I did full 18mins continuous jumps this evening in the darkness. I was in the "zone" so jumped through last 10mins without rope getting caught. I even tried jumping with closing my eyes. In the end, it was the record breaking set with 2700 jumps. I rocked it.
I soon might be able to stop someone's heart by just wishing in my mind.... :P
Monday, June 27, 2011
Day 69 - 72
Gap store nearby my house was doing 25% summer sales. I wanted to take the shopping till I finish the program but unfortunately the sales will not last till then so I decided to spend few bucks on new set of clothes!
Result as you would expect, now my body fits into S size. Giving I was wearing L to XL range, it was huge improvement.
I had a farewell party of my friends from work at Gonpachi. He knew that I was in this program so he ordered me a special veggie dinner set. Japanese food with only serving veggie sounds very healthy but I can tell they put lots of salt in the dishes. I didn't use a drop of soy sauce but toward the end of the party my throat was sore. I thought I ate more than I should so decided to walk back from Nishi-Azabu to my home Daiba. Fortunately, it was neither humid nor hot so it was very pleasant 1-1.5hrs walk in the mid-night.
week 10 pic is up.
Result as you would expect, now my body fits into S size. Giving I was wearing L to XL range, it was huge improvement.
I had a farewell party of my friends from work at Gonpachi. He knew that I was in this program so he ordered me a special veggie dinner set. Japanese food with only serving veggie sounds very healthy but I can tell they put lots of salt in the dishes. I didn't use a drop of soy sauce but toward the end of the party my throat was sore. I thought I ate more than I should so decided to walk back from Nishi-Azabu to my home Daiba. Fortunately, it was neither humid nor hot so it was very pleasant 1-1.5hrs walk in the mid-night.
week 10 pic is up.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Day 62 - 68: Back In The Game
Apology for not updating blog for a week.
I hurt my upper arms so I couldn't do any upper body work out for a week. Since the pain is gone, I started to resume on my upper body work out from yesterday. Man exercises are getting tougher but I feel fresh and great!
On my 30th days into the PCP, I pledged to finish my half marathon within 2.5 hours. I had the race on Sunday and guess what?
I finished under 2 HOURS!
I hurt my upper arms so I couldn't do any upper body work out for a week. Since the pain is gone, I started to resume on my upper body work out from yesterday. Man exercises are getting tougher but I feel fresh and great!
On my 30th days into the PCP, I pledged to finish my half marathon within 2.5 hours. I had the race on Sunday and guess what?
I finished under 2 HOURS!
I never expected to break 2 hours but I did it!! All the hard work seems to be paid off! Thank you Patrick and PCP colleagues to get me where I am now!
I usually couldn't walk for a week after race, but my legs are all fine already. I actually did cool off run of 3km today. I really am getting fit. :o
My Photo is up. Still need to work on my love handle!
22 more days to go!!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Day 60 - 61: SOS
Let's start with the good news.
Milestone accomplished! 2/3 done!! hooya!
Bad news.
I have sprained my left upper arms.... On Day 55, I didn't do any warm up and did pull up. I had funny feeling at the time but I ignored it as it was just a minor feeling.. as days go by, especially when working on the upper body, the weird feeling starts to turn in to real pain. From yesterday I can't raise my shoulder and if I tilt my left arm in certain angle, I feel the pain. It's funny that I can't really pin point where the pain is coming from.. I can feel it inside the muscle. let me use this opportunity to test if I can explain in more muscle terminology... small area where deltoid, pectorals and biceps meet. hmm.. this area where I am feeling the pain, it seems like little to do with pull up motion but I am sure I felt something went wrong when I was doing pull up.. I could do shoulder work out in very controlled movement yesterday but today I CAN NOT do any push ups as I can't bend arms. I am struggling to reach out to my pull up bar now. this is what I can/can't
- dip -> no
- push-up -> no
- standing ovation -> no
- curl -> no
- outside curl -> no
- show off -> no
- pull up -> no
- inclined pull up -> may be
- rowing -> yes
- pull down -> no
- triceps dip -> no
- ski jumper -> yes
- triceps extension -> yes
I hate this feeling where I am loosing the opportunity to grow some muscle.. I know this is VERY dangerous feeling cas I once quit going gym when similar thing happened to me. You suddenly feel you are in the dead end and can't make any progress for a while and start to feel all the effort you have put into is washed down the toilet. I don't want to put me in this vicious cycle ever again.... any suggestion?
I think I will at least do all the exercise which I can (leg, triceps, abs)..
Milestone accomplished! 2/3 done!! hooya!
Bad news.
I have sprained my left upper arms.... On Day 55, I didn't do any warm up and did pull up. I had funny feeling at the time but I ignored it as it was just a minor feeling.. as days go by, especially when working on the upper body, the weird feeling starts to turn in to real pain. From yesterday I can't raise my shoulder and if I tilt my left arm in certain angle, I feel the pain. It's funny that I can't really pin point where the pain is coming from.. I can feel it inside the muscle. let me use this opportunity to test if I can explain in more muscle terminology... small area where deltoid, pectorals and biceps meet. hmm.. this area where I am feeling the pain, it seems like little to do with pull up motion but I am sure I felt something went wrong when I was doing pull up.. I could do shoulder work out in very controlled movement yesterday but today I CAN NOT do any push ups as I can't bend arms. I am struggling to reach out to my pull up bar now. this is what I can/can't
- dip -> no
- push-up -> no
- standing ovation -> no
- curl -> no
- outside curl -> no
- show off -> no
- pull up -> no
- inclined pull up -> may be
- rowing -> yes
- pull down -> no
- triceps dip -> no
- ski jumper -> yes
- triceps extension -> yes
I hate this feeling where I am loosing the opportunity to grow some muscle.. I know this is VERY dangerous feeling cas I once quit going gym when similar thing happened to me. You suddenly feel you are in the dead end and can't make any progress for a while and start to feel all the effort you have put into is washed down the toilet. I don't want to put me in this vicious cycle ever again.... any suggestion?
I think I will at least do all the exercise which I can (leg, triceps, abs)..
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Day 56 - 59
Work out is really getting tougher. Especially leg work out. I can feel the soreness the day after.
Today I did the last long distance training for half marathon. I did 18km in 2 hrs and 5mins. I will be glad if I can
a. finish half marathon without stopping for rest.
b. and in 2.5 hrs.
PCP work out has made me stronger not only physically but also mentally. I think I can endure 2.5hrs of pain without a problem!
week 8 pic is up.
Today I did the last long distance training for half marathon. I did 18km in 2 hrs and 5mins. I will be glad if I can
a. finish half marathon without stopping for rest.
b. and in 2.5 hrs.
PCP work out has made me stronger not only physically but also mentally. I think I can endure 2.5hrs of pain without a problem!
week 8 pic is up.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Day 53 - 55
I forgot to bring my carb portion of my lunch so I ended up buying plane rice balls with a little bit of salt. I was questioning myself if I should get non-salted rice ball with something in it or plane rice ball with little bit salt.. Anyway I felt like I cheated.. :(
It's really difficult to find convenience store which sells non-processed grains like brown rice Onigiri or whole bread or non-salted meal!.. oh well.. sometimes I need to make some compromises..
I was having tough time eating dinner portion of the meal in respectable time. I usually come home at around 10pm and then start eating dinner and night snack. (this means I have good 7-6 hours from afternoon tea session to dinner session.. I know this is not the ideal..) With work getting busier, it is tough to maintain my daily healthy pattern but I always make sure I give 1-2hrs for exercise for not only for PCP sake but I want to feel fresh after moving my bodies and sweating off the fatigue.
On a positive end, I am now able to go through 8MA exercise without taking any break. hoo ya, I feel strong!
It's really difficult to find convenience store which sells non-processed grains like brown rice Onigiri or whole bread or non-salted meal!.. oh well.. sometimes I need to make some compromises..
I was having tough time eating dinner portion of the meal in respectable time. I usually come home at around 10pm and then start eating dinner and night snack. (this means I have good 7-6 hours from afternoon tea session to dinner session.. I know this is not the ideal..) With work getting busier, it is tough to maintain my daily healthy pattern but I always make sure I give 1-2hrs for exercise for not only for PCP sake but I want to feel fresh after moving my bodies and sweating off the fatigue.
On a positive end, I am now able to go through 8MA exercise without taking any break. hoo ya, I feel strong!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Day 50 - 52
Indulgence Part II: Sushi
I was promising myself to go get the 天下一品 Ramen but decided to stick to the healthier indulgence plan. I learned the lesson about soy sauce from last indulgence session, so I did some experiment. Sushi without soy sauce! Rice used in Sushi comes with little bit of vinegar and salt so sushi was actually tasteful without soy sauce. But even then my throat is dried and I am now drinking water.. I never enjoy this feeling and probably will never do..
I was getting bored with my regular PCP lunch as I was only preparing salad every day up until now. I got pita bread from Costco yesterday and made Pita Salad sandwich. I spread guacamole which I made two weeks ago inside the pita bread and threw my salad in it. Just a little changes to the appearance of the food with pita but taste made huge difference! I will go with pita sandwich for next several weeks until I get bored again :)
I was promising myself to go get the 天下一品 Ramen but decided to stick to the healthier indulgence plan. I learned the lesson about soy sauce from last indulgence session, so I did some experiment. Sushi without soy sauce! Rice used in Sushi comes with little bit of vinegar and salt so sushi was actually tasteful without soy sauce. But even then my throat is dried and I am now drinking water.. I never enjoy this feeling and probably will never do..
I was getting bored with my regular PCP lunch as I was only preparing salad every day up until now. I got pita bread from Costco yesterday and made Pita Salad sandwich. I spread guacamole which I made two weeks ago inside the pita bread and threw my salad in it. Just a little changes to the appearance of the food with pita but taste made huge difference! I will go with pita sandwich for next several weeks until I get bored again :)
My picture for week 7 is posted.
I am having some trouble doing kung-fu sit up. my palm is getting sore and I can't hold on to the bar long enough to complete each set. any suggestion for the work out gloves, anyone?
Friday, June 3, 2011
Day 47 - 49
this will be a short posting but 8MA is really addictive. I feel something wrong if I don't finish a day without going through 8MA. "Hey Gang!" I still struggle in the end a bit but definitely I am now keeping up with it better than I did a week ago.
BTW, for new joiners, welcome all! You will have lots of fun!
BTW, for new joiners, welcome all! You will have lots of fun!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)