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When life gets in the way | The Cloudfoot Diaries #54
Day three of training and already life has gotten in the way. I could lie and tell you I crushed the schedule. The reality was I felt weak as piss, sore as hell and had a whole sandwich of life issues...
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If you’re ready early, GO! | The Cloudfoot Diaries #55
Briefly carrying on the theme of life’s interventions… I’d finished work and had an hour until the scheduled time of Weightlifting club started. I felt energised and knew if I went to sit down and...
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Why are Front Planche progressions such a mission? | The Cloudfoot Diaries #56
I don’t know if it is the illusory, effortless nature that planche masters seem to exude in the photos I have seen, or my inflated ego that leads me to believe I can hold a front straddle planche, but...
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Combining Gymnastics with Weightlifting; Week 2 of 12 in review | The...
The second of the twelve week, gymnastics and weightlifting combo-experiment is complete. Rather than post each day separately, I’ve compiled the training log and lessons learnt in to one post. I had...
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Week 3 of 12 – Everything Hurts | The Cloudfoot Diaries #59
Only 3 weeks in and I’m now in a lot of pain. My joints are aching. My tendons nagging. And my energy levels nowhere to be seen. Hints towards the flavour of overreaching are present. My appetite has...
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Praise Shiva, it’s DeLoad week | The Cloudfoot Diaries #60
After burying myself at the end of week 3 with a good old dose of overreaching, I couldn’t have felt more relieved to begin seven days of deloading nirvana. Now’s the time to start the recovery...
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Combining Weightlifting with Gymnastics; Weeks 5-12 | The Cloudfoot Diaries #62
The second block of combining weightlifting with gymnastics is in full effect. Some changes had to be made; the tendons were getting spicy from too much work and the neural fatigue was setting in. Time...
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10 Realisations for Combining Weightlifting with Gymnastics; Months 4-8 | The...
8 months in to my Weightlifting journey and I’ve come away with some valuable lessons and realisations as to how to combine weightlifting with gymnastics training – a self-experiment that I’ve been...
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How Weightlifting Gave Me Patellar Tendonitis | The Cloudfoot Diaries #65
Now that I have your attention, this post should have been called ‘How I Gave Myself Patellar Tendonitis’. Why? Because it doesn’t really matter what the sport or activity is, if you’re body has a weak...
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The Gymnastic Bodies Coach Sommer Interview | The Cloudfoot Diaries #67
Coach Sommer doesn’t really need an introduction from me. If you’ve never heard of him, it’s worth your time checking him out. In a nutshell, he’s coached a load of gymnasts to championship level over...
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