Sensory deprivation and other stuff

I did some solo outdoor training at home on the weekend, but decided to add a twist and trained the whole time with earplugs in. This was to see what happened by reducing sensory input.

I did some tree work (found a new route), and vault work, and a few muscleups. I was sore from a previous workout, which I didn't heal from properly due to alcohol on the weekend. I still seem to be teetering on the edge of overuse injuries (shinsplints and arm soreness), and anything out of the ordinary pushes me over. I'm gonna have to take a couple of weeks off at some stage soon.

I only trained for an hour (I'd like to do it for longer at some stage), but nothing seemed too much different in that time. It was a bit distracting being able to hear not much other than my own breathing and heartbeat, which gave me a little more awareness of my own physical state, but not much help with anything else.

I can imagine it may be useful if you wanted to learn about and to control your breathing patterns while training particular techniques... but for me right now it's not that important.

I'm also learning to balance on one foot with my eyes closed, which increases the difficulty of balancing enormously. I'm doing it on hard ground right now, but I'd like to move up to doing it on a wobble board in the future.

Did a bodyweight workout last night.

Pistols - 3 x 5 each leg, holding 15kg. This is too much to hold out in front of me, so I'll go back to 10kg and if I add any more weight it'll be in a backpack.

Handstands - still using the wall, but getting more control all the time. Learning new technique of extending my shoulders to control balance in conjunction with finger adjustments.

Planche progression - Got to 60 seconds tuck planche in 8 reps W00T! This is the first time I've held any reps for 10 seconds. Awesome. I realised that I wasn't tucking enough, so I really curled my back, and it was just easier.

All for now.