TRAINING DIARY 4/20

TRAINING DIARY - APRIL 2020

4/26/2020 - nifty new move that I learned from an an Instagram video - I know that you aren't supposed to teach yourself this way, but frankly I have learned a lot from the web.

4/25/2020 - Wudang Yuangong

4/10/2020 - Loving on the new burgundy silks. The royal blue were of an age that I knew I needed to retire them. They were my first silks. Seems like the beginning of a new era, but so much tail. Probably ordered too long.

4/30/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Aerial silks practice - warm-up, side-split and arrow, alternate wheel-downs (1 hr.)
Crossfit - via Zoom, very cardio (45 mins.)

4/29/2020

PT exercises (40 mins.)
Crossfit - via Zoom, mobility and lots of dumbbells (45 mins.)

4/28/2020

PT exercises (20 mins.)
Aerial silks practice - little of this, little of that (1 hr.)
Yoga class - via Zoom (90 mins.)

4/27/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Hsing-I 5 fists and forms (1 hr.)
Aerial silks practice - inversion climbs, same-side stand-out split (1 hr.)

4/26/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Liu He Ba Fa (1 hr.)
Aerial practice - re-rig equipment, warm-up, climbs on silks, new move on sling (1 hr.)

4/25/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Wudang Yuangong - decided to do the oldest form of Tai Chi in honor of World Tai Chi day (1 hr.)

4/24/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Aerial silks practice - climbs, climbs, and some more climbs (1 hr.)

4/23/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Liu He Ba fa (first half) (45 mins.)
Areial silks practice - reviewing refinements of climbs from lesson earlier in the week (1 hr.)

4/22/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Crossfit - Zoom session - so great, sometimes a simple workout is such a gift. Memorable quote from Coach Josh "sometimes it feels so good just to sweat a little" - many thanks (1 hr.)

4/21/2020

PT exercises (15 mins.)
Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Tai Chi 40 (nothing hard, just moving meditation) (45 mins.)
NECCA aerial lesson with Elsie Smith via Zoom- can't adequately describe this. So much valuable information and personalized corrections on technique. Truly transformative. Feel so lucky. (1 hr.)
Yoga class - via Zoom, as always a touchstone of my week (90 mins.)

4/20/2020

PT exercises (45 mins.)
Aerials silks practice - warm-up, climbs, inverted climbs, new entry into belay, butterfly move (1 hr.)

4/19/2020 - rest day

4/18/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Inanimate 48 - choreograph and film "Ecce Gratum" aerial sling piece (6 hrs.)

4/17/2020

PT exercises and stretching (45 mins.)

4/16/2020

Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Tan Tui 1-3, Wu Tai Chi parts 1 and 2 (1 hr.)
PT exercises (45 mins.)

4/15/2020

Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, basics (kicks only), Hsing-I 5 fists and forms (1 hr.)
PT exercises and inversions (45 mins.)
Aerial silks practice - climbs, inverted climbs, new belay entry, same side stand out with split, sling play (45 mins.)

4/14/2020

Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, basics, Liu He Ba Fa (1 hr.)
PT session (1 hr.)
Yoga class - via Zoom (90 mins.)

4/13/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Crossfit-style workout and stretching (1 hr.)
Aerial silks practice - warm-up, basic climbs, learning same-side stand out, review new belay entry (45 mins.)

4/12/2020

PT exercises (45 mins.)
Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, basics (kicks only), Tai Chi 40, Hsing-I 5 fists and forms (1 hr.)
Aerial practice - little bit of everything, sling play (1 hr.)

4/11/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Aerial silks practice - basic climbs, CASH climb work, new belay entry, and relearning cross-back straddle belay entry (1 hr.)

4/10/2020

Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, basics, Chen Yi Lu (working on lower stances, yowch!) (1 hr.)
PT exercises (30 mins.)
Aerial silks practice - testing out new burgundy silks, working on new entry to baley from Rebecca split start (1 hr.)

4/9/2020

PT exercises (15 mins.)
Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Tan Tui 1-3, Tai Chi 42 sword (45 mins.)

4/8/2020

Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, basics, Wu Tai Chi (1 hr.)
PT exercises (30 mins.)
Pull-ups and inversions (10 mins.)
Aerial silks practice - bit of everything and sling play (40 mins.)
Pilates class - via Zoom (1 hr.)

4/7/2020

Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, basics (kicks only), Tai Chi 40, Hsing-I 5 fists and forms (1 hr.)
PT exercises (20 mins.)
Aerial silks practice - climbs, CASH climb, "Nisi Dominis" (45 mins.)
Yoga class - via Zoom (90 mins.)

4/6/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Tan Tui 1-3, Chen Yi Lu (45 mins.)
Crossfit-style work-out and stretching (45 mins.)

4/5/2020

PT exercises (30 mins.)
Aerial practice - inverted climbs, Russian twist climb, thigh wheel-down, hoop stuff, sling play (1.25 hrs.)

4/4/2020

PT exercises and inversions (on hoop) (1 hr.)
Aerial practice - hoop stuff, work on "Drown in My Own Tears" (1.5 hrs)

4/3/2020

Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, basics, Chen Yi Lu (45 mins.)
PT exercises (30 mins.)
Aerial practice - warm-up, climbs, stuff, some hoop (1 hr.)

4/2/2020

Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, basics (kicks only), Liu He Ba Fa (first half) (45 mins.)
PT exercises (45 mins.)
Aerial silks practice - warm-ups, climbs, basic secretary sequence (30 mins.)
Aerial conditioning class - via Zoom (1 hr.)

4/1/2020 - stupid, f'ed-up work day

PT exercises (15 mins.)

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