2 minutes ago I turned 19 suppose I am not really 19 until 4am but nevermind. I remember my last birthday very clear, my dad rang me and I asked him.
"So dad what now what do I need to learn to become an adult?"
He laughed saying it is not all that simple. My girlfriend at the time text me to say happy birthday, unfortunatly we are no longer together but nevermind.
What has happened in the last year well I got a job and become a qualified gym instructor, my knowledge has expanded on fitness and antatomy. I have experianced wonderul things I have been in love experianced love. I have watched the sun go down whilst sat in the middle of a harbour. I have travled to places spontanously only to know more about myself.
I have had a vision that I stood by and I have had a dream which I still have today. I have watched myself grow, I have cried, sweated, laughed.
I have put myself in positons where I was past the comfort zone but continued into the realm only to see a whole new side of myself.
I have had highs and lows, moments of uncertainty and moments of feeling invincible. I have lived my life, I have met people. I have experianced love and heart break. I have grown spirtually, mentally and physically.
I have made great choices and not so great choices. But I stand here today to say I am not done :)
I completed te first chapter of a story that means so much to me. What will I be doing for my 20th birthday I wonder, hopefully I am in austrailia with some friends I might have made along the way and enjoying my life.
But I am glad what has happened this year and there is much to be done more to be learnt. I dont know what to expect but I am gonna give it 110% :)
To the future !
Monday, 28 March 2011
Sunday, 27 March 2011
Training Update
Training real hard, I tried to sign onto a new blog but i decided to keep to this one as this has been my baby from the start.
Well to start of a little note on resistance weight training and body weight exercises including dynamic motions. The idea of the training when broken goes something like this.
Lower Body
This is broken down into the Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Gluts and Calfs on a basic level. Exercises include squats, one legged squats, leg extension, calf raises, hip abduction/adduction. That is as much as I can think at this time, now I always go by the number 12 reps and 3 sets (Hypertrophy) which with the right amount of intensity and rest time will result in improved lactate threshold, activation of type 2a muscle twitch fibres which are essential in Parkour and Gymnastics. Now the other thing being the activation of motor nerons which is linked to propriception also know as muscle memory and in some ways "sixth sense like reflex".
Now the problem being is going by the perfect routine which is best for my sport or discipline gymnastics is slightly more straight forward however parkour is a slightly different ball game due to the way it expands and has little limitations. One method includes Power training ideally a good exercise would be a barbell dead lift, the motion of the agonist in this case extension of the knee and hip. Now moving at a very speedy rate as much as possible will activate motor units around the quads, hamstrings, gluets and that other lower back muscle I cant fucking pronounce (Quadratus Lumborum) there are other muscles but I'm still studying.
Guidelines of power training say 1 - 4 reps to fatigue were talking some heavy lifting here and if not traing is gonna hurt a tad on that lower back. The other dilemma being my gym is not a body builders gym it is a public facility so the heaviest barbell weighs 45kg which is not enough.
So what I do is exercises that use as many indivdual muscles and muscle groups activating as many motor units as possible. Periodisation comes in handy at this point.
UpperBody
For me is straight foward cause what I mentioned before but I don't do power as Parkour uses alot of upperbody and I do alot of handstand exercises which are demanding and are very specific. But still I do shoulder presses with dumbells, chest press, chest fly, lateral raises, shoulder front raises, tricep extension, tricep overheads and I could go on all day.
Got studying today but training recenlty has been awsome nailed standing palm flips today, Parkour is going awsome but I gotta study so will update soon.
Well to start of a little note on resistance weight training and body weight exercises including dynamic motions. The idea of the training when broken goes something like this.
Lower Body
This is broken down into the Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Gluts and Calfs on a basic level. Exercises include squats, one legged squats, leg extension, calf raises, hip abduction/adduction. That is as much as I can think at this time, now I always go by the number 12 reps and 3 sets (Hypertrophy) which with the right amount of intensity and rest time will result in improved lactate threshold, activation of type 2a muscle twitch fibres which are essential in Parkour and Gymnastics. Now the other thing being the activation of motor nerons which is linked to propriception also know as muscle memory and in some ways "sixth sense like reflex".
Now the problem being is going by the perfect routine which is best for my sport or discipline gymnastics is slightly more straight forward however parkour is a slightly different ball game due to the way it expands and has little limitations. One method includes Power training ideally a good exercise would be a barbell dead lift, the motion of the agonist in this case extension of the knee and hip. Now moving at a very speedy rate as much as possible will activate motor units around the quads, hamstrings, gluets and that other lower back muscle I cant fucking pronounce (Quadratus Lumborum) there are other muscles but I'm still studying.
Guidelines of power training say 1 - 4 reps to fatigue were talking some heavy lifting here and if not traing is gonna hurt a tad on that lower back. The other dilemma being my gym is not a body builders gym it is a public facility so the heaviest barbell weighs 45kg which is not enough.
So what I do is exercises that use as many indivdual muscles and muscle groups activating as many motor units as possible. Periodisation comes in handy at this point.
UpperBody
For me is straight foward cause what I mentioned before but I don't do power as Parkour uses alot of upperbody and I do alot of handstand exercises which are demanding and are very specific. But still I do shoulder presses with dumbells, chest press, chest fly, lateral raises, shoulder front raises, tricep extension, tricep overheads and I could go on all day.
Got studying today but training recenlty has been awsome nailed standing palm flips today, Parkour is going awsome but I gotta study so will update soon.
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Follow up
My last entry shows I have my ups and downs with the break up who wouldn't it was a long relationship for me. Right now though I am now thinking about that, in 6 days time I will be 19 years old.
Suppose every birthday I look back on the previous year and ask myself what I have achieved I won't get into details but I have done pretty well for myself in the last 6 months. Credit is owed to my family and friends not just myself.
Anyway all I have to say is as time goes by I realise the bar is raised and the effort needed to achieve something my new motto being "Work hard Play hard". Giving everything 110% all of the time and also knowing when to quit or in my case take it easy and chill.
Times have changed in a quick pace I accept that I mean who wants to live the same routine over and over again I know I don't. I will be sticking with blogspot as I like how nobody reads this but me maybe some 40 year old brazilian guy but that depends if he can really read English ! O_o
Anyway the reason I havn't been updating this thing is because when I moved I had no access to the internet or my computer for that matter . . . .
I did however update my blog through a diary which I wrote in pencil ^_^
. . . So I feel I am going about things right I know when to change things I know the dos and don'ts in moderen society (I think).
I guess all I really want at this time is to work hard on the things I love and to gain results in the near future, I know how to do that simply using my resources around me and practice practice practice.
Thats it for now but I will update soon when the time comes probably my birthday :)
I'm out ...
Suppose every birthday I look back on the previous year and ask myself what I have achieved I won't get into details but I have done pretty well for myself in the last 6 months. Credit is owed to my family and friends not just myself.
Anyway all I have to say is as time goes by I realise the bar is raised and the effort needed to achieve something my new motto being "Work hard Play hard". Giving everything 110% all of the time and also knowing when to quit or in my case take it easy and chill.
Times have changed in a quick pace I accept that I mean who wants to live the same routine over and over again I know I don't. I will be sticking with blogspot as I like how nobody reads this but me maybe some 40 year old brazilian guy but that depends if he can really read English ! O_o
Anyway the reason I havn't been updating this thing is because when I moved I had no access to the internet or my computer for that matter . . . .
I did however update my blog through a diary which I wrote in pencil ^_^
. . . So I feel I am going about things right I know when to change things I know the dos and don'ts in moderen society (I think).
I guess all I really want at this time is to work hard on the things I love and to gain results in the near future, I know how to do that simply using my resources around me and practice practice practice.
Thats it for now but I will update soon when the time comes probably my birthday :)
I'm out ...
Saturday, 19 March 2011
Back to the start
I feel somewhere along the line I may have done something wrong, or just did not see it coming.
My last blog entry was in August that is 7 months ago, the last 7 months have been nothing but a blur. September was the start of college and my gym instructors qualification, I moved home in November to Weymouth and I got a job at a gym in December which I still work for today.
So heres the outcome I am now a qualified gym instructor, I am now sitting a personal training course with all the knowledge freely available to me, I earn £7.50 an hour and average 12 hours a week. My fitness including strength and endurance is through the roof. My parkour and gymnastics is at a much higher level.
Yet I now feel in a position were I am rock bottom. My surrounding friends are slowly drifiting away, my relationship of 13 months came to an end a few weeks ago. I am going to be moving on my own to Poole and then Sydney.
Right now I feel very lost, everything I have wished for I have achieved yet I feel it aint as great as I had expected. I make lots of money which most of I save towards Sydney, my wriitng skills have improved dramaticlly.
Somehow I am lonely I don't know why :/
I didnt think this would happen, I suppose I miss Rebekah, I'm sad I couldn't make it work. I'm sad my friends are drifitng away and those funn times of parkour a few summers back are just memories.
Parkour sticks with me it has grown a large importance in my life, I just can't explain this feeling of lonliness, it is all happening to fast I do kinda miss my life a year ago I dont care that I didnt have as much money or wasnt as strong I was happy and I had company.
I just don't know what is going on right now :/
My last blog entry was in August that is 7 months ago, the last 7 months have been nothing but a blur. September was the start of college and my gym instructors qualification, I moved home in November to Weymouth and I got a job at a gym in December which I still work for today.
So heres the outcome I am now a qualified gym instructor, I am now sitting a personal training course with all the knowledge freely available to me, I earn £7.50 an hour and average 12 hours a week. My fitness including strength and endurance is through the roof. My parkour and gymnastics is at a much higher level.
Yet I now feel in a position were I am rock bottom. My surrounding friends are slowly drifiting away, my relationship of 13 months came to an end a few weeks ago. I am going to be moving on my own to Poole and then Sydney.
Right now I feel very lost, everything I have wished for I have achieved yet I feel it aint as great as I had expected. I make lots of money which most of I save towards Sydney, my wriitng skills have improved dramaticlly.
Somehow I am lonely I don't know why :/
I didnt think this would happen, I suppose I miss Rebekah, I'm sad I couldn't make it work. I'm sad my friends are drifitng away and those funn times of parkour a few summers back are just memories.
Parkour sticks with me it has grown a large importance in my life, I just can't explain this feeling of lonliness, it is all happening to fast I do kinda miss my life a year ago I dont care that I didnt have as much money or wasnt as strong I was happy and I had company.
I just don't know what is going on right now :/
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