Growing-up 
"My goal is to be in shape and ready for competition."
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August 23, 2008
Sorry Marathon is on its way.
Will not leave TV until it reaches the end.
Posted in Training
July 26, 2008
Yes!
Warm up (always) 20 min in the band, 20 min crunches, let us start 
Leg extensions:
4 x 15 x 120 kg
Lying Leg Curls:
4 x 15 x 110 kg
Standing Calf Raises:
4 x 15 x 220 kg
Seated Calf Raises:
4 x 12 x 100 kg
Move to do chest and back! This time I only use free weights 
Started warming up
Seated Dumbbell press
4 x 12 x 45 kg
Side dumbbell laterals
4 x 12 x 40 kg
Front dumbbell rises
4 x 12 x 40 kg … don’t like to use too much weight on the shoulders but do more reps, just to play it safe.
move to the chest it is weekend, so rather do few Exercise focus in the chest and the back, all of these using free weights
Flat dumbbell Press Bench
4 x 15 x 120 kg
Inclined dumbbell Press Bench
4 x 15 x 120 kg
Declined dumbbell press Bench
4 x 15 x 120 kg
my favorite: Pullovers
5 x 15 x 120 kg
Move to the back
Started with Standing Rows:
4 x 12 x 150 kg
Move to dead lifts
4 x 12 x 200 kg
Lat time:
Pull-ups
3 x 8
Close grip front pull down
4 x 12 x 120 kg
Wide Grip fron pull down
4 x 15 x 120 kg
Finish with Seated rows
4 x 12 x 180 kg
Done for the day, tomorrow we are celebrating my dad’s B-day must be ready to help my old folks.
Posted in Training
July 21, 2008
In a couple of months, I will be ready for a small tournament. My Sensei told me that they are opening a Master category so I want to be part of it.
This past weekend we guided our alumni to the Yi Sin Mun tournament organized by the University of Costa Rica. The local Karate Federation did not gave their approval for this tournament, it seems like the Karate in my country is governed by a poor direction and vision. It is sad because from our 8 kids 7 got a medal, 3 gold, 2 sliver, 2 bronze. Not bad at all. Seeing their smile, makes it everything. How many hours my Sensei trained them, how many rehearsals, hours of standing, practice, more practice, kumite, kata, more kata, more kumite.

It is always nice to be part of an event. I’m starting to train my legs, soon my kata will be back where I want it, but I will sneak at least once this year into kumite. I think I deserve it.
Posted in Training, Other
June 28, 2008
Early on Tuesday I ran for 3 km, slow, and early today I run again another 3 km, slow. After that, went to the gym for a short work-out; shoulders, traps, triceps, forearms, and end doing biceps.
Again light weights since I have not been able to work out as I wish I could. My knee is still holding water, I rather take care of it the other option is to have it open in a none intrusive operation to remove the bursitis I have in it.
The sad thing is that my running calendar for this year is already lost, significant runs I do and the near one the Clasica Santaneca this next July 20th is simply out of my reach.
What is going to happen now, is that I’m going to keep running maybe stick to this distance instead of the usual 5 km on Monday, 7 km on Wednesday, 5 km on Friday, and 12 km on Sunday… are going to be there waiting for me to start reading another race. I think my Sensei might be really happy as I will have to focus in my other sports Karate and Jui Jitsu.
No I don’t think so, he has always use me as an example before the younger ones, as what to do how to do to keep the spirit high by doing sports, and keeping the head clean out of trash from modern society (he call TV as worse as Coca Cola, Caffeine and cheap food)
I will have to rethink what I’m doing and how I’m training, I think one of the areas that is going to start looking better is BBing, as for last I will stop burning my body in a long distance run… but this is for now.
Posted in Training
June 22, 2008
Yesterday I tried a short run of only 3 km to trial the knee. Found that, it is better but I was feeling pins in under the patela bone. Not the correct kind of pain. Stop and go back home for some ice.
After that seek help from my friend Gustavo, as a physical-therapist he start assessing the knee. the knee seems to be fin, but the muscles, specially the leg’s biceps seems to be the one that most suffer from my knee problems. He focus there and work on it.
After Gustavo’s work I have to pay him for the service, he just decline saying I need a running and training partner to be in good shape to keep me on the road.
Thank you, my leg is feeling much better, head to the gym, and start doing stationary bike, for some time then pick up the weights on the shoulders and arms, I have not trained them for some time, they needed some attention. Found Jacob the guy who is trying to give me some tips and (he says) trying to teach me Jui - Jitsu. We talked about coming back for training, he is a great sport, so he understand that this is going to take some additional time; he says take the time you need, you cannot train well when you are in pain, or different pains.
So this is it, next week I will be doing some cross training, and rehabilitating the leg.
Posted in Training
June 8, 2008
After Friday’s Belt Exam (no longer green belt; yea, yea, I know lazy? Perhaps, but also many things happened in my life that stop me from doing the exam before) My right knee that has been giving me trouble for a while finally give up. Saturday, though I was using a guard my knee got more resent, to the point that today I could not go out for my 12 km run of the morning.
What I’m going to do tomorrow, perhaps do the right thing instead of going out for a spin @ 3 minutes per kilometre perhaps try something like 6 or 7 minutes per kilometre, don’t stress the knee more than what is already hurt.
Ligaments and tendons are fin, but I need to stop adding pressure to it, or else…
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