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john.
wall.

i'm probably still kicking too much forward most of the time, and i'm not throwing my upper body forward enough. there's some kind of block, i barely come up from parallel with the ground, hence banging my back. i can't figure out how/when to throw my arms forward.

will post video once i get it.

last night

- yoga x 75 mins
got into the deepest bridge i've yet done. back feels fine today. cool.

tonight

- GMB F1 W5 D4
skipped crow because i did a bunch at yoga last night. could not get side crow during class because of some kind of mobility issue and didn't want to push it. friend pushes things a little too hard for her clientele sometimes, i think. most of them can't even really do crow. also, put handstand bailing and kip-ups together because i do both outside on the grass. felt a little bit of progress on kip-ups but i'm still not close to landing one. it'd really help to have some live coaching and a mattress. banged my back after a bunch of reps and it gave me a headache. stopped and moved on. just keep grinding, i'll get it eventually.

well, let's see how well my intellectual awareness of it clicks with my body when i try them tomorrow! tonight's a rest day so i'll try to get out of work in time to go to friend yoga.

my brain has been scheming about setting up my spare bedroom as a training room. there are two twin beds in there, which i could probably put on their ends against the wall. then lay down some rubber matting, get a ton of cheap pillows for extra padding on top of one of the mattresses (for flips!) and build or commission* a chin-up station. this may be insane given that i may only be here for a year and a half more. still, i miss doing pull ups and i want to be able to consistently do muscle-ups. and the yard is soft but it's not soft enough to be unscary for flips.

*could probably find a shop in rawalpindi that would build one to spec for next to nothing. labor here is incredibly cheap.

SUCH A NICE PUPPY DOG YES YES YES

that video is hilarious. and yeah the training has different kinds of inversions -- cartwheels, wall walks, and wall kick-ups for starters, and the aforementioned bailing. not sure what you mean by too gymnastics centered. the goal is to master basic bodyweight moves. so far it's as much fun as i've had training since i was at my absolute peak of jumping.

- GMB F1 W5 D1
treating handstand bailing as kick-up practice makes a huge difference. got first legit freestanding kick-up today. frustrated with kip-ups, tried full movement and it just was not happening. got some video at the end, which will never be seen by another pair of human eyes. basically it looks like i'm just not kicking hard up enough, i think because of fear. on the plus side i did more reps than i'd done in any previous workout. right wrist bugging a little.

ETA: watched some more tutorial videos for the kip-up and the biggest mistake i'm making seems to be that i'm kicking forward instead of up. common mistake. will incorporate next time, along with taking the bridge stretch more seriously.

workout fail over the weekend, too many social obligations and i was lazy in not making enough time before having to leave for stuff. that said, it was a great weekend. went to a water fight party at some rich folks' farm house on saturday and it was the most fun i've had in ages. and i warmed up, stretched, and did some stuff. just not full prescribed workout.

back on the horse this evening.

- warm up, FF shoulder opener, cool down