First good training session in almost a week.
TGU's: 17 minutes. Started with 12kg, ended with the Beast. Did one TGU on each side, rested then went up to the next weight.
Cleaned up a bunch of junk out of MY AREA. 20 minutes.
Juggling practice: Beast slingshots and swings.
Backed off to the now light 32kg for the rest of the day.
Slingshots, figure 8's, swings, flips, high pulls, high pull & catch, figure 8"s to a hold. I did this in set fashion. Did one exercise then rested. Did another exercise then rested.
One hand swings: 14/14, 7/7, 8/8, 8/8 and 6/6. 86 total. Glutes are firing like Gatlin guns!
Hanging leg raises: 3 x 3.
Shake it all out.
Z-drills my friends said I should practice + Z-hand drills. Yoga supermans.

No "Stress" workout. Kept as cool as a cucumber the whole time. Relax the face and the body will follow.

-Joe

My first weekend of Z-Health training is over. I feel great today. Slept like a baby last night. The whole experience was wonderful. Everyone was great. I can't believe some of the injuries some people had and were still walking! They came to the right place to get fixed. Our assessment went well too. I had two done on me. I have two different problem areas to work on. Now I'll have to practice assessments before the second half of R-Phase. It's a great system.

Gotta go,
Joe

The second day of the Z-Health Cert was great. Near the end of the day we did front lumbar circles. Then we did the finger, hand and wrist exercises. That really relaxed everyone to the point of falling asleep almost. Just a total powered down state. Lots and lots of nerve endings in the hands. Good for relaxation if you have trouble sleeping.

-Joe out.

First day of Z-Health cert was great. Half the class have been worked on by Mike T. The Z -Health Evangelist as Fawn calls him. It's good stuff. Amazing what a jammed joint can do to you. No wonder so many people are walking around looking like death warmed over. It's even more amazing that most people are even walkng around at all. We're learning neuropysiolgy, biomechanics and anatomy. My eyes were tired at the end of the day.

Gotta go,
-Joe

I saw part of the T.V. show "The biggest Loser" the other day. Tuesday night I believe. The men ganged up on the two remaining women in some kind of challenge. One guy won 10,000 dollars! Or he could buy one pound at the weigh in for- $10,000. I don't know what happened because they had a little segment on one of the guys. He used to sit in front of the T.V. and eat a whole half gallon of ICE CREAM while watching football. Him and his buddies or son's used to do this.

It was so disgusting watching three guys with their own buckets of ice cream that I've totally sworn off ICE CREAM. GROSS!

ICE CREAM AND T.V. are the bain of the western world. In the challenge, ICE CREAM had the most calories compared to pizza, hot dogs and all the other garbage you can buy at any sporting event.

This fella also was eating over 4,000 calories per day from his three squares! Exercise was non existant too. At the ranch he's eating under 2000 calories and exercising all the time. He's lost something like 120 pounds of FAT!

Food is like drug addiction to a lot of people. They didn't plan on getting addicted to it or gaining X amount of weight. It kind of sneaks up on you if you're not careful. Food is so cheap and plentiful and easy to get that it's harder not to eat junk.

Plus we're all so strapped for time nowadays that it's easy to hop in the car and go get something to eat quick.

Just so no to ICE CREAM; limit the T.V. watching; and exercise.

Peace Out,
-Joe

My last workout before the Z-Health Cert. Besides Kb class tonight.
Tgu's: Only went up to 40kg x 1 each. Around the body pass, figure eights, figure eight to a hold and hand to hand flips. Did about 20 flips. Used the 24kg bell. Hanging leg raises with 5# ball pressed between my knees x 4 reps. I'm getting beter at these in general. Good exercise.
Z Fab Four.

That's all folks!
-Joe

Happy Easter!
The Easter Bunny was busy last night dropping off candy and eggs.
I saw his or her tracks in the fresh snow outside.
Yesterday trained three times. Am- Z-health R-Phase exercises. Later after running some errands: TGU's- 16, 24, 32, 40 and 48kg x 1/1. Took it slow and easy. Lunge style. I can do squat style but have a hard time turning into position from the floor.
Later: High Pulls- 12, 16, 24, 32kg's. Back down to 24kg's for 102 reps total for all the different size weights. Arm bars- 24kg x 2. Halo's x 12kg x 20 x 2 sets.

This morning after securing coffee and a Sunday paper did R-Phase Z-Health.

Time to chill,
-Joe

Grass on the ground and no jackets on yesterday, heart attack snow and winter coats on today.
That's Minnesota in March.
The snow is filled with water. Huge flakes. Good thing it doesn't last long.
KB class tonight and Z-preperations Saturday and Sunday.
Then it's time to coast until the cert.
Peace out,
-Joe

The Z-Health cert is exactly one week away! So I've backed off on my training in general. Last night I made dinner and trained. Bottoms up Tgu's supersetted with high pulls for three sets. Front squats supersetted with overlapped hands chin-ups x three sets. Pullover and press supresetted with hindu squats x 2 sets. Hanging leg raises x 2 sets. Last set with 3 pound ball between the knees. Yoga to help stretch out. Swept and mopped my studio. Eat dinner.

Peace Out,
-Joe

Went over the R-Phase book and exercises again today. I saw something I missed. The four position knee circles! I was only doing them to the side.

Also did some swings: 24, 32, 40, 48 kg. Back down to 32kg for 3 sets. One hand, nothing major.

Rotator rehab exercises I'm inventing as I go along. My Chiro told me no overhead work and to stretch it. That's what I'll do.

Yoga to finish out the hour long session. The yoga stuff I'm doing is REALLY helping my lower back. I haven't woken up with lower back pain after a long nights rest. Good stuff.

Don't park in the fire lane,
-Joe

This morning sat in the hot tub for 15 minutes.
Went thru Z-Health R-Phase workbook. Man did my right foot ever snap, crackle and pop when I did the six position toe circles! I think the hot tub warm up helped make everything more pliable. Did some Power Yoga to finish things off.

I saw a segment on TV this morning from torque athletic. This gal was demonstrating this big, honkin' exercise machine. She did bench presses, leg extensions, presses. Then she did the bench press and presses on a stability ball!
All while slouching. Pretty impressive.
LAY DOWN and/or SIT DOWN and exercise.
The owner of torque was saying how "functional" this is. "Like pushing a baby stroller or your lawn mower".
Ya Right. I often lay down to push a baby stroller and mow my lawn. What a joke! You'd be better off picking up a bag of potatoes and pressing that.
In fact that's my salute to Saint Patrick's Day workout. The bag-o- potatoes press.
It's a whole lot more "functional" than laying down doing bench presses on a ball. JMHO.

Happy Saint Patty's Day!!!

Peace Out,
-Joe

The most dreaded morning of the whole year. Set your clocks ahead so you get up an hour earlier. Go to work in the dark again. I'm stoked!
Saw a grip training article in a magazine that I wrote a kick ass article for. First you take your Malibu Barbie and Ken dumbbell and...
What's going to work your grip more? A ten pound dumbbell or a set of swings, deadlifts or chins.
Also saw this trainer from Chicago and New York City who say NO to cardio. My kind of trainer. Think about it. Sales of ellipticals, treadmills and bikes have skyrocketed along with the obesity epidemic. Mmm??? Along with that has come low fat diets. Mmmm??? I see a connection here. First of all your heart is working every second of every day and night, even when you sleep. Do you think it needs more endurance work???? I doubt it.
It probably could use intensity for short bursts to make it able to handle intense situations under which heart attacks occur.
"A Repo Man's life is intense situations". A quote from the classic movie Repo Man.

Gotta go-
Peace Out,
-Joe

"Work is the curse of the drinking man".
That's one of my favorite quotes. Interpret it in your own way.
Training: Mostly Z-Health, getting my reps in. I'll be teaching five KB classes this week. Course I use the "wussy" size bell's when demonstrating. 16kg and under- to perfect my technique.
There's a certain size bell for every exercise that's more difficult if it's too light, perfect with the right weight and difficult again with a weight that's too heavy.

Gotta go to my JOB.

Peace Out,
-Joe

Quick post: Am. Z-NWU.
Pm. Bottoms up TGU with 12kg. One hand swings 30/30 with 24kg. Bottoms up Tgu with 16kg. Z-Health fab four.

Peace Out,

-Joe

Four weeks until the Z-Health Cert. Getting my reps in. Yesterday went for a bike ride with Brock. Also did a TGU with Brock. Got part of it on video.
Peace Out.
-Joe