Road to American Ninja Warrior - Day 27
Day 27
Okay, okay, still a couple of days behind... but I'll use all my muscles to catch up!
Won't be a problem, because I was so sore... So so very sore.
All the muscles were crying out because I smashed them on Day 25 and then using all of the Muscles 'o Sore for skill development on Day 26 just meant that Day 27 was an absolute mess.
So... I did lots of cardio, lots of Jacuzzi, some slacklining and basically anything that didn't require me to use my arms for anything.
Lots of this:
and some of trying to get this to work (because it was so cold I couldn't have used the scaffolding even if I wanted to):
I've never even seen a pellet fire thingo before, let alone used one... I think people leave them on forever during winter... but it goes through a bag of pellets every 24 hours so not sure I'm really going to get into it... and I had to keep checking it every few hours... but man, it does punch out some serious heat when it gets going.
Then it was too hot to exercise in.
Today's exercises
Jump rope, Cross Trainer, Abs, Slackline... it was very much a recovery day.
Injuries & sore spots
Everything was super sore. My body wanted a divorce.
Goals for December
Get back on track to all my tendonitis exercises (pretty good)
Beat that last rung on the double salmon ladder (completed)
Get the 14 foot warped wall (completed)
Images provided by Google Image Search of 'Australian Ninja Warrior' and my phone.
steemaroo divider and ninja upgoats drawn by the incredible @ryivhnn
did you try cinnamon powder to help with the soreness? did it help?
Oh man... I completely forgot all about this. I've been taking turmeric. I wonder if there are cinnamon tablets I could take. I don't really eat any foods I could add cinnamon to... it's all veggies and meat.
i think you can put it in milk
Nice work there mate. Keep at it that pellet burner looks pretty toasty.
Congrats on completing the salmon ladder!
Thanks dude! Honestly, it very nearly defeated me but I was so rapt when I got it... it definitely felt the best than it ever has... but I'll have to keep at it.
That pellet burner was so high maintenance... I could never get the feed just right so it would either overflow and try and burn everything down... or there wouldn't be enough and it would die out. I ended up turning it off because I just couldn't be bothered with it... I'll crank it back up when it gets real cold I reckon.
hehe slackline!!! I tried it once, and it was fun but I haven't gotten to do it again.. have you been by to the acro class yet adam??
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm......
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......
Well, my young friend, you see, ah, well, the thing is, that ah, I haven't no. It's been Christmas and New Years and my routine has been all over the shop... but I'm super keen to get onto it and it's defs going to be a January goal. Just you wait and see! I mean Jess you wait and see!
so awesome! Keep up the good work! Still working on my slackline skills!
Thank you! I'm lucky to have a spot I can just permanently have a slackline set up.. but I still need to spend way more time on it... it is amazing how quickly you progress when you get to play every day.
It is so hard to imagine it actually being cold anywhere. Our heater went out and the coldest it gets in our house is maybe like 69, so we haven't really even bothered to fix it yet. Our average highs have been in the 70s and nighttime temps only dip into the high 40s. I know a lot of places are in the negatives and I can't even imagine it haha. I am definitely a desert girl! Good on you for trekking through. The cold can definitely make you hibernate, so you're doing really well!
So, I think you might be in the tiny minority there young lady... the vast majority of your country is snowing around every winter. We wake up to 30s each morning... and that is not exciting to get out of bed from. I think I'd struggle with the desert though... I'm super warm blooded and just get so tired when it's hot. Whereas Winter time, I was doing ab crunches just before to warm myself up. I'm wearing gloves this every second.
Thank you... I'm trying to be a good ninja guy.
You go man, keep up the progress ya crazyaussieninja
Thanks Double D! Gotta keep smashing it!
It's amazing how you continue to do the training in spite of all those sore muscles yelling at you to stop.
Of all the exercises you mentioned, I think I would prefer to do only the jacuzzi part.
Hahaha, I've still got an hour and half of work and all I can think of is the Jacuzzi at the moment. My legs are so sore and it's going to feel so good.
Good luck with it! Looks promising!
Thanks @magicmonk!
You are definitely a role model! CONGRATS!!!
Thank you my new friend! I really just like setting myself big goals... it's the best way to make me work hard!
amazing job @ausssieninja keep it up. nice share
Thank you very much @kamchore! I will... I promise!