
Reflections on a Life in Training
TRAINING DIARY - MAY 2021
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5/31/2021 - May challenge sequence - I discovered that doing aerial to go-go music is absolutely exhausting.

5/9/2021 - Fred Deb sequence - starting to look like I have wanted it to at long last

5/5/2021 - There is beginning to be a sameness to these moves/poses. I think that it is time to move on to other things.
5/31/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, final filming of May challenge sequence, cool-down (1.5 hrs.)
5/30/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Liu He Ba Fa (40 mins.)
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Kung Fu lesson - Liu He Ba Fa (1 hr.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, May challenge sequence, cool-down (1.5 hrs.)
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5/29/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerials at Joe's - warm-up, tried out various moves from IG without much success (2 hrs.)
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Kung Fu review - Liu He Ba Fa (20 mins.)
5/28/2021 - rest day
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5/27/2021
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PT exercises (25 mins.)
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Training Club (1 hr.)
SA KB Split Squat x 8 / leg @ 12 kg
DB Power Snatch x 5 / arm @ 25 lbs.​
WOD L1 - completed 3 rounds +120
AMRAP 13 Minutes:
6 2KB Push Press @ 8 kg
15 Anchored Sit Ups
6 2KB Thruster @ 8 kg
75 Single Unders
Run 200M
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Yogalates (90 mins.)
5/26/2021
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, work on May challenge sequence (1.25 hrs.)
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Kung Fu practice - Liu He Ba Fa (30 mins.)
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5/25/2021
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Training Club (1 hr.)
trap bar DL - low handles X5 - worked up to 110 lbs.​
WOD L1 - 11:47 completed
3 rounds:
run 200m
1:00 single unders
row 250m
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PT exercises (25 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, work on May challenge sequence (1.25 hrs.)
5/24/2021
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Aerial silks lesson with Teddy - learned new entry to angel roll-up, learned cartwheel entry variation to star drop, iron cross and single arm variation (1 hr.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, secretary sequence, over-the-hip-key sequence (1.75 hrs.)
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Kung Fu practice - latest section of Liu He Ba Fa (45 mins.)
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5/23/2021 - rest day
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5/22/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerials at Joe's - warm-up, review some old sequences, tried arm-wrecker again, cool-down (2.25 hrs.)
5/21/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - warm-ups, Liu He Ba Fa, Hsing-I 5 fists (45 mins.)
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Aerial silks lesson at TSNY - learned yet another belay entry; not a worthwhile use of my training time (1 hr.)
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5/20/2021
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Training Club (1 hr.)
WOD - L2 modified - 18:59 completed​
run 600m
8 rounds of Cindy
run 600m
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PT exercises (25 mins.)
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Yogalates (90 mins.)
5/19/2020
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, try "arm-wrecker" move, work on May challenge piece adding eye contact, cool-down (1.75 hrs.)
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5/18/2020
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Kung Fu practice - warm-up, Liu He Ba Fa, Hsing-I 5 fists (40 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, figure out better exit from lotus climb, work on May challenge sequence (1.75 hrs.)
5/17/2021
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Training Club - In Person!!!!!!!!!! (1 hr.)
warm-up​
WOD - L1 @ 45 lbs. (because that seemed like a good weight after a year and a half with minimal barbell work)
EMOM 20 Minutes:
2 Deadlifts
2 Muscle Clean
2 Push Press
2 Front Squats
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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5/16/2021
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PT exercises and stretching (40 mins.)
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Kung Fu practice - warm-up, Liu He Ba Fa (second half) (40 mins.)
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Kung Fu lesson - Liu He Ba Fa (second half) (1 hr.)
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5/15/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerials at Joe's - warm-up, try out Lotus climb. work om Mau challenge sequence, cool-down (2 hrs.)
5/14/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerials silks practice - warm-up, work on May challenge sequence, cool-down (1.25 hrs.)
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Kung Fu practice (40 mins.)
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5/13/2021
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, make video of belay sequence, work on May challenge sequence, cool-down (2 hrs.)
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Kung Fu practice (30 mins.)
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Yogalates (90 mins.)
5/12/2021
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, review R. Leach thigh-wrap transitions material, cool-down (1.25 hrs.)
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Kung Fu practice (25 mins.)
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PT exercises (25 mins.)
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5/11/2021
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Aerial silks lesson with Teddy - work on fabric theory thigh-wrap stuff, star-drop variation, angel roll-up (1 hr.)
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Kung Fu practice (30 mins.)
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PT exercises (35 mins.)
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random conditioning and stretching (25 mins.)
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5/10/2021 - family medical day
5/9/2021
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Kung Fu lesson - Liu He Ba Fa (1 hr.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, handstand balance, make video of Fred Deb sequence (1.75 hrs.)
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5/8/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks at Joe's - warm-up, sous-sus climb, May challenge sequence, cool-down (2 hrs.)
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Kung Fu review - Liu He Ba Fa (second part) (30 mins.)
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5/7/2021
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PT session (1 hr.)
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Kung Fu review (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks lesson at TSNY - just rarely seems worth the trip as compared to what I could do at home in the same amount of time when you consider the travel (1 hr.)
5/6/2021
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Massage (2 hrs.)
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PT exercises (25 mins.)
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Yogalates (90 mins.)
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5/5/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, try handstand move, work on split fabric arm-wrap move, cool-down (2 hrs.)
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Kung Fu review - Liu He Ba Fa (second half) (30 mins.)
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5/4/2021 (still getting over second vaccine dose)
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5/3/2021 (rest day, second vaccine dose)
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5/2/2021
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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Aerial silks practice - warm-up, learn and work on split fabric arm-wrap move, May challenge sequence, cool-down (2 hrs.)
5/1/2021​
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PT exercises (30 mins.)
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