March 24, 2018 30 minutes Yoga Yang Long form March 25, 2018 Not much time today, cleaned basement and made an area with matts for my youngest who is an Akidoka. 10 minutes Yoga. and 30 minutes acupuncture for this dang sinus stuff
March 26, 2018 30 minutes Yoga Started working on Taijiquan and then this stupid Sinus thing reappeared.....
March 27, 2018 Morning 30 minutes of Yoga Evening Yang Long Form Tung Fast Form My knees are still not right since the last 2 snowstorms. But I am noticing something. The more Yoga I do the less I want to do Taijiquan and the more I feel I want to get back to Xingyiquan. Time will tell
March 29, 2018 Did a 30 minute Vinyasa Flow Yoga. I am not a fan of Vinyasa flow, I don't think postures are held long enough Yang Taiji Long form Still have this urge to return to Xingyiquan. Have to meet with my Taiji shifu this weekend, I will see how that goes
April First 2018 Going to take a break from posting anything for a bit. Basically I think I need to do tings different with working out. And if I compare what I do to virtually anyone else on the page or to other marital artists I know... I really need to do more. I also am still up in the air about Xingyi vs Taiji, although at this point I doubt I will stop Taiji and it does look like in June I will return to Xingyi training. Yoga also stays, going to take the next 3 weeks and do the Beach body 3 week yoga retreat to see if it can give me more insight into yoga and get me doing some more challenging things This article has me thinking about what I need to do, as I get older, to keep on moving. Fighting the inevitability of ageing Going to take some time to think
It's great that you are taking an analytical approach to your long term progress. I look forward to seeing what comes next, and a very interesting article.
It's always good to revisit our own approach to training, and to adjust our goals based on our current lifestyle and/or individual circumstances. Take care not to forget the 'individual' part though - the time/intensity/relevance of your training need not mirror or compete with anyone else's training, it just needs to work for you. Good luck with what ever direction your journey now takes you, and, as @axelb points out above, it'll be nice to read all about it. Travess
I'm back, after a bit of a health scare. a lot of thinking about training and getting old.... more on what my workout has become and why later
I have returned... with a brand new plan....ok its not brand new, but it is a plan. The health scare: over the period of approximately 4 weeks - I ended up in an emergency room after what felt to me as my heart racing and then skipping a beat, dizzy, no energy, and basically feeling lousy. But by the time I got there and was in the room they found nothing. I did discover that if you are male and over 50 and complain of chest discomfort that you are fast tracked into the ER, no waiting for long periods of time in the waiting room required. - Had to go to a cardiologist; did an echocardiogram and I wore a Holter monitor for a week. And let me tell you that was some kind of fun...not - Went back to the cardiologist yesterday and he said I was fine, I did have an extra beat, but he said many people do. However most are never aware of it, and very few ever feel it. I appear to be one of the lucky few. I discovered that if I get on the treadmill and walk for 15 to 20 minutes at a pace of 3.5 to 4mph that the issue goes away I also discovered that anything with greater than 10g of sugar in it can and will kick off this problem Also Caffeine can start it as well Combine Caffeine and sugar: a cup of tea and a fresh pear and I'm off it strange feelings in my chest, cup of tea and a cookie, yup I going there too. Going to contact my general practitioner (Doctor) today and discuss the hit in the head I took on vacation. I am wondering it I managed to give myself a concussion and it there is any way to tell or do anything about it almost 4 months after that fact.. And could this be what is causing the problem So the plan...I am one of several males in my office that are all the exact same age, in our late 50s. I have decided that I want to be the old guy in the best shape in the group. So more exercise is needed. That and more exercise seems to keep this chest thing at bay. So, without further adieu.... I discovered something, that I use to use a lot, in my workouts from my misspent youth, and this is helping a lot on the treadmill...the music I use to train too, back when the album was new. May 07, 2018 Morning; Yang Long form and Xingyiquan stepping walking mediation Evening 25 minutes, start at 3mph for warm up and increase gradually. Last 15 minutes starts at 3.5mph and build rather quickly to 3.9mph and the last 1.5 minutes was at 4mph. This is a walk, I am not suppose to run due to hip issues. May 08, 2018 Morning Warm-up Stretch Engine 2 Sun Salutation X 10 Standing Side bend X 10/side Standing knee raise X 10/side, hold each for 2 seconds Tree Pose – hold for 3 breathes per side Standing leg stretch – hold for 30 seconds per leg Trunk Stretch X 10 right/left Waist Circles X 10 right/left Arm Circles - Small X 10 forward and backward - Medium X 10 forward and backward - Large X 10 forward and backward - Large Opposite X 10 forward and backward Alternate Toe Stretch X 10 right/left Bend knee stand on one leg X 10 right/left hold each for 2 seconds Warrior 1 - hold for 3 breathes (Right and Left) Warrior 2 - hold for 3 breathes (Right and Left) Wide Leg Forward Bend - hold for 3 breathes Triangle Pose - hold for 3 breathes (Right and Left) Wide Leg Forward Bend - hold for 3 breathes Half-moon Pose - hold for 3 breathes (Right and Left) Boat Pose – hold for 10 breathes Crunches x 50 Locust Pose x 3, hold for 3 breathes each Leg Stretch with strap – right/left, straight, across body and the to side, hold each for 3 breathes Bridge Pose - hold for 6 breathes Reclining Cobbler – hold or 20 breathes Shavasana – hold for 20 breathes Seated Forward Bend – hold for 3 breathes Seated Wide Angle Pose hold for 3 breathes Evening Yang Long Form Xingyiquan stepping walking mediation May 09, 2018 Morning Yang Taijquan Long Form Engine 2 Sun Salutation X 10 Standing Side bend X 10/side Standing knee raise X 10/side, hold each for 2 seconds Tree Pose – hold for 3 breathes per side Standing leg stretch – hold for 30 seconds per leg Trunk Stretch X 10 right/left Waist Circles X 10 right/left Arm Circles - Small X 10 forward and backward - Medium X 10 forward and backward - Large X 10 forward and backward - Large Opposite X 10 forward and backward Alternate Toe Stretch X 10 right/left Bend knee stand on one leg X 10 right/left hold each for 2 seconds Warrior 1 - hold for 3 breathes (Right and Left) Warrior 2 - hold for 3 breathes (Right and Left) Wide Leg Forward Bend - hold for 3 breathes Triangle Pose - hold for 3 breathes (Right and Left) Wide Leg Forward Bend - hold for 3 breathes Half-moon Pose - hold for 3 breathes (Right and Left) Evening One-Arm Dumbbell Row 4 Sets x 6, 6, 10, 10 Reps - 20lbs Flat-Bench Dumbbell Press 4 Sets x 6, 6, 10, 10 Reps - 20lbs Seated Overhead Dumbbell Press 4 Sets x 8, 8, 12, 12 Reps - 20lbs Dumbbell Shrug 3 Sets x 8, 8, 8 Reps - 20lbs Seated One-Arm Overhead Dumbbell Extension 2 Sets x 10, 10 Reps - 20lbs Alternating Dumbbell Curl 2 Sets x 10, 10 Reps - 20lbs Dumbbell Wrist Curl 2 Sets x 12, 12 Reps - 15lbs Dumbbell wrist twist 2 Sets x 12, 12 Reps - 5lbs (got this from a picture of Bruce Lee working out) May 10, 2018 Morning Yang Taijiquan Long form Xingyiquan stepping walking mediation Additionally, saw a video somewhere of a clip from Dr. Yang Jwing Ming's Taiji qigong video and realized I learned that form him over 20 years ago, use to train it daily and somewhere along the line I forgot all about it. So I got the book and the DVD and I am working on refreshing my memory and I am going to start training that again.
Yes! Good stuff. Also can't beat a bit of JP for nostalgia. I think I probably suffered my own concussion headbanging to painkiller everyday after school when I was 13 .
May 10, 2018 Evening Had to help the youngest with homework so my time was limited Yoga Mountain Standing back bend side bend forward bend Chair pose tree pose Warrior 1 Warrior 2 Triangle pose Wide leg forward bend Half-moon pose Camel Extended puppy Downward Dog Plank Cobra Boat Crunches Upward plank Leg stretch with strap shoulder stand bridge locust seated forward bend seated wide angle reclining cobbler Shavasana ......Namaste
Someday I'll have to tell you about the time I saw Metallica, on the Ride the Lightning tour, in a refurbished bowling alley
May 11, 2018 Morning Yang Long Form - did entire form focusing on the dantian Tung Fast Form - attempted to do entire form focusing on the dantian, did ok but my mind wandered a few times This is a practice I recommend by the way, it teaches power, root, alignment and concentration quite well. Xingyiquan Stepping practice as a moving meditation - inhale right leg forward, exhale left leg forward, repeat the reverse stepping and breathing Stepping practice, backwards as a moving meditation - inhale right leg backward, exhale left leg backwards, repeat the reverse stepping and breathing Piquan, slower,with power, concentration on dantian Evening Listen to a fairly recent interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger where he talked a little about beginning lifting. And although I have been lifting weights for years my long absents from anything close to serious makes me a beginner again. So I switched to 3 set of 10 reps for everything One-Arm Dumbbell Row 3 Sets x 10 Reps - 20lbs Flat-Bench Dumbbell Press 3 Sets x 10 Reps - 20lbs Seated Overhead Dumbbell Press 3 Sets x 10 Reps - 20lbs Dumbbell Shrug 3 Sets x 10 Reps - 20lbs Seated One-Arm Overhead Dumbbell Extension 3 Sets x 10 Reps - 20lbs Alternating Dumbbell Curl 3 Sets x 10 Reps - 20lbs Dumbbell Wrist Curl 3 Sets x 10 Reps - 20lbs Dumbbell wrist twist 3 Sets x 10 Reps - 5lbs (got this from a picture of Bruce Lee working out) Total Gym at level 4 Lat pulls 3 sets x 10 reps rows 3 sets x 10 reps
May 12, 2018 The return of the deadlift, but nowhere near the dead lift of my misspent youth....now I am wearing knee braces, have arthritic hips and a back that has been bad in the past. But for a full body effect, IMO, you just can't beat a deadlift Deadlift 1 x 10 at 60lbs Treadmill - walking - start at 3.0 mph and work to 4.0mph in a 25 minute period and the soundtrack for the treadmill this evening
Sunday, May 13, 2018 No official workout today. However I did remove 2 rather large roots from my front yard where I previously removed several large bushes. And let me tell you that hit every muscle in my body. That was this morning around 11:00 to 12:30 and 9 hours later I still feel it and I am a little bit sore.
May 14, 2018 Wife is in China and I had a lot to do, and help the youngest with her homework as well, so no workout May 15, 2018 Morning Stretching 100 crunches Evening.. Hurt my arm moving printers at work. Both color laser jets 1 old and big 1 new and small Moved the old big one, no problem, a bit heavy but manageable. Then went to the smaller newer one.... Now being smaller…and newer…one would think it is lighter…. nope… its heavier and it did a number on my right elbow joint. So, the workout last night was a short Yoga routine, only 9 moves from something called Samatha yoga.
