Some running on the cliffs from two different training sessions. Enjoy ;)
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Been a while
Havent had much special activites going on latley, so I havent felt a need to update my blog for a while. Its not so interesting to read that I had oatmeal for breakfast, with a sliced banana, did my 6 mile walk with my dog before lunch, and then went to the gym in the evening.
Thats how my days look basicly when I am not working atm.
I have done some easy training for my knee, wich is actually feeling a little better. But I think this healing will take quite some time. I will probably have to take it pretty easy the whole summer to be completly restored. I hope not, but it feels that way at the moment.
A fun little side note. Thru work we have had a theme of health and diet etc, wich resulted in all employes visiting a seminar about health, excercise, diet and focus (mindfulness). Also, we had a health check. Our colesterol, blood sugar levels and blood pressure (wich was all ok for me). Also we had a meeting with a lifestyle coach to messure our body fat %, and talk about our lives and if we want to change anything. How and so on. The fat % isnt 100% accurat, but pretty good, and I turned out to have 14.8% total fat in my body.. Low % is 15 - 20 for males.. I guess I have a lot less fat then I thought :)
Also, we have been having alot of sun, and great days the past weeks now. Some snow, but it has melted away just a day after it has arrived. So it really feels like spring is slowly beating mother winter up right now. Wich feels great!
So, today I went for my first barefoot run on the cliffs where I live. Was really fun, and for the past two days, I havent been able to resist atleast some jumping around and easy "parkour" movement on the cliffs here. Trained some backflips, precisions and balance. I felt some strain in my knee, but it has indeed gotten alot better, and I can apply some pressure to it now before I feel strain in it. Then I stretch it, and massage it, and quit my jumping session. So far I havent had any pains after a small jump/run session. I guess my training focusing alot on my legs on the gym is starting to pay off.
Now I am going to get some food ready.. Will be a late dinner today, as my gf is running late. Some pasta, and pasta sauce will be nice now after a hard session at the gym.
Take care, and train safe!
Thats how my days look basicly when I am not working atm.
I have done some easy training for my knee, wich is actually feeling a little better. But I think this healing will take quite some time. I will probably have to take it pretty easy the whole summer to be completly restored. I hope not, but it feels that way at the moment.
A fun little side note. Thru work we have had a theme of health and diet etc, wich resulted in all employes visiting a seminar about health, excercise, diet and focus (mindfulness). Also, we had a health check. Our colesterol, blood sugar levels and blood pressure (wich was all ok for me). Also we had a meeting with a lifestyle coach to messure our body fat %, and talk about our lives and if we want to change anything. How and so on. The fat % isnt 100% accurat, but pretty good, and I turned out to have 14.8% total fat in my body.. Low % is 15 - 20 for males.. I guess I have a lot less fat then I thought :)
Also, we have been having alot of sun, and great days the past weeks now. Some snow, but it has melted away just a day after it has arrived. So it really feels like spring is slowly beating mother winter up right now. Wich feels great!
So, today I went for my first barefoot run on the cliffs where I live. Was really fun, and for the past two days, I havent been able to resist atleast some jumping around and easy "parkour" movement on the cliffs here. Trained some backflips, precisions and balance. I felt some strain in my knee, but it has indeed gotten alot better, and I can apply some pressure to it now before I feel strain in it. Then I stretch it, and massage it, and quit my jumping session. So far I havent had any pains after a small jump/run session. I guess my training focusing alot on my legs on the gym is starting to pay off.
Now I am going to get some food ready.. Will be a late dinner today, as my gf is running late. Some pasta, and pasta sauce will be nice now after a hard session at the gym.
Take care, and train safe!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Oh noes..
More snow.. It feels like mother winter refuses to let go of our part of Sweden. I was hoping spring was just around the corner the other week. But now we have tons of snow again. Dont get me wrong. I like snow, and I think its beautiful. However now I feel I am in the mood for spring and summer. Ive had enough snow and winter for a while!
Anyway, my training is starting again today after a week and a half of rest, due to my knee and my cold. Now im feeling really good again, so I will atempt day 1 of week 6 of my 100 pushup program. Also im going to the gym to do some free weights. Ill try to train some easy excercices on my legs and see how it feels in my knee. It feels alot better now after a week of pure rest. Lets hope I reach full recovery soon!
Id like to encourage everyone to read this article I stumbled across also. Its very good, and its about a frenchman named Erwan Le Corre, who is a great guy with some good and healthy ideas surronding training. He has adapted the ideas of "Method Naturelle", and has his own webpage(in my links section) where he calls his view on training "Movnat". Check out the article here:
Article
There is also a video on youtube that shows some ideas surronding his ideas of how to use your body and natural surrondings to train:
Enjoy!
Anyway, my training is starting again today after a week and a half of rest, due to my knee and my cold. Now im feeling really good again, so I will atempt day 1 of week 6 of my 100 pushup program. Also im going to the gym to do some free weights. Ill try to train some easy excercices on my legs and see how it feels in my knee. It feels alot better now after a week of pure rest. Lets hope I reach full recovery soon!
Id like to encourage everyone to read this article I stumbled across also. Its very good, and its about a frenchman named Erwan Le Corre, who is a great guy with some good and healthy ideas surronding training. He has adapted the ideas of "Method Naturelle", and has his own webpage(in my links section) where he calls his view on training "Movnat". Check out the article here:
Article
There is also a video on youtube that shows some ideas surronding his ideas of how to use your body and natural surrondings to train:
Enjoy!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Metallica
So, thought id make a quicky before work. Saw Metallica this weekend. Oh my. It was a great show!
I dont have time to mention it to much, but ill upload a video and some images later. It was the first time I saw Metallica. I have always been a fan, even tho not a "super fan". Like my gf ;)
But it was really awsome to see this band that has followed me for so many years live. They really put on a great show, played alot of good old songs (and alot of new ones). I had a blast. Then we also had a hotel night in the package, so that was also pretty nice, to have some where to stay after the show, and not be forced to start to make our way home late at night.
My knee is feeling a little better to. I have done no training at all for the past week now, due to my cold and the knee. By thursday I hope to be fit enough to start conditioning again however. I guess I will be focusing alot of upper body strength the coming month, and ill do very light training for my legs. We will see. But im still happy. No more fever, I got to see Metallica and I had a great weekend. And my knee is feeling better. Maybe the gods have started to smile at me again? :)
I dont have time to mention it to much, but ill upload a video and some images later. It was the first time I saw Metallica. I have always been a fan, even tho not a "super fan". Like my gf ;)
But it was really awsome to see this band that has followed me for so many years live. They really put on a great show, played alot of good old songs (and alot of new ones). I had a blast. Then we also had a hotel night in the package, so that was also pretty nice, to have some where to stay after the show, and not be forced to start to make our way home late at night.
My knee is feeling a little better to. I have done no training at all for the past week now, due to my cold and the knee. By thursday I hope to be fit enough to start conditioning again however. I guess I will be focusing alot of upper body strength the coming month, and ill do very light training for my legs. We will see. But im still happy. No more fever, I got to see Metallica and I had a great weekend. And my knee is feeling better. Maybe the gods have started to smile at me again? :)
Thursday, March 5, 2009
holy crap...
05:30
Cant sleep anymore.. Pain in all of my body.. Fever, and headache. I feel so unlucky right now.. Dunno if I will be well enough for metallica on saturday
Curse my bad luck!
First jumpers knee.. Then I get the flue, with pains in all of my body.. Then I might miss metallica..
I hope ill win on the lottery later in life as a compensation :P
Cant sleep anymore.. Pain in all of my body.. Fever, and headache. I feel so unlucky right now.. Dunno if I will be well enough for metallica on saturday
Curse my bad luck!
First jumpers knee.. Then I get the flue, with pains in all of my body.. Then I might miss metallica..
I hope ill win on the lottery later in life as a compensation :P
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Quicky
Thought id add a quick little input.
Today I went to the physiotherapist, and we concluded that I most likely have what is known as "jumpers knee". My english skills is so poor so I dont know how to explain the condition. Ill just cut and paste a link with some info instead ;)
"Jumpers knee"
I think I have grade 1 or 2. So some rest and some simple exercices for the coming 4 - 6 weeks should fix the problem. This means, NO explosive excercises or jumping for that time. So I will be climbing of walls the first week I think.. But considering what will happen if ignored for to long it makes me very eager to rest.
If I reach grade 4, I will have to rest for atleast 3 months from training.. Not fun when the spring/summer is closing in. Also, at that grade of damage a surgery might be needed.
Also, there is another problem knows as: "patella tendonitis" that is sometimes confused with "jumpers knee". Jumpers knee is a degeneration of the tendon, and the first is an inflammation. The first is a bit more serious then "Jumpers knee"..
My therapist said that he wasnt 100% sure I actually had jumpers knee, but it was most likley. So we will try to do my rehab training for 4 - 6 weeks, and alot of rest, and see what happens. If that doesnt work, I think its off to the good doctor to make some x-ray and things like that.. I keep my fingers crossed that I do not have an inflammation.
And to top it all, I feel im getting ill aswell. Been feeling heavy in my head all day, and I had some shivers aswell. Also some sore throat.. The gods do not smile at me right now..
Now im going to go and lay down I think.. Be well!
Today I went to the physiotherapist, and we concluded that I most likely have what is known as "jumpers knee". My english skills is so poor so I dont know how to explain the condition. Ill just cut and paste a link with some info instead ;)
"Jumpers knee"
I think I have grade 1 or 2. So some rest and some simple exercices for the coming 4 - 6 weeks should fix the problem. This means, NO explosive excercises or jumping for that time. So I will be climbing of walls the first week I think.. But considering what will happen if ignored for to long it makes me very eager to rest.
If I reach grade 4, I will have to rest for atleast 3 months from training.. Not fun when the spring/summer is closing in. Also, at that grade of damage a surgery might be needed.
Also, there is another problem knows as: "patella tendonitis" that is sometimes confused with "jumpers knee". Jumpers knee is a degeneration of the tendon, and the first is an inflammation. The first is a bit more serious then "Jumpers knee"..
My therapist said that he wasnt 100% sure I actually had jumpers knee, but it was most likley. So we will try to do my rehab training for 4 - 6 weeks, and alot of rest, and see what happens. If that doesnt work, I think its off to the good doctor to make some x-ray and things like that.. I keep my fingers crossed that I do not have an inflammation.
And to top it all, I feel im getting ill aswell. Been feeling heavy in my head all day, and I had some shivers aswell. Also some sore throat.. The gods do not smile at me right now..
Now im going to go and lay down I think.. Be well!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Been a while
Havent written in a while now. Been to busy keeping my body in motion and training hard ;)
Just got home from a nice 3 hour indoor training session with the people in Uppsala. Was a good fun day! Always alot of fun to train with them.
Did some nice progress I felt there today, and I can hardly wait till the summer comes in all its glory.. I mean, I still train outside even tho we have ice, snow and such here. But I am a bit "crippled" due to the ice and snow. Its a challenge to overcome, and in a way I guess that is what parkour is all about.
But I must say, its alot more fun to train when its atleast a little warmer outside, and no snow.. So I am really looking forward to spring and summer now. Atleast the sun has started to show itself alot more recently. Have had a great week so far with alot of sun, and some nice times outdoors.
I am however having some feelings in my left knee. Something I have felt since the last summer. Recently tho I have started to have a bit more pains in my knee, so I think I will have to look it up. Hopefully I wont have to do any surgery.. But we will see what x-ray and the physiotherapist will say.
Today I have had some thoughts regarding training, parkour and competition. Something I do not endorce in any way when it comes to parkour, or freerunning. However, competition is defined in many ways. Do we not compete when we challenge our friend to do what we just did? Or when we "play" and we try to "push" eachother in a reasonable fashion?
Sometimes competition doesnt always mean that we compete for money, and for winners and losers. Sometimes, maybe we compete against our friends in a friendly fashion, we compete against our self. Our past achivements, do we not always strife to overcome them? We always aim to be stronger, faster and more able to help, and be there for those in need. One day, maybe we compete against death..
Anyway, to conclude what I have written, I do not think we can have traditional competitions in le parkour, as it removes the whole idea of what is parkour. We can however compete against ourselves. And we have to wonder about the word, and how we define "competition". Competition is always competition. But the outcome of competition is what can differ.
But in the end, I guess there are more negative aspects involving the word competitions. Hopefully parkour will evolve with the help of people like David Belle, Yamakasi and parkour generations towards an understanding that makes competition unthinkable for the mass of practioners of the art. In the spirit of le parkour, there can be no winners, and no losers.. Only practioners.
Compete against yourself. And challenge your friends!
/Ronnie
Just got home from a nice 3 hour indoor training session with the people in Uppsala. Was a good fun day! Always alot of fun to train with them.
Did some nice progress I felt there today, and I can hardly wait till the summer comes in all its glory.. I mean, I still train outside even tho we have ice, snow and such here. But I am a bit "crippled" due to the ice and snow. Its a challenge to overcome, and in a way I guess that is what parkour is all about.
But I must say, its alot more fun to train when its atleast a little warmer outside, and no snow.. So I am really looking forward to spring and summer now. Atleast the sun has started to show itself alot more recently. Have had a great week so far with alot of sun, and some nice times outdoors.
I am however having some feelings in my left knee. Something I have felt since the last summer. Recently tho I have started to have a bit more pains in my knee, so I think I will have to look it up. Hopefully I wont have to do any surgery.. But we will see what x-ray and the physiotherapist will say.
Today I have had some thoughts regarding training, parkour and competition. Something I do not endorce in any way when it comes to parkour, or freerunning. However, competition is defined in many ways. Do we not compete when we challenge our friend to do what we just did? Or when we "play" and we try to "push" eachother in a reasonable fashion?
Sometimes competition doesnt always mean that we compete for money, and for winners and losers. Sometimes, maybe we compete against our friends in a friendly fashion, we compete against our self. Our past achivements, do we not always strife to overcome them? We always aim to be stronger, faster and more able to help, and be there for those in need. One day, maybe we compete against death..
Anyway, to conclude what I have written, I do not think we can have traditional competitions in le parkour, as it removes the whole idea of what is parkour. We can however compete against ourselves. And we have to wonder about the word, and how we define "competition". Competition is always competition. But the outcome of competition is what can differ.
But in the end, I guess there are more negative aspects involving the word competitions. Hopefully parkour will evolve with the help of people like David Belle, Yamakasi and parkour generations towards an understanding that makes competition unthinkable for the mass of practioners of the art. In the spirit of le parkour, there can be no winners, and no losers.. Only practioners.
Compete against yourself. And challenge your friends!
/Ronnie
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