Geezer Yoga (no inversion) Sun Taijquan Yang Long Form Xingyiquan, 5 Elements, stationary drills on heavy bag 15 minutes stationary Bike
2/13/2019 Morning I am going to call this a workout, because it was. Cleared the driveway of 2 inches of sleet with the snowblader. Here is why I am calling it a workout. I have a rather large concrete driveway and when sleet hit it, it apparently sticks. So to get it out of your driveway you need to lift up hard on the handles of the snow blower and, even though the snow blower has power to the wheels, you still need to push, hard. It is kind of like doing a farmer's carry (weightlifting terminology) while pushing a Football (American) blocking sled...up hill.... for close to 2 hours
Well, my left knee is no doing well at all. On vacation in Arizona last week and had to wear a knee brace every single day. But by Wednesday I was a bit stir crazy in the room. Everyone had gone to run on a treadmill so I decided to go look and the machines in the weight room Wednesday, 02/20/2019 (all 10 reps) Bench Press; Set 1 - 70lbs Set 2 - 55lbs Seated Military Press; Set 1 - 40lbs, Set 2 - 55lbs Curls; Set 1 - 80lbs, Set 2 - 65lbs Reverse Curls; Set 1 - 65lbs, Set 2 - 80lbs Chest Pull Downs: Set 1 - 85lbs, Set 2 - 100lbs Friday, 02/22/2019 Bench Press; Set 1 - 70lbs, Set 2 - 55lbs Seated Military Press; Set 1 - 50lbs, Set 2 - 50lbs Curls; Set 1 - 80lbs, Set 2 - 65lbs Reverse Curls; Set 1 - 80lbs, Set 2 - 80lbs Chest Pull Downs: Set 1 - 100lbs Set 2 - 100lbs And I can't tell you how happy I was I was the only ne in the room. I could use the machines to lift, but had trouble standing up due to my knee when I was done...it was a rather pathetic display
February 25, 2019 Geezer yoga with knee braces February 26, 2019 Geezer yoga with knee braces Sun Taijiquan with knee braces Yang Taijiquan (partial form) with Knee Braces February 27, 2019 First day in over a week I am trying to get around without wearing a knee brace. As of 1300, so far so good
I had a sinus infection, got over that and the end of this week I had a gastro-intestinal bug that was pretty nasty. In recovery. Sunday, March 3, 2019 Morning Bench Press; Set 1 - 50lbs, Set 2 - 40lbs (only able to do 6) Seated Military Press; Set 1 - 70lbs, Set 2 - 70lbs Curls; Set 1 - 60lbs, Set 2 - 50lbs Reverse Curls; Set 1 - 80lbs, Set 2 - 70lbs Chest Pull Downs: Set 1 - 100lbs Set 2 - 100lbs
Well, ready to get back at this again. Been awhile dealing with tick bites, sickness and knee issues, but I think I can start back now. Time to lose weight and get back to some kind of shape. Hopefully I can avoid ticks and my knees hold. March 4, 2019 Morning Sun Taijquan Evening 30 minutes of light cardio, low impact aerobics (wearing knee braces)
March 5, 2019 Morning Sun Style Short Form Evening 60 minutes Cardio and light toning (not sure my knees are ready for that just yet) March 6, 2019 Evening Sun short form Total gym short routine
March 7 & 8 30 minutes of aerobics and toning Sun Taijquan short form March 9 Push hands Sun Taijquan short form March 10 Weights at the Y Sun Taijquan short form
March 11 30 minutes of aerobics and toning Sun Taijquan short form March 12 Geezer Yoga 30 minutes of aerobics and toning Sun Taijquan short form March 13 Geezer Yoga Stretching Sun Short form Yang Long Form
Well...sick again. Been a strange few weeks, sinus infection, stomach bug, and right back to how I felt when I got the Rocky Mountain Spotted fever diagnosis. I am back to the MD, got a whole lot more blood work (I think I may be a quart low now ) and I am now going to have to see an Infectious Disease specialist. Back on Meds.... I hate taking meds.....and my wife has me on Chinese herbal too. On a brighter note I did notice something this morning. I feel better after doing Sun Taiji and then working on Xingyi 5 elements. I am working on Xingyi a bit differently though. Breaking each element down to its individual parts and going slow. Not like Taijiquan though, I am still using the fajin at where needed. Surprisingly I felt pretty darn good after that.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got I'm tired of feeling not well every other day, and even the arthritis in the knees and hips is bothering me more when I am trying to sleep. I have an appointment with an Infectious Disease specialist next month, and that is one of those appointments you think, Man I hope they figure out what is going on....and immediately after that thought you get......Man, what if they do find out what is going on. Could be I am just getting one cold after another and allergies are kicking in.... who knows...I will find out next month...hopefully. Hopefully it is not the Tick disease stuff still. I was cleared of it, but I feel just like I did when I had it, just with more joint pain. But back to the topic at hand here.....If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got..... I have been exercising, just not posting it here since it was nothing spectacular, just 3o minutes of aerobics with some lifting and taijiquan. And I was getting nowhere. So it has to change. As previously mentioned xingyi followed by Sun Taiji and I feel better. Also discovered, and this is a bit strange. If I stand in Santi Shi, not long, only a couple minutes, per side, twice a day, the joints feel a little better too. I am working my back to standing longer, my goal at this point is to get to 10 minutes per side. After that, I will see where it goes. I have decided I need the Aerobic, just different aerobic, and I need some strenght training and , of course, Taijiquan and Xingyiquan. This morning I stood in Santi Shi and did Sun Style Tonight I was pressed for time, but I did get in 20 minutes on the stationary bike, and I am about to go to my basement guan to stand in Santi again and do some xingyiquan and taijiquan Tomorrow, if all goes as planned, I will be doing the stationary bike and getting back to dumbbell work with the total gym, and of course Santi Shi, Xingyiquan and Taijiquan. Just to note: Last Sunday I was back at the Y and I did work on the machines, but I worked wth fewer machines, did the rowing machine for 5 minutes and walked a 1/2 mile in their track. And I did feel much better than I did when I went in and did a lot of work on the weight machines. Years ago, when I started training Police Sanda, my hands were hurting a lot, and I thought I had arthritis starting in my hands back in my early 40s. Then the sifu had me hitting trees and walls with palm strikes for training, and amazingly my hands stopped hurting, and actually felt great.....maybe that is what I need to do.... go beat up a tree with my entire body...then I'll probably feel better
3/25/2019 Evening Santi Shi Sun Taijiquan Xingyiquan 3/26/2019 Morning Santi Shi Sun Taijiquan Evening 10 minutes Stationary Bike Dumbbell work - All with 20 lbs Dumbbells, all 2 sets of 10 reps Bench Press Bent Over Rows Triceps Seated Military Press Curls Total Gym at level 3 Cable Row 15 Cross Cable Row 15 Surfer (seated) 15 Squats at level 4 2 legs 20 Right Leg 10 Left Leg 10 3/27/2019 Morning Santi Shi Sun Taijiquan Standing Yoga Routine Repeat 3 times Mountain Forward Bend Chair Mountain Hold for 3 breathes Single arm side bend right and left Double arm side bend right and left Do right side first then repeat with left side Warrior 1 Warrior 2 Triangle 5 star wide leg forward bend Supported half moon pose.
03/28/2019 Morning Crunches Santi Shi Sun Taijiquan Standing Yoga routine Evening 10 minutes Exercise Bike Total Gym, Rows, Cross Cable Rows, Surfer, Chest Press, 15 reps at level 4 Sun Taijiquan
o3/29/2019 Morning Santi Shi Sun style taijiquan Yoga standing routine crunches Evening 20 minutes stationary bike
Do you feel different throughout the day if you get the Tai Chi in early? Hannibal's Tai Chi instructor says, "arrive before you leave", meaning you are prepared for whatever may happen through the meditation and focus of Tai Chi. It's a bit like saying you are better prepared to give a talk in front of an audience because you have spent time preparing for it.
3/30/2019 Morning Push hands, and it was awesome Evening (not so awesome) Helping my wife clean out her mothers apartment. Her mother had to go to a nursing home (stroke) Lifted and moved a lot of furniture 3/31/2019 Morning Walked a mile on the track at the Y, no weight machines, still stiff and sore from push hands Evening I have no idea what happened, I could not walk. Left knee would not work. Wife did acupuncture and I am walking with a brace and a cane today.
Don't know, been doing taijiquan for almost 30 years. Unless I am injured I tend to be doing taiji all the time in one way or another. However I do agree that being prepared is a good thing