The whiteboard of my life.

Compulsion is seen as a really bad thing. Like obsessive compulsion. It’s the first thing you think of when you think of compulsion and it’s got a negative association to it.

I think you can be compulsive without the obsession. I used to be compelled to do things that I don’t give a !@#$ about anymore. Well, that’s my goal; give a !@#%.

This New Year’s, I made a resolution to follow the equivalent of a daily to-do list that goes through 8 things. Simple, and progressive. I can start with just the one thing and add to it. I need to get compulsive again and this will be my blog about it - because what says compulsion better than a nerdy blog?

Back. Kinda.

Recently I have been: playing the coolest game about an 8 year old boy ever, Earthbound; training like all hell and getting solid strength/power gains and; saving up for that house. It’s coming along.

(Possibly second last day) of parkour in Toronto. I want better footage which is a motivation to learn quickly. I might hit the Monkey Vault one last time and pick some Feiyues up (soft shoes that I wore at work last month).

When I’m back: training plans for this year on paper, getting my computer back from repairs so I don’t have to use my cell, and making the precision bar stations/possibly vault station.

Back at Cloud Gardens today for a practice session. I officially am out of space on my camera for pictures and videos

4 hours training today, and I’m happy I learned what I learned. I have a lot of strengths, and my flexibility is where it needs to be, but I have a few patterns I have to master. This year, wall-runs, vaults and the new form I learned for the handstand will be important. Swings too. Flips are on my list to practice.

Payday will be a construction day. Maybe earlier. I will make pipe precision platforms (pictures soon) and keep my balance on lands. Also, a vault station would be awesome.

from my neck to the fascia in my feet. All good sore. No injuries, and I’ve been learning a lot this time around.

Parkour race today at Cloud Gardens. Good training session. The traceurs (a word for the parkour athletes) Mish, Steven and Max are people I need to build up to beating. They have to remember my name next year for what I can do. I made a new training program for this year.

More vids, including shots of the races. They’re one person at a time but you’re timed.

From a friend’s (Katrina Beaudette’s). Keeping this short because I’d like to think I’m sober enough to post this, but long posts are harder to edit. This is an example of the constant supervision I keep ribbing acdavis about. Question; if someone is happier drunk than not, are they a better person then? Assuming they’re not grabby and all.

Trained at the Monkey Vault today. They added some new bars in so you can jump onto a bar, dive into.a swing on another bar and swing into a third pipe which is vertical. They also added some monkey bars. Today was the conditioning day. We did a bunch of challenges. I did really well on the long jump - top ten, at least - and rocked the speedwork too. The kong vault - a vault for distance over an object about shoulder height - was brutal. I did it but couldn’t go far.
I had to leave before the grip and pull work to see Aly. She’s been great this trip; very hospitable.

We trained in Cloud Gardens - a massive concrete playground that norms call a park. I have lots of videos and most likely a Facebook profile pic to last a while.

I walked for about 4 hours today. My sloppy form isn’t hurting me so badly because I conditioned and trained well. I’m used to impact and I’m pretty sure if I didn’t train my neck I might have messed something up in there. “It’s weird you train your neck.” Take that, friend who said that. It isn’t weird when I bail and walk away fine.

Lots of vids.

Just woke up. My foot jammed up yesterday from a precision jump from a height - I was practicing - but it’s healing up quickly. My thigh had a huge impact bruise from a kettlebell (long story involving a cat and 88 lbs overhead) but that’s pretty much healed too. Either I’m the Wolverine or my food/mobility/prehab is working to heal me.

I’m still taking videos and photos. Lots to post when I get back to my computer.

I’m a bit curious what’ll be on the menu today. Yesterday I made my own training regime. Today might be structured because the meet starts in 3 hours. I’m excited!!!! So many ninjas in one place!