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gotta find another way to do weighted pistols

why? there are like 8 bajillion ways to strengthen your legs that are easier to load. or you could do more reps. plenty of ways to progress.

yesterday:

- tennis x 1 hour
was windy as hell. ball doing funny things on the toss-level windy. so it was a sloppy session, but still fun and worked up a little sweat.

combination of post-party sluggishness and wanting to maximize time with my family before i leave in one week (!) meant no gym.

so as to cut off the acole thread hijack: i think you should email the >35 track and field group. if you explain that you're an amateur/noob and are having difficulty finding training partners and competitions, they might let you come by and train anyway. i mean, you're canadian, y'all are nice. worst case scenario, they send a polite "no."

vancouver. yea i did some googling but only found a track and field club for people 35+. that'll be more than a decade for me before i can join lol.

i think it's worth emailing them. lots of people are nice, they might let you come train anyway if you explain your situation.

last night:

- mangled daily routine

today:

WEIGHT: ???
SORENESS: upper hamstrings
ACHES/INJURIES: none
MENTAL STATE: blah, woke up with pre-migraine and took the last of my medication for it. it worked but i'm still not 100%.

- warm up

- skater jump x 20,10

- full-court SLRVJ x 2/leg
just awful, haha

- one-step RVJ x 5
bad

- DLRVJ x 5,5,5
quite bad, so did these more or less consecutively in sets instead of as singles.

- high-rear-foot BSS x 20/leg

- stretch

ran out of time because i'm having a going-away party tonight and needed to pick up some stuff before getting ready and heading over to my buddy's place. if i'm not too devastatingly hung over tomorrow i'll jump again.

cool that you have amateur track and field competitions btw. we don't have any here, and i already graduated highschool, so i missed my chance for all that stuff.

yea, that sucks that they missed your time. try this out though if you wanna self time yourself though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlaBJQoTDRE

where do you live? there aren't bi-weekly comps in my area (metro DC) but there are a few all-comers meets over the course of the summer and a couple of indoor ones in the winter. had to do a bit of googling to find them but they're there.

@lbss & @adarqui
Agree on fat shaming. If someone is out there trying to improve themselves then fantastic and good on then. Like adarqui I've been skinny shamed for most of my life although it never really bothered me.

I'm not sure if I sound like a douche when I say this but my main issue with anyone entering an athletic endeavour is settling for mediocrity. We can't all be world beaters but we should understand where we stand in the grand scheme of things and be comfortable using ourselves as our main source of competition to be better every day. This is the issue with AOA. There are two running groups in my area (predominately women in their 30's and 40's) who celebrate their mediocrity and shame those who strive to be better. They're also the first ones to call themselves athletes and marathoners even if they finish in 5-6 hours. Just because you can run doesn't make you a runner.

bolded is the only part that matters, to me. if they want to call themselves athletes and celebrate their mediocrity, who cares? if they want to slag on other people for trying harder then fuck them.

go to a store and SEE WHAT SHOES THEY HAVE! you know the characteristic you're looking for: lightweight. don't worry if the shoes aren't one of the models we've posted on here, just find the lightest ones you can, that fit.