Well well well, shit have been happening at home, in my life and everywhere else as well! I always take pride in my very own readiness to take on whatever is coming, expected or unexpected..
Quote Police Academy Mentor "DOM" - "Expect the Unexpected!"
However, things get quite irritating and frustrating when it steps into the training that i need to do.
Anyway, lets put that far behind.. this post is about my FIRST OLYMPIC DISTANCE TRIATHLON! =D
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So, it has to be trifactor, couldn't be OSIM. I just needed that extra 2 to 3 weeks to get myself mentally ready for my very own Maiden OD Tri. :)
Went to bed at 11pm the night before and found myself tossing and turning til about 3.30AM.
GREAT! i have 2 hrs left to slp.. and then i close my eyes..
and then.. "RINNNNGGGG"...
Hey.. I thought I just closed my eyes?
Anxiety overridden me and I thought 2.5 Hrs of sleep didn't feel too bad. I prepped everything and packed everything 6 times or more the day before and thus I just need to get changed, body marked, grab my food, call the cab and off i can leave with my transition Box and bike. :)
On the cab, I listened to soothing music, I felt OK, to be honest, I know that the music's gonna boost me up and I was NEVER so confident about my swim BEFORE. I knew I can make it sub 30 this time!
"The sleep's not going to get me!" or so, I thought.
So I reached there on time, 1hr before everything... Chatted with my transition area neighbours a little and went on to do my warmup swim. It still felt good. Wave condition checked, HR up, i'm ready to go.
So, I was at the starting line, at the front row waiting for the gun shot/horn... The swim start was a 3meters wide entry i think? haha.. really small and the groups are like in 100s only. So it really eases off the anxiety quite abit.
I looked ahead at the first buoy, and then the other and then the way back.. I told myself i'm gonna go at it 2x. Race pace. I can do it.
And then The Horn sounded and I did the entry just like practice. I porpoised just like how Evan taught me. Goggles was abit loose but it is ok... for the first 50 strokes, I felt strong.
But half way to the buoy... I FELT MY ENERGY SLIPPING AWAY! my arms are churning at a shockingly turnover rate.. and I FELT SLEEPY.
WTF?
still, the 2.5 hrs of sleep got me in the swim.. I relaxed and jsut tried to focus on gliding and getting the techniques right. One lap down, 16minutes. As I ran along the shore to the second lap entry, I told myself "its ok. Second lap WILL BE BETTER.".. So I went in, and suddenly, I was so alone.. I don't know why. haha.. and my morale dropped. I asked myself "I really don't feel good at all... I fucked up this race.. shit.. fuck it.." I turned around and look at the shore, its just 100m away..
And then I shaked myself up with a few more hard strokes. I asked myself these..
Why did you come?
What the fuck was those 4km of swim per week for?
You trained under Evan til you almost vomited but you still pulled through the last 6x50s and now you're giving up because you don't feel good in the 16th lap?
All your lovely boys and girls who're supporting you.. your own students in their first freshman distance and sprint distance.. Do I want them to see me telling me I gave up?
HELL NO.
I will myself up once I passed the first buoy and I finally went into race pace condition.
I build my kick in the last couple of hundreds as per practice. I ran up the shore line telling myself "Coach Nicole will be proud of this. So will Sam. AND EVERYBODY ELSE. I'M HERE TO RACE!!!! And my opponent? MYSELF."
I went into the transition knowing I'm beaten myself once in the swim.
Took my time in the transition to wear my shoes and helmet and get my bike out. I started the bike in a moderate spin gear... and then build into an average 95cad race pace that I held on for the whole of the bike leg.
I went into the run feeling great! Looking at the time, I did some math and figured I averaged abt 30kph.. goal achieved! :)
Once into the run, the searing heat was almost unbearable. A lot of people overheated.. I told myself I just have to continue going. Nic advised I may not be able to hold my race pace for 5km so I just have to BE PATIENT and do it just below threshold RPE until the last 1/3.
My goal time is below 1hr.
On the way, I met this guy named Kenny. And we striked a conversation and actually found that he's aiming for 1hr too and so I thought why not we pace each other.
We did just that and at times he pushed the pace harder, at times, I did that and dropped him a little but I looked back and cheered him on, he caught up again.
Judging from the first lap's heat condition, I doubt I could hold 3.5km of race pace as planned before hand so I decided to do it on the last lap back. When I'm there, I told myself "this is it. Race pace baby."
We let loose and I dropped him for a bit.. I carried on and pass the finishing line strong with him following closely in about couple of minutes behind.
It was Kenny's first too! :)
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It was a very very remarkable first time for me albeit a shorter bike lap but anyway, I felt like I finished the 6 laps feeling I could have gone maybe 1to 2kph faster so I think the pace is good.
Swim was disappointing but it was where I beat myself in the main struggle to continue and have a good race. That was what it was supposed to be all about isn't it?
Run was OK.. 56mins is acceptable.. Met coach after the race and since she said it was good timing for me then I shall accept it as a good timing for now! hehe.. ambitious me! :D
She had a "Training race" according to her and her timing is 2hr 33minutes..
(-_-")...
haha..
So my swim was actually 32minutes+, bike avg 30kph, and ran 56 minutes.. Plus transition of 7 minutes (time really flies here! gotta make it faster!).. 2 hr 48mins!
If bike is 4 km more, i'd be doing 2hr 56mins! hehe.. still under 3!
YAY YAY YAY
HIP HIP HURRAY FOR MY FIRST TRI!
NEXT UP: AVIVA HALF IRON MAN!!!!!! 21ST MARCH 2010!
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SAM BABY did a sub 2 hr sprint tri!!! she ran continuously this time for her 5km!!! her swim was 16minutes for 750! haha.. some guys can't even do that.:Pp so proud of her!!!!
We shall do this til old together~ :D
Love,
Sinner~
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
the little things.
Finally, today's rest day! Gonna teach James how to gym in 30 minutes time though..
Later in the afternoon gonna train sam in the track....
Tired!
Anyway, was sharing with sam regarding refining the littlest of things and seeing heaps of improvements to come.
It started with me telling sam that she is much stronger this time and thus an improvement.. then she went like "no... yadayadayada... the curly hair lady's stroke is smoother than me!..."
Then I told her.. I thought I was frustrated when no matter which ang mor it was who came to training in the same lane as i do.. i seem to always, yes i meant ALWAYS, lose to them by 1 lap!
Then Nicole's words kicked in.. "You're training for yourself!".. even though those words were meant for Marcus on track session but it rang a bell quite deep inside the competitive me.
Then sam realize that yeah she's been comparing herself too often than not to the people around her instead of looking at how exactly has she improve in the simplest way - aerobic fitness.
Which ultimately boils down to why I brought her to do tri..
Reason no.1 is simple: Lifelong fitness goals!
no.2: A hotter bod!
no.3: better self confidence!
no.4: something to do together!
no.5: A reason that should be in no.1 but I shall stop being a boring man... but here goes.
We often neglect the smallest of things in life to see the so called BIG picture. And then for most of the time when we look at the BIG picture, we'll see SMALL missing pieces scattered all over the place. It may just be 1 piece, it may be 20. But the key thing is that it is often that smaller pieces in the BIG picture that will make it complete.
Triathlons and endurance sports teaches that. Especially swimming and anything that is 80% technique focus. It is the most minor of the details/technique parts that when you improved, will help you gain free race time from the entire leg of that sport! ]
And if you're able to apply that to your life, I believe if you're serious in living your life as a person as serious as you ALREADY ARE in triathlon (assuming you're serious in tri), then probably you're another a person like me who live life to 150% because we get the FULLEST and MOST completed out of life compared to those who just walk the big picture and talk the big picture and moving on to next one never finding what is missing because they're too small and couldn't be bothered abt it.
Another good teaching that triathlon has...
How often than not do we compare to the rest around us needlessly? Like yesterday's training, we were looking at people around us who're chasing each other's asses down like crazy and then we go like "damn..we're damn lousy compared to them.." even if there're only 2 who's chasing each other in the whole group of 20... and we neglected the other 18 who're swimming as well as we normal human beings do..
In the first place, we joined triathlons for our own fitness endeavours and to add on to our own lovely things to do other than sex and movie and dinner and... coaching?.. If we look back at that very reason, why are we comparing and stressing ourselves out? Being competitive is good. Especially good for improvements in aerobic and anaerobic stuffs.. but definitely bad in ways that involves techniques of ours which are not exactly mature yet.
Thats why i told her.. to work on the smaller stuffs.. we don't chase people down the water by splashing more water.. hone your swim strokes techniques and before you know it, you'll be right up there with her. I've already proven technique wins at training more than 2k and above.
Most people's technique falter and their hips went right down and so did their legs.. thus they can't swim no matter how fit they are!
Applying it to real life..
When sam coach, when I coach.. how often than not, do we compare our kids swimming to those out there in the same pool as us but under another coach? Or compare my PT client's performance compared to the rest in the gym? I always believe to find out what is correct in the books/internet/researches/people and then teach them in DETAIL to your clients... be it small boys and girls or hot babes and sporty hunks. Once they hone the techniques and feel them in their blood and skin.. they'll swim like a fish.. and they'll gym better than 95% of the gym goers in Singapore other than Mr chan and I (yes, call me arrogant but I think I do better than the 95% out there too..)
Lovely post.. gotta rush for PT!
Cheers,
Sinner
Later in the afternoon gonna train sam in the track....
Tired!
Anyway, was sharing with sam regarding refining the littlest of things and seeing heaps of improvements to come.
It started with me telling sam that she is much stronger this time and thus an improvement.. then she went like "no... yadayadayada... the curly hair lady's stroke is smoother than me!..."
Then I told her.. I thought I was frustrated when no matter which ang mor it was who came to training in the same lane as i do.. i seem to always, yes i meant ALWAYS, lose to them by 1 lap!
Then Nicole's words kicked in.. "You're training for yourself!".. even though those words were meant for Marcus on track session but it rang a bell quite deep inside the competitive me.
Then sam realize that yeah she's been comparing herself too often than not to the people around her instead of looking at how exactly has she improve in the simplest way - aerobic fitness.
Which ultimately boils down to why I brought her to do tri..
Reason no.1 is simple: Lifelong fitness goals!
no.2: A hotter bod!
no.3: better self confidence!
no.4: something to do together!
no.5: A reason that should be in no.1 but I shall stop being a boring man... but here goes.
We often neglect the smallest of things in life to see the so called BIG picture. And then for most of the time when we look at the BIG picture, we'll see SMALL missing pieces scattered all over the place. It may just be 1 piece, it may be 20. But the key thing is that it is often that smaller pieces in the BIG picture that will make it complete.
Triathlons and endurance sports teaches that. Especially swimming and anything that is 80% technique focus. It is the most minor of the details/technique parts that when you improved, will help you gain free race time from the entire leg of that sport! ]
And if you're able to apply that to your life, I believe if you're serious in living your life as a person as serious as you ALREADY ARE in triathlon (assuming you're serious in tri), then probably you're another a person like me who live life to 150% because we get the FULLEST and MOST completed out of life compared to those who just walk the big picture and talk the big picture and moving on to next one never finding what is missing because they're too small and couldn't be bothered abt it.
Another good teaching that triathlon has...
How often than not do we compare to the rest around us needlessly? Like yesterday's training, we were looking at people around us who're chasing each other's asses down like crazy and then we go like "damn..we're damn lousy compared to them.." even if there're only 2 who's chasing each other in the whole group of 20... and we neglected the other 18 who're swimming as well as we normal human beings do..
In the first place, we joined triathlons for our own fitness endeavours and to add on to our own lovely things to do other than sex and movie and dinner and... coaching?.. If we look back at that very reason, why are we comparing and stressing ourselves out? Being competitive is good. Especially good for improvements in aerobic and anaerobic stuffs.. but definitely bad in ways that involves techniques of ours which are not exactly mature yet.
Thats why i told her.. to work on the smaller stuffs.. we don't chase people down the water by splashing more water.. hone your swim strokes techniques and before you know it, you'll be right up there with her. I've already proven technique wins at training more than 2k and above.
Most people's technique falter and their hips went right down and so did their legs.. thus they can't swim no matter how fit they are!
Applying it to real life..
When sam coach, when I coach.. how often than not, do we compare our kids swimming to those out there in the same pool as us but under another coach? Or compare my PT client's performance compared to the rest in the gym? I always believe to find out what is correct in the books/internet/researches/people and then teach them in DETAIL to your clients... be it small boys and girls or hot babes and sporty hunks. Once they hone the techniques and feel them in their blood and skin.. they'll swim like a fish.. and they'll gym better than 95% of the gym goers in Singapore other than Mr chan and I (yes, call me arrogant but I think I do better than the 95% out there too..)
Lovely post.. gotta rush for PT!
Cheers,
Sinner
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Tips for running, swimming, biking, triathlon....
The Science Behind Over-Reaching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-wju-T4JH8&feature=channel_page
Dave Scott's Solution to Over-Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PVezUvD9kI&feature=channel_page
The Importance Of Correct Seat Height
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U12rBydlxeI&feature=channel_page
Cadence and Gearing While Climbing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXeW6iiQRHM&feature=channel_page
Glancing over your shoulder while riding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ieVkcbw08&feature=channel_page
Preparing your triathlon travel bag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUnKr2PSFY8&feature=channel_page
How to set up your transition area
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sp9hxJKsII&feature=channel_page
Changing a Flat Tire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEXMOL9ZhJ4&feature=channel_page
Proper Form for Uphill & Downhill Running
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2qocvfCzE&feature=channel_page
Benefits of Road Bike Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXiwSTL7xgs&feature=channel_page
Fast Transitioning Bike to Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH6Bc3kiVGM&feature=channel_page
Causes of Muscular Failure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX9B2hvzLsI&feature=channel_page
Efficient Swimming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYt8x_7uL48&feature=channel_page
Enjoy,
Sinner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-wju-T4JH8&feature=channel_page
Dave Scott's Solution to Over-Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PVezUvD9kI&feature=channel_page
The Importance Of Correct Seat Height
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U12rBydlxeI&feature=channel_page
Cadence and Gearing While Climbing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXeW6iiQRHM&feature=channel_page
Glancing over your shoulder while riding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ieVkcbw08&feature=channel_page
Preparing your triathlon travel bag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUnKr2PSFY8&feature=channel_page
How to set up your transition area
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sp9hxJKsII&feature=channel_page
Changing a Flat Tire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEXMOL9ZhJ4&feature=channel_page
Proper Form for Uphill & Downhill Running
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2qocvfCzE&feature=channel_page
Benefits of Road Bike Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXiwSTL7xgs&feature=channel_page
Fast Transitioning Bike to Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH6Bc3kiVGM&feature=channel_page
Causes of Muscular Failure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX9B2hvzLsI&feature=channel_page
Efficient Swimming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYt8x_7uL48&feature=channel_page
Enjoy,
Sinner
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Song of Hatred...
长恨歌
自古多情空遗恨，此恨绵绵无绝期。
多情反被无情恼，人笑我痴我偏痴。
此处难觅同道人，可怜东家太孤零。
云起天边残阳血，一声惨笑一把泪。
自古多情伤离别，一别永世无归期。
多情总被寡情伤，东家忍将利刃刺。
不念廿载追随义，同气连根相煎急。
日破云涛万里红，威猛不复长太息。
FINALLY FOUND IT! AHAHA... Just trying to find the whole wen zhang to learn.. think its damn emo.. i like!
Emo,
Sinner
自古多情空遗恨，此恨绵绵无绝期。
多情反被无情恼，人笑我痴我偏痴。
此处难觅同道人，可怜东家太孤零。
云起天边残阳血，一声惨笑一把泪。
自古多情伤离别，一别永世无归期。
多情总被寡情伤，东家忍将利刃刺。
不念廿载追随义，同气连根相煎急。
日破云涛万里红，威猛不复长太息。
FINALLY FOUND IT! AHAHA... Just trying to find the whole wen zhang to learn.. think its damn emo.. i like!
Emo,
Sinner
Sunday, June 21, 2009
20.5KM + 38KM
haha..rode from baby's place to my place with her for 20.5KM.. then went out for a ride with fu.. 38KM of sprints and hills at mandai.. just finished 30 minutes worth of stretching..
We decided to go explore the whole stretch of Mandai.. and that we did.. when we went.. the climbs kinda caught us by surprised.. but at the end of the stretch, the two downhills were the worst worries because we thought we'd be killed when we finally on our way back..
Again, we got caught by surprised.. the way back was much easier than going there! haha.. but then again, maybe the going part was kinda spoilt by our double cheese burgers n fries.. wat to do.. nothing to eat.. zzz..
Was really happy i could sprint pretty ok because during the sprint tri practice with dear on friday my bike was COMPLETE BULLSHIT... :( glad i got it back with me again!
Fu did an excellent job too! But noticed his pedal strokes a bit on the smashing side thus the bike was surging forward again and again instead of going smoothly.. gotta focus more on perfect circles.. next time then tell him ba.. gotta go slp.. tired... me too gotta work on that.. and dear gotta work on the plantar flexion!
zzzz,
Sinner
We decided to go explore the whole stretch of Mandai.. and that we did.. when we went.. the climbs kinda caught us by surprised.. but at the end of the stretch, the two downhills were the worst worries because we thought we'd be killed when we finally on our way back..
Again, we got caught by surprised.. the way back was much easier than going there! haha.. but then again, maybe the going part was kinda spoilt by our double cheese burgers n fries.. wat to do.. nothing to eat.. zzz..
Was really happy i could sprint pretty ok because during the sprint tri practice with dear on friday my bike was COMPLETE BULLSHIT... :( glad i got it back with me again!
Fu did an excellent job too! But noticed his pedal strokes a bit on the smashing side thus the bike was surging forward again and again instead of going smoothly.. gotta focus more on perfect circles.. next time then tell him ba.. gotta go slp.. tired... me too gotta work on that.. and dear gotta work on the plantar flexion!
zzzz,
Sinner
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Scott Speedster S40 + Soul 4.0 Clincher
My little bro just got his first ROAD BIKE~~
Introducing Scott Speedster S40~
Equipped it with graphite look sprint pedals and it definitely live up to its name -
I.E. Speedster.
Very "Beng" in my opinion.. but it sure is a Speed Demon once it adorn the S4.0... spins like forever and slices through the wind better than my fully loaded Argon. haha..
Sounds abit jealous, yes indeed, I am. :D But I'm more happy than not for my little bro who is one more step into a healthy lifestyle!
Cheers
Sinner
Introducing Scott Speedster S40~
Tiagra 9 Speed parts with Scott own stock parts including its brake calipers. Very pleased with the braking performance.. maybe its because i changed the wheels to Soul S4.0... fantastic 41mm clincher to pair with this lovely bike in my opinion.
Its Bumble bee color... And it chooses its owner just like the one in Transformer too.. haha.. took it out for a spin and the setup's too comfortable for me until i found it quite uncomfortable. lol...Equipped it with graphite look sprint pedals and it definitely live up to its name -
I.E. Speedster.
Very "Beng" in my opinion.. but it sure is a Speed Demon once it adorn the S4.0... spins like forever and slices through the wind better than my fully loaded Argon. haha..
Sounds abit jealous, yes indeed, I am. :D But I'm more happy than not for my little bro who is one more step into a healthy lifestyle!
Cheers
Sinner
Monday, June 1, 2009
Trg notes.
My training has been going on for 4 weeks.. swim trg is starting to experience some downward progress curve..
I'm guessing it is the normal drop in performance after accumulated fatigue kick in.. it means suffering for 1 to 3 more weeks.. but it also mean a peak in performance after that! exhausted.. yet excited!
Well, on the other hand.. sweets and i noticed my right pull seem to be gliding a little lesser than my left pull which is an odd thing since right is my master side. It'd only mean a flaw in my technique since the strength part is not an issue.
After making sweets watch endless short swims.. she noticed the problem bcomes more obvious when i breathe.. but it is reduce (still exist though..) in my swim when i cut out the breathing part.
I am making a guess that from my top view, my body is long from my finger tip to my toe tips.. but on the frontal view.. my left arm may be digging slightly too deep at that extended position.. i don't know.. gonna get it checked out in tomorrow nite's swim.
My legs are suffering from fatigue too.. can't kick well.. looks like i have to add some kick torture training into my swims...
Horny,
Sinner
I'm guessing it is the normal drop in performance after accumulated fatigue kick in.. it means suffering for 1 to 3 more weeks.. but it also mean a peak in performance after that! exhausted.. yet excited!
Well, on the other hand.. sweets and i noticed my right pull seem to be gliding a little lesser than my left pull which is an odd thing since right is my master side. It'd only mean a flaw in my technique since the strength part is not an issue.
After making sweets watch endless short swims.. she noticed the problem bcomes more obvious when i breathe.. but it is reduce (still exist though..) in my swim when i cut out the breathing part.
I am making a guess that from my top view, my body is long from my finger tip to my toe tips.. but on the frontal view.. my left arm may be digging slightly too deep at that extended position.. i don't know.. gonna get it checked out in tomorrow nite's swim.
My legs are suffering from fatigue too.. can't kick well.. looks like i have to add some kick torture training into my swims...
Horny,
Sinner
Friday, May 22, 2009
Colorgenics.
As oppose to Fu's findings.. I find mine 65% close to what I am.. :)
Firstly and seriously I try very hard to be low profile in the things I do.. even though some actions (like wearing loud colors) seem to be opposite of this thinking of mine.
Also, I don't seek recognition from people.. neither do I give a damn to people's tinking if they're impressed with me or feel that I'm a nuisance in their world.
Those who're close to me will know I am a "accept me as who I am, this is ME or just fuck off." kinda person.
But yes, I'd agree I am VERY capable of achieving satisfaction through PhysiCal ActiVIty.. :)
I don't feel there is any gap between baby and me.. Our body fits perfectly into each other in EVERY single hugging/sitting/corpulating position you can tink of.
Emotionally too. =)
I also strongly disagree with this:
"You are afraid that you may not be able to realise or achieve your hopes and desires and so you insist that people should accept you as you are and appreciate your rights to anything that you aspire to."
What I want to realise/achieve has nothing to do with the people around me accepting me as who i am and appreciating my rights to anything i aspire to.
I want to be an iron man. Deca Iron man in many yrs down the road. And only through MYSELF, can I achieve that. Period.
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Anyway, here it goes.
You are very ambitious and because you seek and need recognition, you try in your own way to impress people and you want to be looked up to - to be both popular and admired. You feel that there is a gap which separates you from your fellow man, or woman as the case may be, but this anxiety is an unnecessary one. Keep on the way you are going and you may surprise yourself.
Being a likeable person you get on well with neighbours and friends. You don't need anything to 'Rock your boat'. You want to 'love' and to be 'loved'.
There are times of everyone's life when 'compromise' is the name of the game and this is the time, so you have no alternative but to forgo some pleasures for the time being. You are capable of achieving satisfaction through physical activity.
You are on tenterhooks and appear to be extremely nervous and upset. You are bored and you feel that life has far more to offer than this present day mundane existence. The way that you feel indicates that you have the need for a responsive and understanding relationship. You are prepared to follow up any opportunity which may present itself. However you are very choosy and you refuse to be swept off your feet unless integrity can proved to be 100% genuine. Therefore you are holding back, keeping your emotions in check because before you let down your guard you have to be sure. You are too trusting and you have no desire to be hurt again. You are responsive to conditions around you - but forever under control.
You are afraid that you may not be able to realise or achieve your hopes and desires and so you insist that people should accept you as you are and appreciate your rights to anything that you aspire to.
ALrightie.. Back to slp..
Sinner.
PS: the above disagreement does not come in any form of ego/pride defence. Just a shed of true colors of my very inner self. =) Why? like it said, I trust too easily.. and you too, my readers.. are one of those I trust my thoughts to. =)
Firstly and seriously I try very hard to be low profile in the things I do.. even though some actions (like wearing loud colors) seem to be opposite of this thinking of mine.
Also, I don't seek recognition from people.. neither do I give a damn to people's tinking if they're impressed with me or feel that I'm a nuisance in their world.
Those who're close to me will know I am a "accept me as who I am, this is ME or just fuck off." kinda person.
But yes, I'd agree I am VERY capable of achieving satisfaction through PhysiCal ActiVIty.. :)
I don't feel there is any gap between baby and me.. Our body fits perfectly into each other in EVERY single hugging/sitting/corpulating position you can tink of.
Emotionally too. =)
I also strongly disagree with this:
"You are afraid that you may not be able to realise or achieve your hopes and desires and so you insist that people should accept you as you are and appreciate your rights to anything that you aspire to."
What I want to realise/achieve has nothing to do with the people around me accepting me as who i am and appreciating my rights to anything i aspire to.
I want to be an iron man. Deca Iron man in many yrs down the road. And only through MYSELF, can I achieve that. Period.
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Anyway, here it goes.
You are very ambitious and because you seek and need recognition, you try in your own way to impress people and you want to be looked up to - to be both popular and admired. You feel that there is a gap which separates you from your fellow man, or woman as the case may be, but this anxiety is an unnecessary one. Keep on the way you are going and you may surprise yourself.
Being a likeable person you get on well with neighbours and friends. You don't need anything to 'Rock your boat'. You want to 'love' and to be 'loved'.
There are times of everyone's life when 'compromise' is the name of the game and this is the time, so you have no alternative but to forgo some pleasures for the time being. You are capable of achieving satisfaction through physical activity.
You are on tenterhooks and appear to be extremely nervous and upset. You are bored and you feel that life has far more to offer than this present day mundane existence. The way that you feel indicates that you have the need for a responsive and understanding relationship. You are prepared to follow up any opportunity which may present itself. However you are very choosy and you refuse to be swept off your feet unless integrity can proved to be 100% genuine. Therefore you are holding back, keeping your emotions in check because before you let down your guard you have to be sure. You are too trusting and you have no desire to be hurt again. You are responsive to conditions around you - but forever under control.
You are afraid that you may not be able to realise or achieve your hopes and desires and so you insist that people should accept you as you are and appreciate your rights to anything that you aspire to.
ALrightie.. Back to slp..
Sinner.
PS: the above disagreement does not come in any form of ego/pride defence. Just a shed of true colors of my very inner self. =) Why? like it said, I trust too easily.. and you too, my readers.. are one of those I trust my thoughts to. =)
Another Tri prac
If buddy reads this, she's gonna behead me.. Nevertheless I have to write down the improvements. :)
Me: 20laps 70% effort swim with a draggy suit (sugoi.. zzz).. in 21mins.
Baby: 16 laps in 20mins (mixture of FS and BS)
Me: 26~28K bike (Out sprinted a bicycle converted to motor bicycle over a distance of 1km? lol.. to be fair, that lousy engine was having 2 riders on it. I could hear them shouting "CHIONG AR.. CHIONG AR~~~"..) :P but I nv see them since I passed them around the corner.. lol
Baby: 20K bike (Feeling strong~ need more feedback from her though)
Me: 7K run in 40mins flat (abt 80% HR), hit 5K run in 28mins flat (2 mins better than the 30minutes i clocked for the sprint tri considering i actually stopped to pee and walked abt 200m with baby)..
Baby: 5.2k in 50mins. Walk + Jog
--------------------
Overall conclusion of practice:
My run sucks. So does baby's run.
Baby need to learn how to ride and drink.. Must come my home prac with mountain bike first.. easier.
I need to get better at navigation.
Baby's body is not happy with concentrated 100plus... Need to try something else.. diluted, maybe? HTwoO maybe? Or perhaps can try powergel..
I need to learn to free hand to feed myself on the bike....
I tried to ride at the 4th last gear instead of the 3rd last.. but i can't seem to keep it at 85 to 95 RPM.. leg not enuff power... i must train harder..
Alright.. damn tired.. just finished preparing for bro's race stuff..
Nites,
Sinner
Me: 20laps 70% effort swim with a draggy suit (sugoi.. zzz).. in 21mins.
Baby: 16 laps in 20mins (mixture of FS and BS)
Me: 26~28K bike (Out sprinted a bicycle converted to motor bicycle over a distance of 1km? lol.. to be fair, that lousy engine was having 2 riders on it. I could hear them shouting "CHIONG AR.. CHIONG AR~~~"..) :P but I nv see them since I passed them around the corner.. lol
Baby: 20K bike (Feeling strong~ need more feedback from her though)
Me: 7K run in 40mins flat (abt 80% HR), hit 5K run in 28mins flat (2 mins better than the 30minutes i clocked for the sprint tri considering i actually stopped to pee and walked abt 200m with baby)..
Baby: 5.2k in 50mins. Walk + Jog
--------------------
Overall conclusion of practice:
My run sucks. So does baby's run.
Baby need to learn how to ride and drink.. Must come my home prac with mountain bike first.. easier.
I need to get better at navigation.
Baby's body is not happy with concentrated 100plus... Need to try something else.. diluted, maybe? HTwoO maybe? Or perhaps can try powergel..
I need to learn to free hand to feed myself on the bike....
I tried to ride at the 4th last gear instead of the 3rd last.. but i can't seem to keep it at 85 to 95 RPM.. leg not enuff power... i must train harder..
Alright.. damn tired.. just finished preparing for bro's race stuff..
Nites,
Sinner
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Beautiful song.. from SM's blog :)
Sweetheart..
Thank you so much for being here to hug and massage me and give me that orgasmic cure to my fever and gastro flu symptoms.. your magical pussy juice cured my headache once and for all when the usual ibuprofen when taken in twice the dosage won't even help...
Instead of just posting the song here to dedicate to you.. I'm gonna write you a poem.. It ain't gonna be beautiful.. neither is it gonna be as pretty as i want it to be.. but with my beatened body.. I shall try.. to give you something you're worthy. :)
So, sweetie..
Your hugs eased my worries..
Your kisses soothes my soul..
Your touch left me speechless..
Your love is unconditionally special..
Your caresses left me in fuzzy dizzy..
Sweet words as they may be..
But true heart speaks..
None could judge the deed..
Only you and I could understand..
The meaning deep within..
--------------------------------
Collin Raye's "The Gift"
Winter snow is falling down
Children laughing all around
Lights are turning on like a fairy tale come true
Sittin' by the fire we made
You're the answer when I prayed
I would find someone and baby I found you
And all I want is to hold you forever
All I need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And I'm thankful everyday
For the gift
Watching as you softly sleep
What I'd give if I could keep
Just this moment if only time stood still
But the colors fade away
And the years will make us gray
But baby in my eyes you'll still be beautiful
And all I want is to hold you forever
All I need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And I'm thankful everyday
For the gift
All I want is to hold you forever
All I need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
I can't find the words to say
And I'm thankful everyday
for the gift
-----------------------------------
Everyday we just wanna hold each other longer... How true. :)
Favorite Hugs,
Sinner
Thank you so much for being here to hug and massage me and give me that orgasmic cure to my fever and gastro flu symptoms.. your magical pussy juice cured my headache once and for all when the usual ibuprofen when taken in twice the dosage won't even help...
Instead of just posting the song here to dedicate to you.. I'm gonna write you a poem.. It ain't gonna be beautiful.. neither is it gonna be as pretty as i want it to be.. but with my beatened body.. I shall try.. to give you something you're worthy. :)
So, sweetie..
Your hugs eased my worries..
Your kisses soothes my soul..
Your touch left me speechless..
Your love is unconditionally special..
Your caresses left me in fuzzy dizzy..
Sweet words as they may be..
But true heart speaks..
None could judge the deed..
Only you and I could understand..
The meaning deep within..
--------------------------------
Collin Raye's "The Gift"
Winter snow is falling down
Children laughing all around
Lights are turning on like a fairy tale come true
Sittin' by the fire we made
You're the answer when I prayed
I would find someone and baby I found you
And all I want is to hold you forever
All I need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And I'm thankful everyday
For the gift
Watching as you softly sleep
What I'd give if I could keep
Just this moment if only time stood still
But the colors fade away
And the years will make us gray
But baby in my eyes you'll still be beautiful
And all I want is to hold you forever
All I need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And I'm thankful everyday
For the gift
All I want is to hold you forever
All I need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
I can't find the words to say
And I'm thankful everyday
for the gift
-----------------------------------
Everyday we just wanna hold each other longer... How true. :)
Favorite Hugs,
Sinner
Thursday, May 7, 2009
What a ride.
Am supposed to rest today.. but resting for 7 straight days just ain't me.
Went to ride with fu in the early morning.. wanted a relax ride plus my training wheels punctured last nite out of no reason.. so i switched to my race wheels to ride.. was able to easily maintain 35kph over the straight routes but been inactive outdoor for too long and thus the climbs hurt quite abit.. but i am started to learn to enjoy the pain.. :)
Can almost easily get in and out of aero position le.. more riding should help gain more confidence.. I am very impressed with fu's ability to handle the bike with such gracious ease! Serious.. all frank.
Was just cruising all along other than the cck road and also on the way back after breakfast.. it was a hard and fast sprinting 5k at the end because it was abt to rain.. fucking hate the traffic light.. would have completely missed the downpour if not for the traffic lights and also i find the learning cars rather irritating because they keep doing unpredictable moves.. now i know how irritating i am.. :D
I think I micro tore something in my left butt.. quite deep inside.. i heard a slight "piak" when i was doing split and pushing to go lower yesterday...
Like i was telling sam.. I really have high hopes in Shirley's teaching and I hope to climb up the positions in future races with her help and my own perserverance and passion for the sport!
Hopefully, I can influence more ppl to join me in the sports too.. cycling is joint stress free if set up properly and i've bought the trainer and i can now help to set the ppl up le.. gonna read up more on all the how and why and what to do for setting ppl up on the bikes.. Swimming is good for the upper body muscles and running is uber cool for the legs' bone density. That leaves the core strength the only missing link from triathlon training being a wholistic fitness practice.. :)
Seriously, I wanna dig more into this and hopefully i can be a triathlon trainer too other than a personal trainer and swimming instructor.
I remember gary saying this to me when i told him i finished and passed lifesaving instructor course some time after i passed swim instructor course... "WAH LAO.. U WANNA DO WAT? I TELL U.. IN LIFE.. DO THINGS MUST FOCUS .. THEN U CAN SUCCEED!"...
I think the focus i have.. is SPORTS and WHOLISTIC FITNESS as one. Shortly after his comments.. i took up fitness instructor course and i passed it too.. Now just waiting to pass NSCA CPT course...
All the best to me..
Sporty,
Sinner
Went to ride with fu in the early morning.. wanted a relax ride plus my training wheels punctured last nite out of no reason.. so i switched to my race wheels to ride.. was able to easily maintain 35kph over the straight routes but been inactive outdoor for too long and thus the climbs hurt quite abit.. but i am started to learn to enjoy the pain.. :)
Can almost easily get in and out of aero position le.. more riding should help gain more confidence.. I am very impressed with fu's ability to handle the bike with such gracious ease! Serious.. all frank.
Was just cruising all along other than the cck road and also on the way back after breakfast.. it was a hard and fast sprinting 5k at the end because it was abt to rain.. fucking hate the traffic light.. would have completely missed the downpour if not for the traffic lights and also i find the learning cars rather irritating because they keep doing unpredictable moves.. now i know how irritating i am.. :D
I think I micro tore something in my left butt.. quite deep inside.. i heard a slight "piak" when i was doing split and pushing to go lower yesterday...
Like i was telling sam.. I really have high hopes in Shirley's teaching and I hope to climb up the positions in future races with her help and my own perserverance and passion for the sport!
Hopefully, I can influence more ppl to join me in the sports too.. cycling is joint stress free if set up properly and i've bought the trainer and i can now help to set the ppl up le.. gonna read up more on all the how and why and what to do for setting ppl up on the bikes.. Swimming is good for the upper body muscles and running is uber cool for the legs' bone density. That leaves the core strength the only missing link from triathlon training being a wholistic fitness practice.. :)
Seriously, I wanna dig more into this and hopefully i can be a triathlon trainer too other than a personal trainer and swimming instructor.
I remember gary saying this to me when i told him i finished and passed lifesaving instructor course some time after i passed swim instructor course... "WAH LAO.. U WANNA DO WAT? I TELL U.. IN LIFE.. DO THINGS MUST FOCUS .. THEN U CAN SUCCEED!"...
I think the focus i have.. is SPORTS and WHOLISTIC FITNESS as one. Shortly after his comments.. i took up fitness instructor course and i passed it too.. Now just waiting to pass NSCA CPT course...
All the best to me..
Sporty,
Sinner
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Easy?
Nobody said anything is gonna be easy in life.. But it makes a difference when you try it and when you don't.
Pain is temporary, Quitting vs Glory is FOREVER.
Monday I'm officially starting my training for HIM.. am very excited abt it and I place high hopes for myself in what I want to achieve vs what I think I can achieve.. I want to live up to it..
Better start eating and sleeping healthy~
Never say Die,
Always say CAN!,
Sinner
Pain is temporary, Quitting vs Glory is FOREVER.
Monday I'm officially starting my training for HIM.. am very excited abt it and I place high hopes for myself in what I want to achieve vs what I think I can achieve.. I want to live up to it..
Better start eating and sleeping healthy~
Never say Die,
Always say CAN!,
Sinner
Monday, April 27, 2009
FT Island - Always be Mine
Lovely song. They're Koreans.. pretty good english i must say. Better than the opposite of the "Sun".
I hear you breathe your lying close to me
the shadow's gone I enfold my peace (?)
You make me calm with you I'm safe and warm
Enlight by yourside are strength to the night till eternity that's the way it will be
And I wonder what you're dreaming of
You're so peaceful when you sleep
Everything I want everything I need
Is lying here, in front of me
Oh yeah
And if I ever lose my power to fly
Then your love takes me high
I always fiddle to you
Sometimes I think I might lose that all
Cause the chances so small
Cause ypu hold me close
I feel you near don't let go say you always be here
Just hold me tight and I'll be fine dreaming
You will always be mine
Just like the song
you make me warm inside
like a soft summer breeze
a moment to see so true
I won't stop loving you
And I wonder what you're dreaming of
You're so peaceful when you sleep
Everything I want everything I need
Is lying here, in front of me
Oh no
And if I ever lose my power to fly
Then your love takes me high
I always fiddle to you
Sometimes I think I might lose that all
Cause the chances so small
Cause ypu hold me close
I feel you near don't let go say you always be here
Just hold me tight and I'll be fine dreaming
You will always be mine
And I wonder what you're dreaming of
You're so peaceful when you sleep
Everything I want everything I need
Is lying here, in front of me
And if I ever lose my power to fly
Then your love takes me high
I always fiddle to you
Sometimes I think I might lose that all
Cause the chances so small
Cause ypu hold me close
I feel you near don't let go say you always be here
Just hold me tight and I'll be fine dreaming
You will always be mine
Dreaming
You will always be mine
----------------------------------------
I always dig boy bands' songs and up til now 98 Degrees and BSB still rings in my jukebox.. I'm adding this today.
Cheers,
Sinner
I hear you breathe your lying close to me
the shadow's gone I enfold my peace (?)
You make me calm with you I'm safe and warm
Enlight by yourside are strength to the night till eternity that's the way it will be
And I wonder what you're dreaming of
You're so peaceful when you sleep
Everything I want everything I need
Is lying here, in front of me
Oh yeah
And if I ever lose my power to fly
Then your love takes me high
I always fiddle to you
Sometimes I think I might lose that all
Cause the chances so small
Cause ypu hold me close
I feel you near don't let go say you always be here
Just hold me tight and I'll be fine dreaming
You will always be mine
Just like the song
you make me warm inside
like a soft summer breeze
a moment to see so true
I won't stop loving you
And I wonder what you're dreaming of
You're so peaceful when you sleep
Everything I want everything I need
Is lying here, in front of me
Oh no
And if I ever lose my power to fly
Then your love takes me high
I always fiddle to you
Sometimes I think I might lose that all
Cause the chances so small
Cause ypu hold me close
I feel you near don't let go say you always be here
Just hold me tight and I'll be fine dreaming
You will always be mine
And I wonder what you're dreaming of
You're so peaceful when you sleep
Everything I want everything I need
Is lying here, in front of me
And if I ever lose my power to fly
Then your love takes me high
I always fiddle to you
Sometimes I think I might lose that all
Cause the chances so small
Cause ypu hold me close
I feel you near don't let go say you always be here
Just hold me tight and I'll be fine dreaming
You will always be mine
Dreaming
You will always be mine
----------------------------------------
I always dig boy bands' songs and up til now 98 Degrees and BSB still rings in my jukebox.. I'm adding this today.
Cheers,
Sinner
Sunday, April 26, 2009
BUAY TA HAN THIS KIND OF PARENTS...
Quoting from redsport news regarding the change of 2.4km to 5km run for NAPHA test...
“5km? Are they mad? My boy cannot take the sun. It’s so hot in Singapore,” said a parent who didn’t want to be named in case MINDEF targets her boy. “I hope they allow them to run the 5km on a treadmill in an air-con gym.”
WHAT THE FUCK MAN...
NOWADAYS CHILDREN ARE MADE OF PAPER?
OR ICE...???
Wahhhh.... cannot take the sun... must run in air con... next time war also in aircon?? need CONDUCIVE environment right... ?? goodness gracious..
FUCK THOSE GUNIANG CHEE BYE LA...
wah lan eh... BUAY TA HAN BUAY TA HAN BUAY TA HAN.... I READ ALREADY ALSO DAMN TU LAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nowadays really really ridiculous.. can you imagine.. Got ppl bring kid learn swimming.. then when its raining time.. the parent bring umbrella to shield him??
Shit man... Singapore army is gonna be filled with gu niang trainees soon man..
Jialat liao la....
PEK CEK,
Sinner
“5km? Are they mad? My boy cannot take the sun. It’s so hot in Singapore,” said a parent who didn’t want to be named in case MINDEF targets her boy. “I hope they allow them to run the 5km on a treadmill in an air-con gym.”
WHAT THE FUCK MAN...
NOWADAYS CHILDREN ARE MADE OF PAPER?
OR ICE...???
Wahhhh.... cannot take the sun... must run in air con... next time war also in aircon?? need CONDUCIVE environment right... ?? goodness gracious..
FUCK THOSE GUNIANG CHEE BYE LA...
wah lan eh... BUAY TA HAN BUAY TA HAN BUAY TA HAN.... I READ ALREADY ALSO DAMN TU LAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nowadays really really ridiculous.. can you imagine.. Got ppl bring kid learn swimming.. then when its raining time.. the parent bring umbrella to shield him??
Shit man... Singapore army is gonna be filled with gu niang trainees soon man..
Jialat liao la....
PEK CEK,
Sinner
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
To hell with excuses.
A very close brother of mine reminded me to write about this post. I'll dedicate this post to ALL of you bummers out there who always tell each other that you do not have time to train for an event or ask "i dun understand why these ppl have so much time to train and go for events like triathlon.. or all the other 'lons...'.. dun they need to make money or work?"...
The case of study is my sex bomb baby.
Working hours:
Wake at 6am.
Work from 7.30 to 7pm at CBD.
Muay Thai on Friday.
Reach training destination:8 PM.
Training start: at 8 sharp
Training end: 10pm ++
Dinner: From training end +30minutes.
Reach home: 12mn.
Repeat that for 7 days. You get her schedule.
Most of the weeks, she only train 2 days.. and the other 2 days will be used for friends/family gathering and/or rest nites.
Of course i made sure every training session was quality, mostly painful ones.. and hell, did she complain like the first time we did an anal fuck or worst..
You see, for me as a swim coach, and the rest who're self employed personnel, CEO of some big companies or simply bo liao ppl who slacks ard and silver spoon fed.. completing the triathlon is NO BIGGIE DEAL.
I only write down abt my tri as a big fuss because this is MY BLOG and I AM a VAIN BASTARD. :)
If you look at it from a neutral point of view, baby's come a fucking long way and there ARE people like her that went for the tri.. they didn't go there to compete with the pros.. they went there with a heart to find a piece of themselves.. a piece that is true to the end and will fight through the strongest tides in their very own life and mind. I am fucking proud of her and that achievement is something I, and those free time ppl will NEVER understand.. taking the littlest times they have for their life and make the best out of it with some healthy training.. i can see that her posture is better now and she is less tired in her daily work life too!
Seriously, all u need is an hour of quality training plus 30 mins of washing up and eating of breakfast.. if u wake at 6am usually to wash up and eat.. then all u need to do is wake at 4.50 to brush ur teeth, get ur gears and get out of the house and start jogging or biking.. or even walking!
Else if u're as hardcore as my baby, just do it every nite after ur fucking stressful job.. she told me this before one of our most siong bike and run training "i cant wait to destress with bike and running.."
and she did a FANTASTIC CRAZY workout that nite that I can't keep up with the number of laps she did too.. i planned 4 sets for her and myself.. bike and run = 1 set... she did 4 sets.. i did 3 and i collapsed mentally.
So i hope u guys who read this.. be motivated and just go and do something! run a 5 k run.. or 10 k.. watever! fuck coming in last.. who will care really? the fact that u're there competing and doing the event already IS mind boggling to those who are just outside taking photos or watching.
If anyone laugh at baby, i'd fucking shove my fucking finger in his/her fucking face.. unless u can do it too with her mad schedule, don't mess with her glory that she rightfully earned. :)
For those REAL bummers.
...
If u say u dun have time to workout.. ask urself how much tiem u spend in front of the tv. ask urself how much time u spend in bed before u actually fall asleep.. ask urself how much time u spent reading this or watching porn in the internet..(go fuck somebody and that's a better use of time.. great workout too.).. just do this when u're bumming ard:
2 mins of sit ups continuously, followed by (no rest)
2 mins of pushup continuously, followed by (no rest)
2 mins of plank continuously or in 2 sets of 45 secs repetitions with 15 secs rest, followed by (no rest)
2 mins of squats continuously.
Thats just a fucking 8 mins workout.. and i bet u'd feel damn shag after that no matter how fit u are. if u can do that everyday.. it'd be good enuff. plus climb the stairs.. skip the lift.. skip the card drive to a nearby place.. take a short jog from mrt to ur home.. u're gonna bathe anyway...
so stop giving urself excuses..BREAK OUT OF THAT SLUMP NOW!!! :)
Jiayou ba!
Inspired,
Sinner
PS: I am very happy to have Fu as my riding buddy as of now.. i hope this is something we can do regularly and i hope we can enrol more frens and sincere newbies to come in with our understanding and considerate coaching attitude.. :)
The case of study is my sex bomb baby.
Working hours:
Wake at 6am.
Work from 7.30 to 7pm at CBD.
Muay Thai on Friday.
Reach training destination:8 PM.
Training start: at 8 sharp
Training end: 10pm ++
Dinner: From training end +30minutes.
Reach home: 12mn.
Repeat that for 7 days. You get her schedule.
Most of the weeks, she only train 2 days.. and the other 2 days will be used for friends/family gathering and/or rest nites.
Of course i made sure every training session was quality, mostly painful ones.. and hell, did she complain like the first time we did an anal fuck or worst..
You see, for me as a swim coach, and the rest who're self employed personnel, CEO of some big companies or simply bo liao ppl who slacks ard and silver spoon fed.. completing the triathlon is NO BIGGIE DEAL.
I only write down abt my tri as a big fuss because this is MY BLOG and I AM a VAIN BASTARD. :)
If you look at it from a neutral point of view, baby's come a fucking long way and there ARE people like her that went for the tri.. they didn't go there to compete with the pros.. they went there with a heart to find a piece of themselves.. a piece that is true to the end and will fight through the strongest tides in their very own life and mind. I am fucking proud of her and that achievement is something I, and those free time ppl will NEVER understand.. taking the littlest times they have for their life and make the best out of it with some healthy training.. i can see that her posture is better now and she is less tired in her daily work life too!
Seriously, all u need is an hour of quality training plus 30 mins of washing up and eating of breakfast.. if u wake at 6am usually to wash up and eat.. then all u need to do is wake at 4.50 to brush ur teeth, get ur gears and get out of the house and start jogging or biking.. or even walking!
Else if u're as hardcore as my baby, just do it every nite after ur fucking stressful job.. she told me this before one of our most siong bike and run training "i cant wait to destress with bike and running.."
and she did a FANTASTIC CRAZY workout that nite that I can't keep up with the number of laps she did too.. i planned 4 sets for her and myself.. bike and run = 1 set... she did 4 sets.. i did 3 and i collapsed mentally.
So i hope u guys who read this.. be motivated and just go and do something! run a 5 k run.. or 10 k.. watever! fuck coming in last.. who will care really? the fact that u're there competing and doing the event already IS mind boggling to those who are just outside taking photos or watching.
If anyone laugh at baby, i'd fucking shove my fucking finger in his/her fucking face.. unless u can do it too with her mad schedule, don't mess with her glory that she rightfully earned. :)
For those REAL bummers.
...
If u say u dun have time to workout.. ask urself how much tiem u spend in front of the tv. ask urself how much time u spend in bed before u actually fall asleep.. ask urself how much time u spent reading this or watching porn in the internet..(go fuck somebody and that's a better use of time.. great workout too.).. just do this when u're bumming ard:
2 mins of sit ups continuously, followed by (no rest)
2 mins of pushup continuously, followed by (no rest)
2 mins of plank continuously or in 2 sets of 45 secs repetitions with 15 secs rest, followed by (no rest)
2 mins of squats continuously.
Thats just a fucking 8 mins workout.. and i bet u'd feel damn shag after that no matter how fit u are. if u can do that everyday.. it'd be good enuff. plus climb the stairs.. skip the lift.. skip the card drive to a nearby place.. take a short jog from mrt to ur home.. u're gonna bathe anyway...
so stop giving urself excuses..BREAK OUT OF THAT SLUMP NOW!!! :)
Jiayou ba!
Inspired,
Sinner
PS: I am very happy to have Fu as my riding buddy as of now.. i hope this is something we can do regularly and i hope we can enrol more frens and sincere newbies to come in with our understanding and considerate coaching attitude.. :)
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Virgin Tri.
So, baby and I went to our first triathlon yesterday.
Its a sprint.. but it is equally inspirational... most importantly, she COMPLETED IT! and she's not the last! haha.. super uber happy for her..
it was a TOUGH fight man.. especially when we only found out that it is actually TWO loops of bike AND run on that day DURING THE RACE! So, the below are the details...
Ah gong was very kind to drive us and our bike to our race destination.. really very sweet of him... even though I've really just known him for a short while recently.. he's become quite a pillar in my life.. he's too close a resemblance to my late dad and he's interested in bikes too.. i could fix bike with him all night long because i wished i had the chance to do so with my dad.. my dad wanted to teach me how to tighten the spokes too but then he passed away before he got the chance to teach me.. :(
Ok, anyway, butterflies really started to fly in the tummies in the last 10 mins to race start.. esp. for baby.. i was feeling quite normal actually.. despite the swim start was a little more chaotic than i expected it to be.. it was really just taking the beatings and beating others to the first buoy before relaxing until the destination for me... i did a 14minutes swim with abt 60% effort.. was really really surprised...
So, on to the shore i slowly walked up and after i feel my legs gets filled with more blood from standing up, i jogged to the transition.. alot of ppl are walking actually.. i seem to be the only one who's "gua xi gan" (rushing for time in hokkien) in all the transitions...
So, i sat down and drank from the hundred plus bottle we designed to motivate each other! haha.. sweet.. i felt rejuvenated.. and happily i wore my gloves, shoes, helmet and unrack my bike and off i go!
Mounted some distance from the mount line cos it was quite chaotic with some 10s of riders coming out after i walked out (the commentator shouted my name too! hahaha..) of the bike out lane... So off i go.. i was going relaxedly until sweat broke out and i knew i'm ready to go.. I upped my gear to just 1 more and just spun at abt 31 to 32 km/h.. upon u turn, i saw this pretty gorgeous triathlete ang more zhar bor (i'm always chasing them for those who noticed my nick in msn since my aquathlon).. haha.. so yes, she sprint passed me.. and i hesitated for awhile.. then i thought (still got one more lap back and its over.. so why not?).. stupid me.. so i chionged all out to chase her... averaging abt 35 to 37km/hr .. yes uber bikers.. i'm very slow i know.. but that was my highest effort for 2 months of biking can... :Pp
so i finally got her at abt half way back.. then after passed her.. and reaching the "end point" with flying bullet speed then i saw PEOPLE U-TURNING?!.. i was like fuck.. its lap TWO i guess... so i u turned feeling DAMN demoralized... i've lost in the mental battle.. especially when SHE passed me again and this time, i never get to see her tail light ever again..
It took me 3/4 of the way up to recover mentally and physically.. then i averaged 30 to 32 when i sprint back to transition area... racked my bike and changed my shoes... ran out and surprisingly, the bricks we did were more than sufficient for me.. i felt strong almost immediately for the run compared to the first time i did a brick i almost died from running after biking...
HOWEVER.. knowing that bike was screwed cos of lap 2.. "clever" me feels that something like that could happen.. so i went on to ask this uncle jogging and he said "its two laps." then the next thing i thought of is "SHIT.. I'M FUCKING WORRIED ABT BABY.. I WONDER IF SHE GAVE UP AT THE BIKE PART?? AND IF SHE EVER COMPLETE, WILL SHE BE SO SHAGGED THAT SHE'D NOT EVEN WANNA RUN??? WILL SHE FINISH LAST AND FEEL TOTALLY LOSE FACE AND DUN WANNA JOIN EVER AGAIN?!?! FUCK FUCK FUCK... I'M SO FUCKED as a trainer.......:'(.."
So, I continued my run with a steady but demoralized pace.. looking and staring at every passerby's face hoping to see her so i can help her to jiayou.. sigh.. not until i was abt to finish my second round then i finally saw her starting her first round! I shouted to her "dear! 2 laps.. go slow and steady ok!".. Finally i saw her smiling and telling me "i know! its 2 rounds! haha"... i was relieved.. and off i went.. sprinted to the end..
Last 50 meter of my triathlon race was MEMORABLE.. cos there was absolutely NO ONE beside/in front/behind me!!! I looked all around and i thought something went wrong??? did everyone racing got teleported?? Then i felt like "haha.. i know.. i must be the first and the next competitor is 2 minutes behind me.. so.. this is how it feels like." HAHAHAA...
Then the race crews were holding up the finish line for me as they were probably doing for everyone else but then.. there was no one else.. and i race passed it and all the ppl cheered and congratulated me!! haha.. it was SUPER emotional but then i did not rejoice much.
At that moment, it was like biking was very badly done and run was shit.. but FUCK THE TIMING.. I JUST LOVE THIS SPORT AND ITS ATMOSPHERE!!!
I told myself.. "race ain't over. i brought her here.. i'm gonna bring her to the finish line and bring her BACK with GLORY.".. so after seeing kelvin and chatting 2 sentences, i set off for my second round of run after feeding myself with some pokka sports drink they gave...
Finally i found her after seeing SO many ppl with the same suit.. lucky she is wearing green shoes.. haha.. so i found her and i jogged with her in the last 3.75 km.. it was REALLY TOUGH.. for her when her feet are already aching.. and its too slow a pace for me that my knees start to hurt.. haha.. but then again, i was burning with passion to help her to accomplish wat she felt and thought was impossible.. i told her .." walk also must finish! u can do it!"... and she walked/jogged combo all the way til 150m near the finish point..
and this girl named "Celeste" cheered her on and we all ran together for awhile and she went off to claim her entitled position.. whilst I finally offer my hand to her and she offered hers to me.. i grabbed her hands and we both sprinted all the way from the same place i starting my lonely finishing stance until we cross the finishing line.. that was truly.. most faithfully.. undoubtably.. undeniably.. undescribably the MOST INSPIRING MOMENT of my life.. the first and very moment i trained someone from scratch(zero morale, near zero fitness.. =p) to finish a tri without any injuries!
And best of all? She's my sex bomb girlfriend.=D
And the proof to be quite a successful trainer this time is i've successfully infected her with the TRIATHLON BUG!! haha.. just last nite, she asked me this.. "how do u tink we can improve in our bike and run dear?"...
Tell you.. its the FIRST TIME she initiated to ask me how to improve in a sport.. TWO actually. :P
hahaa..
Oh.. come to tink of it.. it was quite an achievement for me too.. first sprint tri with abt 8.75 k run.. recalling my first marathon.. it was abt 43km instead of 42.195 too because of my friend.. i sprinted back 400+m to get him deep heat.. then sprinted back to help him with his shin splint.. but he forced me to go on without him after a while longer.. haha.. its fun and VERY individualized.. :D
Crazy,
Sinner
Its a sprint.. but it is equally inspirational... most importantly, she COMPLETED IT! and she's not the last! haha.. super uber happy for her..
it was a TOUGH fight man.. especially when we only found out that it is actually TWO loops of bike AND run on that day DURING THE RACE! So, the below are the details...
Ah gong was very kind to drive us and our bike to our race destination.. really very sweet of him... even though I've really just known him for a short while recently.. he's become quite a pillar in my life.. he's too close a resemblance to my late dad and he's interested in bikes too.. i could fix bike with him all night long because i wished i had the chance to do so with my dad.. my dad wanted to teach me how to tighten the spokes too but then he passed away before he got the chance to teach me.. :(
Ok, anyway, butterflies really started to fly in the tummies in the last 10 mins to race start.. esp. for baby.. i was feeling quite normal actually.. despite the swim start was a little more chaotic than i expected it to be.. it was really just taking the beatings and beating others to the first buoy before relaxing until the destination for me... i did a 14minutes swim with abt 60% effort.. was really really surprised...
So, on to the shore i slowly walked up and after i feel my legs gets filled with more blood from standing up, i jogged to the transition.. alot of ppl are walking actually.. i seem to be the only one who's "gua xi gan" (rushing for time in hokkien) in all the transitions...
So, i sat down and drank from the hundred plus bottle we designed to motivate each other! haha.. sweet.. i felt rejuvenated.. and happily i wore my gloves, shoes, helmet and unrack my bike and off i go!
Mounted some distance from the mount line cos it was quite chaotic with some 10s of riders coming out after i walked out (the commentator shouted my name too! hahaha..) of the bike out lane... So off i go.. i was going relaxedly until sweat broke out and i knew i'm ready to go.. I upped my gear to just 1 more and just spun at abt 31 to 32 km/h.. upon u turn, i saw this pretty gorgeous triathlete ang more zhar bor (i'm always chasing them for those who noticed my nick in msn since my aquathlon).. haha.. so yes, she sprint passed me.. and i hesitated for awhile.. then i thought (still got one more lap back and its over.. so why not?).. stupid me.. so i chionged all out to chase her... averaging abt 35 to 37km/hr .. yes uber bikers.. i'm very slow i know.. but that was my highest effort for 2 months of biking can... :Pp
so i finally got her at abt half way back.. then after passed her.. and reaching the "end point" with flying bullet speed then i saw PEOPLE U-TURNING?!.. i was like fuck.. its lap TWO i guess... so i u turned feeling DAMN demoralized... i've lost in the mental battle.. especially when SHE passed me again and this time, i never get to see her tail light ever again..
It took me 3/4 of the way up to recover mentally and physically.. then i averaged 30 to 32 when i sprint back to transition area... racked my bike and changed my shoes... ran out and surprisingly, the bricks we did were more than sufficient for me.. i felt strong almost immediately for the run compared to the first time i did a brick i almost died from running after biking...
HOWEVER.. knowing that bike was screwed cos of lap 2.. "clever" me feels that something like that could happen.. so i went on to ask this uncle jogging and he said "its two laps." then the next thing i thought of is "SHIT.. I'M FUCKING WORRIED ABT BABY.. I WONDER IF SHE GAVE UP AT THE BIKE PART?? AND IF SHE EVER COMPLETE, WILL SHE BE SO SHAGGED THAT SHE'D NOT EVEN WANNA RUN??? WILL SHE FINISH LAST AND FEEL TOTALLY LOSE FACE AND DUN WANNA JOIN EVER AGAIN?!?! FUCK FUCK FUCK... I'M SO FUCKED as a trainer.......:'(.."
So, I continued my run with a steady but demoralized pace.. looking and staring at every passerby's face hoping to see her so i can help her to jiayou.. sigh.. not until i was abt to finish my second round then i finally saw her starting her first round! I shouted to her "dear! 2 laps.. go slow and steady ok!".. Finally i saw her smiling and telling me "i know! its 2 rounds! haha"... i was relieved.. and off i went.. sprinted to the end..
Last 50 meter of my triathlon race was MEMORABLE.. cos there was absolutely NO ONE beside/in front/behind me!!! I looked all around and i thought something went wrong??? did everyone racing got teleported?? Then i felt like "haha.. i know.. i must be the first and the next competitor is 2 minutes behind me.. so.. this is how it feels like." HAHAHAA...
Then the race crews were holding up the finish line for me as they were probably doing for everyone else but then.. there was no one else.. and i race passed it and all the ppl cheered and congratulated me!! haha.. it was SUPER emotional but then i did not rejoice much.
At that moment, it was like biking was very badly done and run was shit.. but FUCK THE TIMING.. I JUST LOVE THIS SPORT AND ITS ATMOSPHERE!!!
I told myself.. "race ain't over. i brought her here.. i'm gonna bring her to the finish line and bring her BACK with GLORY.".. so after seeing kelvin and chatting 2 sentences, i set off for my second round of run after feeding myself with some pokka sports drink they gave...
Finally i found her after seeing SO many ppl with the same suit.. lucky she is wearing green shoes.. haha.. so i found her and i jogged with her in the last 3.75 km.. it was REALLY TOUGH.. for her when her feet are already aching.. and its too slow a pace for me that my knees start to hurt.. haha.. but then again, i was burning with passion to help her to accomplish wat she felt and thought was impossible.. i told her .." walk also must finish! u can do it!"... and she walked/jogged combo all the way til 150m near the finish point..
and this girl named "Celeste" cheered her on and we all ran together for awhile and she went off to claim her entitled position.. whilst I finally offer my hand to her and she offered hers to me.. i grabbed her hands and we both sprinted all the way from the same place i starting my lonely finishing stance until we cross the finishing line.. that was truly.. most faithfully.. undoubtably.. undeniably.. undescribably the MOST INSPIRING MOMENT of my life.. the first and very moment i trained someone from scratch(zero morale, near zero fitness.. =p) to finish a tri without any injuries!
And best of all? She's my sex bomb girlfriend.=D
And the proof to be quite a successful trainer this time is i've successfully infected her with the TRIATHLON BUG!! haha.. just last nite, she asked me this.. "how do u tink we can improve in our bike and run dear?"...
Tell you.. its the FIRST TIME she initiated to ask me how to improve in a sport.. TWO actually. :P
hahaa..
Oh.. come to tink of it.. it was quite an achievement for me too.. first sprint tri with abt 8.75 k run.. recalling my first marathon.. it was abt 43km instead of 42.195 too because of my friend.. i sprinted back 400+m to get him deep heat.. then sprinted back to help him with his shin splint.. but he forced me to go on without him after a while longer.. haha.. its fun and VERY individualized.. :D
Crazy,
Sinner
Friday, April 17, 2009
Nash, & I.
The following are some parts of interview done by steve nash.. my all time favorite nba point guard next to kobe and jason kidd..
This is nothing to do with arrogance but i find some parts of myself in him... and i just wanna write it down in this blog of mine.
As you get a little older, are there things you have to do differently to keep up with the younger players?
Well, you have to work really hard, the older you get. I really feel as good as I've ever felt, but I think you have to work hard and you have to be extremely specific in what you’re doing. You do things with a purpose. I really have to think about what I’m doing. Even when I play soccer in the summer, I'm consciously and subconsciously thinking about how I'm moving, making sure that I'm using the right muscles, using the right sequences, leading from the center, all these things that allow me to reinforce things that (1) will make me a better athlete and (2) prevent me from being injured.
------------ I've always trusted there's a right way to move things.. and Mr chan's right... the State's physiotherapists.. are movement specialists indeed... I'm just glad I have you, Mr chan (and my buddy mich.) .. :D
So you're consciously thinking of this during soccer games?
I think about it in the moments I can, and hopefully those moments allow it to become second nature in the moments that you're concentrating on something else. I think what's happened over years of training and thinking about it, it becomes something that is either second nature or is easy to get back when you lose it.
------------ Those who know how I train should know clearly that's what i do in my practice/training sessions.. i never believed in wacking your body ever since i picked up personal training seriously.
You've said that you were raised in a pretty laid-back family, there wasn't a lot of pressure put on you. So where did it all come from?
Well, it's natural. I don't know, I didn't have a choice, it's just the way I am. I think I'm a high-energy person to start with. I'm really passionate about things I enjoy, and I like to be out there doing things, and learning and challenging myself. So it's just more fun that way, just to get out and try and do and learn and meet people and try to do something new.
--------- Yups thats me indeed.. no pressure from family since young.. just born with my own work-ethics.. so very westernized but reared in a hokkien family with my dad, late dad, still against pre marital sex. :D
Are there days when you just can't get that (good shooting) rhythm?
Of course. Who knows, maybe some days it's biorhythms, but I think generally days when you have bad rhythm is when you have tired legs. Your legs are really the whole driving force to shooting. Rhythm is easy when you got your legs underneath you.
--------- Trust me, I know what he's saying.. back in those days when I was sinking Threes in threes in a row, make that many many rows.. nicknamed bunny by ms jacjac auntie.. cos i got good legs.:P
If masturbation is a sin... esp. after sexual days... then.... i've...
Sinned,
Sinner
This is nothing to do with arrogance but i find some parts of myself in him... and i just wanna write it down in this blog of mine.
As you get a little older, are there things you have to do differently to keep up with the younger players?
Well, you have to work really hard, the older you get. I really feel as good as I've ever felt, but I think you have to work hard and you have to be extremely specific in what you’re doing. You do things with a purpose. I really have to think about what I’m doing. Even when I play soccer in the summer, I'm consciously and subconsciously thinking about how I'm moving, making sure that I'm using the right muscles, using the right sequences, leading from the center, all these things that allow me to reinforce things that (1) will make me a better athlete and (2) prevent me from being injured.
------------ I've always trusted there's a right way to move things.. and Mr chan's right... the State's physiotherapists.. are movement specialists indeed... I'm just glad I have you, Mr chan (and my buddy mich.) .. :D
So you're consciously thinking of this during soccer games?
I think about it in the moments I can, and hopefully those moments allow it to become second nature in the moments that you're concentrating on something else. I think what's happened over years of training and thinking about it, it becomes something that is either second nature or is easy to get back when you lose it.
------------ Those who know how I train should know clearly that's what i do in my practice/training sessions.. i never believed in wacking your body ever since i picked up personal training seriously.
You've said that you were raised in a pretty laid-back family, there wasn't a lot of pressure put on you. So where did it all come from?
Well, it's natural. I don't know, I didn't have a choice, it's just the way I am. I think I'm a high-energy person to start with. I'm really passionate about things I enjoy, and I like to be out there doing things, and learning and challenging myself. So it's just more fun that way, just to get out and try and do and learn and meet people and try to do something new.
--------- Yups thats me indeed.. no pressure from family since young.. just born with my own work-ethics.. so very westernized but reared in a hokkien family with my dad, late dad, still against pre marital sex. :D
Are there days when you just can't get that (good shooting) rhythm?
Of course. Who knows, maybe some days it's biorhythms, but I think generally days when you have bad rhythm is when you have tired legs. Your legs are really the whole driving force to shooting. Rhythm is easy when you got your legs underneath you.
--------- Trust me, I know what he's saying.. back in those days when I was sinking Threes in threes in a row, make that many many rows.. nicknamed bunny by ms jacjac auntie.. cos i got good legs.:P
If masturbation is a sin... esp. after sexual days... then.... i've...
Sinned,
Sinner
Friday, April 10, 2009
A hearty stay, where tears fade...
It is funny why I enjoy chatting with ah gong and ah ma and even sam's auntie so much compared to her.. nvm..
When I was chatting with ah gong and ah ma.. it almost felt like i was chatting with my very own ah ma and also, my dad.. 3 days from now.. and it'd be one yr since he last chatted with me.. and asked me to slp early whilst he goes to work just like any other time.. but this time, he never came back... :'(
Anyway, I wished so much I have endless time to chat with ah gong and ah ma.. no matter how tired I was the whole day.. I just tried so hard to find topics to chat with them and have good laugh with them.. I wish.. I was able to chat like that with dad.. and ah ma.. instead of taking them for granted in the numerous ways many youngsters do...
If given a chance, I'd buy them breakfast lunch dinner supper.. watch tv with them.. chat with them non stop and hear their stupid endless ramblings of silly nothingness.. It is pure bliss..
No one saw but I shed tears thrice throughout the day.. I can't help but miss my dad so much.. I always tell them its bullshit that our family wasn't allowed to go visit my dad's urn.. but deep inside I was actually kinda glad.. because I don't know how to handle my own emotions.. let alone see my mum breakdown into crying madness and start talking abt the good old days.
I feel so weak and powerless..
If I have to pinpoint 1 of the few things to be stressed abt.. Its this.
I miss him so much.. yet I can't bring myself to do anything.. I fear, the tears and uncontrollable emotions. :'(
Everytime I imagined dad on the hospital bed just before he passed away.. I'd breakdown.. He was.. so strong.. so fit.. so functional and everything.. and life has to end just before i could bring him to some sort of holiday that i planned for after truly being able to work and save up some money.
HE SURVIVED THE THROAT CANCER BUT WHY NOT THE FUCKING FEVER?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!!!!
FUCK THE PNEUMONIA.
I ride so hard yesterday by myself because I miss seeing my dad riding his bicycle..
Why do I wanna do triathlon?
I want to be like him...
I want to ride a bike just like he did til old..
I want to swim in the sea just like how he did when he was a fisherman's son.. he always boast how well he can dive and swim at age 18..
I want to run because he was the fastest runner in kampung.
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I just wish...
We had more time....
Tearful,
Sinner.
When I was chatting with ah gong and ah ma.. it almost felt like i was chatting with my very own ah ma and also, my dad.. 3 days from now.. and it'd be one yr since he last chatted with me.. and asked me to slp early whilst he goes to work just like any other time.. but this time, he never came back... :'(
Anyway, I wished so much I have endless time to chat with ah gong and ah ma.. no matter how tired I was the whole day.. I just tried so hard to find topics to chat with them and have good laugh with them.. I wish.. I was able to chat like that with dad.. and ah ma.. instead of taking them for granted in the numerous ways many youngsters do...
If given a chance, I'd buy them breakfast lunch dinner supper.. watch tv with them.. chat with them non stop and hear their stupid endless ramblings of silly nothingness.. It is pure bliss..
No one saw but I shed tears thrice throughout the day.. I can't help but miss my dad so much.. I always tell them its bullshit that our family wasn't allowed to go visit my dad's urn.. but deep inside I was actually kinda glad.. because I don't know how to handle my own emotions.. let alone see my mum breakdown into crying madness and start talking abt the good old days.
I feel so weak and powerless..
If I have to pinpoint 1 of the few things to be stressed abt.. Its this.
I miss him so much.. yet I can't bring myself to do anything.. I fear, the tears and uncontrollable emotions. :'(
Everytime I imagined dad on the hospital bed just before he passed away.. I'd breakdown.. He was.. so strong.. so fit.. so functional and everything.. and life has to end just before i could bring him to some sort of holiday that i planned for after truly being able to work and save up some money.
HE SURVIVED THE THROAT CANCER BUT WHY NOT THE FUCKING FEVER?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!!!!
FUCK THE PNEUMONIA.
I ride so hard yesterday by myself because I miss seeing my dad riding his bicycle..
Why do I wanna do triathlon?
I want to be like him...
I want to ride a bike just like he did til old..
I want to swim in the sea just like how he did when he was a fisherman's son.. he always boast how well he can dive and swim at age 18..
I want to run because he was the fastest runner in kampung.
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I just wish...
We had more time....
Tearful,
Sinner.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Iron Man vs Normal ppl.
I'm talking abt full iron man racers.
The difference between them.. is that Normal ppl always questions "Can I?" in any challenging situations..
Whereas, Iron Men tells themselves "I can." in ANY given situation.
I Believe I Can. And I'll prove it next yr.
Sinner.
The difference between them.. is that Normal ppl always questions "Can I?" in any challenging situations..
Whereas, Iron Men tells themselves "I can." in ANY given situation.
I Believe I Can. And I'll prove it next yr.
Sinner.
Tonite's training review.
Me:
In actual fact, I was going out there feeling a little sluggish but I tried to brace up so my sweetheart can feel more motivated and less grumbling.. Things got a little better for me into my 10th lap of swim as I noticed there's this uncle with pretty bad strokes catching up with me.. pretty interesting.. I was just slightly ahead of him for the next 4 laps and he hung in there.. on the last lap, I kinda went 85% and didn't see him beside me until 10 secs after i reached the end. I stopped and he continued. Interesting guy even though I didn't see his face.
The rest of the bike, and run was pretty ok for me cos its not really my training day, its about her today.
So..
Her:
During the swim, I felt she was a little sluggish and seemed quite alone.. in the sense that she feels that she's so far away from me and she's gonna do an incredible distance tonight and just not up for the whole thing... the no phone for whole day thing just seem quite wearing too.
Whatever that was, her swim was pretty normal, nothing fantastic but nothing bad either.
Her bike was pretty strong I thought, averaging about 3km/hr More than her usual speed at the beginning until she kinda bonk into a wall after abt 15mins (probably due to insufficient carbohydrate and lack of mental preparation. Solutions to be discussed later.
We shortened the route and we went back to get our shoes for the run..
So, the run..
I was in fact quite impressed with her run. I knew from the bike that she couldn't carry on.. still, i pushed her on.. Yes I'm kinda risking her tears and her quitting everything and also disowning me here and then.. but I believe if i discount my trainee (whoever it is, however young or old), I am being unfair to them.
She conquered her sluggish mind for 8 times and we finally reached about 1/3 of the run distance and we turned our engine off for dinner. That was really fantastic.. it shows she's really trying no matter how much her mouth was fucking things up. It shows she really wants to get out of that sluggish state but her mind was still on the winning end. It wasn't bad.
I just don't understand why some ppl have to tell themselves "I stopped 8 times leh!!!"... why can't you tell yourself "I conquered my mind and body 9 times.. because i started running again everytime i stopped!.." And the next time, I'm gonna fight it til the end.. I'm gonna win the battle RIGHT FROM THE START!
Its not about the result.. but how much you put in to fight yourself and your own lousy attitude when the going gets tough..
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Back then when I was in officer cadet course, I was hated because I push everyone too hard and expected everyone to perform like me. Now, I find that I still do that, but not in terms of physical capabilities but mental toughness. I understand that not all the non sporty ppl around me can swim like me, bike or run like me.. but what really matters is that they know how to push on when their mind starts saying no.
One very easy way to do so is to set yourself mental milestones in the bike/run.
Next traffic light, one more traffic light, one more lamp post, just one more stretch, until the bend.. com'on.. just 1 more minute.. Start counting down on the 60and really slowly to 1.. before you know it, you'd be at the end already.
All those are useful self talk.. Anyway, can't afford to not do the sprint distance by this sunday. Have to complete even if have to walk to the end. That's the minimum.. so we know where we stand and what to expect on race day. To prevent also a heart attack.
Remember dear, its about the Glory of becoming a triathlete that your dad, adam, and all the chest pumpers and morning swimmers dare not try.. You have what it takes.. Definitely have. I remember the very first time you go jogging with me and you finished 7km without any training. Who can do that? 2/10 maybe? Last time when i didn't train, i can't even complete a 1.6/2.4..
So yes, everytime you do your tri training and race.. remember.. its abt doing yourself proud. Its abt enjoying the atmosphere and its abt SPEEDING ON THE GOD DAMN ROAD BIKE BABY!!!!!!!!! :D
Let the Tough gets going,
Sinner
PS: Congrats dear, you're unofficially a triathlete. :)
In actual fact, I was going out there feeling a little sluggish but I tried to brace up so my sweetheart can feel more motivated and less grumbling.. Things got a little better for me into my 10th lap of swim as I noticed there's this uncle with pretty bad strokes catching up with me.. pretty interesting.. I was just slightly ahead of him for the next 4 laps and he hung in there.. on the last lap, I kinda went 85% and didn't see him beside me until 10 secs after i reached the end. I stopped and he continued. Interesting guy even though I didn't see his face.
The rest of the bike, and run was pretty ok for me cos its not really my training day, its about her today.
So..
Her:
During the swim, I felt she was a little sluggish and seemed quite alone.. in the sense that she feels that she's so far away from me and she's gonna do an incredible distance tonight and just not up for the whole thing... the no phone for whole day thing just seem quite wearing too.
Whatever that was, her swim was pretty normal, nothing fantastic but nothing bad either.
Her bike was pretty strong I thought, averaging about 3km/hr More than her usual speed at the beginning until she kinda bonk into a wall after abt 15mins (probably due to insufficient carbohydrate and lack of mental preparation. Solutions to be discussed later.
We shortened the route and we went back to get our shoes for the run..
So, the run..
I was in fact quite impressed with her run. I knew from the bike that she couldn't carry on.. still, i pushed her on.. Yes I'm kinda risking her tears and her quitting everything and also disowning me here and then.. but I believe if i discount my trainee (whoever it is, however young or old), I am being unfair to them.
She conquered her sluggish mind for 8 times and we finally reached about 1/3 of the run distance and we turned our engine off for dinner. That was really fantastic.. it shows she's really trying no matter how much her mouth was fucking things up. It shows she really wants to get out of that sluggish state but her mind was still on the winning end. It wasn't bad.
I just don't understand why some ppl have to tell themselves "I stopped 8 times leh!!!"... why can't you tell yourself "I conquered my mind and body 9 times.. because i started running again everytime i stopped!.." And the next time, I'm gonna fight it til the end.. I'm gonna win the battle RIGHT FROM THE START!
Its not about the result.. but how much you put in to fight yourself and your own lousy attitude when the going gets tough..
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Back then when I was in officer cadet course, I was hated because I push everyone too hard and expected everyone to perform like me. Now, I find that I still do that, but not in terms of physical capabilities but mental toughness. I understand that not all the non sporty ppl around me can swim like me, bike or run like me.. but what really matters is that they know how to push on when their mind starts saying no.
One very easy way to do so is to set yourself mental milestones in the bike/run.
Next traffic light, one more traffic light, one more lamp post, just one more stretch, until the bend.. com'on.. just 1 more minute.. Start counting down on the 60and really slowly to 1.. before you know it, you'd be at the end already.
All those are useful self talk.. Anyway, can't afford to not do the sprint distance by this sunday. Have to complete even if have to walk to the end. That's the minimum.. so we know where we stand and what to expect on race day. To prevent also a heart attack.
Remember dear, its about the Glory of becoming a triathlete that your dad, adam, and all the chest pumpers and morning swimmers dare not try.. You have what it takes.. Definitely have. I remember the very first time you go jogging with me and you finished 7km without any training. Who can do that? 2/10 maybe? Last time when i didn't train, i can't even complete a 1.6/2.4..
So yes, everytime you do your tri training and race.. remember.. its abt doing yourself proud. Its abt enjoying the atmosphere and its abt SPEEDING ON THE GOD DAMN ROAD BIKE BABY!!!!!!!!! :D
Let the Tough gets going,
Sinner
PS: Congrats dear, you're unofficially a triathlete. :)
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Which one should i get???
Top choice for myself.. because its a watch...
http://cgi.ebay.ca/NEW-POLAR-RS800CX-BIKE-CS-w%2FSPEED-CADENCE-IrDA-NEW-2009_W0QQitemZ220383141301QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090324?IMSfp=TL090324123001r2788
Second choice... This thing got GPS and displays the god damn map (provided u download it...)!
But again, I could get a Iphone for that.... and Iphone's real time mapping somemore..
http://cgi.ebay.com/GARMIN-Edge-705-GPS-w%2F-Heart-Rate-Cadence-Speed-Bundle!_W0QQitemZ110365743478QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090319?IMSfp=TL090319121001r16777
I am very much inclined to RS800CX.... It is also cheaper.. by 9dollars.. haha.. 610 vs 619.. Plus Garmin's battery is not normal battery.. and runtime is only less than 12 hrs... zzz..
Wish wish wish....
Sinner
http://cgi.ebay.ca/NEW-POLAR-RS800CX-BIKE-CS-w%2FSPEED-CADENCE-IrDA-NEW-2009_W0QQitemZ220383141301QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090324?IMSfp=TL090324123001r2788
Second choice... This thing got GPS and displays the god damn map (provided u download it...)!
But again, I could get a Iphone for that.... and Iphone's real time mapping somemore..
http://cgi.ebay.com/GARMIN-Edge-705-GPS-w%2F-Heart-Rate-Cadence-Speed-Bundle!_W0QQitemZ110365743478QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090319?IMSfp=TL090319121001r16777
I am very much inclined to RS800CX.... It is also cheaper.. by 9dollars.. haha.. 610 vs 619.. Plus Garmin's battery is not normal battery.. and runtime is only less than 12 hrs... zzz..
Wish wish wish....
Sinner
Monday, April 6, 2009
Old sch fun. New days come.
Went cycling with Fu and Hao after training..
Cycled on sam's ETAPE 3 instead of my ah gong bike..
REVIEW: it was AMAZINGLY COMFY! no wonder she never complain at all.. my first BH bike was SO damn zzzz... in fact, my ah gong race fit is also quite tiring.. and the weird thing is her carbon fork with alu steerer and alu bar seem to absorb vibrations as well as my full carbon fork with alu bar! Anyway, it is a joy to ride.. definitely a good commuting bike! Racing, entry level still not too bad. A definite good buy for first timers looking for a good virgin experience! As much as the parts are crap cos of the tiers in shimano terms.. 8 spd is actually not at all limiting.. unless you can sprint like L.A.S.. that way, even chorus 12 speed also not enuff la...
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So yes the only pain in the ass (literally) is her saddle.. male and female anatomy different ba.
HAHA..
So yeah, fu rode my bro's commencal VIP Nuts 5 with rigid fork *damn fast!* and hao rode my Santa Cruz Chammy *my fav!*
Hao complained that his ass is ssooooooo painful!!! hehehe... selle italia suits me big time.. my big time favorite.. but it is not for him.. :P Fu also pain from ysterday's ride... i guess they're not used to it la.. we rode to bukit panjang and ate zhu cao.. goodness i ate so much lor..
haha.. our stamina have quite a bit sio.. next ride : WEST COAST!!!
oh yes.. hopefully i can find a decent fork to bring fu to trail!!! its gonna be so fun!!!
So glad i have ppl who work odd hours like me to go training with... thank God..
Love,
Sinner
Cycled on sam's ETAPE 3 instead of my ah gong bike..
REVIEW: it was AMAZINGLY COMFY! no wonder she never complain at all.. my first BH bike was SO damn zzzz... in fact, my ah gong race fit is also quite tiring.. and the weird thing is her carbon fork with alu steerer and alu bar seem to absorb vibrations as well as my full carbon fork with alu bar! Anyway, it is a joy to ride.. definitely a good commuting bike! Racing, entry level still not too bad. A definite good buy for first timers looking for a good virgin experience! As much as the parts are crap cos of the tiers in shimano terms.. 8 spd is actually not at all limiting.. unless you can sprint like L.A.S.. that way, even chorus 12 speed also not enuff la...
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So yes the only pain in the ass (literally) is her saddle.. male and female anatomy different ba.
HAHA..
So yeah, fu rode my bro's commencal VIP Nuts 5 with rigid fork *damn fast!* and hao rode my Santa Cruz Chammy *my fav!*
Hao complained that his ass is ssooooooo painful!!! hehehe... selle italia suits me big time.. my big time favorite.. but it is not for him.. :P Fu also pain from ysterday's ride... i guess they're not used to it la.. we rode to bukit panjang and ate zhu cao.. goodness i ate so much lor..
haha.. our stamina have quite a bit sio.. next ride : WEST COAST!!!
oh yes.. hopefully i can find a decent fork to bring fu to trail!!! its gonna be so fun!!!
So glad i have ppl who work odd hours like me to go training with... thank God..
Love,
Sinner
Tears..
Sometimes, ppl tend to put on a strong front.. not because they want to but they have to.. to protect their pride.. to protect their job.. to protect their life so it won't collapse..
Somehow, I have this pair of eyes that can see through loads of things.. and tonight, I saw through this little girl who appears to be enjoying her new job so much because it poses so many challenges.. but in actual fact, it is way out of her comfort zone.. I saw through.. also because I've been dating this lovely girl for 3yrs + already.. I know where is her comfort zone and where is not.. and as far as I've went to push her to come out and be a lady, focused in whatever she do and be rugged.. there're some buttons I never tried to push because I know it'll cause her tears and loads of hurts..
But this job does. And its good.. For once, I found our training to be so fruitful because she is so focused.. the moment she stepped into my house, she ate, got changed and went to the washroom, then got her bike out in a matter of 15mins.. thats so unlike of her. super efficient babe. I like.
However, I know tonite has to be that nite.. when she gets relieved..
So I saw this pimple behind her back.. and I know she can't stand pain.. so I decided to give this strong front an excuse to cry some tears and get the thing flowing..
It worked.. and I hope my talking to her has resolved her culture shocked state of mind and also helped her set her record/target straight on what is she trying to achieve and not over trying to be what she can't be in 3 days.
You can't train up to be a 100m sprinter over 3 days if you hasn't been running at all for the past 22 yrs aint it?
Sometimes, its just very hard for the ones involved to be so clear headed.. especially if the one involved is an ambitious one who cares TOO MUCH for other's perception of her behaviors and existence even for her own good.
I guess the time for change has finally come.. and our relationship will now go through a real phase of work/sports/pte time juggling. Which I am glad.. because I'm ready to see her morph from the cocoon into a beautiful butterfly..
Cheers,
Sinned Cyclist.
PS: Training is good tonite.. :) and its gonna get better than ever.
Somehow, I have this pair of eyes that can see through loads of things.. and tonight, I saw through this little girl who appears to be enjoying her new job so much because it poses so many challenges.. but in actual fact, it is way out of her comfort zone.. I saw through.. also because I've been dating this lovely girl for 3yrs + already.. I know where is her comfort zone and where is not.. and as far as I've went to push her to come out and be a lady, focused in whatever she do and be rugged.. there're some buttons I never tried to push because I know it'll cause her tears and loads of hurts..
But this job does. And its good.. For once, I found our training to be so fruitful because she is so focused.. the moment she stepped into my house, she ate, got changed and went to the washroom, then got her bike out in a matter of 15mins.. thats so unlike of her. super efficient babe. I like.
However, I know tonite has to be that nite.. when she gets relieved..
So I saw this pimple behind her back.. and I know she can't stand pain.. so I decided to give this strong front an excuse to cry some tears and get the thing flowing..
It worked.. and I hope my talking to her has resolved her culture shocked state of mind and also helped her set her record/target straight on what is she trying to achieve and not over trying to be what she can't be in 3 days.
You can't train up to be a 100m sprinter over 3 days if you hasn't been running at all for the past 22 yrs aint it?
Sometimes, its just very hard for the ones involved to be so clear headed.. especially if the one involved is an ambitious one who cares TOO MUCH for other's perception of her behaviors and existence even for her own good.
I guess the time for change has finally come.. and our relationship will now go through a real phase of work/sports/pte time juggling. Which I am glad.. because I'm ready to see her morph from the cocoon into a beautiful butterfly..
Cheers,
Sinned Cyclist.
PS: Training is good tonite.. :) and its gonna get better than ever.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Me.
"Those who take perception from afar, will merely see a shadow of yours casted by other's fading light. Those who bother to come closer, will see the true form of yourself."
Mind not and care less what the others perceive.. Stay true to yourself for it is your life you're living, not the others. So Fuck the other's sayings..
I hope I clear my bro's mind with that.
Thoughts,
Sinner
Mind not and care less what the others perceive.. Stay true to yourself for it is your life you're living, not the others. So Fuck the other's sayings..
I hope I clear my bro's mind with that.
Thoughts,
Sinner
Inspirations and facts. Lebron style.
In this extract of a NBA article, I found what I believed in for years, expressed into simple words.
James told Kroft he still watches Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference finals, where he scored the Cavaliers' final 25 points in a double overtime victory at Detroit.
"The game was so magical," James said.
Kroft marveled at James' performance, calling it in his narration, "one of the greatest clutch performances in history," and asked James, "You didn't feel nervous taking those shots?"
"No. You can't be afraid to fail," James told Kroft. "It's the only way you succeed -- you're not going to succeed all the time, and I know that. You have to be able to accept failure to get better."
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I always know that success is not gonna be there all the time.. but i felt that that is the reason that i should even so put in 150% everytime i work my ass off for something.. i can accept failure pretty well.. but that is also for the sake that in case the success didn't turn out to be happening, I have the process to rejoice in and learn from!
I hope you guys out there who read this feels the same.. because this work ethic has brought me thus far.. and i believe it will help you too!!
Loved,
Sinner
James told Kroft he still watches Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference finals, where he scored the Cavaliers' final 25 points in a double overtime victory at Detroit.
"The game was so magical," James said.
Kroft marveled at James' performance, calling it in his narration, "one of the greatest clutch performances in history," and asked James, "You didn't feel nervous taking those shots?"
"No. You can't be afraid to fail," James told Kroft. "It's the only way you succeed -- you're not going to succeed all the time, and I know that. You have to be able to accept failure to get better."
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I always know that success is not gonna be there all the time.. but i felt that that is the reason that i should even so put in 150% everytime i work my ass off for something.. i can accept failure pretty well.. but that is also for the sake that in case the success didn't turn out to be happening, I have the process to rejoice in and learn from!
I hope you guys out there who read this feels the same.. because this work ethic has brought me thus far.. and i believe it will help you too!!
Loved,
Sinner
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Something to rejoice.
I got my Ah Gong Frame le!!! hehe.. happy! and everytime.. god seemed to have it planned out nicely for me.. When i got my first frame.. i thought something is wrong.. and there i found a full set of EC 90 components in the perfect sizes i need, the stem, the handlebar also correct fit..
then now, the frame seem abit short on the top tube.. but now i tink of it.. its PERFECT! for my aero bar to fit.. i cant sit too far behind even on the road bike position! Haha.. i am just too over happy already..
next, this is the first time i asked dear are you happy with ____ (fill in something regarding sports)? and she replied with a straight "yes! i really enjoy it now!"... I guess for a beginner, getting the right kit is really important in biking and any other sports...
Get a crap road bike and get it crappily fitted, i bet she'd have quitted since day one.
Anyway, I am just happy to have something so healthy to indulge in other than our lovely relationship and of course, our sex life. Yes, its SeX life, you bloody conservative people. :)
--- I have some rambling to do about that news that says ppl saw this couple doing blowjob just because they saw the girl lie in his arms in a rather awkward position... ITS THE PARENTS' MIND THAT IS CORRUPTED... See from behind that they hugged that way is blowjob.. so if one day they see me standing behind a girl and the girl is wearing bikini with a g string, it means i'm fucking her?
next up, got this parent say "if my kids ask me what are they doing, what should i reply?" ... KNN CCB.. ITS HER FUCKING PARENTING THAT HAS PROBLEM.. NOT THE COUPLE.
--------- More on that next time..
Ok... something i wanna comment on..
Dear.. haha.. u noe why i flared up?
Cos i was quite sian that my bike is not as comfortable cos i wasn't adapted to the shorter top tube yet and my saddle wasn't moved back cos i didn't noe.. then qutie irritated.. plus my bro so reluctant to workout.. i very very VERY SCARED HE'LL LOSE ALL HIS BASIC FUNCTIONS REALLY SOON... and his army WILL REALLY TRULY BE HELL...
Then my mum.. sigh.. bu yao jiang le.
To top it up.. when you appear to be so xin ku.. i really have to try very hard to understand that you're already told to be going at a comfy pace.. and you seem to be not motivated at all to practice.. and you still say "SO DIFFICULT.. RACE DAY SURE DIE.." when you haven't practice yet.. sigh..
Its not that you're lousy.. but At that specific point of time.. especially when we came back to a damn sian bro.. all I could tink of is.. Why the people around me are ALL NOT MOTIVATED TO EXERCISE??? I FEEL SO LIKE DRAGGING EVERYONE TO WORKOUT WITH ME.. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG MORE CAN I DRAG PPL TO WORKOUT WITH ME AND I WISH SOMEDAY SOME ONE WILL PULL ME OUT TO WORKOUT WITH THEM...
I NEED PEOPLE WHO WANNA WORKOUT TO HANG OUT WITH TOO... :(
Sigh...
Hugs,
Sinned, Biked, Ran, Ate, Slept.
then now, the frame seem abit short on the top tube.. but now i tink of it.. its PERFECT! for my aero bar to fit.. i cant sit too far behind even on the road bike position! Haha.. i am just too over happy already..
next, this is the first time i asked dear are you happy with ____ (fill in something regarding sports)? and she replied with a straight "yes! i really enjoy it now!"... I guess for a beginner, getting the right kit is really important in biking and any other sports...
Get a crap road bike and get it crappily fitted, i bet she'd have quitted since day one.
Anyway, I am just happy to have something so healthy to indulge in other than our lovely relationship and of course, our sex life. Yes, its SeX life, you bloody conservative people. :)
--- I have some rambling to do about that news that says ppl saw this couple doing blowjob just because they saw the girl lie in his arms in a rather awkward position... ITS THE PARENTS' MIND THAT IS CORRUPTED... See from behind that they hugged that way is blowjob.. so if one day they see me standing behind a girl and the girl is wearing bikini with a g string, it means i'm fucking her?
next up, got this parent say "if my kids ask me what are they doing, what should i reply?" ... KNN CCB.. ITS HER FUCKING PARENTING THAT HAS PROBLEM.. NOT THE COUPLE.
--------- More on that next time..
Ok... something i wanna comment on..
Dear.. haha.. u noe why i flared up?
Cos i was quite sian that my bike is not as comfortable cos i wasn't adapted to the shorter top tube yet and my saddle wasn't moved back cos i didn't noe.. then qutie irritated.. plus my bro so reluctant to workout.. i very very VERY SCARED HE'LL LOSE ALL HIS BASIC FUNCTIONS REALLY SOON... and his army WILL REALLY TRULY BE HELL...
Then my mum.. sigh.. bu yao jiang le.
To top it up.. when you appear to be so xin ku.. i really have to try very hard to understand that you're already told to be going at a comfy pace.. and you seem to be not motivated at all to practice.. and you still say "SO DIFFICULT.. RACE DAY SURE DIE.." when you haven't practice yet.. sigh..
Its not that you're lousy.. but At that specific point of time.. especially when we came back to a damn sian bro.. all I could tink of is.. Why the people around me are ALL NOT MOTIVATED TO EXERCISE??? I FEEL SO LIKE DRAGGING EVERYONE TO WORKOUT WITH ME.. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG MORE CAN I DRAG PPL TO WORKOUT WITH ME AND I WISH SOMEDAY SOME ONE WILL PULL ME OUT TO WORKOUT WITH THEM...
I NEED PEOPLE WHO WANNA WORKOUT TO HANG OUT WITH TOO... :(
Sigh...
Hugs,
Sinned, Biked, Ran, Ate, Slept.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Before i forget..
Mr chan says:
There are 6 levels of fitness goals..
Lv 1: Foundation -> Recovery system, Efficient muscles(Capillary level Blood transportation), full Range Of Motion, and Good Posture.
Lv 2: Flexibility -> ROM (maintenance as we age)
Lv 3: Stability -> Stabilizer muscles strengthening (e.g: SITS of shoulder, Knee joint stabiliser (Vastus Medialis Oblique/Iliotibial Band)
Lv 4: Strength -> Brute str/Endurance str etc.. 8 to 20+ RM
Lv 5: Power -> 1-3 RM trg
Lv 6: Performance -> Sports performance
Training requires isolation... When doing compound exercise as a compound exercise, (e.g: Doing bench press with heavy weight, thus using tricep and chest together) it does not give as much training adaptation as isolating the chest when doing chest press(and others), then working the triceps isolated by doing extensions and such.
I.E: Cannot train the way you're going to use the muscles together, have to train each muscle by itself and in as many angles as possible to simulate the multi-angle force exertion we have to face as a human in our daily lifestyle.
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Some ego topic:
Got one 55yr old uncle who's quite fit looking and the gym frequent oso.. saw me today and he told me "you look much better than when i first saw you!".. hehe..
Brendah jie jie say she couldn't recognize me.. and thought "who was that yellow shirt muscular man??".. hehehhee.. YAY.. I'm not happy because they say I'm fit or watsoever..
but it's because all these means my hardwork paid off!!! Really really motivating.. and it goes to show a stupid person like me can achieve much too with good guidance and determination&perserverance to work smart and hard on the correct techniques!!!
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Scary thing...
Shi fu say I am using too little weight.. Ask me to up... tried to do the last shoulder exercise with 4 plates instead of the usual 3 and he still say too light.. then i tried again with 7 plates (he suggested 8) and i can still manage! hehe.. guess its up to let ego loose a tiny winnie little bit! :D
HAPPY!!!!
Sinful Workouts - Endorphine rush (same as Sex) :P
Rush,
Sinner
There are 6 levels of fitness goals..
Lv 1: Foundation -> Recovery system, Efficient muscles(Capillary level Blood transportation), full Range Of Motion, and Good Posture.
Lv 2: Flexibility -> ROM (maintenance as we age)
Lv 3: Stability -> Stabilizer muscles strengthening (e.g: SITS
Lv 4: Strength -> Brute str/Endurance str etc.. 8 to 20+ RM
Lv 5: Power -> 1-3 RM trg
Lv 6: Performance -> Sports performance
Training requires isolation... When doing compound exercise as a compound exercise, (e.g: Doing bench press with heavy weight, thus using tricep and chest together) it does not give as much training adaptation as isolating the chest when doing chest press(and others), then working the triceps isolated by doing extensions and such.
I.E: Cannot train the way you're going to use the muscles together, have to train each muscle by itself and in as many angles as possible to simulate the multi-angle force exertion we have to face as a human in our daily lifestyle.
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Some ego topic:
Got one 55yr old uncle who's quite fit looking and the gym frequent oso.. saw me today and he told me "you look much better than when i first saw you!".. hehe..
Brendah jie jie say she couldn't recognize me.. and thought "who was that yellow shirt muscular man??".. hehehhee.. YAY.. I'm not happy because they say I'm fit or watsoever..
but it's because all these means my hardwork paid off!!! Really really motivating.. and it goes to show a stupid person like me can achieve much too with good guidance and determination&perserverance to work smart and hard on the correct techniques!!!
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Scary thing...
Shi fu say I am using too little weight.. Ask me to up... tried to do the last shoulder exercise with 4 plates instead of the usual 3 and he still say too light.. then i tried again with 7 plates (he suggested 8) and i can still manage! hehe.. guess its up to let ego loose a tiny winnie little bit! :D
HAPPY!!!!
Sinful Workouts - Endorphine rush (same as Sex) :P
Rush,
Sinner
Saturday, March 7, 2009
The Race.
This is one of my main event of the year and I somehow decided to give it only a 80% effort race so I can enjoy Every single moment without having to pant like I'm gonna die anytime of the next seconds.. FYI, i've always been doing that for the past don't know how many years ever since I started doing sports.. doing my best and doing Too Much.
However, I'm starting to grasp the real intention and meaning of doing long distance races and however short this Singapore Biathlon is to many of you old birds out there, it will be a good start for me to learn how to Enjoy the Endurance game. :D
So, I spent 2 hrs last nite preparing for everything I need...
Tri suit - Checked
Goggles (Clear, red tinted, clear tinted) - Checked
Vaseline - Checked
Anti fog - Checked (thanks Fred)
Water - Checked
Shoes and Socks - Checked
Number belt - Checked
Shades - Checked
Time table - Checked
Race venue address - Checked
Extra clothes - Checked
Warm up gears - Checked
Watch - Checked
Bottle of honey drink (better than powergel to some extent) - Checked
Money - Checked
Phone - Checked
Race confirmation slip - Checked
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Then I meditated and I visualized every single possible detail that I can think of from the moment I wake up until I finish the race.
So reached there at 7.15 sharp... everyone reaching was in super mini running shorts and running tops.. All long and slender bodies.. I look kinda out of place.. all have friends to go with but I'm there alone.. I look at myself, and I learned the first thing in endurance race (learn to back down your ego, and laugh at yourself for the sake of fun and enjoy :)).. I laughed at the way I look, way too muscular and quite bulky to be a swimmer or runner... But yes, I'm indeed, both combined. :)
The weather looked bad.. lightning clouds everywhere.. and it drizzled when me and this new friend Lawrence went for warmup swim after our registration, changing into tri suit and also crapping for the one final time, hoping we'll crap the butterflies in our stomach out.. :D It worked! haha..
Anyway, after the warmup, we went back for a drink and lawrence told me to try to slow down my swim a little bit and my run will benefit alot more! So I tried.. I started right at the first line of swimmers and in the middle too.. hopefully my pictures turn out nice. haha.. and when I swam towards the first buoy, it was clear traffic! hehe.. in fact, most of the time it was clear traffic except for the 2 to 3 turns... got quite messy.. but yeah, was able to maintain composure through self talk and also the visualizations i did...
When I finish the swim, i was surprised to find that i am 3 mins faster than previous year's timing.. and the best thign is because i held back, i am still damn fresh!
haha.. so, took my time in transition, soaking into the atmosphere before beginning my long lonely run.
So, 10k, here we go! The first 2k felt a little hard on the breathing but forced myself to control and did ok... then after 2k, my muscles FINALLY adapted to the transition (so slow.. lack of transition/brick training)... and it got into quite a good slow pace..
met this super ego pti guy.. started chatting abt fitness without knowing he's a PTI and qualified fitness instructor.. so i said I teach swimming and also do abit of personal training la.. then the chat went fine.. and then guess what.. when i mentioned abt learning from Mr chan.. and i wanna recommend him cos chan's really good.. he goes like "I'M A PTI U NOE??? I GOT MY FI CERT 10 YEARS AGO!!"
i was like oh.. ok ok... good (so thats how outdated you are..)... haha.. then i say PTI also can learn wat.. never hurt to learn.. then he say "I GOT A LOT OF CERTS ALREADY!"... then i ask did you get NSCA ? and he said oh.. strength and conditioning ar.. SAF only got 2 ppl have.. then I say oh.. good la.. then i should join to make it THREE. :Ppp HAHAHHA... He jit tao DIAM DIAO LOR...
HAHAHAHA...
so we reached the 5km mark and i just went on faster cos we're going way too slow... and surprisingly, i was able to push all the way to the end and finish DAMN STRONGLY with a SMILE! :D
Timing was the same as last yr.. but i remember finishing the race last yr like a dog panting for his last breathe.. but this yr.. the current was stronger and I managed to finish my swim faster! and when i finish my run, even though its slower than last yr by 2 mins.. i never felt difficulty even though i pushed thru the last 3km... absolute victory to myself!!!
am very very very happy with my performance... went home and still can cycle to teach swimming... not enuff!!! i want more!!!!
I love the atmosphere.. i'm sure triathlons will be much more cooler.. and in time to come.. HIM, IM AND DECA IM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hereby, I thank Dear, Buddy, Mr chan and Jingfu, Chong, Fred and all the rest who has been supporting me!!! :)
Love,
Sinner
To those who think i'm arrogant, fuck off. I am just passionate about what I do and I say things in a "straight in your fuck face" manner. I know I have a lot to learn, and those who are sincere in teaching me and who has taught me, would have seen how I am willing to listen and change as long as its for the better. So, those who read this post and don't like it, don't judge, for you are Not qualified once you have the intention to judge. :D
However, I'm starting to grasp the real intention and meaning of doing long distance races and however short this Singapore Biathlon is to many of you old birds out there, it will be a good start for me to learn how to Enjoy the Endurance game. :D
So, I spent 2 hrs last nite preparing for everything I need...
Tri suit - Checked
Goggles (Clear, red tinted, clear tinted) - Checked
Vaseline - Checked
Anti fog - Checked (thanks Fred)
Water - Checked
Shoes and Socks - Checked
Number belt - Checked
Shades - Checked
Time table - Checked
Race venue address - Checked
Extra clothes - Checked
Warm up gears - Checked
Watch - Checked
Bottle of honey drink (better than powergel to some extent) - Checked
Money - Checked
Phone - Checked
Race confirmation slip - Checked
----------------------------------
Then I meditated and I visualized every single possible detail that I can think of from the moment I wake up until I finish the race.
So reached there at 7.15 sharp... everyone reaching was in super mini running shorts and running tops.. All long and slender bodies.. I look kinda out of place.. all have friends to go with but I'm there alone.. I look at myself, and I learned the first thing in endurance race (learn to back down your ego, and laugh at yourself for the sake of fun and enjoy :)).. I laughed at the way I look, way too muscular and quite bulky to be a swimmer or runner... But yes, I'm indeed, both combined. :)
The weather looked bad.. lightning clouds everywhere.. and it drizzled when me and this new friend Lawrence went for warmup swim after our registration, changing into tri suit and also crapping for the one final time, hoping we'll crap the butterflies in our stomach out.. :D It worked! haha..
Anyway, after the warmup, we went back for a drink and lawrence told me to try to slow down my swim a little bit and my run will benefit alot more! So I tried.. I started right at the first line of swimmers and in the middle too.. hopefully my pictures turn out nice. haha.. and when I swam towards the first buoy, it was clear traffic! hehe.. in fact, most of the time it was clear traffic except for the 2 to 3 turns... got quite messy.. but yeah, was able to maintain composure through self talk and also the visualizations i did...
When I finish the swim, i was surprised to find that i am 3 mins faster than previous year's timing.. and the best thign is because i held back, i am still damn fresh!
haha.. so, took my time in transition, soaking into the atmosphere before beginning my long lonely run.
So, 10k, here we go! The first 2k felt a little hard on the breathing but forced myself to control and did ok... then after 2k, my muscles FINALLY adapted to the transition (so slow.. lack of transition/brick training)... and it got into quite a good slow pace..
met this super ego pti guy.. started chatting abt fitness without knowing he's a PTI and qualified fitness instructor.. so i said I teach swimming and also do abit of personal training la.. then the chat went fine.. and then guess what.. when i mentioned abt learning from Mr chan.. and i wanna recommend him cos chan's really good.. he goes like "I'M A PTI U NOE??? I GOT MY FI CERT 10 YEARS AGO!!"
i was like oh.. ok ok... good (so thats how outdated you are..)... haha.. then i say PTI also can learn wat.. never hurt to learn.. then he say "I GOT A LOT OF CERTS ALREADY!"... then i ask did you get NSCA ? and he said oh.. strength and conditioning ar.. SAF only got 2 ppl have.. then I say oh.. good la.. then i should join to make it THREE. :Ppp HAHAHHA... He jit tao DIAM DIAO LOR...
HAHAHAHA...
so we reached the 5km mark and i just went on faster cos we're going way too slow... and surprisingly, i was able to push all the way to the end and finish DAMN STRONGLY with a SMILE! :D
Timing was the same as last yr.. but i remember finishing the race last yr like a dog panting for his last breathe.. but this yr.. the current was stronger and I managed to finish my swim faster! and when i finish my run, even though its slower than last yr by 2 mins.. i never felt difficulty even though i pushed thru the last 3km... absolute victory to myself!!!
am very very very happy with my performance... went home and still can cycle to teach swimming... not enuff!!! i want more!!!!
I love the atmosphere.. i'm sure triathlons will be much more cooler.. and in time to come.. HIM, IM AND DECA IM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hereby, I thank Dear, Buddy, Mr chan and Jingfu, Chong, Fred and all the rest who has been supporting me!!! :)
Love,
Sinner
To those who think i'm arrogant, fuck off. I am just passionate about what I do and I say things in a "straight in your fuck face" manner. I know I have a lot to learn, and those who are sincere in teaching me and who has taught me, would have seen how I am willing to listen and change as long as its for the better. So, those who read this post and don't like it, don't judge, for you are Not qualified once you have the intention to judge. :D
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Swim stroke.
Recently, I changed my swim stroke for front crawl..
Those who know me and seen me swam before.. would know my crawl is probably as good as most above average guys already.. actually, for someone who only picked it up for 2 yrs.. i'm quite proud of myself of what i'm doing now.. technique wise, i thought it was close to perfect.. but now, i see flaws.. and i am SO VERY HUNGRY for improvements.. having tipped by shi fu.. i'm gonna change it right here right now..
Kobe change his game time after time for improvement despite being successful one of after another style.. because he wants improvements..
Tiger woods changed his swinging stroke after winning "N" number of championship gameSSS and why? Because he wants improvements..
My desire for improvement at this age, is SO at its peak already..
Desire Results in Sins? ;)
Sinner
Those who know me and seen me swam before.. would know my crawl is probably as good as most above average guys already.. actually, for someone who only picked it up for 2 yrs.. i'm quite proud of myself of what i'm doing now.. technique wise, i thought it was close to perfect.. but now, i see flaws.. and i am SO VERY HUNGRY for improvements.. having tipped by shi fu.. i'm gonna change it right here right now..
Kobe change his game time after time for improvement despite being successful one of after another style.. because he wants improvements..
Tiger woods changed his swinging stroke after winning "N" number of championship gameSSS and why? Because he wants improvements..
My desire for improvement at this age, is SO at its peak already..
Desire Results in Sins? ;)
Sinner
Monday, February 16, 2009
point to ponder from yang's blog.
Sometimes, ppl ask questions not because they want to hear the truth..or rather, they don't want to hear the truth.. they just want to fulfill the need to know...
That is pretty true isn't it?
When a person ask a question, does he really know what answer to expect? If he does, then why still ask?
Anyway, when ppl like that ask a question with an obvious answer or an answer that cannot be replied in a morally right way, the best way out will be to give a reply that is politically correct with reference to what is being asked.
Don't know why I want to blog this down.. but i just thought its an intriguing thought to jot down.. :)
Cheers,
Sinned.
That is pretty true isn't it?
When a person ask a question, does he really know what answer to expect? If he does, then why still ask?
Anyway, when ppl like that ask a question with an obvious answer or an answer that cannot be replied in a morally right way, the best way out will be to give a reply that is politically correct with reference to what is being asked.
Don't know why I want to blog this down.. but i just thought its an intriguing thought to jot down.. :)
Cheers,
Sinned.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Spirit of Perserverance
Chatted with fu last nite, and we found out that both of us started whatever we're doing now, his wushu and my swimming, just like any beginners would.. go through tonnes of shit.. go through tonnes of mistakes.. and all we did was tell ourselves the following..
"Don't worry.. the rest can be better.. it doesn't matter to us.. I'm just gonna work hard on my fundamentals first.. worry about the other things later..."
And with that, we worked our ass off in whatever we could believe in.. time passes by, and he became the wushu coach he is right now.. I became the swim instructor I am today..
Fu started Slow.. as he said.. he learnt and pick up things the slowest in his squad.. many ppl of his batch advanced level after levels but he's still trying to grasp his basics.. having bad memory power and flexibility definitely didn't help.. but he took the extra effort to train himself whenever he's home.. whenever he's free, he'd go down for extra training sessions.. It is all these small little things that count. And yes.. the team mates from his same batch plateud after improving seemingly at a stunning rate.. but the lack of fundamentals has restrained their real potential... fu carried on improving to became some medalist. happy for him. :)
I remember times when ppl told me "its not possible la. you don't even know how to swim.. and the swim instructor test is so near!..".. I then worked so very hard to prove them wrong.. I forgot how many hours I spent in the pool trying to pick up butterfly.. without anyone's productive guidance.. Only a girlfriend who was just frustrated ebcause i've always delayed the dinner and outing by 2 hrs or so every single night because I just want to get an inch closer to getting better/perfection.
In the train rides, I will be sitting on the chair, doing the undulation with my head and body.. everybody will stare.. but I didn't care.. At home, I will read TONNES of books and do land drills in front of my mirror every single minute I am free. I asked SOOO many ppl.. including this ex national swimmer Richard at sam's condo.. I will forever be grateful to him because he was the one who started me up with the 1 and only vocal lesson on butterfly techniques. I was thankful to meet such ppl because he didn't look at me like I'm some idiot trying to chase an impossible dream.. I could feel his sincerity when he helped.. Love this kinda ppl.. motivates me to be like that always too.
Anyway, thank God, I passed the entry test and I manage to pass the theory test that some ppl takes 10 yrs to pass too.. But I still wasn't happy with my strokes.. and I still continued to work hours after hours.. rain after shine.. shine after rain and so on.. weihao's condo pool was where I perfected my TI drills.. it was, fun. :)
Uncle george saw my swim when he tested me for his lifesaving 123 course.. and all I could see is him shaking head after I finished my struggling of 4 short laps then. He told me "its quite difficult la."
Now I'm a lifesaving instructor too. :)
Sometimes, I felt that I work too hard.. but my stubbornness had brought me to where I am today.. Just like bruce lee.. ppl who love him and "studied" him.. will see he is damn "ti ki"(iron tooth in hokkien dialect meaning stubborn).. cos whenever ppl question him, he'd wanna prove them wrong and that he can outdo them.. end up, he became one of the best fighter in the world.
I've enjoyed so far regarding my work ethics.. but then.. the stubbornness has always brought some fall on me too.. in my love life.. Like I said, sometimes, I tried too hard to be perfect.. I tried too hard to be everything.. I tried too hard in everything.. turning ppl off... Was hurt.. but its okay.. I've gotten over it just like how I get over my dad's death in 1 week. Life goes on! Can't brood on the past.. learn from mistakes and look forward to the future cos there're just so many uncertainties!!Exciting!! :)
I hope my perserverance will bring me success in being a personal trainer too.. I still got so much to learn from shifu.. I hope he die only after he pass me all his traits. haha.. no no, I should be naive and say I hope he don't die. :)
Love,
Sinner
"Don't worry.. the rest can be better.. it doesn't matter to us.. I'm just gonna work hard on my fundamentals first.. worry about the other things later..."
And with that, we worked our ass off in whatever we could believe in.. time passes by, and he became the wushu coach he is right now.. I became the swim instructor I am today..
Fu started Slow.. as he said.. he learnt and pick up things the slowest in his squad.. many ppl of his batch advanced level after levels but he's still trying to grasp his basics.. having bad memory power and flexibility definitely didn't help.. but he took the extra effort to train himself whenever he's home.. whenever he's free, he'd go down for extra training sessions.. It is all these small little things that count. And yes.. the team mates from his same batch plateud after improving seemingly at a stunning rate.. but the lack of fundamentals has restrained their real potential... fu carried on improving to became some medalist. happy for him. :)
I remember times when ppl told me "its not possible la. you don't even know how to swim.. and the swim instructor test is so near!..".. I then worked so very hard to prove them wrong.. I forgot how many hours I spent in the pool trying to pick up butterfly.. without anyone's productive guidance.. Only a girlfriend who was just frustrated ebcause i've always delayed the dinner and outing by 2 hrs or so every single night because I just want to get an inch closer to getting better/perfection.
In the train rides, I will be sitting on the chair, doing the undulation with my head and body.. everybody will stare.. but I didn't care.. At home, I will read TONNES of books and do land drills in front of my mirror every single minute I am free. I asked SOOO many ppl.. including this ex national swimmer Richard at sam's condo.. I will forever be grateful to him because he was the one who started me up with the 1 and only vocal lesson on butterfly techniques. I was thankful to meet such ppl because he didn't look at me like I'm some idiot trying to chase an impossible dream.. I could feel his sincerity when he helped.. Love this kinda ppl.. motivates me to be like that always too.
Anyway, thank God, I passed the entry test and I manage to pass the theory test that some ppl takes 10 yrs to pass too.. But I still wasn't happy with my strokes.. and I still continued to work hours after hours.. rain after shine.. shine after rain and so on.. weihao's condo pool was where I perfected my TI drills.. it was, fun. :)
Uncle george saw my swim when he tested me for his lifesaving 123 course.. and all I could see is him shaking head after I finished my struggling of 4 short laps then. He told me "its quite difficult la."
Now I'm a lifesaving instructor too. :)
Sometimes, I felt that I work too hard.. but my stubbornness had brought me to where I am today.. Just like bruce lee.. ppl who love him and "studied" him.. will see he is damn "ti ki"(iron tooth in hokkien dialect meaning stubborn).. cos whenever ppl question him, he'd wanna prove them wrong and that he can outdo them.. end up, he became one of the best fighter in the world.
I've enjoyed so far regarding my work ethics.. but then.. the stubbornness has always brought some fall on me too.. in my love life.. Like I said, sometimes, I tried too hard to be perfect.. I tried too hard to be everything.. I tried too hard in everything.. turning ppl off... Was hurt.. but its okay.. I've gotten over it just like how I get over my dad's death in 1 week. Life goes on! Can't brood on the past.. learn from mistakes and look forward to the future cos there're just so many uncertainties!!Exciting!! :)
I hope my perserverance will bring me success in being a personal trainer too.. I still got so much to learn from shifu.. I hope he die only after he pass me all his traits. haha.. no no, I should be naive and say I hope he don't die. :)
Love,
Sinner
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thoughts on Coaching and Training
Learning TI from zero and being self taught has brought me a long way..
I've went through LOADS of wrong paths before coming to "enlightenment" on how a human can swim effortlessly with the correct techniques..
And being a very expressive person helped me become a better coach too..
Those techniques that requires alot of feelings to grasp.. I was able to put them into words of feelings... thus my students learn how to feel the water and their body works together.. not just splash through the water..
Of course.. a logical mind helped hell lots... thanks to my Software Engineering background.. i was able to break big pictures into tiny little pieces... and systematically put them back together...
That became how I come up with my own building blocks of technique teaching.. Through small pieces.. building on top of one another.. to come up with a complete stroke.
Being a non-swimmer at the age of 23 also helped me understand and at many times FEEL what the kids/beginner swimmers/water phobic adults feel when they face the learning barriers and sometimes, the fear of water..
I feel that the fear of water cannot be underestimated or ignored.. because without understanding what your student feel with that fear, you'll never be in sync with their thoughts.. and without doing that, a coach won't be able to relay any messages clearly across their mind because they're thinking of different things altogether at the same time...
So far, I believe I've done fairly well as a swim coach.. I hope I can improve somemore.. that'll be through my temper management, and instilling of more fun works... I'm quite a boring coach except my bullshitting skills and cold jokes works at some summer times..
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Personal Training..
I have to completely agree with my shifu (58 yr old guy who can do 1 hand chin up.. and the core so strong, my 76 kg body cannot pry open his crunch at its peak contraction..) that 99% of the ppl in singapore do not know what they are doing. And that includes PERSONAL TRAINERS too...
Why are ppl in gym using heavy weights when they're not able to? One simple thing to look at is if you have to use momentum to lift the weight, then why lift that weight? Once momentum comes into place, the weight moves by itself and not the muscle in that small degrees of movement.. Thus the muscles are not loaded at that point when momentum comes in..
Also, many a times, ppl like to use machines.. and even gloves.. yes, they are safe, but are they functional or not? How many times in your life do you have to lie down in that bench press position and push something up away from you? When the sky falls down?
Gloves, guys.. come'on.. you wack heavy weights because you wanna impress those ladies in the gym? How many ladies in the gym goes to the weight section? So, it boils down to yielding those muscles outside of the gym.. to carry heavy things.. like walk up 12 storeys with a 25kg mirror or metal cabinet when the lift broke down.. where are you gonna suddenly find gloves to help you so it won't be so painful? You can say its abt safety.. so that it won't slip.. but com'on, if the weight is so heavy that you can't even control, then let alone train with it!
Also, I don't understand why ppl like to use the smith machine (the machine with the olympic bar that is hung onto by cables at the side) to do squats.. In real life, do you sit down with something to hang on to? Often you ask those ppl who do squats on smith machines with monstrous weights to do a simple squat without weight by themselves.. they'll just fall onto their ass or kneeling(knees cross toes) instead of squatting.
Seriously, do ppl tink abt why they train? And why does one movement train that muscle part? Often, you ask "Why do bench press?".. they answer "cos it train chest and give me big chest..".. now, why is that so? If you don't even know how and why your body work that way (when you push something, which muscle comes into play..) then you won't even know how to activate that muscle.. then how to train?
For those who don't weight train or have been weight training but don't know what i am talking abt, give yourself a test.. ask your friend to put a finger in the middle of your back, now try to fold your back along the spine and crush that finger.. that activates your middle trapezius and rhomboids.. now ask yourself, when you do your rows in the gym.. do you even tink abt folding your back? or are you just concerned abt how heavy can your ARMS pull and row?
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Sad to say this.. but sg sports is really going nowhere if all these doubts are not clarified.. but it will be difficult.. because all the "old birds" will be so conventional and stubborn with their own believes.. it'll be as hard to change their tinking as melting the rock using the sun rays at sentosa..
Can you imagine, there are still swim coaches who tell you GYM TRAINING IS NO GOOD.. IT MAKE YOU BULKY AND YOU CAN'T SWIM WELL COS YOUR FLEXIBILITY WILL BE GONE?
Tell me if phelps gym train, of course he does. And then look at how he warm up at the platform.. his shoulders are so flexible, he hands can go all the way back and clap!
I personally never swam distance for 2 months + and have been training in the gym with this shifu of mine.. i was skeptical at first when he told me you'll definitely be able to last the swim.. and the run of 10k will be easy. My shi jie, michelle said "10K run is also not as tiring as legs and abs day.."..
So I went for a swim today.. first distance swim after 2months +.. and i clocked 100laps. Without feeling too tired.
Now, tell me, gym helps? Or Gym kills?
Its really up to the practitionist.. whether he knows what he's doing...
Glad to see coaches like Fred, Jingfu and Simin.. :)
Cheers,
The Sinning Swimmer.
I've went through LOADS of wrong paths before coming to "enlightenment" on how a human can swim effortlessly with the correct techniques..
And being a very expressive person helped me become a better coach too..
Those techniques that requires alot of feelings to grasp.. I was able to put them into words of feelings... thus my students learn how to feel the water and their body works together.. not just splash through the water..
Of course.. a logical mind helped hell lots... thanks to my Software Engineering background.. i was able to break big pictures into tiny little pieces... and systematically put them back together...
That became how I come up with my own building blocks of technique teaching.. Through small pieces.. building on top of one another.. to come up with a complete stroke.
Being a non-swimmer at the age of 23 also helped me understand and at many times FEEL what the kids/beginner swimmers/water phobic adults feel when they face the learning barriers and sometimes, the fear of water..
I feel that the fear of water cannot be underestimated or ignored.. because without understanding what your student feel with that fear, you'll never be in sync with their thoughts.. and without doing that, a coach won't be able to relay any messages clearly across their mind because they're thinking of different things altogether at the same time...
So far, I believe I've done fairly well as a swim coach.. I hope I can improve somemore.. that'll be through my temper management, and instilling of more fun works... I'm quite a boring coach except my bullshitting skills and cold jokes works at some summer times..
-------------------------------
Personal Training..
I have to completely agree with my shifu (58 yr old guy who can do 1 hand chin up.. and the core so strong, my 76 kg body cannot pry open his crunch at its peak contraction..) that 99% of the ppl in singapore do not know what they are doing. And that includes PERSONAL TRAINERS too...
Why are ppl in gym using heavy weights when they're not able to? One simple thing to look at is if you have to use momentum to lift the weight, then why lift that weight? Once momentum comes into place, the weight moves by itself and not the muscle in that small degrees of movement.. Thus the muscles are not loaded at that point when momentum comes in..
Also, many a times, ppl like to use machines.. and even gloves.. yes, they are safe, but are they functional or not? How many times in your life do you have to lie down in that bench press position and push something up away from you? When the sky falls down?
Gloves, guys.. come'on.. you wack heavy weights because you wanna impress those ladies in the gym? How many ladies in the gym goes to the weight section? So, it boils down to yielding those muscles outside of the gym.. to carry heavy things.. like walk up 12 storeys with a 25kg mirror or metal cabinet when the lift broke down.. where are you gonna suddenly find gloves to help you so it won't be so painful? You can say its abt safety.. so that it won't slip.. but com'on, if the weight is so heavy that you can't even control, then let alone train with it!
Also, I don't understand why ppl like to use the smith machine (the machine with the olympic bar that is hung onto by cables at the side) to do squats.. In real life, do you sit down with something to hang on to? Often you ask those ppl who do squats on smith machines with monstrous weights to do a simple squat without weight by themselves.. they'll just fall onto their ass or kneeling(knees cross toes) instead of squatting.
Seriously, do ppl tink abt why they train? And why does one movement train that muscle part? Often, you ask "Why do bench press?".. they answer "cos it train chest and give me big chest..".. now, why is that so? If you don't even know how and why your body work that way (when you push something, which muscle comes into play..) then you won't even know how to activate that muscle.. then how to train?
For those who don't weight train or have been weight training but don't know what i am talking abt, give yourself a test.. ask your friend to put a finger in the middle of your back, now try to fold your back along the spine and crush that finger.. that activates your middle trapezius and rhomboids.. now ask yourself, when you do your rows in the gym.. do you even tink abt folding your back? or are you just concerned abt how heavy can your ARMS pull and row?
--------------------------------
Sad to say this.. but sg sports is really going nowhere if all these doubts are not clarified.. but it will be difficult.. because all the "old birds" will be so conventional and stubborn with their own believes.. it'll be as hard to change their tinking as melting the rock using the sun rays at sentosa..
Can you imagine, there are still swim coaches who tell you GYM TRAINING IS NO GOOD.. IT MAKE YOU BULKY AND YOU CAN'T SWIM WELL COS YOUR FLEXIBILITY WILL BE GONE?
Tell me if phelps gym train, of course he does. And then look at how he warm up at the platform.. his shoulders are so flexible, he hands can go all the way back and clap!
I personally never swam distance for 2 months + and have been training in the gym with this shifu of mine.. i was skeptical at first when he told me you'll definitely be able to last the swim.. and the run of 10k will be easy. My shi jie, michelle said "10K run is also not as tiring as legs and abs day.."..
So I went for a swim today.. first distance swim after 2months +.. and i clocked 100laps. Without feeling too tired.
Now, tell me, gym helps? Or Gym kills?
Its really up to the practitionist.. whether he knows what he's doing...
Glad to see coaches like Fred, Jingfu and Simin.. :)
Cheers,
The Sinning Swimmer.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Virgin Post
So, I see my friend's blog.. and I never thought I'd be here creating one for myself.. I don't know how long I will keep myself to update this.. but I'd just come whenever I feel that I have a confession that I could tell no one but the screen...
So yes, this is a blog abt me, myself and I.. Look at the number of 'I's there were in the first paragraph.. Its obvious isn't it? I will be writing here thoughts.. explicit and non.. As with all the other blogs I've written.. I'd like to first Declare that I don't wish to answer to anyone rudely commenting. If you have nothing nice to say, then keep it up your ass and fuck off by clicking the 'X' button on the top right hand corner of your browser.. I can do you a user manual on how to do that with step by step cursor instructions if you'd say please. :)
So, first thought of the blog..
Socrate says "The unexamined life is not worth living"
Which brings in the next question of what is the sublime of life?
After my quarter of century spent in deep thoughts.. actually only since the last 7 yrs or so.. I've been finding and examining my own life.. I firmly believe that one should live with a purpose.. and not just drift along... I seriously feel that people who does that, live a life either by just sitting in front of the comp and play game.. or work your ass off in the office for 9 hrs a day just to get a paycheck.. AND do that for YOUR WHOLE LIFE.. that is REALLY a waste of life.
There is no way I could reiterate more strongly that yes, this is only governed only by my own perceptions.. but I hope one day I can be as wise as dael.. so that my spectrum of wisdom and perceptions will allow me not to perceive but merge into the flow of nature. Only then, I feel, that I will truly be living a life of my own. Doing whatever I am meant to do, and doing whatever I want to and also what nature wants me to. I do not know when, but I believe its near..
Because whenever I believe in something, it _Will_ happen.
Lets end this self indulgence post with Something special abt me, shall we..
I don't wait for things to happen.
I MAKE them happen.
Cheers,
The Sinner
So yes, this is a blog abt me, myself and I.. Look at the number of 'I's there were in the first paragraph.. Its obvious isn't it? I will be writing here thoughts.. explicit and non.. As with all the other blogs I've written.. I'd like to first Declare that I don't wish to answer to anyone rudely commenting. If you have nothing nice to say, then keep it up your ass and fuck off by clicking the 'X' button on the top right hand corner of your browser.. I can do you a user manual on how to do that with step by step cursor instructions if you'd say please. :)
So, first thought of the blog..
Socrate says "The unexamined life is not worth living"
Which brings in the next question of what is the sublime of life?
After my quarter of century spent in deep thoughts.. actually only since the last 7 yrs or so.. I've been finding and examining my own life.. I firmly believe that one should live with a purpose.. and not just drift along... I seriously feel that people who does that, live a life either by just sitting in front of the comp and play game.. or work your ass off in the office for 9 hrs a day just to get a paycheck.. AND do that for YOUR WHOLE LIFE.. that is REALLY a waste of life.
There is no way I could reiterate more strongly that yes, this is only governed only by my own perceptions.. but I hope one day I can be as wise as dael.. so that my spectrum of wisdom and perceptions will allow me not to perceive but merge into the flow of nature. Only then, I feel, that I will truly be living a life of my own. Doing whatever I am meant to do, and doing whatever I want to and also what nature wants me to. I do not know when, but I believe its near..
Because whenever I believe in something, it _Will_ happen.
Lets end this self indulgence post with Something special abt me, shall we..
I don't wait for things to happen.
I MAKE them happen.
Cheers,
The Sinner
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