Adarq.org

Weighted jumps today were pretty awful, maybe around 31-32''. I've been getting at least 1x weighted jumps session a week but maybe I'm getting a bit fatigued....haven't really improved vertically in awhile 

that would be a result of (positive) overreaching, if i'm not mistaken. i bet once you give your body a little time to rest, you can get the supercompensation to dovetail nicely with increasing jump practice and therefore technique.

- WTF (long interviews)
- criminal (crime and punishment, great stories)
- 99% invisible (everyday architecture and design)
- planet money (economy/finance)
- the lowe post (basketball)

no exercise in london apart from a walking around a fair amount.

arrived in islamabad this morning. smooth sailing from london. got to my room about 5 and passed out almost immediately. set my alarm for 10 to prevent myself from sleeping until 2 or something stupid; jet lag is a bitch but IME the harder i deal with it the faster i get over it. took my a while to get going but around 11:30 i dragged myself to the gym.

WEIGHT: ??? (scale in bathroom said 76kg but that seems improbably low)
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: generally stiff but nothing painful; traveling for a week straight will do that
MENTAL STATE: tired

- stationary bike x 10 mins

- one-leg jump x 5,5/leg

- jump squat +24kg x 8,8

- high-rear-foot BSS x 20,20/leg

- superset x 2
-- pull up x 4
-- dip x 4
-- leg lower x 10

- stretch

this amounted to an extended warm up, but that's about all i could muster today. will start to go harder as i adjust, and once i find a decent gym. the gym at the hotel is fancy but not great: it does have DBs up to 44kg and a dip/chin station but no squat rack or much space to do even burpees without being in someone's way. there are better options here, just need some time to investigate in the coming weeks.

ETA: also, just realized it's my ex's birthday today. amazing coincidence that it would fall on the same day i arrive in pakistan, given that my need to move abroad is what broke us up. wrote her a happy birthday email -- we haven't talked since april or may. anyway i still think about her every day.

Quote from: LBSS on October 10, 2016, 10:19:19 pm

- daily routine-ish

worked out with my mom today, last time i'll have a chance to do that before moving. she cried partway through, so we took a break and talked about shit. life has been really, really stressful for her recently -- my brother moving back to our town and still just being the double-handful he always is, plus now my grandmother has gotten really sick, is in the hospital, and probably can't move back into her apartment for a while because she clearly can't take care of herself right now. and of course, me moving away is hard for her; she'll miss me a lot and i've been physically close for a long time.

i have more reflections about this but they'll have to wait. gotta get some dinner together.

damn that is rough :/

as long as my mom is alive, i'm definitely too weak to do what you're doing (moving out of the country).

don't know why that would be weakness. just different priorities. tbh i sometimes wish i didn't have such a powerful drive to move abroad. i'd probably be married to a woman i love and happily working and doing community activism in a city i really like. that said, i'm pumped to finally be fulfilling this dream that i've had for so many years. it's going to be a crazy ride.

that dude cloud9 might have the floatiest penultimate step i've ever seen when he's approaching without the ball. he barely touches the ground.

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: none
ACHES/INJURIES: sick; right hand by first knuckle of pinky and ring fingers, shins
MENTAL STATE: sick

- daily routine-ish
came down with a cold over the last two days. did not sleep well in NYC (very uncomfortable beds at the two places i crashed). haven't been sleeping well at all recently, in general. baseline anxiety is up, i guess, which makes sense given that i'm moving 7,000 miles away on monday. mentally i feel fine but my body is telling me otherwise.

LOL. 

as a reminder that my corrections are all in love, here is my thinking log when i try to say something in greek: "404 File Not Found".

- daily routine-ish

worked out with my mom today, last time i'll have a chance to do that before moving. she cried partway through, so we took a break and talked about shit. life has been really, really stressful for her recently -- my brother moving back to our town and still just being the double-handful he always is, plus now my grandmother has gotten really sick, is in the hospital, and probably can't move back into her apartment for a while because she clearly can't take care of herself right now. and of course, me moving away is hard for her; she'll miss me a lot and i've been physically close for a long time.

i have more reflections about this but they'll have to wait. gotta get some dinner together.