Weigh in: 90.2
Sensible eating has (largely) been in place for a couple of weeks now.
More consistent training is occuring
Wed 2 x cc in 32:30 (ave 34.x)
Tues 12 x 60m easy
Mon Eastern Creek Race - Spat early.
Sun: 8 x 60 easy + 30k easy
Sat: Solid 80k Greendale + Lappo
I was
reading about the honey badger today. Wikip: “When mating, males emit loud
grunting sounds. Cubs vocalise through plaintive whines. When confronting dogs,
honey badgers scream like bear cubs. Next to the wolverine, the honey badger has the least specialised diet”.
Well didn’t that all send me scurrying for the mirror. Good news! still an
overweight, pasty-skinned accountant – uncomfortable few moments nonetheless.
Tubby, check these out, i use the shark one on my clients, never found a use for the teeth part so any of the others will be good for the achilles. Regular releasing/needling calves, a moderate eccentric strength program along with gua sha/graston to break up the scar tissue are the ingredients to solving chronic achilles problems. Then the obvious stuff, do not run on the road, run hills or run fast/intense until the tissue is restored to 100%, It will not heal whilst it is being damaged. Do not stretch ever! Roll, trigger point and self massage to relieve pressure on achilles. Do not do weighted calf drops, do not extend the movement below the parallel, only do 10 reps max.
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Funny that graston has been renamed even though the chinese have been using it for hundreds of years. Also try actively releasing the achilles.
perfect demo of Graston
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLM4e6L8gBY
not so perfect ART demo, but you get the idea, you can do this to yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtzxqsbBF0
Super stuff - Thanks for that. Intent on dotting the "i's" this time, so we'll see how we go. Going to get the video out this week so I can try and model the right things from the start.
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