Day 2 of my new swimming routine. Or, I should say, my revived swimming routine. The UCSB pool was kinda crowded today. Odd because Tuesday morning it was almost empty. Maybe everyone’s doing the Monday/Wednesday/Friday thing. Anyways, I felt a little better today. Probably I’ll see improvements daily for the first couple of months. I… Continue reading first water
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first iron
First iron at GVAC. Went fast, felt good, was sweating hard (unusual). Focused on really hitting my chest, shoulders and triceps. Looked for the pain, found it, sorta went through it. I always think I could have done better but today hurt good. dumbbell bench press 5 x 12 @ 65 lbs on the 2:00,… Continue reading first iron
first wood
Campus board, I think I love you. I wasn’t even “campusing” today. That would mean I was doing moves, at least bumping between rungs. Nope, I was just hanging from the rungs. That’s how much I love campus boards. And like most things campusing is most fun in the morning. If you ask me, “dude,… Continue reading first wood
swimming is good stuff
I swam this morning. Loved it. Something about being in the water is rad. At the risk of sounding unmanly I feel I should have been born an otter or something. Something that swims around a lot like maybe a seal. Anyways, getting in and cranking out some laps felt really natural, like it hasn’t… Continue reading swimming is good stuff
and then there was one
Thanks to Phil’s shoulder surgery last Friday I’m left scrounging for belays at the Tor. Which would have ruined my week had Micah not manned up for the occasion. So, it was me and the vegeta-bro keeping the funk alive at Santa Maria on Saturday. Things were good. The weather was a touch warm for… Continue reading and then there was one
first iron at the Shed
Morning workouts at the Shed are extra fun. Just me and the weights. Hit chest, shoulders and triceps today. Felt OK. bench press 4 x 12 @ 155 lbs on the 2:00 Fourth set was real hard. 1 x 6 @ 155 on the 2:00 Yeah, that’s how hard the fourth was. Total failure on… Continue reading first iron at the Shed
GVAC first iron
Ahhh, another Thursday, another shoulder routine. DB bench press 1 x 12 @ 60 lbs on the 2:00 3 x 12 @ 65 on the 2:00 1 x 9 @ 65 on the 2:00 failure DB flys 5 x 12 @ 25 on the 2:00 seated DB shoulder press 1 x 12 @ 20 on… Continue reading GVAC first iron
again, this author is rad
Unraveling the Mammalian Diving Reflex, Part IDeeperBlue.net – September 3, 2002Unraveling the Mammalian Diving Reflex, Part IIDeeperBlue.net – September 26, 2002 “When freedivers dive deep they activate a set of physiological reflexes that act as the first line of defense against hypoxia. Collectively termed either the diving response or mammalian diving reflex (MDR), the mechanism… Continue reading again, this author is rad
pulmonary barotraumas
The Risks of AscentDeeperBlue.net – December 2, 2002 “For an equivalent change in depth the risk of barotrauma is greatest near the surface, a fact explained by Boyle’s law. A breath-holding free diver rising from 33 feet to the surface experiences a change in ambient pressure from two to one atmospheres. If the lungs fully… Continue reading pulmonary barotraumas