VeganResistance's lifestyle diary.

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

What's been happening buddy, are you back at the training?

Just checking in to see what's up, hope all is well MF.

[VeganResistance]

Hey mate,

Well I took 8 weeks of little training while I had a half sleeve tattoo done. Now right back into it.

After the eight weeks I can't say I've noticed much of a drop in strength which is good.

Presently into a 5x5 program every second day and trying to increase my yoga, Kum Nye and Calisthenics.

Also occassionally heading down to a Nastix (nastix.weebly.com) class every now and again. Those silks are tough work!

I have been meaning to post my workout logs here so will get back into that next training session. Meanwhile I've gotta go eat again!

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Kum Nye? Haven't heard of that.

Retaining your strength after an 8wk layoff is pretty good, for me it's about 2wks then it's downhill after that unfortunately.

[VeganResistance]

kum nye is a tibetan practice, similar to yoga, i picked up a routine from a book called 'waking up for beginners' and found it to be an excellent daily practice. These days howevee i do tend to neglect it as I spend a lot of time and energy between yoga, gym, work and play.

I have been really happy with my muscle memory, and also think I will try from my next gym visit to keep a live workout log here instead of in my notebook. I do wish tapatalk worked well for my phone though.

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

All okay with you mate, just checking in. Hope you're well and still training JIM.

[VeganResistance]

Hey bro, thanks for checking up on me

Yeah I am still around and still training in various forms. I have actually almost two weeks ago moved from Auckland to Melbourne, Australia, which meant I cancelled the gym membership and until I get a job will stay away from paying for the luxury of a gym. I had also been getting to Silk classes ocassionally which was great, and are super upper body and core workouts. Aside from that I had been stuck with masses of work plus lots of music related business, I think I averaged 5 hours sleep for about 6 weeks for a while. The timing of the move and subsequent break from trainings was actually pretty good as I'm pretty sure I cracked a rib a week before leaving, the morning of this performance (I come in at 3:40 - my 15 seconds of fame - and looking quite skinny here actually...):

http://tvnz.co.nz/good-morning/extra-071112-plum-video-5201566

The rib injury meant my usual pullups and all upper body work-outs were out of the question until recently, but now I have however been cycling a lot, running, and working on my calisthenics. I also discovered a local set of free bouldering walls, and am planning setting up a climbing rope and pull up bar in a park at the end of my street.
Also decided to join the Tough Mudder this summer so am very motivated to train for that.

Today I jumped into a two hour Parkour class (there are actually structured outdoor training sessions here, cheap and with a good crew), and am planing a bunch of calisthenics for the evening. Just finished off a mean power packed green/banana/berry smoothie.

Some example weights from my last couple of gym sessions almost a month ago now:
Deadlift (80kg, mechanical machine - Jetts gym) - 5-5-5-5-6
Curl (25kg BB) - 16-7-4
Squat (smith) 62.5kg - 5x5

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[C.O.]

How is life living in Melbourne going? I have fam out there just outside of the city in Launching. I visited there and Auckland last year, loved both places but in different ways. Still keeping up on your workouts?

-Dylan