Abbey Road

I've bee sick for the past week and a half - on top of aforementioned injuries - but am feeling better, so went out for some light training.

I've been back to the park a few times over the past few days, but they've just removed the monkeybars and chinup bars! WTF? There's some new equipment going in, but I'm not sure if it'll be a kids playground or something else... just have to wait and see.

I've got most of my shoulder movement back and am able to do dips and pullups, although not as many as before. Something to work on. I'm starting a structured muscleup progression to clean up my form, and my goal is to do strict no kip muscleups for reps.

I recently realised that famed London training spot at Abbey Road is literally 5 minutes walk from my house, so I went down there this arvo to check it out and do some light movement training.
It's a very cool spot, with heaps of room for progression. I trialled a range of movements and linked them together, but due to the remnants of my cold, my stamina was not great, and I gassed fairly quickly.

I ended the session after I ripped what was left of a callus after not having trained for ages... need to toughen up the hands again.

Will be training down there more often.

There's a big monthly London "Off The Wall" jam on this Sunday that I'm gonna try to attend... maybe meet some locals to train with.

J

Went for a run today.

My shoulder is not ready for punishment yet. It's still a bit stiff, weak, and can't take any weight from some directions, but it's at the point where I can start building it back up again.

I've been doing some indoors bodyweight style workouts as my time is limited due to the job hunting, that started off a little something like this:

100 squats in a row (now 120)
1:45 Plank (now 2:15)
1:15 wall sit (now 2:45)

It's not much, but I've been doing it every second day, and I'm improving every time. Progression is the key. I'm targetting muscular endurance so my body doesn't get as much of a shock next time I head to class.

So I went for a run to a local park (about 300m from my house) I found on Google Earth (yay technology), and the park turned out to be exactly what I'm looking for.
It's got a running path, around which are scattered "fitness apparatus" like monkey bars, chinup bars, wooden logs at various heights etc. Everything I need to build up confidence in my basic movements again.
There's also a kids playground (surrounded by a nice solid metal fence... a bit over waist height), with some interesting equipment that I'd like to explore... unfortunately today being Saturday, it was full of kids.
There's also a cat to arm that I'd like to try.

So I busted out some precisions and basic vaults, testing my capabilities, and also snuck in a couple of chinups.

It feels good to move again.

I'll post up some pics of the park soon.