Tag: recovery

• Surprise Workout Finish! Another Assessment of my Eye!

  It was looking like Silent Hill in the streets of Tampa this morning. The haze, mist, quiet — a weird ethereal underling was all that was left to emerge for me to slap, punch or choke. I was en route to work and what do you know, I got in the gym so early, I had time to squeeze a Leg day in!

  Again, just assessing how stable I am, as well as my endurance, with Squats, Stiff Leg Deadlifts, Leg Extensions and Leg Curls, 4 sets of 10-20 reps. All it took was 35 minutes. Once I got to the Curls, that’s when I realized that my hamstrings are definitely stronger than my quads, given how much faster I was able to grind through. On the upside, it felt good to not have any forward lean or pelvic tilt going on.

  As for my eyes? While my vision has recovered significantly, light sensiivity is still an issue. As soon as the sun came out full swing while I was working, I had to put my sunglasses on. I felt like a Super Saiyan God vampire — with this magenta red hair spiked up and yet at the glimpse of pure sunlight, I nearly quiver.

  Yet it’s these little intricacies and eccentricities that get you  warping through — to truly analyze where you need to grow and restructure before moving forward.

  Which brings me to another odd thing I had been contemplating — since I had mentioned the development of Gunz Crew, Vol. 1, I had noticed something as I surfed through Youtube — no actual rock version of chillwave or chillhop or lo-fi music of sorts. I searched like mad and I was at a loss. Sure there’s darksynth but…a livestream of background heavy metal or rock music that you can play in the back while studying, working out, making love or meditating. I’m not particularly saying anything outright but just putting out the feelers on some thoughts.

  12/30/2018

  chillwave, darksynth, endurance, Fitness, florida, Health, Life, Music, personaltraining, recovery, rongunz, silenthill, stability, supersaiyangod, tampa, vampire

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• Training Update! More Eye Recovery!

  

  A Friday evening, enjoying this bowl of oats and this time I did apples and kiwi on a larger, steel bowl. It has been almost 2 weeks and thankfully my eye is a good 95%. There is still a hinted sense of blur in my right eye’s line of vision but it is more like a glass mirror or window that needs a good spray of Windex and wipe. Light sensitivity is still very much there as I’ve had to use polarized sunglasses to darken my view and even then, it is still stinging.

  As far as my training goes, it is a work in progress as I mentioned in my previous blog that is will be geared towards muscular endurance and stability. It was definitely a Push day yesterday and this far, while my triceps were intact and my pecs were okay but my shoulders felt a significant weakness, which I anticipated given that when the abrasion happened, it took part of my neck down, as well as some of my face and even my mouth.

  The good news is that adaptation is rolling in steadily and I am able to straighten my neck and have almost full motion of my facial muscles. My injured eye is the only one that is still not 100% in terms of opening given that the muscles and the eye itself are still strengthening.

  The training itself consisted of a good 25 minutes of walking outside (10 from home to the bus, 15 from the bus to the gym) and then flat Bench Press with 4 sets of 10-20 reps, then Incline Dumbbell Press, Arnold Presses, alternating Delt Raises and Tricep Extension. The rest intervals consisted of 30-90 seconds. The weightlifting segments alone lasted a total of simply 45 minutes. Simple, to the point, no flash, just the necessary.

  On that note, may you all have a blessed weekend, while I get some food for my kid, as well as more homework. I also have some art to do and some rest for work early in the morning.

  12/29/2018

  Fitness, Health, Life, recovery, rongunz, stability, Writing

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• Stable Assessment! Eye Update!

  3am in a not-so-unusual state of insomnia. If I had to say how well my right eye is doing, I can gladly say it’s an 8.5/10. Overall light sensitivity is annoying on some near-vampiric levels but nevertheless I must carry on. The best thing has been my ability to actually do my job without need to slow down, sit down in the dark or even dizziness. I can sit and read, my proprioception is pretty decent as far as walking around, seeing things, moving things.

  Exercise, however, a slightly different story. Despite being on the verge of hitting a week 3 of 4 sets of As Many Reps As Possible (AMRAP for short) and tackling pretty hefty weight, the Cornea Abrasion set me back to where, in the name of safety, I had to go back to using a more Stabilization and Muscular Endurance format — doing 4 sets of 10-20 reps. I made it a Pull day — Hang Rows, Lat Pulldowns, Seated Rows, Bicep/Hammer Curls.

  To be sincere, I was sad. Yes, I felt the pump but the fact that I felt a slight struggle in weight that I otherwise would easily conquer was a mess for me personally. Not exactly square one but not exactly, “Oh ho, watch me go!” either. I managed to get the job done but I personally just felt bummed about it. My pre-workout meal was glorious and I’ve had plenty of sleep, study time, well-warmed up. I’m sure the mood will pass but it is a bothersome although fleeting feeling.

  I also had to play it safe as I also had to not over-exert myself because I didn’t want to find myself straining this eye to where recovery suffers a setback of any kind.

  On that note, I’m going to enjoy this lovely bowl of oatmeal — packed with old fashioned oats, red apple, chia seeds, saigon cinnamon, pink salt, blue agave and banana.

  12/27/2018

  abrasion, blog, cornea, Fitness, Health, Life, recovery, rongunz, vegan, weightlifting, wellness

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