Geoffrey Taucer

I've been doing some rehab exercises for my shoulder; it seems to be getting better slowly but surely. On friday, I landed (on a mat in a pit) a new vault which has NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. Ever. In the history of the sport of gymnastics. I'm gonna keep working on it in hopes of getting it competition-ready by January.

Congratulations!

I think it's unlikely that we'll be able to get the necessary people to play straight up covers the way they are done in CREID. However, it would definitely be fun to put together an eclectic celtic band to play arrangements of Xeno and Chrono tunes. I would especially love to play live arrangements of Omen, My Village is Number One, and Bonds of Sea and Fire. By the way, the pipes used in CREID aren't bagpipes; they're uilleann pipes. Anyway, count me in for whistles (I have two whistles, one high D and one low D. They can play most easily in D and G) and/or guitars.

I always used "pussy" in Earthbound. "Ness, you look tired. Come on in and have some pussy." "Ness thought about pussy and started craving it." And my personal favorite: "Pokey, you don't like pussy, do you? TOO BAD!"

Tried some of these yesterday, and found them to be shockingly difficult. I think I'll start doing them regularly.

This is al kinds of awesome

It was old but functional, and ramined so after MAGfest, but some of the seatbelts in the back seat got broken. Fortunately I have a new (or at least newer than the old saturn) car this time around.

Hope nobody breaks my car this year...

Today I made it through a floor routine with almost all of my hardest skills. This is a first for me; usually if I throw my hardest skills at the beginning, I'm too tired to do anything big by the end. My shoulder is still keeping me from doing rings. Honestly, it's looking like I might not be able to compete rings at all at my first meet in January. I guess that's ok, though; it's my weakest event anyway.

DOn't have it yet

Yeah, that's normal. Be very careful not to overdo it on straight arm strength on rings (ie cross work). I'm currently nursing a rotator cuff injury that likely resulted from a rings workout that was a bit too heavy on the cross work.

Genetic. Nothing you can do about it. The idea that you can burn fat from specific parts of your body is a myth. Burning calories in general burns fat in general, but where your body stores whatever's left is genetic.

Wow. Congratulations! I did a light rings workout today. I'm still going easy on the crosses, but I can at least hit the planches, inverted crosses, and (sort of) malteses again.

That's mostly genetic; some people naturally have a lot of muscle mass, some people are naturally leaner. Diet will have some effect on it, but for the most part you're stuck with what you've got.

Can we, like, disable the building's fire alarms during the jamspace concerts this year?

Brush, check your PMs.

Best thing in the world for arms and shoulders, in my opinion, is rings. They're cheaper than weights, and you can do so many different exercises on them. And as for how well they work, well, look at your male gymnast and judge for yourself.

I'm on doctor's orders not to do any rings strength for a week; I'm pretty much counting down the hours until friday, when I can start up again. I got a pretty decent ab workout yesterday, and spent a bunch of time working on shoulder flexibility.

Ok, I'll try to dig them all up within the next day or two and I'll send you a PM. Do you just want a list of the rare ones or what? -Taucer

O rly? I've got a pretty decent set somewhere, if I can find them...

Love the epiano.

Zell from Final Fantasy 8 (even though I hate that game)

My goals, which I hope to achieve by my first competition on January 24th: 1) I want to be able to make it through my entire competetive floor routine (five tumbling passes) without being completely drained by the final pass. Endurance is my biggest issue on floor; my final pass has to hit a minimum difficulty threshhold, and I just don't have the energy for any skills that hard by the time I get to my final pass My plan for this is to work floor routines every day, starting off with easy, watered-down routines and building up more and more as my endurance increases, until I can eventually throw all my hardest skills in the same routine. 2) On rings, I want to be able to comfortably and consistently hit and hold a maltese and an inverted cross, and I want to be able to press from maltese up to planche. Right now my cross is pretty strong (at least it was before I injured my shoulder last week), but my maltese and my invert aren't consistent. My plan for these is simple; lots of rings between now and January. I'll do some light rings work every day, and heavy rings strength every other day. In addition, I will start running regularly. I'd like to run 3 miles at least twice a week, if I have the time.

Haven't heard back from Steben, so I started a new thread: http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?p=468148

Welcome, one and all, to OCR Fit Club. This thread is intended as a place for anybody in the community who seeks to better their own physical fitness to discuss their workouts, their progress, and gather tips from fellow fitness enthusiasts. There are no strict rules, and anybody at any level of fitness is welcome to participate. However, participants are encouraged to lay out specific goals and refer back to them to measure their progress. I'm going to steal some ideas from Steben's post in the old thread, and encourage everybody to make sure their goals are S.M.A.R.T.! Specific: Say more than "Be Healthy". You goals need to mean something. Measurable: Try to make your goal something you can measure. Numbers are nice here... do you have a set weight you'd like to see yourself at? Would you like to be able to run a mile in a certain time? Attainable: Don't pick goals you'll never be able to reach, at least within the time limit. Be realistic... but don't underestimate yourself either! Relevant: Don't pick goals without a reason. I could go through life without being able to bench press 200 pounds... I just don't have a need to be able to do that. However, a related, relevant goal might be to build arm muscle, to impress the ladies? Timely: Don't say you're going to go to the gym every day if you'll only have access to a gym during a few weeks of the summer. Keep in mind your other activities and base your goals on what you'll have time for. Lay out a health plan for yourself. Describe in as much or as little detail as you like how you plan to go about attaining your goals. Try to check in at least once a week to let us know how you're doing. You may post before/after pics if you like, but those are optional. Also, if you have any fitness expertise to share, feel free to do so! I will offer my own expertise in the area of strength training, especially upper-body strength. I have coached gymnastics for about 4.5 years, and I am training to return to competition myself on floor, vault, and rings. I may also be able to provide some tips regarding flexibility, though that's less of a strong suit for me. And, of course, if you would like to incorporate any sort of gymnastics into your health plan (which I highly encourage if your goal is to build more upper-body strength), I'll see what I can do to help you out. ********************************* Reccomended links (post your own with a description and I'll add them to the list) http://www.gymnasticbodies.com/ This is an excellent gymnastics/bodybuilding website with a number of strength building exercises. This site describes in detail how to work your way up to some great gymnastics strength skills, such as planches and front levers. You can also buy rings here.