My ramblings, the endless journey

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Who had the best beginner test in their class last night.............I did!!!!!! Or so I was told repeatedly by other older students.

Comments about my form
"it is very rare to see charictor in beginners test, but your's did"

"you usually don't see good tempo, or rythem, or forms done with power, and good charictor, you did all of those things"

"this was the test, this girl, we are going to have to get razor blades for her hair soon"

those statments were repeated over adn over again from various students, in various ways, but with the same basic point, minuas the razor blade comment, although the martial arts hair style, did prove to be a bonus, since several people also commented on how nicely the braid ponytail, moved when I did my forms, "awesome".

Phan told me that I had a good test , good charictor, good forms. And that was the one that mattered. All the other students got "almost, and good try you were nervous".

So it is moving on time for me. 5 elements and long bird.

Grats!  First round is on me.

President of the Emancipation Detoxification. DBB's oldest forum group, punching baby seals since 2/12/08

ORIGINAL: thehardway

Who had the best beginner test in their class last night.............I did!!!!!! Or so I was told repeatedly by other older students.

Comments about my form
"it is very rare to see charictor in beginners test, but your's did"

"you usually don't see good tempo, or rythem, or forms done with power, and good charictor, you did all of those things"

"this was the test, this girl, we are going to have to get razor blades for her hair soon"

those statments were repeated over adn over again from various students, in various ways, but with the same basic point, minuas the razor blade comment, although the martial arts hair style, did prove to be a bonus, since several people also commented on how nicely the braid ponytail, moved when I did my forms, "awesome".

Phan told me that I had a good test , good charictor, good forms. And that was the one that mattered. All the other students got "almost, and good try you were nervous".

So it is moving on time for me. 5 elements and long bird.

 
That is awesome!!!!!! great job...
 
the hair thing is cracking me up.. I can see it in my mind.
 
so what happens next? do you go to another level/class?

She can learn new forms now.  Pretty soon she'll be one of the few to meditate with Kung-Fu masters.

President of the Emancipation Detoxification. DBB's oldest forum group, punching baby seals since 2/12/08

ORIGINAL: Yet

She can learn new forms now.  Pretty soon she'll be one of the few to meditate with Kung-Fu masters.

he is exactly correct.

My class is mixed beginners and "master students" combined we only change our belts once after literally 10 years; but I get to learn new forms, and elaborate on the ones I already know. Forever perfecting, getting faster, smoother, more cursive in style.

6 more months I get to take weapons !!! Phan gives us a big stick and then we get taught how to hit people with them (fun). More weapons to follow after that, 2 sticks, sword, double sword, double pointed sticks, 3 section staff, knives. But that is all way in the future.

And to what Yet eluded to, in 6 more months I also a may be invited in to sit with the spirit fist students, to meditate, and fight on a whole other level (weird Taoist, as jheft would say oogy boogy nonesense, channeling dead kung fu master spirits, it wayyyyy out there), if I am not invited in I will be unbelievably disappointed. (today I am feeling good about the prospect, the one old student when complimenting me on my test, stated in his litney, "you had spirit form in there and everything!", I think he was talking about my audible breathing, or my dragon execution, my dragon was way swirley, I know it felt real good, and I know I just floated through it. But that is also far ito the future, and uncertain to say the least.

I did make a vow to myself, that after my first test I would start going to open free spar. *GULP*, so next week I shall start having my ass really kicked on a regular basis. Rather than the occasional open spar that we have in forms every so often.

Clean and press 5x3 first set 82 lbs x 3(oopsies!, forgoty to change the weight) rest 72lbs X 3, bodes well though for the up comming increases.

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Deadlift: 1x5 ramped up 117 lbs x5, 137 lbs X5, 157lbs x 5, 177 X 5 working set 192 x 5


Rows: 3x8 87 lbs X 8

thanks for all the kung fu encouragement, guys.

Dammit! I can do 177x5 but not 192x5. It's on lady!

5'6" 125/ Bench: 115 / Front squat: 90 / Deadlift: 205 / Pullups: 10

HAHAHA, I actually had you in my mind while dealifting, I can feel you breathing down my neck, I almost went for the 197 X 5  again, because of you, but I guess, I have finally started growing up at age 33. Figured I would rather keep increasing than stall out at week 3.

Ripped honey, you have me beat, pound for pound you are the stronger lady !


Kung fu last night was fine and dandy.

I learned Long bird (part 2 for bird), it has some weird stuff in there, but I know half of it (beginner bird), and then there is some simular repaets and then all this new stuff, including a jump spin, in a low sweap positiion. I should probably start doing pylos, but I really don't see that happening, any time soon.

Casually feeling out gym prices, but haven't run into anything  remotely feasable, or  geared to the type of gym enviornment i am looking for.

I'm glad you think of me haha. I was telling 110percent about how I have to DL more because I have to get 200lbs "because hardway pulled 192x5 dammit!" So I think of you too.lol

5'6" 125/ Bench: 115 / Front squat: 90 / Deadlift: 205 / Pullups: 10

same as the past 2 workouts dropped everythign 10 lbs from where I left off before off week and began again.

so the work out was easy - ish but the heat dear god the heat, so not as easy as it should have been .

Overhead Squats 3x 15: 37 lbs x 15
Bench press/: 3x15 20 lbs x 15

Romanian deadlift 3x15 82lbs X 15

Pull ups band assisted (it didn't work ut like it did the last time and these are going to break even sooner. : 3 to failure 1st set 4, 2nd set 5, 3rd set 2 then the thing flew off my foot, got tangled in my hair.
It was around 92 degrees in my house, I called it a day.

Friday Kung Fu.
We did a lot of free sparing I have two good partners to work with, we l;earned long distance fighting attacking and moving kicks.

We also had to do some take downs, I got my partner good twice!!! And I got him good young mid 20's guy, serious student, the first one, "i just didn't even see that one coming", HAHA! The second time he was supposed to take me down, couldn't get me off my feet, and I reversed it on him, THWAPT< on the floor he went!!!! HAHAHAHAH!
Sunday
Front squat 5x3 102 lbs X 3

Bench press: 3x5 40 lb dumbbells x 6

Power clean: 5x3 87 lbs x 3

Chin ups: 3 to failure 2 chins 7 neg 1st set , second 2 chin 6 negs, third set 1 chins 7 negs

Power cleans and power clean to front squat, seemed like improvements. and No problem getting 102 up from the floor, so no more hang power clean (unless I need it for auxiliary work, not as necessity because my power clean form is bad )

All and all I did well that work out. I did it at about 2:00 Pm it was 94 degrees in the house, So I am glad I made it through. Still my weights are lighter than where I left them, but next week they will be where I left off.

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11) fattest thigh            23 1/2        24
(no longer at fat,                             (current measurement
now at muscle)                                at fat sag is 23 1/2,
                                                   but it is in a different
                                                   spot, damn skin)

12) two fingers above knee 18           18 1/2

13) biggest calf                 15 1/2       15 3/4

14) 2 fingers above foot       9 1/2         9 3/4

15)  Neck                             13 1/2       13 1/2

Weight                                157           156


HA! even though the numbers seem sonfusing, I think it is evident that I gained muscle (look at my extremities), and lost fat from my fat stores... mainly hips and butt. The waist measurments seem miss leading, but my core muscles have increased in size, the skin land slide is still there. My smallest waist shrank a bit more, and my obliques are popping,  so I shall not complain.


Strength report 


Deadlift   7/07 3 x 10 @ 107
             1/ 08 1x 5 @ 157
             7/08  2x10 + 1x8 @ 167
              6/ 08 1x5 @ 197

Squat (no good comparables however)

            7/07 dumbell on shoulders (2) 45 lbs'ers 3 x10 (90lbs total)
            7/07 dumbell on shouldrs ATG (2) 20lbs'ers 3 x 10 (40 total)
             7/08  front squat ATG 107  3x5

Bench (UGGGH) (dumbells mutiply x 2 for dumbell total weight please)
               7/07 30 lbs 3x 10
               7/08 30 lbs 3 x 16
                max effort 6/08 50 X 2

Over head press
              7/07  5 x5 (dumbells)  25 lbs
                7/08 did 20lbs for 27 reps
                 7/08 clean and press 82 lbs X 3 = 3 x4 77 lbs
                  
Rows Bent over barball
                  7/07 BAD FORM NO TOUCH AT CHEST NO DELOAD TO FLOOR 72 5x5
                   7/08 Good form 82 3 x 10
                     max effort 102 x 2

Chin Ups          7/07 2 full, total not straight
                     6/08 7 full, total not straight




                                             

Magnificent job.

President of the Emancipation Detoxification. DBB's oldest forum group, punching baby seals since 2/12/08

wow hardway.  real impressed with your gains in the strength department.   almost 100 pounds gained in deadlifts.    you're a beast.  I don't think i'd want to fight you haha.. you'd whoop my ass .  keep up the GREAT work..   who knows what another year with dedication to your training/diet habits will bring.

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Thanks for the support!

I am at a funny place where I just want to shift a little of my body compositon around, while gaining strength, so my progress is slowwww.  My measurments can be misleading, as well, but year end results show that it may be slow but moving in the right direction. 

Last night in Fu town nothing too tricky basic spar paterns, although one or two of them i don't have down, at  all.

Going to start open spar next Thursday I think not this one as I have to adjust my schedule around, and go entirely diffeent days to make it work, with the lifting.

Got the 19 year old bouncy boy AJ to demonstrate and teach me the low jump spin.