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[lucky fire dragon]

Day 9 of gravity done first thing in the morning, yesssssss 

 

4 sets of

10 slow mountain climbers

10 climber taps

10 alternate leg and arm raises

 

this time I did take breaks in between, dragon getting smarter

Also warmed up with a few rounds of sun salutations as my calves (and thighs too for some reason) were stiff as boards this morning, sloooooow stretches, it felt like sun salutation on slow motion... and did the job, they are much better now, still somewhat stiff but I can walk the stairs normally again

 

I also made sure to press my fingers into the mat more than my wrist and my right wrist rewarded me with good cooperation throughout the sets and even during the 

 

90 sec plank hold

 

that was part 2. Baby steps for happy wrists Pole training will be due soon and checking how I can love my wrist better there, too. But first I have to take hubby to Munich for his flight and get work in still... well if not today, tomorrow it will be. Please shout at me if I don't!!

[Starstuff]

Nice going! I get weirdly stiff calves sometimes. I'll have to remember to try sun salutations next time I do.

[lucky fire dragon]

Nice going! I get weirdly stiff calves sometimes. I'll have to remember to try sun salutations next time I do.

 

It's the down dog part that helps. Just hold downward facing dog for a while, maybe gently bending one knee and stretching the other calf,... that's heaven for stiffness there 

 

I think tonight I will lie down with my yoga strap though for some nice stretches that way, had completely forgotten about that option.

 

ALL THE CALF LOVE 

[Lightning]

Morning workout LOVE. <3

[SymphonicDan]

That train crash did not look good I thought of you when I saw it on BBC News as I feared it might be in your neck of the woods! Well done on your pole work recently - you inspire me to get more workouts in as soon as I'm next feeling up for it

[lucky fire dragon]

Morning workout LOVE. <3

 

 

 

That train crash did not look good I thought of you when I saw it on BBC News as I feared it might be in your neck of the woods! Well done on your pole work recently - you inspire me to get more workouts in as soon as I'm next feeling up for it

 

Yes, it was between our two neighbor towns, very close. Big blessing it was school holidays as normally that exact train would be filled to the brim with school kids! Also being one of the main carneval days lots of people had taken leave from work,... very fortunate for those.

 

Thanks It's a struggle right now, so I really feel you there. The 30 days of gravity are helping me hang on. Thanks for this cheer, I do need to face the pole again soon as well!! I know I will feel better for doing it, just feel sooooooo tired at the moment    shark week not helping...

[lucky fire dragon]

Gravity Day 10 - Endurance

 

2 min each with 60 sec rest in between

 

side leg raises

raised arm circles

raised arm hold

Knee to elbow (standing)

Arm scissor chops

Arm scissors horizontal

 

DONE

[Mrs Van]

ugh DOMS from those lunges yesterday.... have to kick myself real hard in the butt to do ANYTHING today

 

Also a bit down as my dad in law is not well at all in fact we got hubby a flight to SA tomorrow to stay for a bit over a week as we really don't know how long we will have his Dad with us still. Could stabilize again, could go quickly... so hard to tell. He had a kidney removed due to cancer a few months ago and had a pace maker set, which all seemed to work fine, but now the remaining kidney is giving trouble, the blood pressure going too low due to that and on top of it all he might have pneumonia. So praying for him to stay strong enough for us to see him once more!! 

We can only go with the whole family in August though and as that might be too late, hubby now cancelled all his work and is flying tomorrow. Too precious a time to miss! Let's hope it's a beautiful visit AND dad recovers and we can all see him in August...

 

So a bit busy with logistics around all this and keeping spirits as high as momentarily possible.

 

The big train accident just round the corner from us yesterday didn't help either.... fortunately it's school holidays and there were a lot less people on those trains than normally, still 10 died and 80 got injured, feeling so grateful all our friends and family stayed safe. My sister in law normally uses that very train but for some reason took the car that day as an exception. Gotta appreciate every day we have with our loved ones!!

 

So sorry to hear about your father in law. I hope and pray that things work out, and you can all see him again in August. Wow that was a narrow escape for your sister in law.

How is your older daughter doing? She had a concert or play that she was practising for?

Sending much love and hugs

[Priscillia]

Your workout numbers lady!  Dang Lucky!  You're doing so much  For your wrists are you doing lots of stretches and even doing self massages to the forearms?

 

You look really stable on your pole sit and OMG your invert is beautiful!  No kick! Just all abs!!!  So nice to see it's possible for us mortals!!!

 

 

I'm glad you and your loved ones are safe and I hope everything works out for your father-in-law.

[lucky fire dragon]

So sorry to hear about your father in law. I hope and pray that things work out, and you can all see him again in August. Wow that was a narrow escape for your sister in law.

How is your older daughter doing? She had a concert or play that she was practising for?

Sending much love and hugs

 

Thank you so much! And WONDERFUL NEWS!!!! My dad in law is so much better it seems like a miracle    A few days ago his blood pressure responded already well to new medication and his appetite came back, 2 days ago they were able to move him from ICU to  the regular ward, yesterday his breathing had returned to so normal they took the oxygen mask off and even sent him home!! He is still resting of course, but took a few first walking steps today and I think he is basking in all his children being there to see him. And they are basking in every minute with him, appreciating so much how well he is coming along. 

It was such a good idea of hubby to stuff work and simply fly out to see him (and how blessed we are to be able to afford it) and how beautiful that they are now having a much better time over there than expected.

We do know that there is no telling how long it will last, but then again, how can you ever tell that... so everyone is very peaceful with whatever will happen from here. Just the more precious to enjoy the happiness now

 

My daughter is training for two weeks as an intern at a theatre stage and having an absolute ball over there The first week she spent in the arts workshop doing beautiful paintings and drawings (she sent me some pics) and carving a wooden stencil pattern in the style of these royal flower patters - stunning. At night she watched the theater shows every evening for free and this week she gets to spend time with the actors, make-up artists and other departments. It's very exciting for her as she is pondering heading that way professionally after school and this will give her good impressions. In any case the people there seem super nice and I'm not sure if she will ever want to come home again

 

 

Your workout numbers lady!  Dang Lucky!  You're doing so much  For your wrists are you doing lots of stretches and even doing self massages to the forearms?

 

You look really stable on your pole sit and OMG your invert is beautiful!  No kick! Just all abs!!!  So nice to see it's possible for us mortals!!!

 

 

I'm glad you and your loved ones are safe and I hope everything works out for your father-in-law.

 

aww shucks, Priscillia you always make me feel like a hero 

Yesss for conquering the ab-inversion, woot woot. Took a lot of training but it's totally doable. Keep going on your knee tucks and do negatives of the inversions that helps too.

 

I have started some more conscious stretching for my wrists, yes. And I am very happy to report, today's pole lesson was completely fine for both wrists, yay

 

Also I did great at class, much better than last week, even though I hadn't trained once at home in between (oops), but I did keep up well with my darebee gravity workouts, so I blame those

[lucky fire dragon]

So on Saturday I had an utterly lazy, deliciously decadent, actually you could call it completely pathetic useless day... and it was heaven 

 

I need those from time to time. And then when it's enough I kind of get disgusted with myself and movement, healthy food and all that is really inviting and exciting again all of a sudden

 

Sunday I therefore caught up with my gravity workouts:

 

Day 11 - 4 sets of 

 

40 side to side backfists

20 shoulder taps in plank

40 sec speed bag punches (in the air)

 

followed by 3 sets of push ups to failure 

10 - 30 sec

6 - 20 sec

5 - 19 sec

 

added Day 12 as that was balance and therefore less hard core

 

20 sec knee raise each side

20 sec knee raise press each side

20 sec balance stand (think scale pose) each side

 

followed by 100 half jacks (and some down dog for calf stretching, I am getting wiser here, ha!)

to warm up for 2 min side split stretch

 

seeing as I could count the 21 push ups from the day 11 workout for our mini challenge, I realized, I could train some headstand while at that and had a PR of holding it free for 7 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!   

Video of proof coming, very excited

 

Also did some hanging leg and knee lifts - mini challenges just keep pushing for more, I so love them

and a few dreaded push up burpees to craft my fancy jedi weapon... it might take me a while...

 

So all in all a really good week!

 

Dad in law so much better

Kids had wonderful holidays and on Sunday we went to the movies watching Robinson Crusoe and afterwards goofed around at the playpark with rings and bars and see-saws and swings for fresh air after the cinema

Work is easing down now and we will soon have a wonderful team in place taking over all the many admin things I had been doing, plus translation, book sales, ahhhhh I will have TIME for so many yummy things!! Don't know yet how strongly it will affect our income, but something tells me it will all be good and there is no need to worry

 

Workout summary:

 

pole training 1/2

darebee gravity training 6/7

mini challenge activities - done something for all parts except the recipe one. Well, I cooked a nice chard dish (those big leaves that are similar to spinach) but I haven't written out and posted the recipe yet, that will come still

[lucky fire dragon]

Started the fresh week with a great workout first thing

 

Day 13 core

 

3 sets of

 

8 sit ups

20 sec hollow hold

8 sitting twists

8 sit ups 

20 sec hollow hold

8 x pilates hundreds (well I didn't think they'd mean 800 arm pumps, so I went for 8 breath cycles, with 5 arm pumps on each inhale and each exhale, so it was like 80s instead of 100s, but boy it was definitely enough for me )

 

This one reaaally challenged me. Hollow hold had the legs nearly vertical after a while as I couldn't hold it hollow otherwise anymore, but who cares, it will make me stronger anyhow 

 

Afterwards I added some headstands again for the simple happiness of them and managed 8 SECONDS HOLD     

Also used the "warmed-up" abs for some more knee tucks and 5 very heavy leg lifts for the mini and did 5 of the dratted push up burpees. Only 40 more to go haha, but I WILL get that hilt drafted!!

 

 

Tonight was pole class and I managed the whole choreo twice without slipping or stuffing up!!! Just once we started taking video I started slipping of course    oh well, doesn't matter, I know what it felt like

Can't share any video unfortunately as our teachers are rightfully protective of choreo copyrights and also some of my class mates are in the picture... will train at home again soon and see if I can record some progress there to share - unless you are bored of my flailing around already, than I won't bug you and rather share some proper eye candy like pink puma again, thinking of it that might be better anyway

 

Ooooh, this is another favorite of mine, might have shared before, but he is just too awesome and always worth watching again:

 

[Mr_Willes]

How can this be? I was not following this. How can that be? Now I've got some catching up to do...

How does...

How....

[lucky fire dragon]

How can this be? I was not following this. How can that be? Now I've got some catching up to do...

How does...

How....

 

I know, right!!!!

[lucky fire dragon]

Oh, do you mean my thread or the video?

 

Whichever, happy to have you drop by and will go play tag on your thread again

[Mr_Willes]

Damn that was a lot of information on "only" 2 pages of thread. Sjeesssh.

Very good to hear fil is alright. And I'm super glad with the format you have on your challenge! And seeing the stuff you are getting done it suits you quite well. Keep it up with the being awesome. Videos will be for tomorrow when I can watch better.

Super impressive workouts, keep at it LFD!!!

[lucky fire dragon]

Thank you 

[Mrs Van]

Wow, as Mr_Willes said, so much happened!

I'm so glad your fil is so much better and that hubby got to spend time with his family. That truly is a good blessing. And your daughter enjoying the training! Sounds awesome, and I can relate to at least the drawing part. It must be so exciting to her! PSSST: you know she'll always come home, you raised her right, she is strong and independent, but with loving parents. What an example for me

 

A personal best on Head Stand! Wow wow wow! and so much awesomeness. Your Sundays seem to be the "start with all might and power" day, because it looks like you jump in with both feet and just enjoy the heck out of training!

Way to go!

[Lightning]

Not sure how I missed so much! Hope FIL is still doing better!

You are amazing! Your workouts...wow. So glad you gave yourself a lazy day! I didn't think you knew how be lazy!! . I gave myself 2 full days of lazy. One would have been smarter but it sure is nice to give the body a break.

[lucky fire dragon]

Day 14 gravity

 

80 lunge step ups

80 side leg raises

80 squats

 

wall sit

82 sec

61 sec

70 sec

 

super tired today but managed some productivity with kids and work anyhow, so yay 

and kicked myself into the darebee workout, yay again 

now I am totally done for

 

thanks for all the cheers will respond and haunt you in return later as some more work is still on schedule... and then it's a long overdue skype talk to hubby YAYY

[annyshay]

[karinajean]

hi! happy halfway point! I caught up, and: I'm super glad your FIL is doing better; wow, that train accident sounds terrible, I'm glad your people were all ok; and you mentioned the weeks thing - I'm still thinking in weeks also, is there a different way that people are structuring, though, because there's not an even number of weeks? oy. I need to get out more and see how people are doing things.

[Mr_Willes]

Intimidating numbers on the exercises you did beginning this week! Hope your hubby is having a good time over with his family. You seem much more balanced this time around, i'm glad to see that

 

Ooh forgot the videos, gonna check check checkmout right now!

[Mr_Willes]

Okay...

 

So i watched your vid...

 

And with all the holds, i'm like:

What the...

 

How...

 

Huh...

 

Serious admiration!!! They are super impressive, i don't have to try any of that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then i watched the dude with the dinosaur-back...

 

 

 

[lucky fire dragon]

 

Thank you 

 

 

hi! happy halfway point! I caught up, and: I'm super glad your FIL is doing better; wow, that train accident sounds terrible, I'm glad your people were all ok; and you mentioned the weeks thing - I'm still thinking in weeks also, is there a different way that people are structuring, though, because there's not an even number of weeks? oy. I need to get out more and see how people are doing things.

 

HAII

I don't know how others are structuring exactly yet, it's just a little strange to me that it says 4 weeks but is actually always a little less now and ugh, I am just so used to thinking in weeks. Saw Mr Willes turning his challenge into a seven week one stretching it over two challenges and having a good break to draft up the one after that and that looks like another good option to me too. I won't this time because the gravity workout is only designed for 30 days and I don't want to give myself any reason to procrastinate it into too much more but maybe after that... will see.

Thanks for the cheers, yay halfway point and for checking in, will probably have a world to catch up with you as well, you busy busy bomb 

 

 

Intimidating numbers on the exercises you did beginning this week! Hope your hubby is having a good time over with his family. You seem much more balanced this time around, i'm glad to see that

 

Ooh forgot the videos, gonna check check checkmout right now!

 

Hubby is having a wonderful time, just missing us (and he better, because we're missing him too!!) All in all I do feel much more balanced yes. The work deload has already begun and wow, that was a really good decision

 

I don't know if the workout numbers are that impressive really... it is such a tricky thing to judge, in my eyes it seems so little, but I guess that is just monkey mind silliness So I am focusing on the progress instead, today I did a total of 24 push ups going really low, so yayyyy on that 

 

 

Okay...

 

So i watched your vid...

 

And with all the holds, i'm like:

What the...

 

How...

 

Huh...

 

Serious admiration!!! They are super impressive, i don't have to try any of that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then i watched the dude with the dinosaur-back...

 

 

 

 

Awwww, thank youuuuu!! 

Now you know how I feel when I look at that viking race you are planning

 

And yes, isn't he just jaw-dropping amazing?!

Videos like that have me hypnotized, inspired, lost in dream world,... the whole thing.

Stranger in paradise