mail and workouts
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spacebugYesterday was a good day for mail. We got a postcard from Samoa (though the date on it leads me to believe that there's really no way my favorite dangerdanger got his birthday card in time, shoot!), I got my new shoes, and what would have rounded it out really nicely is if S4 had been able to have his glasses. They were delivered certified mail, but no one was home to sign. I went to the post office right after work, but they hadn't "brought them up" to the pickup window area, for whatever reason. But, they're actually in St. Paul, which is much closer to being on his face than being in Hong Kong. Hooray!
All this, and no credit card offers or direct mail!
I've only worn my new shoes for a couple hours, but so far I looooove them. They fit, they're narrow enough for my feet, which is really saying something, and the weird little heel thingy that's bothered a bunch of other people so far doesn't seem to be any problem for me. I might even want to get another pair preemptively, as I'm probably going to want to run around in these at Burning Man, which will be the death of them.
I'm trying to start doing a little conditioning so I'm not one big hungover lump at my first interleague practice the day after CON. There's been discussion about how we don't want to take away our track time getting everyone physically fit, so, we're expected to work out on our own outside of practice. I get kind of dependent on the consistency of practice, and am not really sure how to design my own workout regimen, especially when doing too much of the kinds of stuff that's best for derby (plyometrics and sprinting kinds of stuff, strength training to a lesser extent) can be dangerous to over-do. I think most of the athletic folks on my f-list are more used to distance training (marathon and triathlon stuff) but, if anyone has good advice on putting that kind of thing together, let me know. I know the kinds of exercises I should do, I'm just not quite sure how long or how often. Doing a little bit every day would be the best for me to build a habit, but that might not be healthy. It seems to be really dependent on the individual.
All this, and no credit card offers or direct mail!
I've only worn my new shoes for a couple hours, but so far I looooove them. They fit, they're narrow enough for my feet, which is really saying something, and the weird little heel thingy that's bothered a bunch of other people so far doesn't seem to be any problem for me. I might even want to get another pair preemptively, as I'm probably going to want to run around in these at Burning Man, which will be the death of them.
I'm trying to start doing a little conditioning so I'm not one big hungover lump at my first interleague practice the day after CON. There's been discussion about how we don't want to take away our track time getting everyone physically fit, so, we're expected to work out on our own outside of practice. I get kind of dependent on the consistency of practice, and am not really sure how to design my own workout regimen, especially when doing too much of the kinds of stuff that's best for derby (plyometrics and sprinting kinds of stuff, strength training to a lesser extent) can be dangerous to over-do. I think most of the athletic folks on my f-list are more used to distance training (marathon and triathlon stuff) but, if anyone has good advice on putting that kind of thing together, let me know. I know the kinds of exercises I should do, I'm just not quite sure how long or how often. Doing a little bit every day would be the best for me to build a habit, but that might not be healthy. It seems to be really dependent on the individual.
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Date: 2008-06-27 04:43 pm (UTC)I'm going to start this program when I get back from MN, it seems a bit steep (tough) but okay and not too time consuming: http://hundredpushups.com/index.html
Every other day is a good regime for most intense training, I'd say.
Yoga is also a good thing, just for keeping your muscles happy. I wish I had been doing it when I was competing. My bro swears by it, too.
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Date: 2008-06-27 06:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-28 04:06 am (UTC)i think you're pretty safe with exercise that is either the crosstrainer type machine which doesn't do hard stuff to your joints. also swimming. i don't think you can really overdo swimming. or just do all kinds of stuff all the time! rock-climb do circus, go swimming jump on a pogostick, do pushups or pullups sometimes, practice karate kicks...