Kittens, lifting, and yoga

[digitaldiscipline]

Got what was almost an adorable picture of the hero-kittens this morning.



(for those of you in need of a kitten fix, there were two videos posted over the weekend; one is fairly humdrum, the other has more activity)

That's Kirk looking up at the camera... while cuddled beside Bond, with Rorschach draped over his butt. Ten was thwarted by a leaf jostled by an errant breeze.


In not-kitten imagery, this is me suffering through an infinite, hellish set of Scott curls.



New program is tough but doable; I am supplementing it with a 30 day pass at a local yoga studio (they had a special).... and my coach wants weekly progress shots. My first experience in the class was challenging in that "I did a bunch of other stuff already today, so I am going to sweat prodigiously and try not to get it on the other students. At least I know I'm working hard, even if I can't do an inversion to save my damn life."

I joked with cassandrasimplx that it's obvious Josh got her bribes - I'll be doing yoga and posting selfies because I'm supposed to.

Comments

[ivy]

Hahaha, this entire post is awesome. Go cassandrasimplx's bribes, and thanks for brightening my day!

[http://users.livejournal.com/project_mayhem_/]

Kittens make everything better.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Peanut butter - kittens do not make peanut butter better.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i cannot figure out white what you are doing there... towel? where's your other leg? the angle is funky! how are you even standing? :)

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[etcet.livejournal.com]

Towel is laid over the top of my inclined bench, upon which the back of my arms are supported as I am doing curls. Missing leg is simply far side of the visible one from the camera's POV

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

ah, to be seeing now!

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[etcet.livejournal.com]

That screencrab was from one of the first two sets, which were... too damn hard (75#)... I then dropped to 65 and 55 for subsequent sets, and my arms still hurt like hell three days later..

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

I'm so jealous of the weight you can move.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

this is, sadly, about to take a hit (see shoulder update from today)

I may see if I can trap-bar deadlift ALL THE WEIGHT[1] before i have to go on the shelf.

I pulled 465 for a deadlift double conventionally without too much trouble this week. i'm hoping to hit a PR before dragon*con (505 is current); today's lifting calls for benching 270 for a 3/4 range of motion, and i've got probably five weeks of progress out of the six remaining to keep piling on those particular poundages. i need to kick as much ass as possible before i have to take a medically-enforced sabbatical from the iron and become a reluctant cardio minion.


[1] based on the plates and bar configuration, this should max out around something in the neighborhood of 660-680 pounds; I haven't gone heavy on that move lately, but was able to pull 620 a couple of months ago.