Day 54
With my first competition only a few days away, it was a super weird time in my Wednesday night Ninja Class... only 3 of us showed up, with the others presumably tapering off this week. We didn't do anything particularly strenuous, and worked more on flexibility and mobility, which actually highlighted a metric tonne of issues that I wasn't aware of.
Tried to do some single leg squats on an upside bosu ball.... nope, super super shakey.
Single leg pistol squats - hell no
Walk on a slack line - worst in class
Work on the spinning log - even worser in class (I realise that's not a word, but things are dire here!)
Handstands - what the? No.
Hanging from a hang board - also terrible.
Dead hang - better, but still not good.
We did one hanging upper body obstacle which I absolutely killed in... the others struggled but I breeze'd through like it ain't a thing, so that was a relief... basically it looks like I'm upper body strong, but not particularly mobile or flexible... which is not great for a ninja.
The course on Saturday will have 8 to 12 obstacles, with a minimum of 3 upper body, 3 lower body and at least one balance obstacle. The accumulated fatigue will be brutal.
I can guess that the ring hopper will be upper body, the spinning log will be balance, the Warped Wall will be lower body and there will be a climbing all component but I'm not sure what that comes under. Very curious about the lower body obstacles because the gym doesn't have a lot... they're building like crazy at the moment though.
Very interesting times! Need to spend the next couple of days just balancing on junk...
Today's exercises
Two hours of light Ninja play.
Injuries & sore spots
Pretty alright going into this.... left knee a bit dodge from the attempted pistol squats, but it was fine by bed.
Goals for January February
- 20 minutes of stretching every day (inspired by
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- At least 2 classes of acroyoga (inspired by
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- Hit the top of the 14' 6" wall with both hands (December's was 14")
- One armed pull up
- One handed pushup (challenged by
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- 8 foot peg board (challenged by
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- 15 minutes of meditation and visualization every day (challenged by
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Upcoming Events
- Ninja competition (UNAA) in Portland - 4th Feb
- American Ninja Warrior Experience in Phoenix - 10th Feb
- American Ninja Warrior Experience in San Diego - 3rd March
Images provided by Google Image Search of 'Australian Ninja Warrior'.
steemaroo divider and ninja upgoats drawn by the incredible
