Goals

Been a hectic week, with business travels and seminars. Barely made thru the week with any exercise. Then on Saturday I finally had the time to do a KB / bodyweight workout.

72 reps of 20kg KB snatches
50 reps of KB squats
50 push ups
30 pull ups

I did it in a circuit manner (though I can't remember how exactly), which resulted me almost puking (very minimum rest as I was busy that day).

The next day was at the gym with the ratpack, training our usual 5x5 progression.

Olympic squats - 90kg
Overhead press - 35kg
Deadlift - 130kg

Being busy with the family and work, I have less and less time to go to the gym. At first I targeted to be extra strong (like Mehdi of 5x5), but with no time (and transport) to go to a suitable gym, I guess I have to lower my expectations of just being good and healthy.

I came across videos of street training that utilises calisthenic workouts and realised that I used to begin training for that (which I abandoned since I was in Singapore and had not chance to train due to space and time constraints). Since then I have started working out using kettlebells, sandbags, TNT cables, TRX (as well as the Jungle Gym) on a rotation basis. Sure, I am healthier than your average Kuchingite (below 20% body fat, good glucose level and BP, finished top 40 amongst 1,200 people in a 5km race), but I guess to motivate me even more I must achieve something.

Having said that so many constraints keeps me from going to the gym (and stopping me from realising my goal for reaching at least a bench press of 100kg and deadlifting 200kg), I now am determined to workout to achieve physical feats thru calisthenic training.

Bodyweight exercise has been my friend in the past, but now than I do have some spare time at home (I have 1 hour each day to do what I want, BUT it must be at home) and the equipment (the Jungle Gym XT is a split design suspension trainer), I might as well train for advance calisthenics to achieve progression like the muscle up, body levers, iron cross, and handstand.

Its going to be a slow and tedious climb (as advance calisthenic tends to be) but I guess it will be worth my time and effort.

In the meantime between the ring evercise days, I will still be doing my sandbag and kettlebell trainings to keep my endurance up.