Getting started !

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Bicycle and running , yes everyday one of those is on the meny. Actually yesterday I starded with the heavy bag, training only techniques:  jab,  cross, hook, hook kick, side kick.

Then I left for a run, this was the first outdoor run of the year, it went quite well, but tough at the end, it took a little less than an hour because I stopped for a little while half way. It felt good to have done it.

Every year is the same the first time on the bike or running, or even running up the stairs is not much to talk about, after a while this is getting better. Outdoor activities are great for the soul, that is why we almost only train outside, but the swedish winter does not allow that very much sometimes and we draw the line at minus 10, this is when the snow is gone that we can start the ” normal ” life again..

What does not kill you make you stronger

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Yeah !  sometimes you think you can´t but pushing anyway,  you see you can! …. until you really can´t anymore 🙂

It takes around 20 minutes up and down in the forest to bike from my place to the famous ski slope where the famous stairs from hell are.

Around 250 stairs up where the  last 100 ones are the worst because they are so steep. I tried once and  had to stop in the middle but ran the last part anyway after a few seconds break.

At the top I had to catch my breath for a while . I put some music on as I came down and  I thought I was done for today, then  it started to play “eye of the tiger”  oh  really ????

I can´t go away now !  I felt I just had to run again, come on !  show what you got! are you a fighter or what? 

and I did it again , It felt harder than the first time, I thought I would pass out or puke on the top but no I was fine.

As I came down I thought , yes good, I did it!  and then I saw the bike waiting , oh my god, I am not done yet …

when I came home I felt quite good, I thought : well that was not so bad after all, I get off the bike and my legs are shaking, YES GOOD !

and  tomorrow , I hit the gym  🙂

New season

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Here it is , on top of the regular JKD training, a new season has started , meaning the weather is now in favour of running, biking and all sorts of cool outdoor stuff.

I have this week off, I can now add more training during the day and I walked for  2 hours  today, the  sun was  shining, this was great to start with that again, I started smooth though, the regular extra activity is running and biking.

So, I have checked my bike  and it is ready for tomorrow!

This feels great …  

… and the “Stairs from  hell ” are the final destination… then I will have to ride my bike  back, should be intresting, the first time is always very tough… I am gonna feel it the day after but this is just good!

What have I learned?

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When I started training JKD 6 years ago, I must say I was pretty ignorant. Having no training background at all, I was basically starting from nothing.

A lot of things happenned to me during those five years. I have evolved to be a better person, at least this is the feeling I have today. I got rid of a great deal of negativity, I have learned to like myself, I found some of my problems and learned to deal with them and use them to get stronger. This is both physically and mentally that I now am almost in peace with everything. I have learned to feel, to put aside the dark side and to try to go on from there.

A lot of times I tried to blame the failures of my life on other people but really, the decisions that we make, the way that we feel about ourselves is not to blame on others. Don´t you like the way you feel, do something about it, no one can help you but yourself. It takes a great deal of courage to take some decisions but at the end really, you should be happy, not for other people but for yourself.

This is all about personal development, personal experience and how the training has changed my life. It made me stonger and more intelligent. I have learned how to fight, how not to be afraid, how to control my emotions, how to defend myself. Having goals and doing what it takes to meet them, seing and feeling the difference and getting some confidence.  I have also met such amazing people, everyone of them have had some impact on me on different levels and they all made me learn something , about training, about life, about myself.

Because of the story behind it, I strongly believe that I would not have achieved this if I had not started with JKD. My journey has been rich in events and either than being something that I do, it is a life style. I call myself a fighter, no matter how many obstacles, I fight until there is nothing left to fight for. But if you believe in what you are fighting for, you will also know when it is time to stop and winning or losing at that stage won´t matter. I may have given up on other things because I realised the choice was not mine anyway,  those are the most painful but I am learning how to let go of things I don´t have any control upon and someday, I am sure I will find my path.

Low energy time

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I have had some troubles with my health lately,  I had to leave the training aside for a while.

I have had  a headache for 8 days in a row ,  both the regular and the eye doctor  say they don´t find any reason why, a bit frustrating but I hope it will get better soon so I can return to my usual  training life.

STAIRS!

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Yes , I just had to try that again yesterday evening, the weather is so nice I had to go out. The stairs are on the back side of a ski slope by the lake nearby my place.

 I will have to count again but I guess there are around 250 steps up  and when you arrive at the middle it is getting very steep, which makes the last part even harder to climb / run . I did not run in one go yesterday either… but it felt better than the day before. 

 I will give it a rest today and try again on thursday – friday..

First Run

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After the gym yesterday evening I decided to run  and take the famous “stairs”.

First run of the year! went not too bad but I could not run all the way up in one go.

The first time of the year is always very difficult, but as the weather is getting much better I will try to squeeze the stairs a couple of times in my weekly shcedule.

After a while I use to be able to run it two times in a row, but a lot of training is needed before I can achieve that.