
Reflections on a Life in Training
TRAINING DIARY - OCTOBER 2020


10/21/2020 - finally able to pancake somewhat
10/31/2020
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Training Club (1 hr.)
SB Back Rack Lunges x 8 / leg @ 40 lbs.
2KB Deadlifts x 8 @ 20 kg
SA DB Push Press x 6 / arm​ @ 25 lbs.
WOD (sprints are always exhausting, always)
You Go, I Go
Hill Sprints x 40, 60, 80 yards
Rest = walk back to the start. Repeat x 3 cycles
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Aerials at Joes's - PT exercises, hip-hitch transitions, figuring out sequence for Vertical Theater workshop, marionette climb, over-the-hip-key sequence (2.5 hrs.)
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10/30/2020
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - hip-hitch transitions, learned ASO hip-key hook, practiced recent sequences (1 hr.)
10/29/2020 - rest day
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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10/28/2020
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PT exercises (20 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - continue working through video of slack drag workshop, work on Broken Egg and Waist-Loop Split sequence (1.25 hrs.)
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Training Club (1 hr.)
plank hold retest - 3:31​
WOD - 12 rounds +6 completed
AMRAP - 4:00 on/1:00 off
9 push-ups
9 SA DB clean + squat @ 20 lbs.
30 single unders
10/27/2020
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PT exercises (20 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - work through video of slack drag workshop (1 hr.)
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Kung Fu practice - review Tui Chuan (30 mins.)
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Yoga class - twisting focus (90 mins.)
10/26/2020
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Hsing-I 5 fists and Za Shi Chui (1 hr.)
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Aerial silks practice - recent stuff, Broken Egg, Shambala work (1 hr.)
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flexibility (20 mins.)
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10/25/2020
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu review - warm-ups, Tui Chuan (45 mins.)
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Kung Fu lesson - Tui Chuan, review Hsing-I forms and animals (1 hr.)
10/24/2020
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Training Club (1 hr.)
WOD - 4 rounds completed​
Partner 1 - 800m sandbag ruck @ 40 lbs.
Partner 2 - AMRAP
12 plat ground to OH @ 25 lbs.
16 OH plate lunges @ 25 lbs.
100m farmer carry @ 16 kg
sled push w/ 15 lbs.
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Aerials at Joe's - PT exercises, little bit of all the recent stuff (2.5 hrs.)
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10/23/2020
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PT exercises (30 mins)
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Aerial silks practice - recent stuff, tried to figure out ASO Broken Egg sequence (1.25 hrs.)
10/22/2020
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Wudang Yuangong, Tui Chuan, Tai Chi 42 sword (1 hr.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, work on ASO thigh hitch lay-out and thread-through, Grapefruit sparkles, new knee lock entry (figured out cool exit) (1 hr.)
10/21/2020
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Chen Yi Lu, Tui Chuan, Hsing-i linking forms (1 hr.)
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Training Club (1 hr.)
EMOM 16:00​
4 handstand push-ups
12 DB straight-leg deadlifts @ 30 lbs.
12 deadbugs
12 DB long lunge rows @ 30 lbs.
AMRAP 10:00 - 5 rounds +3 completed
20 step ups
20 SA push press @ 20 lbs.
5 burpees
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flexibility (30 mins.)
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10/20/2020
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Wudang Yuangong, Tui Chuan (1 hr.)
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Yoga class (90 mins.)
10/19/2020 - rest day
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10/18/2020
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Kung Fu lesson - learn more of Tui Chuan Yi Lu (1 hr.)
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Video recording session for "Drown in My Own Tears" (1.5 hrs.)
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10/17/2020
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Aerial's at Joe's - warm-up, rehearse "Drown in My Own Tears", stretching cool-down (1 hr.)
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Video recording session for "Drown in My Own Tears" (3 hrs.)
10/16/2020
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - Grapefruit Sparkles, belays, waist loop split sequence (1.45 hrs.)
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10/15/2020 - rest day
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Massage (2 hrs.)
10/14/2020
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PT exercises (20 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, work on thigh wheel-down, work on Grapefruit Sparkles, figure out drop from single-silk catchers belay sequence (1 hr.)
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Training Club (1 hr.)
EMOM 12:00 alternating​
5 pike push-ups
12 sandbag rows
AMRAP 10:00 - 6 rounds completed
10 DB cleans @ 30 lbs.
10 OH reverse lunges @ 20 lbs.
60 single unders
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10/13/2020
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, review various belay entries, work on Grapefruit Sparkles sequences (1 hr.)
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Kung Fu practice - Tui Chuan form, Chen Yi Lu, Tai Chi 24 (45 mins.)
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Yoga class (90 mins.)
10/12/2020
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PT exercises (20 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, learn AOS Grapefruit Sparkles sequence (1 hr.)
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Crossfit style workout (45 mins.)
warm-up​
WOD - 11:44 completed
Buy-In - 100 single unders
6 rounds:
3 ring pull ups
5 push ups
7 DB goblet squats @ 30 lbs.
9 SA DB floor presses (R/L alt. rounds)
11 sandbag sumo deadlifts
Cash-Out - 100 single unders
sandbag shoulder walks
waiter walks @ 20 lbs.
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flexibility (20 mins.)
10/11/2020
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Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, review Tui Chuan form (30 mins.)
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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10/10/2020
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PT exercises (20 mins.)
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Aerial silks - make test video of "Drown in My Own Tears" (1 hr.)
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Aerial jam session - testing out theory ideas (1.5 hrs.)
10/9/2020
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Aerial Nerd Conference - swapping and slicing (2 hrs.)
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Aerial silks practice - working on stuff from conference session, particularly transitions into knee-lock, seems to have found another entry to a belay from knee-lock (1 hr.)
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Flexibility (20 mins.)
10/8/2020
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PT exercises and aerial warm-up (40 mins.)
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Aerial Nerd Conference - crossings (2 hrs.)
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Aerial silks practice - work on concepts from crossings workshop - transitions from catchers to thigh hitch and back, work on one-shot entry to catchers, wheel-downs, belay stuff (1 hr.)
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10/7/2020
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PT exercises (20 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Liu He Ba Fa (focus on 2nd part) (1 hr.)
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Training Club (1 hr.)
EMOM 12:00​
4 pistol squats /leg (had to use a stack of mats)
30 sec. extended arm plank hold
6 DB lunge rows /arm @ 30 lbs.
WOD - completed 17 reps in final round of 14
AMRAP 14:00
14-12-10-8-6-4-2
air squats
push-ups
- rest 1:00 -
2-4-6-8-10-12-14
DB clean and push-press @ 20 lbs.
reverse lunges /leg
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10/6/2020
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PT session (1 hr.)
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PT exercises (15 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, reviewed new belay entry from CASH climb set-up, worked on waist loop split into some kind of waist hitch, worked on "Shambala" (1 hr.)
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Yoga class - hamstrings - youch! (90 mins.)
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10/5/2020
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PT exercises (15 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Chen Yi Lu (45 mins.)
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Crossfit-style workout
warm-up​
8 rounds - 11:09 completed
3 ring pull-ups
5 DB rows @ 30 lbs. R/L alt. rounds
7 DB floor press @ 20 lbs R/L alt. rounds
9 sandbag sumo deadlifts
Cash-out 100 single unders
run a mile (did not time)
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flexibility (15 mins.)
10/4/2020
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PT exercises (15 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - play around with tension locks, figure out new belay entry, tried out some new JF tutorial moves (1.25 hrs.)
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10/3/2020
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PT exercises and aerial warm-up (30 mins.)
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Aerial Nerd Conference (2 hrs.)
10/2/2020
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PT exercises (15 mins.)
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Aerial Nerd Conference (2 hrs.)
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10/1/2020
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PT exercises and aerial warm-up (30 mins.)
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Aerial Nerd Conference (5 hrs.)
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