Good couple of days

Howdy ho!

Been a good couple of days i must say! :)

Thursday, I went to Stockholm for some nice training. Had a really nice session with the brave souls there who defied the poor weather. Cold, and some snow. But nothing that stopped us from doing good training, and having fun!

Unfortunally he who lead the trainings cut his hand up on some glass most likely. Was a big and very nasty cut. So he had to head of to the emergency to check it out.

We carried on with the trainings after making sure he was alright, and helping him bandage the wound. This shows the importance of always having some first aid stuff along when training! Something I will always have in my training bag from now on!

The rest of the training session went smoth. We had a nice spot where we trained some flow and had alot fun.

One of the guys thought my train left at 21:11 (it really went at 22:11), so he lured me off thinking I was about to miss my train, telling me: "Hey, was your train leaving at 10 past? If so, you got 13 minutes".. I set of running, not really thinking, and I ran for my life to the train station. After two hours of training, even 1.4 km is a hard run to do in less then 10 minutes..

I arrived at the station just to miss the train. I talked to some people there, who also missed that train, and that was when I realized I was there one hour to soon!

Oh well, I took the time to grab something to eat, and then I found a great spot to practice some vaults, and some at the beginning very challengeing precisions. Was a good fun hour anyway even tho our time misstake ;)

Yesterday I took an easy day just realaxing, and basicly only training handstands, and took a loong walk in the woods with my dog and fiance. We have been taking these hour and a half walks in the woods now all week. Have been great! And we have been blessed with alot of sunshine, and great weather.

As this week now comes to an end, and I look back on the past week, I have to say it has been a great week. One of the best weeks in a long time. Lots of sun, ive been spending alot of time with my fiance. I have had alot of time to train, and I feel I have progressed alot just on this week alone.

It would have been a great ending of the week if I didnt work tomorrow, but I do. So, I will miss the sunday trainings in Uppsala this week. But I will go next week instead. Had a good indoor session today instead. Worked alot on some flow work, and precisions. And did some really nice upper body conditioning. Felt great!

Also worked alot on my muscle ups. I have gotten down to basics. I think I had to high goals thinking I could train directly from a dead hang. So now I am "jumping into them", just to get the proper technique for the transistion. Feels great, and I really feel im progressing alot. In a week, Ill raise the bar a couple of inches, so I cant jump so much. Right now its at 1.7 meters. By the end of next week ill start working on the bar at 1.8 meters or so.

By this summer im sure I can do a couple! :)

Now im off to eat some pizza with our neighbours. Homemade I might add to make a em a little healthier.

Take care, and hope you are living your life as you want to live it, wherever you might be!

Just realized

Yeah, I just realized I have forgotten to post a link to a very inspirational and good and informative movie about parkour. An documentary made my some lads from England. Its very well done, and explains in a good fashion about parkour and the training behind it.

I recomend anyone who either has little to no knowlege about parkour, or those who have trained for some time but missed this documentary to see it!

So, with no further ado, here it is (four episodes. Just linking episode 1 here):



Ill write again tomorrow about this evenings trainings. :)

Hardcore training..

Phew.. Today was an intense day! :)

First this morning before breakfast I figured Id try to do some running since I havent been running anything since this last saturday. Figured id try the longest route they have in the terrain route here on the running track. Was an great morning, -6 degrees celcius, but no wind. So it was pretty cold but I did an good warmup, and I had a good balance of clothing. Not to much, and not to little.

The running went alot better then I thought, and I managed to complete the 7.5 km course. Plus the distance between the track and my home. There and back. So I figure I ran about 8 km today. Im really pleased, since the longest ive tried to run so far is around 5 - 6 km. Also I did the running alot faster then I thought (not trying to do it fast tho), managed to hit it at around 45 - 50 minutes. Could most certanly have done it faster. But im pleased anyway. Felt sooo good!

Then me and my fiance took our dog for a long walk in the woods later on the afternoon. A good hour and a half of fast paced walking in terrain. Was fun, and refreshing!

Then in the late afternoon I managed to drag both myself and my fiance to the gym. Felt really good, and I was supprised to see that I had so much energy after my intense morning.

Then when I got home we made a great dinner. Some sort of wook with noodles, vegtables and meat. Got really spicy and good! Darn, my fiance sure can cook a good meal. I wish I had her sence for how to spice food!

Anyway, after dinner I rememberd this was supposed to be my day 1 of week 4 of my 100 pushups program.. Said and done, I got down on the floor, and sure enough, I did it. So, tomorrow will be day 2 of my week 4.

Also, tomorrow im going to Stockholm again for some good training. Really looking forward to it!

Now my sore body needs some sleep. Tomorrow will be an intense day aswell!

/Ronnie

Internet issues

Hello

Been having some problems with my internet the past couple of days. Turned out my modem was broken. I have nice neighbours, so I could borrow theirs to verify..

Anyway. Last sunday I went to Uppsala to train with some of the local traceurs there. Was great fun, and good training!

They are very good, and very nice people with access to an gymnasium each sunday for 3 hours. Also, they train some kickboxing/muy-thai when they are there. Got some mits and gloves for sparring. Next time im there, I think Ill try out some sparring to. Been a while since I trained any form of martial arts. But I guess its like riding a bike ;)

As for the training, we trained alot of technical aspects. Had a great warmup, that really got me warm. We also had two beginners along, that was starting out. They did great I must say! I hope they liked the concept of this kind of training, and that they will keep training, and come back the coming sundays.

This thursday, I am going back to Stockholm for some enjoyable outdoor trainings. Will be alot of fun im sure. And I will most likley have a lot of sore bodyparts on friday ;)

Now im off to walk my dog, then im going to train some. Take care.

Tomorrow ill do day 1 of week 4 of my 100 pushup program aswell. Ill keep you updated ;)

Bye bye

Pushups and insomnia..

Howdy people.

So, ive been working nights this week. Thus not getting much sleep. I cant sleep to long, cause I have to get up an walk my dog after about four hours of sleep. And after that, I usually cant fall back to sleep.. So with that in mind, I decided as I mentioned earlier that I would not train so intense this week as I usually do.

So, I found the one hundred pushups training program. Seemed like fun, so im giving it a go! ;)

So far, Ive started out at week 3 due to my initial strength. I just a few minutes ago did the last set (of 5), on day 3 of the week 3. Felt really good. Managed to do 41 pushups as my last set (maxing the last fifth set). I am actually stronger then I expected. The one hundred pushup doesnt look so far off. Looking forward to week 4 and what that might bring.

Also worked some precisions and pullups today while out in the woods with my dog. Felt really full of energy today, despite my few hours of sleep.

Now im going to bed tho. Im going to my brother tomorrow, as he and his wife recently got another member to their family. A little girl.. So it will be great to meet them, and see their new daughter.

Take care, and train safe!

Tired

Well, I managed to get a good six hours sleep after my night shift. Feels pretty ok. Not in the best shape to do any hard training these coming two days due to my odd working hours.

I will on monday, tuesday and wensday focus on some light upper body conditioning I have decided. Thus giving my legs and back some rest from the weekends pretty intense training focusing on my lower body mainly.

So, to train my upper body in a light fashion (starting "easy" atleast), I will try a training program out called; "One hundred pushups training program". This will hopefully strengthen my upper body, helping me to reach my goal towards a clean dead hang muscle up. Also, it should be some fun! I remember I mentioned somewhere around november, that I figured id be able to do around 100 pushups in one set in january. Well, At the most I have done 58 so far. So I still have a bit to go.

Due to my initial strength, I will start at week 3. So for me, it should take three weeks to reach the one hundred pushup. We will see how it goes!

Also, worth mentioning, is that my "sunday blog post" actually was posted monday morning, but it says it got published sunday.. If you wonder how I can say that I HAVE worked bla bla, when its still apperantly sunday hehe..

Be well! Im off to do some pushups!

Trainings in the snow

Well, this sunday. I worked for 12 hours.. The night shift. With that in mind when I woke up this sunday I really felt an urge to train and be outside.

So, I look outside.. It rains.. Its snow, its ice.. One of those days you just want to return to bed and stay there for the rest of the day.

But, nah.. Not my style.

I figured id make a little sample, showing how I train under these conditions. Inspired by my saturday training and the video I saw of the scottish fellow (Chris Grant) training in the snow.

So, here is my rainy, snowy and wet sunday sampler.




There are no excuses!

Now.. I need some sleep after my 12 hours at work all night.. ugh!

Inspiration and motivation

Well, ive been resting some the past few days due to my working hours, I havent quite had the energy or time to train properly. I have done some conditioning routines at home, but nothing heavy or hard.

Today however I had a great day. I started the day with an hour in the woods just walking with my dog. Then I hit the gym for some training. Did some conditioning, and free weight training for about an hour, and then I went into the gymnasium for about an hour to train on some flips. Trying really hard to get the side flip down. Pretty hard for me. The rotation feels so wierd, so it makes it hard. But im making progress!

Also trained some backflips, frontflips, and did some pretty neat wallflips. I feel im improving in everything. Slowly, but surely!

Then when I got home, I felt I still had alot of energy, and also I was inspired by a video I saw recently from a traceur from Glasgow, who took the time to train in the recent snow that hit England.

So I found a really nice precision jump routine drill I did with a picknick table, and some ledges. Ill prob make a short clip of my movement there later. Spent almost an hour there, and it felt really good. I had to be very careful due to the ice under the snow, and the risk of slipping. Also the cold and snow made me focus alot more on getting my jumps right. Was really good and fun training!

Oh well. Now im going to relax, and spend some time with my lovley fiance.

Train hard and safe!

Back handspring

I had a hard time sleeping, so I figured id show a little sample of a back handspring from this monday session. They are indeed progressing pretty nice. Now to do em on grass.. hmm..

Forest run - Winter training

Some running and training in the woods, while walking my dog. Snow and cold is no excuse not to train! ;)

Black hole sun, wont you come..

Took the weekend to recover my sore body, partly because well, I felt that I needed to rest my legs mainly. And I worked nights all weekend. So I wasnt quite fit for any training.

Today however I did hit the gymnasium to train some conditioning, and some flips. Worked a little on my wallflip (progressing slowly but surely), backflip, frontflip, and trying to learn the sideflip. Also worked some on my backhand spring. Due to my legs being pretty sore after hard training the past week, I felt I had trouble commiting 100% in my jumps, thus not giving me the best results. Tried to work some on my double kong, but my legs was just to sore to give me enough power for any good kongs. So I took it pretty easy. Felt good to just move, and play around, and clear the fear out of my mind more and more when it comes to flips.

I felt a moment of despair today. It felt like I was getting a bit tired of my flip training. Like it doesnt give any results (after failing, and faling over and over on my side flip atempts). But I also came to realize, that a few months agoo. I couldnt do backflips outside. I was afraid even when I did the backflips on a mat(rug?). Now I can do it on the hard and thin mat(rug?) in the gymnasium. Dont even need the thick one. And I dont even hesitate. Same with my backhand spring, I dont hesitate (atleast not on the thick one) anymore.

I also have done some front flips from height outside onto grass. Didnt dare that either a few months agoo. So when I reconsider, I have made progress. I just have to be patient I assume and my progress will come.

Its just frustrating, to see people in tutorials demonstrate various flips and stuff, and it looks so easy. Then when you try, you realize its not as easy as you think.

Also working on a thick rug, absorbs alot of power, thus making harder to get good power in jumps and such. Safer, but harder.

Oh well. Tomorrow is a new day, and im going to keep working on my sideflips and backhand springs. By the summer im sure I have alot of stuff I can and dare to do on grass.

Besides the acrobatis, I feel my strength in going in the right directon. Tried to work some on my muscle ups today. But I still have a very hard time with them. I manage to pull off a few if I "jump" into the transition. Using my legs and so. Guess its atleast progress. Also been working some precisions outside in the forest, between rocks. Really interesting now as there is alot of snow and ice outside. Have to be very careful. But its good training!

Got today and tomorrow of work too. Feels really good to have alot of spare time to hang out with my fiance, doing stuff at home, and working out.

Also got some sun today. Felt awsome. The daylight stays longer now. So we are going towards brighter times. Cant wait for the spring/summer..