day 1793 – roller and flosser

June 28, 2018 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #bodyparts, #bootcamp, #bruised, #coverallground, #floss, #foamrolling, #knots, #maintenance, #nopainnogain, #ontheground, #overworked, #pvcrolling, #release, #selfie, #softball, #soreness, #tightness, #usage | Leave a comment

the fact my body is badly bruised front and back is enough reason not to partake the after-work bootcamp. the excessive overworked body is sore from hip flexor, to hamstring, to calves, to traps, to shoulders, to lats. hence, i spent much time on the floor releasing myself. i did a pre-game roll on my softball and a post-game roll on foam roller and pvc pipe. since that wasn’t enough, i went one step further and did some flossing

day 1316 – rest and roll

March 8, 2017 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #dayoff, #kneecap, #knots, #muscletightness, #nowork, #overstressed, #postpone, #restday, #rolling, #soreness, #soretothemax, #strenuous, #tightness, #unwell | Leave a comment

took a full day off work and school to stay home and rest because my poor body is overstressed from all the strenuous events and travels. of course i should have dragged my butt into the clinic to get fixed because i can feel my kneecap not being in its place. being me, i once again postponed my physio appointment and instead stayed home to roll out some muscle tightness

day 882 – sedentary

December 30, 2015 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #allday, #boost, #calf, #deadoralive, #fitbit, #gymlife, #gymrat, #gymwithdrawal, #home, #immobile, #inactive, #nash, #nightowl, #rotting, #sedentary, #tightness, #trapped, #uninspired, #wheremyheartis | Leave a comment

not quite sure what i did to my calf, but one was hurting so much i could barely walk down the stairs. stayed home all day and barely had any activity, my fitbit probably thought i was dead. at last i couldn’t take it anymore and had to go out to the gym because i felt trapped and uninspired. since i wasn’t very mobile, the decision probably didn’t make sense to many, but it did for me. i felt both my brain and my body were rotting at home and needed the boost – surely it must be signs of gym withdrawal

day 775 – inflexibility

September 13, 2015 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #competitionseason, #derpface, #flexibility, #getbacktoit, #inflexible, #innocence, #joints, #laziness, #mustbedone, #noexcuses, #nomercy, #nopainnogain, #nowornever, #offseason, #onewayoranother, #payforit, #procrastination, #selfie, #splits, #stretch, #stretching, #thattimeofthemonth, #tightness, #timetogain, #tkd, #trainingseason | Leave a comment

it’s that time of the month again, or the start of another training season that begins really soon. stretching for real for the first time for what must have been at least seven weeks to see how much flexibility i have lost. man, it’s not a good sign when my legs and joints are feeling this tight. it won’t be fun but i guess that’s what i pay for with my laziness and procrastination. one way or another, i will need to regain the flexibility back in a matter of days. the sporadic laziness during the so called offseason really doesn’t make my life any easier

day 682 – night training

June 12, 2015 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #bengay, #benmyfriend, #competition, #cramming, #failsplit, #finalstretch, #flexibility, #fridaynighttraining, #masterofmyworld, #nationals, #poomsae, #procrastination, #puttinginthework, #rtn2015, #selfie, #sixtoshipjin, #stretch, #stretching, #teambc, #tightness, #tkd, #training, #whatisweekend | Leave a comment

a friday night devoted to training as usual. nothing that a little, or a lot of bengay cannot do for tightness and soreness to prevent me from training. ended up spending the rest of the night with the planning crew prepping for tomorrow’s meeting. i need to start stretching again after not having done so for a long time and now my flexibility is slowly disappearing. can’t let my flexibility go especially its the final stretch before nationals

day 663 – restoration day

May 25, 2015 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #bangedup, #exhausted, #immobile, #mondaymornings, #needrest, #nocando, #physicallydemanding, #recuperate, #roughday, #sleepdeprived, #soreness, #soretomax, #splinter, #stayput, #struggle, #swelling, #tape, #throbbingheadache, #tightness | Leave a comment

yesterday’s physical demands is exactly the reason why getting through today was such a struggle. i wasn’t able to fall asleep last night even though i was thoroughly tired. waking up this morning with a throbbing headache and sore limbs and a splinter still stuck in my sole. my knee is really banged up from the crash and my whole body is sore and immobile to say the least. but all is good knowing i completed my mission yesterday

day 661 – tape up

May 23, 2015 by tongtong in my 365 and tagged #adductor, #allinadayswork, #bbt, #bigday, #blackbelt, #dowhatican, #groin, #justdoit, #ktape, #massage, #muscletightness, #mustbedone, #partofmylife, #piperolling, #poppinggroin, #promotiontest, #readyornot, #rolling, #saturdaynight, #sleep, #stomachache, #storyofmylife, #tapejob, #tightness | Leave a comment

spent a good chunk of my saturday night watching playoff basketball, taping myself, rolling out and massaging my ailing groin. i am all taped up in a lot of places i feel like a mummy on a certain level, but i am feeling pumped and ready for action. tomorrow will be a big day for me, it is finally my turn to take my promotion test for a third stripe. just the grandmaster, all my senior instructors, a couple tens of students watching and my pride on the line, no pressure. now i would appreciate very much it if i am able to fall asleep with this stomachache that was also costing me sleep time the night before

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