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The biggest battle is still with the Ego. Had to mumbled the daily reminder "Form Over Reps" under my breath as the reps start adding up in each exercise. Then there is the change in goals and targets this year-- start practicing on handstands and frog/ crow pose. Skills training splits.. Strength training is still needed of course.   Muscle-ups training will have to wait till the new pullup stand is here next month. In any case I reckon all of these is really gonna need some strong shoulders work first.   After a few practices, I decided starting planche will just have to wait even longer until I can do all the rest. In addition core will have to be buildup further especially on anything with L-sits involved. Be it doing it with dips, pull or chin ups...   Basic "Daily" Fundamentals remain: Pullups L-sitChinUps Diamond Pushups Dips DragonFlags AirSquats  No change. But in addition PikePushUps - for all the shoulder strengthening in above mentioned moves  "Isn...

01 Jan 2023 Experiment 001/23- debunking carbo loading myth and calisthenics leg training as efficiency instead of regular cycling.  http://rant-o-gram.blogspot.com/2023/01/expt-00123-no-carbo-ride.html?m=1 Ride: 126-128km   Pullups: 10 02 Jan 2023 Break Pullups: 22   03 Jan 2023 Not a good day with all the news on the first day back to work. BUT THE SHOW MUST GO ON... Pullups: 10, (8,8,8)... all Hi pulls DPU: 30,30,25,20 DF: 7,5,5,5 Superset: (5L-sitChinUps + 40sec HB Hang) x2 HollowBody Hold- ~20-30 sec x 5 04 Jan 2023 Another non stop workday ... Just maintenance this evening Pullups: 4,6,10,10 - Hi-Pulls DPU: 30,25,20,20 NormalPU: 20,20,21 AirSquats: 35,35,35   05 Jan 2022 Break   06 Jan 2023 Maintenance session after another overloaded day  Pullups: 10,10,10,11 Dips: 20,15,20,15 AirSquats: 35,35,35,35 DPU: 25, 20, 20   07 Jan 2023 Run: 6.32km Pullups: 10,10,10   08 Jan 2023 Feeling lethargic... Fitness Park 1 .. for M. Up training and Pullup...

  Ending the 125km New Year Day Ride with some pullups past midnite on the 2nd Jan A "zero carb" day lasted 115km before caving in to a couple of roti plaster at Changi Point, 11:30pm Got a text last week from my bubbly friend, Giles, aka The PCN King for a 125km ride on New Year's Day. Quickly answered to a yes, forgetting I haven't been riding in over a YEAR!.. Yea, there were a few scraggly short rides in 2022, nothing worth mentioning. The lapse on pedal time like running was due to the strength training taking up most days since Apr... Saddled up on 30 Dec for a 55km ride to Changi and back... Surprisingly, was able to keep up to my old average pace under the same usual condition at this "test" stretch on my dodgy gravel bike ...still on chunky 40c tires.  Was thinking during the ride how much of the daily squatting regime since October has contributed to keeping up now as while pushing against the dreaded 5pm headwind at Coastal Road. Cardio was certai...