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I started using pink Himalayan salt and it's helped my cramps in my legs n shit.

that salt is from pakistan, i have a lamp made out of it in my living room.

the mountains were rad. didn't go for any proper hikes but we walked a bunch, including one day at 15,000+ feet, which is exhausting and slightly disorienting. made it all the way to the khunjerab pass, which is where the karakoram highway crosses into china.

still stuck up here today because there were no seats on the flight this morning. did a brief workout anyway:

- warm up

- wall handstands x ~10s x 9
got good holds off the wall on most of these.

- front lever 5s x 5

- stretch

body feels good. family (and world) having a rough couple of weeks, though, so heart is a bit heavier than usual.

- tennis x 75 mins
super fun, played with a couple guys i know here who are roughly my skill level. one noticeably better but he's more out of shape than the other two of us. it is very humid. shoulder was fine, no discomfort, although we didn't serve, just rallied. serving would have been more stressful.

the internet is being slow and weird as hell here. adarq.org is loading fine, although images and videos are slow. youtube works fine. instagram doesn't work at all, twitter barely, NYT a bit, ny book review barely, google image search works but slowly. i think it's down for the whole city, though.

gonna try to get on a flight to the north tomorrow morning and i'll be up there for a few days. will go for some hikes.

file this under "and shit": ibi watson setting a michigan record of 44.5" (12'1.5" touch).

apart from times when i was sick or temporarily very sad about something, i can't remember a time when i've been less motivated to work out. it's weird. gonna take a break from strict adherence to GMB F1 and just work on hand stands, pirouettes (which i have come to see the value of, oddly enough), lever, and crow/crane. and some conditioning and stretching. i think i need to mix things up for a bit.

barely got any exercise on my trip 

also, right shoulder issue is not going away and my right knee was killing me at one point yesterday. wth.

progress seems to be accelerating. two thoughts:
1. this is good.
2. be careful that you don't get caught up in PRing and hurt yourself.

- GMB F1 W9 D5
motivation back. slight pain in lower right back, bit weird, meant i was cautious with bridge and floor kips, which i still suck at. skipped front and back rolls because they are boring and i am good enough at them. looked ahead to the next phase, which starts with week 10 (i.e. next week), and was feeling eh about it yesterday but am back to being okay with it today. not sure how interested i am in the flows, which are like katas. gonna keep with it for a while and see.