
Reflections on a Life in Training
TRAINING DIARY - APRIL 2021
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4/25/2021 - Act Up challenge, fucking elbow belay
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4/10/2021 - training at Joe's, masked
4/30/2021 - rest day
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4/29/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, video April "Jah Werx" submission, cool-down (2 hrs.)
4/28/2021
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Training Club (45 mins.)
1:00 max rep push-ups - 27 completed
5:00 AMRAP - 6 rounds +51 completed
50 single unders
5 burpees
1:00 max rep DB goblet squat @ 30 lbs. - 30 completed
5:00 AMRAP - 5 rounds +5 completed
10 DB reverse lunges @ 30 lbs.
20 shoulder taps
1:00 max rep DB push-press @ 20 lbs. - 38 completed
5:00 AMRAP - 6 rounds completed
5/5 single leg DL @ 20 lbs.
10 deadbugs
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
4/27/2021
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Aerial silks lesson - first in-person lesson in ages, CASH into tension-lock climb, variation on single-star with opposite leg release (1 hr,)
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Kung Fu review - Liu He Ba Fa (30 mins.)
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - material from lesson, April submission sequence (1.25 hrs.)
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4/26/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
4/25/2021
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Aerials silks practice - warm-up, final filming of Act Up challenge sequence (1.5 hrs.)
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Kung Fu lesson - Liu He Ba Fa (1 hr.)
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4/24/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, work on Act Up challenge sequence, cool-down (1.5 hrs.)
4/23/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, work on Act Up challenge sequence adding music counts, cool-down (2.25 hrs.)
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Kung Fu practice - Liu He Ba Fa (30 mins.)
4/22/2021
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, learn and work on the Act Up challenge sequence (2 hrs.)
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PT exercises (25 mins.)
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Yogalates (90 mins.)
4/21/2021
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Kung Fu practice - Liu He Ba Fa (second half) (1 hr.)
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Training Club (45 mins.)
8:00 for​
max handstand hold at wall (1:20)
handstand practice w/o wall
12:00 AMRAP - 4 rounds +41
5, 10, 15 ...
SA DB thrusters @ 20 lbs.
push-ups
DB reverse lunges @ 30 lbs.
50 single unders each round
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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4/20/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, arm-wrap opposite-leg split move, April challenge sequence (2 hrs.)
4/19/2021
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Kung Fu review - Liu He Ba Fa - second half (1 hr.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, made video of over-the-hip-key sequence, tried out new hanging split with flag exit, cool-down (2.25 hrs.)
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PT exercises (20 mins.)
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4/18/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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4/17/2021
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PT exercises (35 mins.)
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Inanimate 48 - warm-up, continued refining choreography, ran the piece several times to record the best version (3.5 hrs.)
4/16/2021
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, worked on hip-hop handstand (1 hr.)
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Inanimate 48 - set up rigging, played around with possible movement patterns, did test runs for possible choreography (2.5 hrs.)
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4/15/2021
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PT exercises (25 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, work on wrist-lock sequence, work on "Jah Werx" April submission (sadly, the orange leggings were a bust) (1.5 hrs.)
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Yogalates (90 mins.)
4/14/2021
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Kung Fu practice - Liu He Ba Fa - beginning of second half (20 mins.)
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Training Club (1 hr.)
5:00 EMOM​
10 DB squats @ 30 lbs.
plank hold in remaining time
5:00 EMOM
8/8 DB strict press @ 20 lbs.
chair hold in remaining time
5:00 EMOM
12 push-ups
single unders in remaining time
10:00 to do 4 rounds
4 tempo chin-ups
10 lateral dead-bugs
6/6 DB single leg DL @ 20 lbs.
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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4/13/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - Liu He Ba Fa - beginning of second half (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, thigh wheel-down, flubbed fallen angel (1.5 hrs)
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4/12/2021 - rest day (got first vaccine dose)
4/11/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu lesson - Liu He Ba Fa (1 hr.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, "Jah Werx" April sequence, cool-down (1.25 hrs.)
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4/10/2021
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Aerials at Joe's - warm-up, "Jah Werx" intro, hip-hop handstand, shoulder brace split (2 hrs.)
4/9/2021
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PT session (1 hr.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, tried hand-balance scorpion, CASH speed pathway, "Jah Werx" April sequence (2 hrs.)
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Kung Fu practice - Liu He Ba Fa (40 mins.)
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4/8/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - Liu He Ba Fa (30 mins.)
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Yogalates (90 mins.)
4/7/2021 (Happy Birthday to me!)
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial ground workout - shoulder opening (20 mins.)
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Training Club (45 mins.)
10:00 AMRAP - 4 rounds +13 completed​
10 DB squat cleans @ 30 lbs.
10 DB OH lunges @ 20 lbs.
20 plank should taps
50 single unders
5:00 EMOM - 20 sec. pull-up hold
5:00 EMOM - 20 sec. crow pose
4/6/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - Liu He Ba Fa (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up and Workout A dynamics (but I wasn't very dynamic today), technical work on April sequence (1.75 hrs.)
4/5/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Training Club-style workout (35 mins.)
warm-up​
Alternating for time - 7:06​ completed
100, 90 ... 20, 10 single unders
10, 9 ... 2, 1 push-ups
5 rounds - 11:50 completed
5/5 SA DB strict press @ 20 lbs.
5/5 SA DB floor press @ 30 lbs.
5 strict T2B
25 air squats
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, "Jah Werx" version of April sequence - highlight was managing to catch the tails for the first time (1.75 hrs.)
4/4/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins)
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Kung Fu practice - Tui Chuan, Liu He Ba Fa (1st half) (40 mins.)
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Kung FU lesson - Liu He Ba Fa (1st half) (1 hr.)
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4/3/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerials at Joe's - warm-up and Workout B at a relaxed pace (2.5 hrs.)
4/2/2021
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up and Workout A, also tried out one-arm hand-stand and hand balance scorpion, work on April "Blackbird" sequence (1.75 hrs.)
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Kung Fu practice - Chen Yi Lu, Liu He Ba Fa, Tui Chuan (45 mins.)
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4/1/2021​
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PT exercises (25 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, basics, Chen Yi Lu (45 mins.)
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MASSAGE (2 hrs.)
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Yogalates (90 mins.)
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