I got the idea to make my self a dip-belt from a fellow blogger, Schwinners (http://warriortrainingcouk.blogspot.com/), so I made one and filmed the proccess:
I wanted to test out dips with the weight hanging from my neck for a more pec-dominant dip.
My new dip-belt works great for dips and chinups but I personally did not like to have 40+ kg from my neck. When I am going to use this exercise I will do it with less weight and more volume.
Here is a video of me using my belt in a strength session:
Now you do not have any excuses not to do weighted dips or chins, just make your own belt!
tirsdag 19. mai 2009
torsdag 16. april 2009
Final session this season?
The snow is melting and soon I have to wax my board and put it away. I HATE it! I want to put in reps, become more secure on basic tricks, get air, land perfect and ride away clean.. I want to hike a mountain and be the first to carve lines in the slush.
It feels great to have this passion for snowboarding! It brings back feelings and thoughts from when I was a kid. I remember having this passion in every sport I did. I lived in the moment and was focused. Swim practice, soccer, taekwondo, etc., I had this passion that drove me to run faster, kick higher and do one more lap and the only thing that mattered was that moment in time..
This time I will not let the flame go out. I will keep it burning in a safe place where I can feel it so that I am constantly reminded to enjoy every moment, enjoy the now, enjoy living, having a wonderful wife, the laughter of my 4 year old son and the kicks of my other son that we will get to see in about two months.
Movement, focus, learning, teaching, training and planning is just my way of living, expressing my self, growing, trying to be better, trying to evolve.
Carpe Diem!
It feels great to have this passion for snowboarding! It brings back feelings and thoughts from when I was a kid. I remember having this passion in every sport I did. I lived in the moment and was focused. Swim practice, soccer, taekwondo, etc., I had this passion that drove me to run faster, kick higher and do one more lap and the only thing that mattered was that moment in time..
This time I will not let the flame go out. I will keep it burning in a safe place where I can feel it so that I am constantly reminded to enjoy every moment, enjoy the now, enjoy living, having a wonderful wife, the laughter of my 4 year old son and the kicks of my other son that we will get to see in about two months.
Movement, focus, learning, teaching, training and planning is just my way of living, expressing my self, growing, trying to be better, trying to evolve.
Carpe Diem!
lørdag 4. april 2009
Strength tests from the 25.March and my new plan
So my massbuilding project was destroyed by my amazing abilities to slam on my snowboard..
I have almost healed up 100% so I am changing gear and am now chasing max-strength and anaerobic endurance.
Did some strength tests a while back to get an idea of where my baseline was:
I have almost healed up 100% so I am changing gear and am now chasing max-strength and anaerobic endurance.
Did some strength tests a while back to get an idea of where my baseline was:
mandag 16. mars 2009
Roadgap 2
Me and my friend Eric had us a roadgap session on Saturday:
It was a blast! Next time we will have more time. Also, I am still healing from a shoulder injury I got 3 weeks ago (snowboarding..:) so I did not dare to attempt any tricks.
lørdag 28. februar 2009
Another snowboard session!
Had another snowboard session today. The weather was great, not a cloud in the sky, sun and lots of snow.
Got picked up by a friend and headed to the slope. We took one trip down the slope before hitting the backcountry, jumping the old jump and making a new one.
For some reason I could not seem to land a single trick today. Days like this can be quite frustrating considering how great the conditions were.
Anyway, on our way over I let my mate know that I wanted to build a road gap on our way back home.
There is this sweet spot on the way to the slope that is ideal for a road gap. I have thought about realising my vision of a jump there but never taken the step to actually do it. Well, today we did!
A friend videotaped the jumps and another friend edited it. So far he only uploaded my final jump so there will be a longer version.. Here it is:
Got picked up by a friend and headed to the slope. We took one trip down the slope before hitting the backcountry, jumping the old jump and making a new one.
For some reason I could not seem to land a single trick today. Days like this can be quite frustrating considering how great the conditions were.
Anyway, on our way over I let my mate know that I wanted to build a road gap on our way back home.
There is this sweet spot on the way to the slope that is ideal for a road gap. I have thought about realising my vision of a jump there but never taken the step to actually do it. Well, today we did!
A friend videotaped the jumps and another friend edited it. So far he only uploaded my final jump so there will be a longer version.. Here it is:
tirsdag 24. februar 2009
Max number of kipping pullups
Did not feel like doing my normal weigth routine today so I tested my max number of kipping pullups instead.
I really like kipping pullups and will practice them alot during my conditioning period (some months from now).
I really like kipping pullups and will practice them alot during my conditioning period (some months from now).
mandag 23. februar 2009
Snowboard session
Me and a childhood friend built a jump out in the wood to practice some tricks on our snowboards this Sunday.
This is something we used to do all the time when we were younger (10 years ago) but seldomly do now.
Sure, we both have kids, work and have a home to take care of but that has little to do with it.
Somewhere along the way we lost the passion of snowboarding.
10 years ago we were the first to ride the slope when it opened in the morning and the last ones to leave. We built jumps and tried new flips, spins and grabs. We took the lift to the top of the hill then walked 1000m to the very top to jump of a small cliff and ride the powder down to the slope.
We rode our snowboards far, far into the woods to ride ofpist and to hit a huuuge natural jump that we had found earlier while "exploring" the backcountry slopes. Then we had to walk back most of the way. We could do that all day!
The last couple of years we have not done much snowboarding. Even when we had the weekend off and had the opportunity to ride we choose to do something else.
Well, in October last year I got to work as a teacher at my old high school. I work as a physical educational teacher and have the snowboard group so now I get to go snowboarding every Wednesday evening. Needless to say, this has revamped my passion for snowboarding and I am finding my way back in the groove.
Yesterday my friend joined me out in the backcountry again and we had some fun on our boards again. Hopefully I will post more videos of us flying about, trying to stomp tricks like youngsters...:D
Here is the video of yesterdays session:
This is something we used to do all the time when we were younger (10 years ago) but seldomly do now.
Sure, we both have kids, work and have a home to take care of but that has little to do with it.
Somewhere along the way we lost the passion of snowboarding.
10 years ago we were the first to ride the slope when it opened in the morning and the last ones to leave. We built jumps and tried new flips, spins and grabs. We took the lift to the top of the hill then walked 1000m to the very top to jump of a small cliff and ride the powder down to the slope.
We rode our snowboards far, far into the woods to ride ofpist and to hit a huuuge natural jump that we had found earlier while "exploring" the backcountry slopes. Then we had to walk back most of the way. We could do that all day!
The last couple of years we have not done much snowboarding. Even when we had the weekend off and had the opportunity to ride we choose to do something else.
Well, in October last year I got to work as a teacher at my old high school. I work as a physical educational teacher and have the snowboard group so now I get to go snowboarding every Wednesday evening. Needless to say, this has revamped my passion for snowboarding and I am finding my way back in the groove.
Yesterday my friend joined me out in the backcountry again and we had some fun on our boards again. Hopefully I will post more videos of us flying about, trying to stomp tricks like youngsters...:D
Here is the video of yesterdays session:
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