Human Flag Progressions

I have been working on Human Flag progressions over the last few months and I am now at a stage where I can hold the flag from a vertical bar. However, a few issues I am having are that I seem to have backwards momentum on the bar once in the flag position, which causes me to rotate backwards around the bar thus forcing me to let go. Once I solve this I may be able to hold the flag for longer periods of time.

Double clap pushups

Taken a while and the video is not the best of quality so it's difficult to see the two claps but I promise they are both there. The first is a front clap followed by the behind the back. So next on the agenda is the triple clap pushup. Hmm, that could take some effort....

What's happened?

I don't know what has happened to my fitness just lately, but it's taken a landslide. I managed to get my 50 burpees down to 2:57 a while back but 2 weeks ago it took me 5:06 to achieve the same amount of work. Again today I still have only managed to recover it to 3:58. It's a bit of set back but I am slowly ramping it back up again. I have used some back off periods so I don't think it's a case of exceeding my work capacity. Bollocks!

I have finally completed my sandbag. After buying several different sizes, all either too big or too small I have settled for a 30" Canvas Toolbag. It's a tiny bit too big, but I might bulk it out with some mini bags of wood chippings that I can interchange with mini bags of sand when I want to increase work capacity.

The Amazing Spiderman

I recently read about Jyothi Rai in The Sun news paper. He was once a builder but now entertains thousands with his climbing antics, a real demonstration of strength, skill and most of all that even what seems impossible can be possible. Looking at the pictures featured in the paper was enough to captivate me, but after watching the clip below I take my hat off; that is something else...



The article describes how Jyothi developed his skill through years of watching how monkeys climb trees and trying to reproduce stunts in films. He hopes to become the greatest climber in the world and I am sure he will acquire a massive following when he fulfils his ambition to open a climbing school.

Magic 50 Finisher - 10' 33"

Best time yet! Hope to crack that 10 minute mark soon!

The heavy bag

This is my first proper go on the bag. I did three one minute rounds as a finisher to a leg workout, although I realise this is a mistake (working with skills while tired is not a good idea, as it can encourage bad habits). However, since this is my first go I won't dwell on it :-) On a whole, I really enjoyed this and I think I will enjoy it more if I am fresh. Feel free to give me any pointers, since I have no boxing background (Jikishin Ju Jitsu)...

Video Log - 6 Jul 2009

Because I achieved my personal best last week with the 50 Burpees Challenge, I thought I'd try and recapture the milestone on video. A couple of seconds out unfortunately (admittedly I was actually trying to better my PB), but here it is.

Time: 2' 58"