Lara Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Someday I will do that.Holly shit!!!This is why hospitals have emergency rooms You bet it is! Quote Link to comment
Lara Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 You'll get there too, Lara! I have faith in you!Thanks!!! But you will have to be faithful for a looooong time... Quote Link to comment
Lara Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 February 28th: - Two miles a day: done. In fact, I walked more than two miles, because I felt like I wanted to get out of the city and walk into the fields. I've been having this thought the whole week. So I did it. I walked quickly for half an hour, and it made me feel really really good. At one moment I started running, for two minutes or so. I don't usually like running, I feel it's boring, but on the contrary I love to do it in the country, where the land is irregular and changeable. I'll think about why this happened, it was not planned at all, but this whole week thinking about going outside the city, and then today I wierdly choosed to use my old country running shoes... (I like them because are superflexible and with no heel support, so they allow me to run as if I was barefoot, with the ball of the foot first). My subconscious is sending me a message? Maybe I should listen to it...- Meditation: done.- Stage fright homework: done.- Writing about anxiety: done. But, what anxiety? I am feeling really good these days. I've worked a lot to feel better and I am getting results. I must say I am proud of myself - Cleaning workout: the oven. 2 Quote Link to comment
Why not? Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 but on the contrary I love to do it in the country, where the land is irregular and changeable.Yes. This. And maybe you should start using minimalist shoes 1 Quote Long Term Goals: Spoiler 200# 245# Snatch 300# Clean and Jerk 380# 465# Back Squat 450# 500# Deadlift Planche Human Flag Front Lever 285# Log Clean and Press 1k Row under 3:20 Back Flip Bodyweight Turkish Get-up For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for the present life and the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 Never compromise. Link to comment
Lara Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 And maybe you should start using minimalist shoes The shoes I have are not minimalist per se, but are very flexible and very very light. I saw them suggested at a barefoot runners blog, because they cost around 10 euros. They are so cheap because the sport company that made them has not realised what they have built and they sell them as "summer walking" shoes. But they recreate rather well the experience of the barefoot running. I am sure that truly minimalist shoes must be a better experience (and of course I'd love to try a pair of five fingers some day), but this is a way to have a minimalist shoe with minimum budget.I remember when I bought them I talked to the seller and told her I had seen these shoes recommended at a barefoot runners blog, and she looked terrified at me: "oh, god, don't you dare to run with these ones, they are suposed to be used only to walk! If you want to run you should buy.... " and she started to talk about heel support and footstep type... I bought two pairs 2 Quote Link to comment
Why not? Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I bought two pairs Well played, I was going to say you should buy another pair before the price goes up haha 1 Quote Long Term Goals: Spoiler 200# 245# Snatch 300# Clean and Jerk 380# 465# Back Squat 450# 500# Deadlift Planche Human Flag Front Lever 285# Log Clean and Press 1k Row under 3:20 Back Flip Bodyweight Turkish Get-up For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for the present life and the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 Never compromise. Link to comment
Merganser Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Nice work with the anxiety, and great that you're running! And especially great that you found shoes that work for you for cheap! I bought new running shoes last weekend, and definitely paid a bit more than the USD equivalent of 10 euros for them I'm glad you're enjoying the minimal/barefoot-y experience: I tried that last year, but learned the hard (ow!) way that my minimal running shoes did NOT play nicely with the stupid bunion on my foot. (But they're still excellent weight-lifting-type shoes!) 1 Quote Merganser: Level 4 Anatidae ScoutSTR 4 | DEX 5 | STA 5 | CON 7 | WIS 6 | CHA 2Intro | Current Challenge: Train for Spain! Challenge 6: Back on Track...and Then Off Again | Challenge 5b: First-World Problems | Challenge 5a: Make a Map | Challenge 4: Fly! (On a Bike!) | Challenge 3: Run!..(At All!) | Challenge 2: Stretch! | Challenge 1: Swim Faster! |My Fitness Pal "She was a woman who had wandered almost by accident into a life she had not quite intended for herself..." --Lawrence Osborne "If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands." --Douglas Adams Link to comment
Lara Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Well played, I was going to say you should buy another pair before the price goes up hahaIn fact the price has gone down! I think they are selling them now for 5 euros... they are definitively shortsighted... I should buy another pair 1 Quote Link to comment
Lara Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I'm glad you're enjoying the minimal/barefoot-y experience: I tried that last year, but learned the hard (ow!) way that my minimal running shoes did NOT play nicely with the stupid bunion on my foot. (But they're still excellent weight-lifting-type shoes!)I bought these shoes two years ago and at first I only walked, then started to walk-run and only after a few weeks I tried running for a while. Maybe you tried to run too soon; feet and calves have to get used to "barefoot" running, if not, it is hard for them, specially if you have bunions (bunion: I had to look it up at the dictionary, new word). Quote Link to comment
Lara Posted March 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 March 3rd: I've been sick for two days and now I'm recovering, so there was no tapdance on saturday no miles any day and definitively no workout tomorrow I'll try to go on a short walk tomorrow to start moving again. Quote Link to comment
Basement Cat Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 I'm sorry to hear you are sick. Take some rest and come back kicking! 1 Quote Current form: Chubby House Cat (lvl4) Weight objective: 20% S. 4 P. 6 E. 4 C. 7 I. 8 A. 4 L. 5 Battle log Current Challenge Handy linky. Link to comment
Why not? Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Espero que sientes mejor! Feel free to sharp shoot my grammar there 1 Quote Long Term Goals: Spoiler 200# 245# Snatch 300# Clean and Jerk 380# 465# Back Squat 450# 500# Deadlift Planche Human Flag Front Lever 285# Log Clean and Press 1k Row under 3:20 Back Flip Bodyweight Turkish Get-up For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for the present life and the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 Never compromise. Link to comment
Lara Posted March 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 I'm sorry to hear you are sick. Take some rest and come back kicking! Espero que sientes mejor! Feel free to sharp shoot my grammar there Thank you! I am feeling better but weak because I lost many meals. I hope to go out tomorrow. Why not: your grammar, ayayay... But your phrase is totally understandable, so, good! Subordinates are not easy in romance languages. Quote Link to comment
Why not? Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Thank you! I am feeling better but weak because I lost many meals. I hope to go out tomorrow. Why not: your grammar, ayayay... But your phrase is totally understandable, so, good! Subordinates are not easy in romance languages.Haha well correct me then, that's how I'm going to learn! 1 Quote Long Term Goals: Spoiler 200# 245# Snatch 300# Clean and Jerk 380# 465# Back Squat 450# 500# Deadlift Planche Human Flag Front Lever 285# Log Clean and Press 1k Row under 3:20 Back Flip Bodyweight Turkish Get-up For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for the present life and the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 Never compromise. Link to comment
Lara Posted March 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Haha well correct me then, that's how I'm going to learn!Ok, then, you should have said: Espero que te sientas mejor. We don't usually show the subject of the sentence, (Yo) espero que (tú) te sientas mejor, but we add a pronoun as an object to show to whom the sentence is addressed, in this case "te" to represent the "tú". Besides, subordinate sentences need of the subjunctive mood, so it's "sientas" instead of "sientes". The rest of the sentence was correct and as I told you, everyone would understand you, and that is what matters I just looked up at wordreference how to say "subjunctive" in english, and they had a funny sentence to give an example: spanish subjunctive is a grammatical nightmare Quote Link to comment
Why not? Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Ok, then, you should have said: Espero que te sientas mejor. We don't usually show the subject of the sentence, (Yo) espero que (tú) te sientas mejor, but we add a pronoun as an object to show to whom the sentence is addressed, in this case "te" to represent the "tú". Besides, subordinate sentences need of the subjunctive mood, so it's "sientas" instead of "sientes". The rest of the sentence was correct and as I told you, everyone would understand you, and that is what matters I just looked up at wordreference how to say "subjunctive" in english, and they had a funny sentence to give an example: spanish subjunctive is a grammatical nightmare Nooo, not el subjuntivo! Got it, couldn't remember whether I needed the "te". Thanks! 1 Quote Long Term Goals: Spoiler 200# 245# Snatch 300# Clean and Jerk 380# 465# Back Squat 450# 500# Deadlift Planche Human Flag Front Lever 285# Log Clean and Press 1k Row under 3:20 Back Flip Bodyweight Turkish Get-up For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for the present life and the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 Never compromise. Link to comment
Barfly Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 I think I'll just stick with my "Spanglish". Take it slow when you start up again. 1 Quote The past is only smoke in a dream. Lvl 6 Ranger Berzerker STR 9 DEX 4 STA 9 CON 8 WIS 2 CHA 8 Barfly ain't even tryin'... Link to comment
Lara Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 I think I'll just stick with my "Spanglish". Take it slow when you start up again.Spanglish works fine, I've used it on many occasions Yeah, have to start easy, specially after 3 days in which I have almost not eaten I'll go for a walk today and, depending on how I feel, maybe tomorrow I will try my two miles a day in slow version. Nice day to everybody! Quote Link to comment
Lara Posted March 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 March 4th:Getting back into the job:- 15 minutes walk, a mile or so. I was sooo happy I could get out after three days! A pity it was so cold.- Meditation: done.- Writing about anxiety: done. March 5th:- Two miles a day. Just great.I took advantage of my illness to catch up on reading, and finished Taube's "Why we get fat". Very interesting, but still wondering what I could do to put on weight a bit more easily... Missing a "Why are we so thin" book March 6th:- Two miles a day: I walked two miles and a half and it felt like a 5 minutes walk. It's starting to be too short. Maybe I could do a longer walk on sundays, when I have plenty of time.- Meditation: done.- Writing about anxiety: done. But no anxious thoughts for a whole week, no distorsions, no negative visions of anything. I am feeling much better.- Stage fright homework: done. March 7th:- Two miles a day: it was soooo sunny!!!! I'm planning to go on a longer explorer hike this sunday - Meditation: done.- Writing about anxiety: done.- Stage fright homework: done. 2 Quote Link to comment
Lara Posted March 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 March 8th:- Two miles a day: today I couldn't use the car to go to the train station so, to get the train for my tapdance lesson, I walked two miles and a half to the station, and then back again after the lesson, so FIVE! miles today.- Tapdance lesson: yes!- Stage fright homework: done. 2 Quote Link to comment
Barfly Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 March 8th:- Two miles a day: today I couldn't use the car to go to the train station so, to get the train for my tapdance lesson, I walked two miles and a half to the station, and then back again after the lesson, so FIVE! miles today.- Tapdance lesson: yes!Looking back at your very earliest a posts: a mile a day. Way to kick some culo! 1 Quote The past is only smoke in a dream. Lvl 6 Ranger Berzerker STR 9 DEX 4 STA 9 CON 8 WIS 2 CHA 8 Barfly ain't even tryin'... Link to comment
Lara Posted March 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Way to kick some culo! I think it is many cm up than those days 1 Quote Link to comment
Barfly Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 I see what you did there 1 Quote The past is only smoke in a dream. Lvl 6 Ranger Berzerker STR 9 DEX 4 STA 9 CON 8 WIS 2 CHA 8 Barfly ain't even tryin'... Link to comment
Lara Posted March 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 March 9th:- Two miles a day: 4 miles. This is starting to become a vice. Today was suposed to be my last day of this fase, so I'd had to go onto the scale, and also see if I deserve my rewards, but, as I was sick and interrupted my work for almost a week, I will give myself another one to put everything in place. I don't think this is cheating, but fair. - Meditation: done.- Writing about anxiety: done. Anxiety is coming back and starting to pile up. I have another concert with my pupils this thursday, same day on which I will assist to another Prokofiev's rehearsal. I've been doing my job (writing, studying, working on stage fright) so I know it will be ok, but anyway anxiety is back.- Stage fright homework: done. March 10th:- Two miles a day: done.- Writing about anxiety: done.- Meditation: the website doesn't work today.- Stage fright homework: done. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lara Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 March 11th: Workout: 10x10x10 lunges. Definitively too easy, but have not looked for any substitute yet.5x5x5 inclined push ups. This is not getting better AT ALL.5x5x5 pistol squats. I can go lower now and have more control.5x4x4 inverted rows. Yes!8x8x8 chair jumps. Wow!10x10x10 chair dips. Next workout I'll put my feet further to make it a bit more difficult.30x25x25 seconds elbow plank. That is a BIG improvement from last time!30x20x20 seconds side plank. And that is a HUGE improvement from last time! The temperature is so nice, that I could go upstairs to the terrace to do my workout. So sunny!!! Spring is coming! ------------------------------------ I've been to the check form forum and I've read that proper form for push ups is NOT the one I am doing, with my elbows making something similar to a T with my body. It seems I have to do them with my arms close to my body. I've tried. Ok, now I can't do my chair push ups neither. I can go down but not up ------------------------------------ - Stage fright homework: done. 2 Quote Link to comment
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