DoubleTrouble backflips on grass

[juliebarkley]

I really admire your ability to try, succeed, fail, and then get back up and keep trying, all while showing off your progress along the way. You are so resilient. 💜

[Manarelle]

Agree with above. Your persistence is amazing, and I have no doubt it will pay off in the end. 

[DoubleTrouble]

On 8/22/2020 at 11:05 PM, juliebarkley said:

I really admire your ability to try, succeed, fail, and then get back up and keep trying, all while showing off your progress along the way. You are so resilient. 💜

 

On 8/24/2020 at 8:08 AM, Manarelle said:

Agree with above. Your persistence is amazing, and I have no doubt it will pay off in the end. 

 

Thanks. I don't mind giving up, but considering the short recovery time from the fails and how much time I still have left in the challenge, it didn't make sense not to continue.

 

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I tried going over sideways but it didn't work. So now I'm just doing other flips on the crash mat, and backflips only at the beach, and with a spotter. I need to at least do them on my own on sand if there's any hope of doing one on grass.

 

 

[juliebarkley]

Those landings definitely look better (more vertical, more stable) than the ones at the beginning of the challenge.

[DoubleTrouble]

Spoiler

I swung my arm weirdly jumping off a skateboard yesterday, and felt my shoulder dislocate and relocate immediately. I've been skipping physio lately so that's probably why. Anyway, I don't think its a good idea to be swinging my arms around anytime soon, as I'm still recovering. I'll call it quits for the backflip quest.

 

Main quests

Do a backflip on grass by the end of the challenge - FAILED

Run 2X a week - CANCELLED until my shoulder recovers enough

Maintain leg strength: Leg day 2X a week

Shoulder physio: Face pulls, band external rotations, band pull aparts and band overhead pull aparts, at least 2X a week when my shoulder recovers enough

[Manarelle]

4 hours ago, DoubleTrouble said:

I swung my arm weirdly jumping off a skateboard yesterday, and felt my shoulder dislocate and relocate immediately. I've been skipping physio lately so that's probably why. Anyway, I don't think its a good idea to be swinging my arms around anytime soon, as I'm still recovering. I'll call it quits for the backflip quest.

 

 

 

OW. Good call on taking it easy. That's..... ouch. Maybe time to put physio back into a challenge... 

[WhiteGhost]

Yikes!  I think focusing on shoulder rehab sounds like a solid strategy right now

[PaulG]

10 hours ago, DoubleTrouble said:

I swung my arm weirdly jumping off a skateboard yesterday, and felt my shoulder dislocate and relocate immediately.

 

This hurt me to read. I've heard dislocating your shoulder is extremely painful... has it happened to you before?

 

I agree with the others on the rehab thing. That kind of thing only gets worse over time without rehab, though I'd dearly love to find a way not to have to do my own. ☹️

[DoubleTrouble]

17 hours ago, Manarelle said:

OW. Good call on taking it easy. That's..... ouch. Maybe time to put physio back into a challenge... 

 

It's already been a part of my challenge, I just need to actually do it.

 

11 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Yikes!  I think focusing on shoulder rehab sounds like a solid strategy right now

 

It's not as bad as I made it sound, but yeah I'll be doing rehab for sure

 

10 hours ago, PaulG said:

 

This hurt me to read. I've heard dislocating your shoulder is extremely painful... has it happened to you before?

 

I agree with the others on the rehab thing. That kind of thing only gets worse over time without rehab, though I'd dearly love to find a way not to have to do my own. ☹️

 

I should have used a spoiler, sorry! It's happened once before, and yeah it hurt. It didn't hurt too bad this time though, the shoulder just felt weak afterwards, and in certain movements/positions. I remember all the stuff the physiotherapist told me to do last time, so I'm just doing that.

 

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I picked up a small kids trampoline thingy from the trash a while back but it was missing its legs.

 

 

New side quest: build a base for the trampoline!

[DoubleTrouble]

Recovery is going well. I'm able to run again, and started the shoulder physio exercises too. So I only missed one run because of the injury. It turns out I can do some one handed parkour stuff too. And I made some progress on the trampoline base. It looks like a transmutation circle hehe

 

 

[Manarelle]

On 9/4/2020 at 8:31 PM, DoubleTrouble said:

And I made some progress on the trampoline base. It looks like a transmutation circle hehe

 

If it starts glowing or talking to you, just run.  Looks good though, definitely solid and trustworthy. Glad you're feeling better already, too!