That is awesome news Cal! Congrats!! You’ve quite taken to the job, and they like you - that’s wonderful. Not to mention you get summer’s off! That’s freaking sweet. Hooray for you!
Sorry about the foot though…but just bear with that. Hopefully with time it will get better.
YAY!!! I am so happy to hear about the contract offer. Its just so important to have work be something you like. And despite your need to learn some skills, you are bringing so much to those kids. So funny that you (child-hater) and me (child-hater) are rooting for you working with the little darlings.
Bummer about the foot still twanging you. Its encouraging that you were able to run and that all that the foot is telling you is to go slower with getting back to it.
fuckin-A on the contract!
Cal who dislikes the brats is now a wonderful phys Ed teacher. I can soo see this as a movie
Maybe you’ve got some turf toe going on? It was a bit of a joke around here last football season because all these big guys were down for the 'ole turf toe. Regardless, I hope it doesn’t hold you back too long.
Congratulations on job! So wonderful not to need to stress about next year.
Congrats on the job! You are probably a fantastic fitness role model for the kiddies.
Congrats on the job! Sometimes unconcious stress, like lack of job security can cause stress related weight gain or eating. Maybe the contract will also promote a little fat loss too. Just a thought!
congrats on the job. I have to admire anyone that has to deal with hormonal/not-fully-developed-frontal-lobe teenagers, someone has to do it.
Fantastic news!!!
It’s so cool how this job you thought you never wanted found you.
http://archive.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=15976
I can’t find the actual article, but I did find this which is pretty much the same thing.
congrats on the job! that really is awesome indeed! of course they bloody should have done that - but sometimes schools can be cheapo with preferring a bunch of temporary contracts over permanent hires (universities are turning the same way).
very happy for you!
sorry your foot is still being dodgey.
it might be different from the pain i get… but i find that using a golf ball to put pressure under the arch just below the ball of the foot hurts in a really good way.
Yeah, it’s not plantar fascitis. The pain is very specific. Sesamoiditis, or a fractured sesamoid, seems to be the likely culprit. I do roll my feet on a hockey ball and I’ve been icing them as well. There is something bobbly that moves around in there. I’m wondering if one of the sesamoid bones has escaped its moorings, so to speak.
Anyway, I hit the gym today for a leg session.
20 hypers
20 reverse hypers with V at top
20 clams (per leg)
20 single leg hip thrusters (foot on high bench) (per leg)
20 overhead split squats using a 5kg body bar (per leg)
20 bosu ball squat/sit up combo
2 x bar x 12
1 x 30kg x 12
3 x 40kg x 5
These were very uncomfortable today, despite the mobilisations and stretching between each set. When I sit back on the box, the front of the hip where the big tendons are felt tight, almost like there’s an impingement. It’s on both sides. Not a new problem, not an injury - more of a restriction. The 40kg also felt heavy today.
25kg x 10
30kg x 10
35kg x 10
40kg x 10
45kg x 9 (+1)
50kg x 6 (wanted to see if I could do the 50kg. And yes, I could).
So it’s official, I can extend more than I can squat. How ridiculous is that?
2 x 25kg x 10 (per leg)
Despite the fact that there’s some discomfort on the left side due to the piriformis problem, my left leg felt a bit stronger.
After the woeful squats, I felt the need to do a heavy compound so I used the leg press, which I’ve not done for, uh, can’t remember. A long time. It’s one of those 45 degree plate loader jobbies. Again, there’s some sort of impingement issue so I have to put my hands on the front of my hips to stop my legs coming back too far.
40kg x 10
80kg x 10
100kg x 10
120kg x 10
It’s quite nice to have three big wheels a side after struggling to squat with small plates. My problem is obviously not a strength issue but a function issue.
After that did some more stretching and some handstands, then grocery shopping where I bought so many salads and veggies I couldn’t fit them into my fridge. Oh dear. Just have to eat 'em then!
those are just good ole fashioned tight hips, Powerlifting Style.
Theyre still mad that i can squat to rest between sets (ass inches off the ground, feet flat on the floor, like a child) and they say that i wont be able to do that once i get strong… hahahaha!
as for the owie, use some heat (icky i know) bc that area doesnt get great blood flow, and use the hockey ball.
yay leg press!
Since I suck at leg press just as much as squats, I KNOW that I’ve got a strength issue.
I continue to admire how you work around your body’s limits.
The foot issue sounds a bit worrisome. Has your ART lady gotten a look at it?
She did, and gave my foot a very painful massage. She didn’t suggest what was actually wrong with it, aside from tight muscles in my feet and calves. I didn’t get around to Googling the symptoms at that point so I want to go back to her with my suspicions (she should know about foot problems since she’s also the orthotics person at that practise) but unfortunately she’s on holiday now for a bit. I’ll have to wait a few weeks.
So what do teachers do over the summer?
Hmmm discipline practice?
it’s not plantar fascitis
oh. thats probably what i’ve got. hmm…
i can leg press more than i can squat. even when i hold my lumbar arch and press ATG (if it makes sense to say that when i’m lying on my back lolz). i guess that is because i have balance issues in squatting.
thats some hardcore knee extending, though. knee extension machine upsets my knees… feels like it requires them to bend in slightly the wrong place or something like that even when i play around on the machine settings.
it really is funny (odd) how different people find different things easy / hard, helpful / harmful.
with swimming… you could get yourself a wetsuit. i mean, if you really get into it a wetsuit (or maybe even a drysuit) would make the temperature a lot more appealing.
I think I might get laughed out of the pool if I turned up in a wetsuit in the middle of summer! Heh.
I have quite bad DOMS from yesterday - in fact, they were noticeable last night and I even did a bit of foam rolling before bed. I didn’t feel much like training today but since I can’t run, I went anyway. As it turns out, the combination of yesterday’s leg session, pre-menstrual fatigue and only six hour’s sleep (I woke up at 5am, which I do irrespective of whether I go to bed at 9pm or 11pm) meant I wasn’t up for much. I started with the intention of doing some upper body compounds, but it turned into vanity day instead.
20 hyperextensions (always do these, just to be safe)
Shoulder/brachialis 'hab (2kg dumbells):
20 lateral raises
20 front raises
20 overhead presses
30 dumbell curls (uh, I zoned out and got carried away)
20 hammer curls
20 L raises
20 bent over raises
Bar x 12
25kg x 10
27.5kg x 5 (this felt heavier than I was expecting!)
30kg x 5
I did three sets at 30kg but wasn’t on for it today - I barely got that last rep. And I used to get 10 reps with this weight. Ah, the pleasures of getting old and battered.
I did a set of 10 push-ups and even that felt hard. Then I went and sat on the bench and did a couple of sets with the empty bar but the shoulder didn’t feel right so I decided not to risk it. That’s when I figured I was better off just doing some arms.
Skull Crushers: Bar +5kg x 15, Bar +7.5kg x 12, Bar +10kg x 8 (hit failure)
Hammer Curls: 6kg x 20 (got carried away!), 8kg x 12, 10kg x 10
The dip apparatus looked quite enticing then - I hadn’t done dips in a long time. Given I’m a bit of a fatty right now (155lbs/approx 70kg) I knew it would be an effort but thought I’d see if I could do a few.
5, 5, 4
Not terribly impressive but these are quite hard on my shoulders and elbows and I’ve not done them for a while. They didn’t feel too bad though - I’ll add them back in and try to build on those numbers. Maybe some time in the future I can dust off that old dipping belt of mine.
Tricep rope pushdown: 7.5kg x 15, 10kg x 12, 12.5kg x 10
Standing DB curl: 6kg x 15, 8kg x 12, 10kg x 10 (+2)
I think the biceps are actually getting stronger, which is what I want given the recent brachialis trouble. The brachialis itself has been behaving nicely. It’s a little tender if I dig my fingers into the crook of my elbow but then a lot of bits of me are sore if I go digging around. I don’t feel it while I train.
I did a little stretching and a really awesome headstand but didn’t even have the energy to do my handstands. I think I will take it easy today.
strong biceps for the win 
good job on the handstand.
as for dips - I get better the more I do them but stop and I lose them altogether.
Heh, it was only a headstand. I can’t do a free-standing handstand yet.
I’m one of the cool kids now.
I also bought a pair of Merrel shoes for school - these don’t have the toes but they have a Vibram sole. I can now barefoot every day!
I’m a bit frustrated that I won’t be able to run in them yet (these are the Bikila, which are more geared to running) but hey, I’ll have fun attracting stares.
