh yeah swiss ball shizzle is good stuff.  People may mock away but it's good stuff.

You want quads?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZICZ1-O2DjQ

Laugh all you want at the vid and then go do them.  Realize that you are not to push down with the feet/food.  You need that good bridge position (which is very hard to maintain) AND you are aiming for reps.  Lots of reps. 

You can also lay supine, hold the ball between your ankles and raise and lower with the body fully engaged.  And at the top, after a set, stop, and do leg curls (reps). QUADS...

General advice is to not worry about your weight class for your first meet.  Just go, lift, have fun.  You'll probably end up sitting comfortably in your weight class. 

That being said, you also want to be bigger in your weight class versus smaller.  Ugh.  I hang out around the top of my weight class. BUT I make sure I shave a few pounds off before weigh in so if the scale is off I still come in okay.  I dropped 4 pounds in the days before my last meet.  The scale was over by 3 pounds.  Several of us knew, to the pound, what our weights should be, and we were all +3 on the scale.  So, in my case it was worth it AND honestly, dropping 4 pounds will not affect my lifts. 

In the end, it's your first meet.  You are going for the experience (which is so much fun).  Just go and lift.  Don't over think the rest of it. 

And so... The magic of life proves karma is amazing shit

This man is now in my life

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YJm3WhA7Yko

(And proves yet again you ain't got to be fat to lift heavy stuff)

Yesterday trained, beach, dinner, friends. Bumped into other friends.

Today, soon we train, beach, massage, beach, dinner, friends.

Huzzah! Nice squats

Beaaaach! I am jealous. It's cold and cloudy here.

Stupid weather! Wish you were here!

Up nice and early. Already ate breakfast (we packed our own). Getting ready to go train! It's overcast so hoping the clouds lift a bit but I really don't care bc

Beach.

Sucks. Totally.

The three most important things are this: (and I have more history in a boot than all ya'll)

1. Embrace pity for a good 2 days. Solid, full on pity. You are entitled. This sucks. Whine, moan, make boyfriend bring you things. It's totally good for the soul. Because then you'll be able to move on. It's cool. Spend two days watching tv.

2. If you absolutely want to heal well and completely, there is a trick. Are you ready for it? It's a little life hack that goes like this: stay off the foot. Don't press through the foot, don't push through the foot, and don't stand on it. The boot is there to help you get from a to b and to get around your house as needed. It's not a magic bubble that allows you to stand, schlep everywhere or cook for three hours. This means off your foot all the time unless you have to go to the bathroom. Seriously. OHP? Oh hell no. This is the guaranteed secret to healthy healing.

3. Make a plan. I got your back on that. You can do lots of things at the gym. Get over any judgement of Swiss balls, machines, etc. you can do some awesome stuff. Ask doc if you can do ROM at home. If yes, do it but do not overdo it.

This is guaranteed. If you insist in being on that foot a lot, it won't heal well.

I'm actually eating jerky.

The beach. .. almost there. Sand in 60 mins max

Pardon typos, I'm eating jerky.

Last night:  more MUAY THAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chatted with coach a long time before class and BAM! got offered a chance to corner tonight but BOOOOOO I'm busy tonight.  Bummer.   But it's coming I know it!

Class was focused on counters and habituating counters.  We were looking to return same side punches or direct punches with counters such as 2, 3, clinch knee to post leg kick or 1, 2 (body), 3, cut kick.  It was a GOOD class. 

Unfortunately, I ended up with seriously newb partner and he tries so hard and enjoys it so much (he's so nice) but I don't get as much work as I need.  I can't hit hard enough and I can't really kick.  It's not a good match.  But he's the deaf guy (I know his name I'm just not sharing) and a lot of people don't get how to work with him and I'm comfortable with it, so....  he just has no endurance or strength and he's just too new to be a good partner for me. 

We finished with 3x3 mins rounds of sparring.  He didn't want to get hit in the face, so we had to do body sparring.  When we could switch partners, I worked with one of the newer women and she's got great potential if she sticks with it.  I enjoyed working with her very very much.  She's got a fight face!  I hope she stays.

This afternoon.... beach.

Uh...aren't you supposed to *not* talk about fight club?

It's funny but fight club is not like crossfit.  We don't talk about it that much outside of the gym.  I even have fb chats with people from the gym and we don't even talk about fights or fighting.  The vibe is so different.  And except for very few people (almost always women), nobody emphasizes what a badass he is or complains about the way equipment is put away or critiques other people.  Smeh.  If we see a guy doing warmups that suit him, we don't mock him or judge.  To be honest, the people there don't care.  They are just happy other people show up to fight.  It's such a great atmosphere. 

Although, last night we were teasing one of our amateur fighters about his "rockstar style".  LOL.  It was funny b/c coach started it and the guy is SO NOT a rockstar.  It was funny.  He got into it.  I love that guy.  At 21, from the hood, with barely a hs diploma, he has more class and style than most people I know.  He is a deeply good man.

MMA gym very much like the gay gym - so little judgement by the bros. 

You know.... I've been wanting to say this for a while:  People assume the lifting community is full of assholes who sit around and mock the guys on bosu balls and mock bad form and who are constantly reinforcing their bad-assitude.  They assume they all sit around shoveling ice cream in, comparing chucks, and taking ups space.  The thing is - it's not.  And Yeah... when you hang with Rip at the Arnold, you are qualified to comment. 

People who constantly gripe about how equipment is not racked properly, about broz doing curls, and about the bad form they want to correct at the gym are spending too much time stoking their own sad egos and not enough time focusing on their own business between sets. 

And for every person you want to mock, someone is mocking you.  Remember that.  It's true. 

What's nice about my gay gym and my mma gym is that people really don't judge.  Dude on leg press machine?  cool.  Bro curling on a bosu ball?  cool.  Dude using smith machine?  cool.  Dude doing some wonky ab thing? cool.  First class learning to punch?  cool.  20th class and you still can't figure out the hook footwork?  cool.  You want to work technique tonight instead of power?  cool.  I've never once felt judged there.

Now, the women in the locker room at the gay gym?  That's a different story.  The bros on the floor - not once. 

I'm not planning on taking any fighting classes anytime soon, but if you wanted to get the fire going I could start making shit up about how awesome my non-existent fight class is. Rumors and gossip don't have to be true, right?

Do it! Lol

Especially say you're doing it and then don't! Whoooo hoooo all the fighting

Everybody was kung fu fighting!

Pardon typos, I'm eating jerky.

Just spent an hour on the phone w a guy who just went to work w the Chinese weightlifting team.

BAM! and it's only Thursday

Pardon typos, I'm eating jerky.

all the vegetables please.

I took super intro-level kickboxing classes for like 6-8 months. We had a muay thai instructor sub in one night and it was the both the most fun and the most grueling of any of the days I was there. I think he was also deaf? Awesome dude, put us through the wringer and laughed at us while we squirmed.

yeah it's hard.  I try to explain that when we end up lying on the floor at the end of class it's bad.  Not like CF bad but worse.  And I mean puddle of sweat are normal.  People don't really get how hard it is.  They usually think it's kind of like tae bo. 

Warm ups are usually about 8 mins, then depending on class we have some technique drills or additional warm ups and the rest of class is some kind of practice.  Combos on pads are traditional.  Work speed, power, reaction, movement - all at one time usually.  Sometimes we do sparring rounds. 

The other night we did two 5 mins rounds of pads back to back (no switching pads - same guy goes 10 mins).  It's exhausting.  But that's not as tough as it's been.  people think it's just poking a bag or poking pads.  You can do that but what's the point? 

Here's a typical pad work round.  Imagine this 5 mins non stop.  If you think it looks easy, you must also think 5 mins non stop of burpees is easy.  Good, now rest 1 min and do it again.  No stopping, no resting, no slowing down.  Oh and your partner is in control of how fast you go.  And if you drop your hands, you get clocked.  Or you might get kicked just for fun and practice - be alert. 

I kinda like this video from my gym.  It's a bit older but it shows what goes on at fight camp and in class.  I don't do the BJJ but the rest is typical. 

It's one thing to do something with your own body weight or a barbell.  It's something else entirely when someone is fighting you.  Hard to explain. 

Do it, it'll be one more thing we can start shit talking each other about.  And when we have a meetup we can brawl.

I know that if a couple of people talk about it, it's going to spread through NF so soon everyone will be all:  oh, i'm taking fighting classes.  Oh me too.  Oh me too.  I invented taking fighting classes.  No, I invented the thought of it long before you.  I can't wait to watch trendy wendy.

Do it, it'll be one more thing we can start shit talking each other about. 

I'm all for talking shit any time.  Man, I love trash talk.  Honestly, it's the best part of organized sports.  I like to just trash talk my spousal unit's teams just cause... it's funny.  I don't take much very seriously...

But we could so trash talk - about how you are taking the wrong style, about how lame your style is, about how much cooler my gloves are (bc let's be honest... they are), how sad it is you bought pink gloves..... BAM!

And when we have a meetup we can brawl.

IN!!!!!  Although amateur rules in Muay Thai mean no elbows.

All punching and no elbows makes cline a sad girl. 

I've wanted to take a martial art for a really long time. I didn't know that many people who took one though, so I was ok. Now, I feel it very acutely. Every time I pass a place, I stop and look longingly. I really need to see if I can find the time...

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Do it.  Be a trendy wendy and do it.  It's the next thing on NF now that everyone is over goruck.  Do it..... 

getting enough calories per se is easy.  You do not need carbs to get enough calories.

BUT paleo doesn't necessarily mandate low carb or no carb.  Plenty of paleo friendly carbs out there.

In order to think about your diet for weight training, one of the best things you can do is to start by figuring out your TDEE and your goals (add weight or lose weight or maintain weight) and then to figure out how to get there from where you are.  For example, if you want to gain weight, you need to eat more.  But you don't want to just shovel in ice cream and potatoes.  So you add in more protein and some carbs.  Etc.  Takes a bit of research but not too much. 

If you want strict-ish paleo, skip the soy.  Whey protein is better and most of it is lactose free. 

Kick people? I thought is was usually knees and elbows for you?

Sorry to hear about your pub. That's some disappointing news. Any chance they can rebuild?

Hooray for new gloves and big hooks!! Boo for dazed and confused partner.

Ahhhhh Muay Thai is the art of fighting with 8 limbs: 2 hands, 2 elbows, 2 knees, 2 feet. Why just elbow and knee when you can kick? Kick ass that is... Lol

The pub is so sad. The pub part is in tact, it's the floors above that are ruined. I'm sure they'll reopen sometime. But the building still wasn't stabile as of 7 this morning. I haven't been by yet. Someone has already organized a fundraiser.

Mmmmm new gloves. Thai gloves. Mmmmmm all the hooks.

Lifted tonight. Bench is so groovy right now. OHP got it done. Repping 80% on deads and some massively killer accessory work. Let's just say those 50# DB don't move themselves.

Swordfish kebabs.... Mmmmmmm kitteh hug. Spousal unit spent day volunteering. What a man! Then he went to CF! He volunteers again all day tomorrow. He's the absolute best.

Ha! How'd you do that??? I searched a couple of weeks ago and came up with nothing! Maybe I searched close to my location or something, who knows.   Either way, it looks like I've got some options, thanks! 

i own the interwebs.  It bends to my will. 

Now... go kick people.

jerky fail.

crossed the tundra (2x).  No jerky.  But I did score a beef stick (no sugar other than a bit of molasses) for later.  And scored a great piece of chicken with mushrooms and asparagus for lunch.  And fizzy water.  But no jerky.  *sob*

I'm all jealous of you and your Muay Thai prowess.  I've been wanting to get into it, but there isn't anywhere around here that offers any classes.  

MUAY THAI!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait wait... I just NF stalked you and did the google and there's a place there.  Is it not there?