And yet, I still can't stand endive (witlof)...As with a lot of cells in your body, your tasting buds change completely in 7 years. So you can try every now and again something you remember disliking a lot at some point and find it's okay. Or find out your favourite childhood dish isn't your favourite anymore (and it's not always something to do with the fact that your parent did it better)
Next try in 7 years!
From Walking to Running Day 11 Daily Push-ups Day 26 Walk and Run Day 26 Lower Abs Day 26 Epic Core Day 11 Destress Day 26 Personal Challenge 5.2 Writing. Day 11 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
From Walking to Running Day 12 Daily Push-ups Day 27 Walk and Run Day 27 Lower Abs Day 27 Epic Core Day 12 Destress Day 27 Hand gripper. Personal Challenge 5.3 Writing. Day 12 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
I have the first one planned out already.
From Walking to Running Day 13 Daily Push-ups Day 28 Walk and Run Day 28 Lower Abs Day 28
Epic Core Day 13 - I have decided to abandon this challenge. I have had an on-again-off-again affair with sitting twists, and again just today another message landed in my inbox saying how they compressed the spine. I already have issues with my spine and don't need to do anything that could aggravate matters. There are other core exercises I can do so from hereforth I forego all sitting twists! It's kind of a shame because I find them really easy, but perhaps that in itself is telling me something - they don't do much for me. Destress Day 28 Personal Challenge 6.1 Writing. Day 13 of Camp NaNo. This is my third go-around with this story. I had to do a fair bit changing of the first few chapters but I'm still excited by it all, and I'm really happy with the way it's going. Reading.
Fun, though...
From Walking to Running Day 14 Daily Push-ups Day 29 Walk and Run Day 29 Lower Abs Day 29 Destress Day 29 Personal Challenge 6.2 Writing. Day 14 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
From Walking to Running Day 15 Daily Push-ups Day 30 Walk and Run Day 30 Lower Abs Day 30 Destress Day 30 Personal Challenge 6.3 Writing. Day 15 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
From Walking to Running Day 16 50 Push-ups a Day Day 1 Warrior Arms Day 1 Power Grip Day 1 Abs Day 1 Personal Challenge 7.1 Writing. Day 16 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
From Walking to Running Day 17 - isn't it annoying when you forget to start your FitBit recording! 50 Push-ups a Day Day 2 Warrior Arms Day 2 Power Grip Day 2 Abs Day 2 Personal Challenge 7.2 Writing. Day 17 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
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30 Days of Gravity Day 1 From Walking to Running Day 18 50 Push-ups a Day Day 3 Warrior Arms Day 3 Power Grip Day 3 Abs Day 3 Taekwondo. As usual on the first day of term, the coach said he'd take it easy on us. I wonder why coaches say that? The warm-up was a series of 30-second exercises - jumping jacks, plank, jump-ins, sit ups and suchlike. Then we did the shoulder touching drill where you partner up and, standing with blade of feet touching, you try to tap your partner's shoulder while stopping them touching yours, all with just the front hand. My first partner was a 7-year old girl. I swear none of mine were that little at 7! I thought she was about 5. I had to be in a deep squat so that she could reach my shoulder. The boy who came next wasn't much taller, and the one after that had maybe a couple of centimetres on them. Lined back up and did punching and some kicking drills, including jumping front kick. Finally, we were back with our first partners (in my case, the 7-year-old girl) to work self-defences. I was on my knees and I was still taller than she was! Made things interesting. I did the first self-defence on her to show her how it felt and got her to do it to me a few times. The second one I couldn't really do on my knees as it required stepping around, but I was fairly confident I knew that one anyway so just worked it with her. It was quite funny - being beaten up by a tiny little girl. More good news as one of our teens has been selected for the National team to go sparring in Bosnia. But the best thing happened at the end of class - chocolate cake with cream! Yes, it was the club's 2nd anniversary and there was cake. Personal Challenge 7.3 Writing. Day 18 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
30 Days of Gravity Day 2 - bicep curls instead of back fists From Walking to Running Day 19 50 Push-ups a Day Day 4 Warrior Arms Day 4 Power Grip Day 4 Abs Day 4 School walk - 2.6k x 2 Forgot on Tuesday that the Lad would want me to walk him to school, promised I'd start tomorrow - which was today. Rather icy still but then, it's mid-July so what can I expect? He'd forgotten I'd be picking him up on shanks' pony and he waited by the car line for a moment before he remembered, must have turned around and seen me standing there. Personal Challenge 8.1 Writing. Day 19 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
30 Days of Gravity Day 3 From Walking to Running Day 19 50 Push-ups a Day Day 5 Warrior Arms Day 5 Power Grip Day 5 Abs Day 5 School walk - 2.6k x 1 because I had to pick him up in the car this afternoon. Cold this morning, though. The actual temp was -3.7 but it felt -7.5. Yep, I'd agree it felt pretty cold! At least I was able to point out to the Lad the houses that had good roof insulation - they still had frost on the tiles. Taekwondo. Another 'easy' training. We got to choose our partners tonight, fortunately, selecting someone around the same height, but that was only for the warm-up. Some stepping drills with blocks. This time, instead of a lower block, the red and black belts stepped forward in long stance with a double lower block followed by double outer block. I enjoyed that. Must have been in the zone tonight. A bit later, the blue belts and up went on one side of the room, the other belts on the other side, then they had to come and get a partner. Fortunately this time my partner was a white belt who was not much shorter than me. We worked side kick on paddles, first off the front foot (which has been a new thing for me this year as it's a very 'sparring' sort of move and not a 'technical' move. Certainly not poomsae!), then off the back foot ensuring full rotation of supporting foot. As a white belt, my partner was probably more capable than I was as a white belt but she didn't have her foot at the correct angle and kept hitting the paddle with her toes rather than her heel. She managed to rotate her supporting foot pretty well, more hits than misses. Then we did side kick from the front foot, then a step forward with the back foot to the front foot and a second front foot side kick. Not surprisingly, she wasn't very good at that but my co-ordination was still good and I was happy with mine. As a finisher on the paddles, we did a front foot front kick (but not a ball kick) to the paddle then a side kick from the back leg. I was pleased with how I did that. Dropped the paddles and then we did a drill where one partner does a front foot side kick while the other does a slide back, just out of range. The coach was calling out A to kick, and then B (I was a B) and sometimes he'd try to trick us by calling out A - B - A - B - A - B - A - A and seeing who fell for it, but I know if he starts to get you in a rhythm, that's when you have to watch out. My partner wasn't very good at judging distance yet - that takes time - and I kept being able to kick her (I only gently touched her). A quick break, then I had to get a new partner - no, I hadn't broken my old one! She was taken off to work on something else. So I got a new white belt and we worked the two self-defences we had done on Tuesday but this time I didn't have to do it with someone half my size! I was quite pleased that I was able to work him through these moves - must mean that those ones have finally sunk into my thick skull! Personal Challenge 8.2 Writing. Day 20 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
30 Days of Gravity Day 4 From Walking to Running Day 20 50 Push-ups a Day Day 6 Warrior Arms Day 6 Power Grip Day 6 Abs Day 6 School walk - 2.6k x 2. It was quite a change from yesterday, being about 7° this morning when we set off. I was actually a little too warm walking back, wearing both hoodie and coat! Personal Challenge 8.3 Writing. Day 21 of Camp NaNo. I actually reached my goal about 4 days ago but I'm still doing some writing every day. Reading.
30 Days of Gravity Day 5 From Walking to Running Day 21 50 Push-ups a Day Day 7 Warrior Arms Day 7 Power Grip Day 7 Abs Day 7 Marcy Chest press 3 x 5 Personal Challenge 8.4 Writing. Day 22 of Camp NaNo. Reading. Such an exciting read today - I could hardly stop! I had to, though, when I finished the book. Land of Fire by Chris Ryan. Highly recommended if you want a spot of high-adrenaline SAS action.
30 Days of Gravity Day 6 From Walking to Running Day 22 50 Push-ups a Day Day 8 Warrior Arms Day 8 Power Grip Day 8 Abs Day 8 Marcy Chest press 3 x 5, 1 x 10 (lighter weight) Now, I love my Marcy machine, but the problem with having weight plates is that you have to go up and down a set weight, with no possibility of going up or down just a little bit more. I'm doing the 5 reps at 87% of my 1RM, whereas 1 plate down is 75% of my 1RM. And, hey, one plate up, is just over my 1RM! Dammit! Still, that 1RM isn't important right now, so long as by the time I find those 5 reps easy, I can do 3 with the higher weight. Something to work towards. Personal Challenge 9.1 Writing. Day 23 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
30 Days of Gravity Day 7 From Walking to Running Day 23 50 Push-ups a Day Day 9 Warrior Arms Day 9 Power Grip Day 9 Abs Day 9 Marcy Chest press 2 x 5 Personal Challenge 1.1 Writing. Day 24 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
30 Days of Gravity Day 8 From Walking to Running Day 24 50 Push-ups a Day Day 10 Warrior Arms Day 10 Power Grip Day 10 Abs Day 10 Taekwondo. Usual joint warm-up, then drills going up the line. I quite like this sort of thing. Started easy - alternate leg turning kick to mid-section. Slowly, it got more interesting, culminating in alternate leg low - mid - high. Looking not only for technique but also speed. Then a small group was peeled off and the rest of us did more drills. Long stance forward and backward with hands, beginning simply with lower block, then red and black belt were doing double face punch followed by double lower-section punch. Then we kicked again. Instep (or ball for high belts). First just one kick, then two kicks same leg, mid and high, then three kicks, low - mid - high. then alternate legs, mid - high. To end the session, we were again split off and the higher belts did one-step sparring (aka self defence). Number 1 and 2. I'm pretty confident those are in my memory now. Pretty confident. Maybe fairly confident... Writing. Day 25 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
30 Days of Gravity Day 9 From Walking to Running Day 25 50 Push-ups a Day Day 11 Warrior Arms Day 11 Power Grip Day 11 Abs Day 11 Marcy chest presses 2 x 5 - but it could have been 3 x 5 - I can't remember. I tend to do a set whenever I feel like it throughout the day. Personal challenge 1.2 Writing. Day 26 of Camp NaNo. Very pleased with today's effort. Stopped the timer every time I stood up or moved away from my work even for a minute. By the time I had to stop to take the Lad to his swimming lesson, I'd clocked almost 5 hours solid work. Amazingly, my brain isn't exhausted. I feel as though I could do another 5 hours, only it's bed time now. Reading.
30 Days of Gravity Day 10 From Walking to Running Day 26 50 Push-ups a Day Day 12 Warrior Arms Day 12 Power Grip Day 12 Abs Day 12 Writing. Day 27 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
30 Days of Gravity Day 11 From Walking to Running Day 27 50 Push-ups a Day Day 13 Warrior Arms Day 13 Power Grip Day 13 Abs Day 13 Marcy chest press 2 x 5 Writing. Day 28 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
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30 Days of Gravity Day 12 From Walking to Running Day 28 50 Push-ups a Day Day 14 Warrior Arms Day 14 Power Grip Day 14 Abs Day 14 Writing. Day 29 of Camp NaNo. Reading.
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Seconded.Anyway... we miss you
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There should be! We have some world-class champions here for sure!
