NPs log....

[norther practitioner]

chromium picolinate

[norther practitioner]

that chromium stuff.. um, dude, have you read up on it at all?

[Pork Chop]

http://www.berkeleywellness.com/html/ds/dsChromium.php

Yah, i know cp has been out of vogue for a while now.
The only reason I still take it is personal experience.
I took it when I was younger and remembered it working okay.
Then I started taking TwinLab's Creatine Fuel- the fruit puch kind; which is a blend of creatine and cp.
It drastically improved my ability to handle soreness.
I bought some cheapo non-name brand pure creatine (no fruit punch flava); without the cp and noticed it didn't have near the effectiveness.
After that I hit up vitamin world and got some 800 mcg CP tabs and started getting that kick again.
Yeah, I know there's a lot of contradictory claims out there.
Yeah, I know that one study seems to imply it can cause cancer.
I've been takin it coz it helps.

I'll cycle off of it for a bit to see if there are any changes.

My apologies for recommending something pretty controversial.

[norther practitioner]

Yeah, I read a bunch of that stuff... and in all fairness, you'll find all sorts of contradictory in claims, even by the same people....lol

Either way, I'm just saying be careful, and I'm planning on finding a protien shake this week... to start with..

[norther practitioner]

1/13
3 x 10 upward row
3 x 8 curl to upward press

I hit the bag 2 x 3 min.

feel good... can't wait for tom. I'll ski my ass off, to make up for resting to get feelin' good to go down.. lol, **** circles.

1/14
Try some pistols on the stairs again
light workout while I wait for my girl to pack tonight:
Crunches, pushups, dips off of end of couch, bootstrappers.

[norther practitioner]

1/15

Skied at Taos.

3 hiked runs (hike is about a 10-15 minute hike at around 11,000') first one I pushed my pace hiking up, second one I tried slow and steady but still had to stop once, third time I stopped twice, but only for about a minute. Keep in mind this is with ski boots on, skis over the shoulder, and I'm trying to NOT kill my quads doing this, as I need a lot of energy and power to turn on the steeps.

1/16

Recovery

1/17

50 Squats
50 Crunches

still a little sore

1/18

Took a day off

1/19

120 seconds of jumping jacks
25 x crunch reaching toward ceiling
25 x crunch reaching in between legs
25 x left
25 x right
2 x 30 squats
1 x 20 skier tuck squat
2 x 45 second hill climbers about as fast as I could do them
pyramid to 6 pushups succesful

[norther practitioner]

Been almost a week....

Sat. I went skiing...

I'm in the process still of moving in with my girl.. so I workout when I can.

1/24

Forms, Forms, and watched chaser and my teacher wail on each other....

1/25

20 or 25 minutes on the cyclicle machine

2 x 12 x 60 pull downs
1 x 12 x 70 " "
1 x 10 x 80 " "
1 x 1 x 130 " "

3 Sets of inclined bench

2 sets on this crunch machine....

I have class again tonight..

[norther practitioner]

Went to class, was a little fatigued. Worked on an eagle claw form Starchaser is teaching me, and another form that shirfu is teaching the class. Felt a bit fatigued, not sore, but the muscles in my legs weren't all there...

So we did forms, some crunches, then chaser and I messed around a bit, and he made me tap in about a minute and a half....

[norther practitioner]

Oh, and I did pushups when I got home.

I only got to #4 on the 4 on the way up the pyramid.

[norther practitioner]

Pretty much took the weekend off.
IN the process of moving

[norther practitioner]

1/31
Did forms and a good warmup of light kicks and a walk through. My quads are toast today, I think I'm going to try to get on the cycle for 20 minutes this afternoon, then an upper body workout.


However, today is a sad day for NP....

I have to say my final fairwells to the one and only ONYX. The great dog that he is.

[norther practitioner]

Man, losing the pooch has soxored.

2/2

Went to class, worked yi lei mei fu for about an hour. I think this is the form I'll do now in competition. It can be pretty nice and flowy, but it still is very traditional. We did push hands for about 20 minutes. I then went to the gym at our condo complex (only a few machines, but it'll work) I did:
7 minutes on the cycle to rewarmup
1 warmup set of pulldowns
3 sets pulldowns at ~75 % max I'm guessing.
1 set 1 rep at what my max was last night.
2 sets 15 reps of leg extensions.
3 sets 12 reps of whatever it is called when you sit down on the floor and pull the bar toward you....

Then on the cycle again for about 10 or 15 minutes, I'd push it for about 1.5 minutes, then let my heart catch up to me, then do it again.... prob. about 4 or 5 sets.

[Pork Chop]

Sorry about your dog man... had to give away 2 over the last 5 years and it's heart wrenching....


I think the sitting on the floor thing is a seated row or a pull down; unless i'm just confused...

Interval training on the cycle sounds fun.

[norther practitioner]

Sorry about your dog man...

Thanks... I hadn't been hit like that in years.

seated row

Thats it, thanks.

Interval training on the cycle sounds fun.

tis true, tis true

[Chief Fox]

Originally posted by norther practitioner
I have to say my final fairwells to the one and only ONYX. The great dog that he is.

Wow, man. Sorry to hear about your dog. Loosing a dog is like loosing a part of your sole. Me and my dog have put in many many miles together out trail running. He's getting old now and slowing down a lot. What kind of dog was ONYX? I got mine from the pound. He's all mutt but a great dog. Anyway, hang in there man.