Chapter 1: Jungle Jim's Jungle Gym (Rob's Challenge)

[Hermione Gainser]

http://youtu.be/SkkIwO_X4i4

 

I have 3 or 4 purple shirts. A few different shades of it. The colour compliments my suit really well because it's a dark blue pinstripe. I also have a couple pink shirts in a few different styles and intensity that I rock...

 

One of the top items on my list of things to purchase is a made to measure suit. Not full bespoke because that's pretty much double the cost of made to measure. I would like to get a colour of suit that'll go especially well with pink and purple shirts because they're my current go-tos.

 

Since not a lot of guys wear it, it tends to look especially sharp when pulled off. And I can pull it off.

 

Also: My sister Laura (true story) and my mom both hated the bowtie. I wore it all day yesterday while I was having a Doctor marathon. Eleven and I straightened our bowties together >.>

That's excellent!

 

I work for the legislative body in GA... soooooo yeah.. I see a lot of bow ties.

 

Fix'd.

 

Also:

 

 

This tie is the best tie. possibly ever.

[goodwince]

How did I miss Gogol Bordello! Nice choice in music sir.. now it's stuck in my head as always!!

[Rob__]

Although I suppose you'll be using all the car tires to build mobility playgrounds.

 

 

....and I'm pretty sure the above bike is a helluva lot slower than running.  But it looks awesome.

 

Car tires can still pop. And they're super heavy so when you're driving through the mud you'll get super stuck.

 

And basically, you'll need to keep that bike pretty close, whereas I can just get up and sprint away as necessary...without even needing shoes..

 

That's excellent!

 

I work for the legislative body in GA... soooooo yeah.. I see a lot of bow ties.

 

 

This tie is the best tie. possibly ever.

 

The wedding Saturday night had the largest collection of bow ties I expect to see unless I go to DoctorCon or something. 4 guys were wearing a bow tie.

 

And that tie is the best tie ever. I wish I could wear it like a tie still. I'd do it every day.

 

How did I miss Gogol Bordello! Nice choice in music sir.. now it's stuck in my head as always!!

 

I love Gogol. My Ukrainian friends have rubbed off on me. I went to a live show last year and bought a tshirt that I can't really wear anymore because it's sized small....

[MasterOfCows]

And basically, you'll need to keep that bike pretty close, whereas I can just get up and sprint away as necessary...without even needing shoes..

 

Have fun when you cut your foot on a piece of glass or a rock or something and zombie blood gets all up in there.  Then who'll be laughing?

[Rob__]

Irrelevant.

 

Because I was able to get up and bolt and not have to mess around with shoes or my big assed bike, I got away from the zombies fast enough that they're busy eating you... so I can slow down and watch where I'm going until I get further away and can steal someone else's shoes...

 

And even when I'm running fast, I'm watching where I'm going. It would be extremely inconvenient to trip and fall during an escape...

[Chaze]

  Chaze and I are going to invent the bicycle.

^This.

 

Plus, IMHO the biggest threat in a post-zombie apocalypse aren't the zombies, but the people.  Once you manage to survive that first infection and zombies are now a part of life, it's about survival time.  Which means you need supplies.  Which means while you are on the move, you need to consider needlessly burning calories in order to conserve the supplies that you can pick up and take with you until you hit your next safe haven.  Which is most likely with like-minded nerds.

 

I have guns and ammo, but not the crazy amount of hoarded ammo that will make me a target of gangs and that I won't be able to carry around myself.  I don't want to run blind into any place, whether it's infested with zombies or humans.  So slow and steady is it for me.

[Chaze]

Onwards to breakfast! I have my Excel final test today... I am anticipating 100% cause, you know, I use Excel every day, and I got 100% on the review test.. Lol.

I'd wish you luck, but it sounds like you don't need it.

 

Good luck anyway!

[katscratch]

Chaze has guns and abs...what more do we need, really....

What's that? Oh, AMMO. Got it.

Rob the dream crusher can hitch a ride on my bicycle when his feetsies get tired. I'll push it out of the mud myself, even, with both of you on the handlebars.

[mrRed]

Another bow tie enthusiast!! Awesome. I have to admit I bought my first because of the doctor.

I'm scared of your scrotch torture mobility but those are my trouble areas. I envision a visit to the pain cave soon.

[Rob__]

^This.

 

Plus, IMHO the biggest threat in a post-zombie apocalypse aren't the zombies, but the people.  Once you manage to survive that first infection and zombies are now a part of life, it's about survival time.  Which means you need supplies.  Which means while you are on the move, you need to consider needlessly burning calories in order to conserve the supplies that you can pick up and take with you until you hit your next safe haven.  Which is most likely with like-minded nerds.

 

I have guns and ammo, but not the crazy amount of hoarded ammo that will make me a target of gangs and that I won't be able to carry around myself.  I don't want to run blind into any place, whether it's infested with zombies or humans.  So slow and steady is it for me.

 

Survive beyond the initial infection period, and we're all smart enough to get by. You've got guns. I've got agriculture. Once the zombies take over and take care of most of the rest of the population, it'll be a lot easier to bunk down and you probably won't be doing quite so much long distance movement anyway.

 

It's during the initial rampup to Zombieland that the need for a quick escape and the ability to cover a lot of ground quickly is the most useful. You're not just escaping the zombies, you're escaping the crazies who're firing guns into the air and whatnot... Once they all kill each other off though...

 

Chaze has guns and abs...what more do we need, really....

What's that? Oh, AMMO. Got it.

Rob the dream crusher can hitch a ride on my bicycle when his feetsies get tired. I'll push it out of the mud myself, even, with both of you on the handelbars.

 

Psh. I can go all day.

 

Another bow tie enthusiast!! Awesome. I have to admit I bought my first because of the doctor. I'm scared of your scrotch torture mobility but those are my trouble areas. I envision a visit to the pain cave soon.

 

 Welcome to the madness! Somewhere around page 10 or 11 there's a link to a bunch of other MWods and things get really hippy. There's a psoas smash that I'd recommend if you've got problems in the scrotchal area. It's the one that's called something about the silent p in paleo...I'm about 5 minutes away from visiting this particular pain cave... Just needed to play some post class ketchup...

 

I'm one of those Doctor obsessives. I've seen every episode about a million times, and I have theories as to what's going to happen when the season continues.

 

11. Fucking. Days. And we get more 11.

[Rob__]

Oh hey, so this happened:

 

http://youtu.be/YB8GaZxnnww

[Loren Wade]

You look like you're dying.

[Chaze]

Next challenge I'm going to be working on my horrible forward flexibility (when I try to reach toward my toes with straight legs it hurts so much behind my knees) so you get to laugh at me then like I am laughing at you now. I had better enjoy this while I can...

[katscratch]

Survive beyond the initial infection period, and we're all smart enough to get by. You've got guns. I've got agriculture. Once the zombies take over and take care of most of the rest of the population, it'll be a lot easier to bunk down and you probably won't be doing quite so much long distance movement anyway.

Chaze also has a kickass climate, so unless you and I are running south we'll be hurting within the year anyway. At least I would be! I could probably manage to smoke and salt enough meat/fish, and any plot of crappy soil will grow a bunch of squash and potatoes, and there's *probably* enough sunlight to grow some leafy greens indoors, but I know for myself I don't have nearly enough mass to stay warm in the winter. Even with fancy wool and fur and fire.

And, duh, you've already been nominated P-Z-A Chef.

 

 

Psh. I can go all day.

I need a form check vid.

 

I'm one of those Doctor obsessives. I've seen every episode about a million times, and I have theories as to what's going to happen when the season continues.

 

11. Fucking. Days. And we get more 11.

Sooooo JEALOUS of peeps with non-netflix tv *SOB*

Although I think there might be a couple bars around here that show new episodes....

 

 

Oh hey, so this happened:

oh my golly. You're one mobbing m-f-er, dude! It's pretty incredible how much progress you've made!!!

 

 

Next challenge I'm going to be working on my horrible forward flexibility (when I try to reach toward my toes with straight legs it hurts so much behind my knees) so you get to laugh at me then like I am laughing at you now. I had better enjoy this while I can...

ME TOO, what IS it with the backs of my knees? I am super bendy in plenty of ways, but something like downward dog? Forget it! Bend my knees a bit, however, and I can fold in half like nobody's business.

[Chaze]

Chaze also has a kickass climate, so unless you and I are running south we'll be hurting within the year anyway. At least I would be! I could probably manage to smoke and salt enough meat/fish, and any plot of crappy soil will grow a bunch of squash and potatoes, and there's *probably* enough sunlight to grow some leafy greens indoors, but I know for myself I don't have nearly enough mass to stay warm in the winter. Even with fancy wool and fur and fire.

Only problem with So Cal is over-population. So you guys work your way south and I'll head east a bit and we can find a Zombieland haven somewhere

 

 

ME TOO, what IS it with the backs of my knees? I am super bendy in plenty of ways, but something like downward dog? Forget it! Bend my knees a bit, however, and I can fold in half like nobody's business.

Form check?

 

You are the only other person I've heard with the same problem.  Maybe our limberness is balanced out by the un-limberness behind the knees?

[Hermione Gainser]

ouch! that looks awful and awesome.  I've been having crazy tightness lately.   I'll add that to my list of weird looking things I do in the gym.

 

Good luck on the test!

 

and I hope this thread starts pulling up when people search zombie preparedness.

[Rob__]

You look like you're dying.

 

That's because I was dying. It hurts!

 

Next challenge I'm going to be working on my horrible forward flexibility (when I try to reach toward my toes with straight legs it hurts so much behind my knees) so you get to laugh at me then like I am laughing at you now. I had better enjoy this while I can...

 

My plan had been to take a picture and insert it here... but...

 

ME TOO, what IS it with the backs of my knees? I am super bendy in plenty of ways, but something like downward dog? Forget it! Bend my knees a bit, however, and I can fold in half like nobody's business.

 

You are the only other person I've heard with the same problem.  Maybe our limberness is balanced out by the un-limberness behind the knees?

 

Not true! I mean, I'm super bendy now, but totally couldn't touch my toes before, let alone painlessly.

 

It sounds like you guys are suffering from what is called "Tight hamstrings". The hamstrings have an insertion point behind the knees. Tightness in the hamstrings is during a forward bend will present as a pulling and pain behind the knee. The way you can check this is by slightly bending the knee. This reduces the load on the hamstrings, making it easier to bend forward.

 

Things like downward dog, or a forward bend to touch your toes can help. So can seated forward bends where you reach forward to touch your toes. The MRob (the actual MRob that I recorded), and the knee compression tack where he wraps the band just north of the knee will all help to loosen this area as it directly works on loosening the hamstring insertion point behind the kneecap.

 

 

 

Chaze also has a kickass climate, so unless you and I are running south we'll be hurting within the year anyway. At least I would be! I could probably manage to smoke and salt enough meat/fish, and any plot of crappy soil will grow a bunch of squash and potatoes, and there's *probably* enough sunlight to grow some leafy greens indoors, but I know for myself I don't have nearly enough mass to stay warm in the winter. Even with fancy wool and fur and fire.

And, duh, you've already been nominated P-Z-A Chef.

 

 

Sure we'd freeze, but so would the zombies... And we have built in refrigeration across winter for food storage. However, that said, it would be the perfect opportunity for me to move to a warmer climate, so I'm already halfway there. Anyway, with my cooking, I'd fatten you up quick.. lol

 

Sooooo JEALOUS of peeps with non-netflix tv *SOB*

Although I think there might be a couple bars around here that show new episodes....

 

 

oh my golly. You're one mobbing m-f-er, dude! It's pretty incredible how much progress you've made!!!

 

Whereas I'm jealous of this. There's only one place I can think of that MIGHT show an episode and it's this bar in Ottawa.

 

But on the other hand, the bar's also called "Zaphod's". They have a drink on the menu called exactly what you'd think it would be called. They have all sorts of localish indie rock bands playing live. It's a grungy, dark, super-hip place.

 

And I used to live there when I was in Ottawa. I used to be so hip it hurts...

 

Only problem with So Cal is over-population. So you guys work your way south and I'll head east a bit and we can find a Zombieland haven somewhere

 

Arizona might be nice... Or hell, we could pull a reverse alien and populate North Mexico...

 

ouch! that looks awful and awesome.  I've been having crazy tightness lately.   I'll add that to my list of weird looking things I do in the gym.

 

Good luck on the test!

 

and I hope this thread starts pulling up when people search zombie preparedness.

 

Please make sure that you do the version with 2 barbells that KStarr does in his video. It looks so much weirder than the plates on the knees AND since you're tying up two olympic bars, some bros won't be able to curl in their squat rack...

 

My thread's starting to have a little bit of everything... Thank GOD it's bigger on the inside...

[Rob__]

Challenge Post: The Chicken Soup Edition

 

Hello everyone. My name is Rob and apparently I'm coming down with that case of death that everyone seems to be passing around to everyone else. Don't worry, I'm wearing a SARS mask while I type this so you don't catch anything from me...

 

Mobility Monster: Today, we're going to discuss a part of my recovery that I don't normally discuss: The recovery epsom salt bath. I'm not entirely sold that the epsom salts actually do anything, but hey, gives me an excuse to sit inside the jacuzzi bath tub, turn the jets on, and get my hot soak on. That last bit is the part that does things because the hot water relaxes and warms up the muscles. The same thing goes on in a hot shower, but you will get a much more thorough muscular relaxation if you keep yourself submerged in the hot water for 10-20 minutes over standing in a shower for 10-20 minutes.

 

1) Pre-warm your muscles. I feel like I don't have the energy to stand, so I'll be in the bath tub. You can join me in the tub or spend some time in a sauna if that's available. Just get your muscles warmed and relax.

 

2) Stretch. Everywhere. Everyone has a basic static stretch series that they do, and if they don't they should! We've pre-warmed our muscles so you should be able to get into a deeper stretch than you normally would be able to. Stay in the stretch a little longer than you normally would also. If your stretch allows for it (eg, lunges), play around in the corners and if you find a position that's junky, hold it there instead for a bit also.

 

3) Some places probably felt really junky when you were holding them for a long stretch. Enter laxball/foam rolling/barbell. If you get tightness behind the knees during a forward bending stretch, get a couple minutes working your selected torture device into that area. Whatever area you choose, start at the insertion point, working the tissues there for a little bit and then slowly work your way through the entirety of the muscle. I mean, there's no need to spend an inordinate amount of time doing this, just a few minutes per muscle, per side. You just want to be moving the torture device slower than you normally would and make sure that you're really working it in.

 

PLP and Plank: I didn't get my PLP in this morning. I had a bunch of headache like symptoms so I figured to postpone it until after tylenol. I've had my tylenol now, I'm eating some chicken soup I made with home made bone broth, and I'm going to do my mobility later, and I should hopefully feel well enough to crank these out...

[katscratch]

I could not find my RobBall while at work today and was a bit more devastated than the situation warranted.

 

My new favorite thing is to watch MRobs on the big screens in an empty operating room.  And do them, of course.  So far I haven't been called out but I'm sure someone somewhere is watching the room cam and wondering WTF.

 

 

NO HEADACHE ALLOWED.

 

 

Throw some eucalyptus oil in your jacuzzi (or a few drops on your salts in their container); even if I'm not stuffed up it makes me feel better.  

 

 

What's this all about? 

 

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• katscratch, Bing (1)

 

HAHAHAHAHA

[katscratch]

Form check?   Sure thing!  You first!

 

 

ouch! that looks awful and awesome.  I've been having crazy tightness lately.   I'll add that to my list of weird looking things I do in the gym. YES! HA! 

 

Good luck on the test!

 

and I hope this thread starts pulling up when people search zombie preparedness. It better! We should ask user Bing.

 

 

That's because I was dying. It hurts!

 

 

My plan had been to take a picture and insert it here... but...  ...and your plan went awry why, exactly?!?!?!

 

 

 

Not true! I mean, I'm super bendy now, but totally couldn't touch my toes before, let alone painlessly.

 

It sounds like you guys are suffering from what is called "Tight hamstrings". The hamstrings have an insertion point behind the knees. Tightness in the hamstrings is during a forward bend will present as a pulling and pain behind the knee. The way you can check this is by slightly bending the knee. This reduces the load on the hamstrings, making it easier to bend forward.

 

Things like downward dog, or a forward bend to touch your toes can help. So can seated forward bends where you reach forward to touch your toes. The MRob (the actual MRob that I recorded), and the knee compression tack where he wraps the band just north of the knee will all help to loosen this area as it directly works on loosening the hamstring insertion point behind the kneecap.  That. Was Torture. In all the right ways. Definitely keeping that one in regular rotation. 

 

 

 

 

 

Sure we'd freeze, but so would the zombies... And we have built in refrigeration across winter for food storage. However, that said, it would be the perfect opportunity for me to move to a warmer climate, so I'm already halfway there. Anyway, with my cooking, I'd fatten you up quick.. lol  ...to eat me?!  You're off my Christmas card list.  Although, I think you should practice now.  How much is shipping for a 5lb pork roast? 

 

 

Whereas I'm jealous of this. There's only one place I can think of that MIGHT show an episode and it's this bar in Ottawa.

 

But on the other hand, the bar's also called "Zaphod's". They have a drink on the menu called exactly what you'd think it would be called. They have all sorts of localish indie rock bands playing live. It's a grungy, dark, super-hip place.  Heck yeah!!!!!!!  

 

And I used to live there when I was in Ottawa. I used to be so hip it hurts...  and now your hips just hurt.  OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH

 

 

 

My thread's starting to have a little bit of everything... Thank GOD it's bigger on the inside...

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry about the weirdo formatting; Bing distracted me during my previous post and I erased all my multiquotes, oopsies.

 

 

I am pretty impressed that I didn't make a SINGLE COMMENT regarding Bathtime With Rob.  That could be the new series when MRobs get old; like Fishing With John, but sexy.  

[Rob__]

I could not find my RobBall while at work today and was a bit more devastated than the situation warranted.

 

My new favorite thing is to watch MRobs on the big screens in an empty operating room.  And do them, of course.  So far I haven't been called out but I'm sure someone somewhere is watching the room cam and wondering WTF.

 

 

NO HEADACHE ALLOWED.

 

 

Throw some eucalyptus oil in your jacuzzi (or a few drops on your salts in their container); even if I'm not stuffed up it makes me feel better.  

 

 

What's this all about? 

 

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• katscratch, Bing (1)

 

HAHAHAHAHA

 

I was clearly being indexed for reasons of zombie preparedness. And cause I'm the number 2 resource on the internet for suppleness.

 

Since you're weird formatting breaks my ability to quote you without having to do extra work, deal with this:

 

 

Hah. Bathtime with Rob wouldn't be as hot as it sounds. There's no headache, but the hot steam released congestion like whoa. Rob has SARS or whatever it is that's going around right now...

 

The plan went awry because I figured that I'd let you guys laugh at me for a minute longer before I turned things around and laughed at you guys. Don't worry though, I was still laughing at you guys...

 

AND!

 

Since we're going on the 4th week of everyday mobility, my hips don't hurt anymore, and you know what they³ say.....

[Rob__]

^3"They" in this particular instance is whoever wrote that song by Shakira "Hips Don't Lie"...

[Morrigainz]

I love this thread. Always good for a giggle - and zombie preparedness.....and pain........

[RBC]

Challenge Post: The Chicken Soup Edition

 

Hello everyone. My name is Rob and apparently I'm coming down with that case of death that everyone seems to be passing around to everyone else. Don't worry, I'm wearing a SARS mask while I type this so you don't catch anything from me...

 

Mobility Monster: Today, we're going to discuss a part of my recovery that I don't normally discuss: The recovery epsom salt bath. I'm not entirely sold that the epsom salts actually do anything, but hey, gives me an excuse to sit inside the jacuzzi bath tub, turn the jets on, and get my hot soak on. That last bit is the part that does things because the hot water relaxes and warms up the muscles. The same thing goes on in a hot shower, but you will get a much more thorough muscular relaxation if you keep yourself submerged in the hot water for 10-20 minutes over standing in a shower for 10-20 minutes.

 

1) Pre-warm your muscles. I feel like I don't have the energy to stand, so I'll be in the bath tub. You can join me in the tub or spend some time in a sauna if that's available. Just get your muscles warmed and relax.

 

2) Stretch. Everywhere. Everyone has a basic static stretch series that they do, and if they don't they should! We've pre-warmed our muscles so you should be able to get into a deeper stretch than you normally would be able to. Stay in the stretch a little longer than you normally would also. If your stretch allows for it (eg, lunges), play around in the corners and if you find a position that's junky, hold it there instead for a bit also.

 

3) Some places probably felt really junky when you were holding them for a long stretch. Enter laxball/foam rolling/barbell. If you get tightness behind the knees during a forward bending stretch, get a couple minutes working your selected torture device into that area. Whatever area you choose, start at the insertion point, working the tissues there for a little bit and then slowly work your way through the entirety of the muscle. I mean, there's no need to spend an inordinate amount of time doing this, just a few minutes per muscle, per side. You just want to be moving the torture device slower than you normally would and make sure that you're really working it in.

 

PLP and Plank: I didn't get my PLP in this morning. I had a bunch of headache like symptoms so I figured to postpone it until after tylenol. I've had my tylenol now, I'm eating some chicken soup I made with home made bone broth, and I'm going to do my mobility later, and I should hopefully feel well enough to crank these out...

I needed this reminder today. Thanks!

 

Feel better, Rob. This plague is the worst!

[Rob__]

I think everyone needed that reminder yesterday. Us warriors are always all

 

RAWR NEW PR RAWR

 

we forget to take a chill pill sometimes. I'm guilty of it myself. A whole bunch of us are sick, lifting can't happen for a bunch of people... perfect opportunity to get some deep muscular relaxation and recovery in. On one hand, I lifted for over a year without a dedicated recovery program and I made great strides. On the other hand, I closed down the year with a hip so frozen I couldn't dip down into MWOD 1 without a few prayers, some joint lubrication and a couple tries.... It's taken the entire challenge so far to get me back to a point where I feel like I have some range of motion in my hips again. It makes me wonder what my lifts could have looked like six months ago if I made better effort to recover.

 

I sermonized for a little bit over in goodwince's thread yesterday about how I now truly believe that recovery from your workout should be elevated to the same level of importance as your workout and your nutritional plan. Think of your body like a car engine - it needs both fuel AND oil to run effectively...