[quote]mjnewland wrote:
that’s okay, we forgive you. whatcha learnin?
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I’m poring through the VMware suite - ESX, vSphere, vCenter, the Management Assistant and looking at cloud scripting.
Meanwhile, I’m nipping away at python,php and zend, nagios monitoring and am reworking a website for someone. Did I mention I’m trying to learn another database management system and procedural language? Oh and my computer broke in a a most inconvenient way so I had to figure out how to fix that too.
But VMware mostly, because it’s very much in demand here. And if you can program to their management API, so are you. I sorta learned the SOAP management interface on Oracle’s Xen-based virtual platform, OVM, but since there was no call for it internally at Oracle we never actually did anything with it.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Sorry I’m not being so chatty on other folks’ threads - been studying my ass off lately and since my brains are there, I got nothin’ left.[/quote]
The visual here really made me laugh. Thanks for that, and best of luck with your studies.
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
Ok, 'ya got me with “Ninja hyrax”. Explanation please?[/quote]
A hyrax is an African rodent (?) that looks like either an oversized guinea pig or an undersized capybara. It looks ungainly as all hell, has no claws or grasping paws. It looks like something begging to be run over on a country road.
And yet, it climbs trees to get at its food, which is leaves. Tall trees. Above your head tall. These portly little animals get FAT climbing TREES and eating what’s there, which they shouldn’t be able to do.
It turns out they have rubbery little pads on their feet that act like rock-climbing shoes and that they are quite comfortable and nimble in the branches because of the increased friction.
Ninja Hyrax symbolizes for me someone who ought not to be involved in a pursuit due to an apparent and basic unfitness for it, and yet becoming someone who excels at that pursuit.
Spud Webb for example - though I don’t know what sort of actual career he had in basketball…
I understand now, thank you. I googled hyrax, but was still uncertain as to your “message” if you will. I expected something good, and I’m not disapointed -I like it!
Joe - Probably just the virtual meet type. I just always wanted to see what I could do in this area.
Punnyguy - I’m doing push jerks because they are easier on my shoulder. I’m retraining that lazy shoulder too. Split jerks were hurting like hell. I’m pretty sure I’ll have to split jerk once I hit bodyweight, but hopefully I’ll have it retrained by then.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Always something interesting in here. Best of luck with re-training your shoulder. There are plenty of my body parts I’d like to retrain, but alas.[/quote]
[quote]punnyguy wrote:
My vote is, definitely more weight.
Does your OL coach know how strong you really are?[/quote]
Yup - he’s known me for 3 years now, maybe more. He’s purposely kept me light these last 4 weeks to work on form. I have to earn my weight increases with him.
Triple Snatch (Floor, below-knee, above-knee)
1x5 sets @ 125 (eventually. I was not keeping my back angle constant so I dumped a good number of these in front of me)
singles X a few @ 125
Snatch High Pull
2x5 @ 165
DB Bent over laterals
12x3 @ 20’s
Keeping back angle constant lets me keep the bar close and transfer force to the bar in the vertical plane rather than leaking it by pushing it, or pulling it, forth or back. Hips and shoulders MUST rise at the same time or that bar won’t get back behind my head far enough. How I start my first pull greatly affects this. IF my weight is not on my heels and my glustes and hams not tensed I am not going to snatch it, no matter how light.
I think I need to stay at 125 for the time being on this exercise.
