shugyo journals
Here I will post my training journals. Actual activities will be posted in 3-month chunks for now, and statistics such as body weight, % fat, and circumference measurements will appear on this page below each link. In my opinion, my best physical condition was about 4-5 years ago, with a body weight of 190 lb at 6' 3.5", and 11% body fat. That is skinnier than I plan to be this time, but I had speed, power, and balance for martial arts, so it was 'OK.' I will beat it by a long shot this time.
- Beginning stats, as of early June.
- Body weight 225 lb.
- Body fat 26% as measured by two bioelectric impedance devices (hand held and scale). Note: the inventor of cubicles is on my hit list for this.
- Circumference measurements unknown. Roughly 42' chest and 38' waist, based on shirt and pant size.
- Midpoint stats, as of July 17, 2007.
- Body weight 227 lb.
- Body fat 23%, measured by 2 devices. They seem to agree, at least. I have always distrusted these things. If anything, my daily 'hydration status' is greater now than at the beginning, because I am drinking much more liquid.
- Circumference measurements still unknown. I will get around to this, but I am more interested in strength, speed, and endurance at this point.
- Flexibility and balance improving 'much' due to incorporation of yoga into my regimen. Yes I said yoga, now stop laughing or I'll tie you in knots.
- Update - August 2, 2007.
- Body weight 223 lb.
- Body fat 22%, measured by my electricy scale only. This is probably within the margin of error, so I will try to confirm when I am at the gym.
- I have all the measurements on the white board in my house… I need to transfer them here. Where are my blog secretaries!
- Ok, I flew to Atlanta for my sisters' birthdays (Flo and Meg). It was much fun, and I happened to also miss 3 yoga classes (stop laughing!). On Tuesday, I suddenly gained 1.5" in my hamstring stretch - after sitting on a plane and then in a car for 8 hours! Maybe I needed a break from stretching?
- Update - September 2007.
- This date in history, let it be known that I defeated The Goodly Mr. Plotkin at left-handed arm wrestling. Why left handed? Because I am and he is not - that means the man-gorilla is still quite a bit stronger than my lanky self, but I closed the gap some. To his credit, he beat me at a contest of pushups on the same day… if I recall, he beat me by about 50 close-grip pushups. This is, after all, the fellow who I have seen bench press 550 lbs.
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Rather than publish a biography or ask Mr. Beverly to record his memoirs (which would be dull), we thought we would post a summary for anyone who was wondering. He said we should do something like this because that's what other people's blogs have on them. Mr. Beverly goes by Rab, which is a common name for Scotsmen and their dogs. We call him Mr. Beverly in person because we're trying to talk him into a raise, but you can really call him Rab. Rab drinks gallons of coffee daily and makes jokes that we usually don't understand. We laugh politely because he writes the paychecks for Debbie and I (he hired us both as blog secretaries back in October 2006... we didn't even know what a blog was before this). Mr Beverly goes to the gym a lot, which is why he doesn't have time to type in his blog entries, and he does all kinds of weird exercises like Kung Fu and Yoga (NEVER ask him about this unless you want to hear all about martial arts). He enjoys literary analysis and esoteric reading and games like "Go" (the ancient Japanese strategy game) and chess, not to mention those weird "role playing" and "strategy" games he designs himself, all of which account for why we do not to start conversations with him. (Secretia here... what the hell was wrong with Yahtzee, I ask you?!) We like talking about peekapoos and the best grocery store sales, but we don't get to talk about that here.
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