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mannel rox
- Shredalicious
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Good sesh today.
I've decided to change my program into a few more drills rather than all repetitions. I think this will help me with my strings and help me with my endurance.
So here it goes. (im making this off the top of my head just so you know..)
50 toe stalls (nice little warm up)
5 ATW BS
10 legovers BS
5 legovers BSOS
5 DLO (can't hit them yet but they are in my reach)
5 far legovers BS (i'll add far legovers BSOS when i can hit them consistantly)
5 mirage BS
10 clipper>mirage BS
5 clipper>mirage BSOS
5 downtime pixie BS
5 downtime pixie BSOS
10 clipper>butterfly BS
10 butterfly>clipper BS
5 butterfly>ss pdx mirage BS
10 osis BS
Future tricks i'd like to hit:
Illusion
Eggbeater
Eggeater
Ducking anything
Spinning anything
Torque
I've decided to change my program into a few more drills rather than all repetitions. I think this will help me with my strings and help me with my endurance.
So here it goes. (im making this off the top of my head just so you know..)
50 toe stalls (nice little warm up)
5 ATW BS
10 legovers BS
5 legovers BSOS
5 DLO (can't hit them yet but they are in my reach)
5 far legovers BS (i'll add far legovers BSOS when i can hit them consistantly)
5 mirage BS
10 clipper>mirage BS
5 clipper>mirage BSOS
5 downtime pixie BS
5 downtime pixie BSOS
10 clipper>butterfly BS
10 butterfly>clipper BS
5 butterfly>ss pdx mirage BS
10 osis BS
Future tricks i'd like to hit:
Illusion
Eggbeater
Eggeater
Ducking anything
Spinning anything
Torque
After taking a 4 day break, last thursday, friday,saturday and sunday: i got back into shredding. The main reason of the break was to give my knees a break and see if my muscle memory would benefit from a short break.
I was wrong. my knee pain came back in another way, and my mucle memory was negatively affected. It took me a while to get Lo's back and then a little longer to get butterflies and mirages back.
Another reason i stopped was because i started playing GuildWars again and i was addicted. It was like i was on crack. No joke. 30+ hours over the weekend and im not proud of it. So im gonna drop that to <1 hour a day and shred 1-1.5 hours a day and hopefully get back into stitching if i don't run out of floss.
Today's sesh was good. I got pickups pretty nicely, although i only did them a few times i hit them in the high 80%'s. My butterflies are nice and my paradox mirages were smoother. I guess my muscle memory did benefit a little bit. Clippers are ok as always. Osis is struggling. i did some spinning clippers, 3 add right?
I was wrong. my knee pain came back in another way, and my mucle memory was negatively affected. It took me a while to get Lo's back and then a little longer to get butterflies and mirages back.
Another reason i stopped was because i started playing GuildWars again and i was addicted. It was like i was on crack. No joke. 30+ hours over the weekend and im not proud of it. So im gonna drop that to <1 hour a day and shred 1-1.5 hours a day and hopefully get back into stitching if i don't run out of floss.
Today's sesh was good. I got pickups pretty nicely, although i only did them a few times i hit them in the high 80%'s. My butterflies are nice and my paradox mirages were smoother. I guess my muscle memory did benefit a little bit. Clippers are ok as always. Osis is struggling. i did some spinning clippers, 3 add right?
My knees hurt when I started too. Something like growing pains combined with the normal stress of footbag. Maybe that is your issue, maybe not. But my knees don't hurt anymore. This sounds like doctor's advice, but maybe you should go to a doctor and see what they say before your knees get really f'ed up.
dc
dc
david
Thanks Dave. My XC coach said that i waws prolly growing pains but to be safe the next time i visit my doc i'll ask him.
I've decided to change up my shred sessions a bit
50 toe stalls bs
5 bsos lo
5 bsos pickup
5 pickup >legover bs
5 legover > pickup bs
20 clipper>clipper bs
10 clipper> butterfly Bs
5 pdx mirage BSOS
10 osis bs
5 sets of bsos far lo
5 sets of bsos far pickup
5 sets of bsos near lo
5 sets of bsos near pickup
7 min freestyle cool down
I forgot to say that i put a whole in the ceiling of my basement. Yep, i did. It wasn't during a jester, or a flying butterfly kick. But it was from doing a jumping, spinning high five to my little bro...
My head hurt, but the whole will hurt more once my parents find out.
i hit the remenisence of a torque! I know i hit it once, and all the other attempts were the. i'll keep trying and get it more cosistant and cleaner. Woot, my first 4 ADD!!
I've decided to change up my shred sessions a bit
50 toe stalls bs
5 bsos lo
5 bsos pickup
5 pickup >legover bs
5 legover > pickup bs
20 clipper>clipper bs
10 clipper> butterfly Bs
5 pdx mirage BSOS
10 osis bs
5 sets of bsos far lo
5 sets of bsos far pickup
5 sets of bsos near lo
5 sets of bsos near pickup
7 min freestyle cool down
I forgot to say that i put a whole in the ceiling of my basement. Yep, i did. It wasn't during a jester, or a flying butterfly kick. But it was from doing a jumping, spinning high five to my little bro...
My head hurt, but the whole will hurt more once my parents find out.
i hit the remenisence of a torque! I know i hit it once, and all the other attempts were the. i'll keep trying and get it more cosistant and cleaner. Woot, my first 4 ADD!!
I hit Pixie butterfly. Im gonna consider that my first real 4 add. Torque, i can't replicate and i don't even know how to spin so the mirage isn't "the".
I hit a Pixie Lo for the first time yesterday. Barefoot and shoes. osis are getting better even though i don't practice them i feel them improving. Gonna work on them more.
My stitching is extremely irratic. I don't understand. The bags that i make and like are too biig, and the ones i dislike are the perfect size. The perfect looking ones that are just about the right size feel slippery. I don't know what i'll do it make them work. I'll try stitching further from the edge. The bags i felt with this kinda feel like they have a structure like a skeleton and they play very nicely.
Broke in my Mosh bag after having it for 6+ months. Its amazing even with all th patching tape.
I haven't played footbag as much as i want to. I say i want to, i know i want to..but i doesn't happen. And if it does its for like 30 mins. Not that great...
Im always sitting on my ass infront of the computer thinking about shredding but never doing it. Im gonna go shred right now. Hopefully i can turn that claim into a fact, and not let it be something i said, but rather something i did.
I hit a Pixie Lo for the first time yesterday. Barefoot and shoes. osis are getting better even though i don't practice them i feel them improving. Gonna work on them more.
My stitching is extremely irratic. I don't understand. The bags that i make and like are too biig, and the ones i dislike are the perfect size. The perfect looking ones that are just about the right size feel slippery. I don't know what i'll do it make them work. I'll try stitching further from the edge. The bags i felt with this kinda feel like they have a structure like a skeleton and they play very nicely.
Broke in my Mosh bag after having it for 6+ months. Its amazing even with all th patching tape.
I haven't played footbag as much as i want to. I say i want to, i know i want to..but i doesn't happen. And if it does its for like 30 mins. Not that great...
Im always sitting on my ass infront of the computer thinking about shredding but never doing it. Im gonna go shred right now. Hopefully i can turn that claim into a fact, and not let it be something i said, but rather something i did.
Haven't shredded much in a bit....lack of motivation, and the winter bums me out and makes me not want to do anything...
I have this whole week off from school so i'll shred twice a day, once in the morning, once later in the afternoon.
Hopefully i can get back into gear by the ned of today.
Gonna go shred in 5 mins, then i'll post back at night when i get the 2nd sesh in as well..
My birthday was yesterday. Cousins came over. We chilled. Wasn't that fun, never is..but w/e. Cashed in 41 bucks and some cloths and stuff so taht was ok. My dad is contantly threatening to take away my keyboard cuz i paly too much. It gets annoying. Its like, if he sees me on the comp in the morniong, goes to work, and comes back and im on, he automatically assumes i was on all day. That may be the truth...
...but still, he can't just be like that. He's also stopped talknig to me entirlry, i hate when he does this. And he's purposely doing more things with my brothers to make me feel bad, . It'll all smooth over like it always does. But if he does take the comp away, there soould be no excuse for me not to shred..
it seems impossible for me to get back into stitching, i'll try but it takes so long and is so tedious. But i love the end product, i'll hopefully get one bag done by this week.
Hit a lot of smears a bit back, and some more pixie stuff like pixie legover. pixies are fun, i wanna get them on my left, but it gonna be like running a 5 mile trail and back, uphill both ways..lol That prolly didn't make sense, w/e not gonna fix it.
I have this whole week off from school so i'll shred twice a day, once in the morning, once later in the afternoon.
Hopefully i can get back into gear by the ned of today.
Gonna go shred in 5 mins, then i'll post back at night when i get the 2nd sesh in as well..
My birthday was yesterday. Cousins came over. We chilled. Wasn't that fun, never is..but w/e. Cashed in 41 bucks and some cloths and stuff so taht was ok. My dad is contantly threatening to take away my keyboard cuz i paly too much. It gets annoying. Its like, if he sees me on the comp in the morniong, goes to work, and comes back and im on, he automatically assumes i was on all day. That may be the truth...
...but still, he can't just be like that. He's also stopped talknig to me entirlry, i hate when he does this. And he's purposely doing more things with my brothers to make me feel bad, . It'll all smooth over like it always does. But if he does take the comp away, there soould be no excuse for me not to shred..it seems impossible for me to get back into stitching, i'll try but it takes so long and is so tedious. But i love the end product, i'll hopefully get one bag done by this week.
Hit a lot of smears a bit back, and some more pixie stuff like pixie legover. pixies are fun, i wanna get them on my left, but it gonna be like running a 5 mile trail and back, uphill both ways..lol That prolly didn't make sense, w/e not gonna fix it.
i need motivation..
Shredding just isn't what it used to be for me. I expect so much out of myself.
I can't understand the concept of good days and bad days, in terms of shredding.. If i have a bad day i'll just think i suck. A good day will make me feel great tha day, but then the day after when i can't do as much as i did the day before i feel like crap again..
When the weather warms up a bit i'll be able to shred outside and leave my dark basement, but for now i'll have to just stick to my basement and drill what i know, and "try" some illusion stuff.
I shred everyday, but its only for 3-40 mins. I'd kill to make that an hour, or even mroe. I don't really think its my endurace, although it probably partly is..but more like i don't think that extra 20 mins will make a difference, but thatss the kinda of mentality that would make me stop shredding daily..
you know what..im gonna shred for an hour right now. and i don't care what happens. i'll post about it in..an hour!
Shredding just isn't what it used to be for me. I expect so much out of myself.
I can't understand the concept of good days and bad days, in terms of shredding.. If i have a bad day i'll just think i suck. A good day will make me feel great tha day, but then the day after when i can't do as much as i did the day before i feel like crap again..
When the weather warms up a bit i'll be able to shred outside and leave my dark basement, but for now i'll have to just stick to my basement and drill what i know, and "try" some illusion stuff.
I shred everyday, but its only for 3-40 mins. I'd kill to make that an hour, or even mroe. I don't really think its my endurace, although it probably partly is..but more like i don't think that extra 20 mins will make a difference, but thatss the kinda of mentality that would make me stop shredding daily..
you know what..im gonna shred for an hour right now. and i don't care what happens. i'll post about it in..an hour!
Thanks Aleksei,
My shred sesh just now was great. I love being all sweaty and tired at the end of shesh, makes it feel like work was actually done.
Im starting to really like pickups. near pickups especially. i'v been drilling them a lot in hopes of them helping me hit whirls, when i hit that level.
butterflies are nice. BSOS them like hell. Infinities are probably one of my fav tricks atm. almost got to 4 consec infinites, but i almost slammed into the wall, so i stopped at 7. Having a hole in the wall won't go down well with my parents
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flip mirage is getting strong. i usually get really shaky on the toe set. that went away towards the end of the sesh, as i became more aware of it and relaxed my flip foot a bit.
still can't even come close to an illusion but i guess thats how it is. I'll eventually get it, hopefully soon. I always the it on strogn side, and my flip side causes me to lose balance so i plant and the bag drops b4 i can reposition.
Gonna go stitch, i found how to make my bags the way i wanted. switching to 5 stitches rather than my usualy 7. 7 made them neater, which is what i wanted, but 5 makes them grippier and play better so thats what im after.
My shred sesh just now was great. I love being all sweaty and tired at the end of shesh, makes it feel like work was actually done.
Im starting to really like pickups. near pickups especially. i'v been drilling them a lot in hopes of them helping me hit whirls, when i hit that level.
butterflies are nice. BSOS them like hell. Infinities are probably one of my fav tricks atm. almost got to 4 consec infinites, but i almost slammed into the wall, so i stopped at 7. Having a hole in the wall won't go down well with my parents
. flip mirage is getting strong. i usually get really shaky on the toe set. that went away towards the end of the sesh, as i became more aware of it and relaxed my flip foot a bit.
still can't even come close to an illusion but i guess thats how it is. I'll eventually get it, hopefully soon. I always the it on strogn side, and my flip side causes me to lose balance so i plant and the bag drops b4 i can reposition.
Gonna go stitch, i found how to make my bags the way i wanted. switching to 5 stitches rather than my usualy 7. 7 made them neater, which is what i wanted, but 5 makes them grippier and play better so thats what im after.
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shredzilla
- Post Master General
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Hey ben
Yeah, we've all had this line of thinking. All I can say is the more you put into footbag, the more you get out of it. It's HARD, very hard, and you have to want it with all of your body, mind and soul.
The good news is, it gets easier. Sessions for me now are a joy, I have so many moves that are so easy and at my disposal, and hitting them is fun every time. But it takes a year of 3-5 hours a week, strong dedication and desire.
I know you like footbag man, I can sense it. Just give it time, and just know that if you work hard at it, or anything in life, you can achieve it, and the rewards for working hard and getting good are awesome, there's no greater rush than hitting a really sweet run. Anyway, I'll be here if you need me bro.
-Chris
Yeah, we've all had this line of thinking. All I can say is the more you put into footbag, the more you get out of it. It's HARD, very hard, and you have to want it with all of your body, mind and soul.
The good news is, it gets easier. Sessions for me now are a joy, I have so many moves that are so easy and at my disposal, and hitting them is fun every time. But it takes a year of 3-5 hours a week, strong dedication and desire.
I know you like footbag man, I can sense it. Just give it time, and just know that if you work hard at it, or anything in life, you can achieve it, and the rewards for working hard and getting good are awesome, there's no greater rush than hitting a really sweet run. Anyway, I'll be here if you need me bro.
-Chris
J. Chris "Thread-killer" Miller
Today was pretty fun.
Had a small crowd in my gym class watch me shred after my friend asked me to. they were kinda amazed. I kept dropping though cuz i was really nervous and i had my lavers on( that aren't broken in and are a big change from my quantums that i usually shred in). I was dropping every 2 seconds, literally. I was like"come on...i know im better than this.." But meh. One guy was like, wow...he sucks, whether he was sarcastic or not it still kinda stung.
I did a smear for my friends, stating that it was amy biggest trick before doing it. Two of my friends were really amazed. the rest were like yeah, w/e. I told them i'd bring my quantums in on thursday to really show them what i can bust, hopefully i'll be able to do that.
Today's sesh was ok. Tried playing outside, the ground was too wet from the rain earlier on so i wnet back in. Tried filming a sick 1 and sick 3 for that video comp, my camera is crap, you can barely tell that there is a bag, even when im just holding it in my hand..
Didn't hit anything new..not happy bout that. i wanna get 1 new trick down so bad.
Eric broke his leg, cracked his tibia skiing. he;ll be out for a while, he might have to stay out even after its healed, just to be safe. And i was looknig forward to having an outdoor session with him in the park or something. I guess i'll go solo. Gonna go cut out some panels then do my work and stitch.
Had a small crowd in my gym class watch me shred after my friend asked me to. they were kinda amazed. I kept dropping though cuz i was really nervous and i had my lavers on( that aren't broken in and are a big change from my quantums that i usually shred in). I was dropping every 2 seconds, literally. I was like"come on...i know im better than this.." But meh. One guy was like, wow...he sucks, whether he was sarcastic or not it still kinda stung.
I did a smear for my friends, stating that it was amy biggest trick before doing it. Two of my friends were really amazed. the rest were like yeah, w/e. I told them i'd bring my quantums in on thursday to really show them what i can bust, hopefully i'll be able to do that.
Today's sesh was ok. Tried playing outside, the ground was too wet from the rain earlier on so i wnet back in. Tried filming a sick 1 and sick 3 for that video comp, my camera is crap, you can barely tell that there is a bag, even when im just holding it in my hand..
Didn't hit anything new..not happy bout that. i wanna get 1 new trick down so bad.
Eric broke his leg, cracked his tibia skiing. he;ll be out for a while, he might have to stay out even after its healed, just to be safe. And i was looknig forward to having an outdoor session with him in the park or something. I guess i'll go solo. Gonna go cut out some panels then do my work and stitch.
good sesh today.
Bascially worked on butterflies, pdx mirages and osis the most. Got a lot of clipper work done too. My smears are nice, much more consistant. I gotta get pixie on my flip. I always say im going to, but i forget when i shred to work on it and drill it.
As soon as i nail my osis, and get them pretty solid i'll start BOP drills. all i gotta do is find out what they are.
Bascially worked on butterflies, pdx mirages and osis the most. Got a lot of clipper work done too. My smears are nice, much more consistant. I gotta get pixie on my flip. I always say im going to, but i forget when i shred to work on it and drill it.
As soon as i nail my osis, and get them pretty solid i'll start BOP drills. all i gotta do is find out what they are.
ok..lets see where to start...
took me about half an hour to log in. Computer lagged like hell and limewire went crazy, which i deleted but the shortcuts still exist...?..
my friend broke my fence that leads to my basement when i told him not to stand on it he did, and broke the screws holding the gate up. if it were a wooden railing its be an easy fix but since its metal i may not be able to fix it before my parents find out.
saw Eric today. he doesn't seem too bad. but 4 weeks with a cast and a few more of therapy will set him back for a while. its his left foot too so his flipside might take a dive. hopefully he can be back in action for the NYFA in july.
hit osis b2b today. first time ever. i didn't really get a rush from doing it but it felt cool to hit it b2b. Only repeated that like 2-3 times, but i got alot of BSOS osis in and a lot of single osis'.
Butterflys were nice. would have made a new record and gone past 8 but i almost hit the wall again so i had to stop short. hate when that happens
gonna stitch, then shower, do homework, sleep.
took me about half an hour to log in. Computer lagged like hell and limewire went crazy, which i deleted but the shortcuts still exist...?..
my friend broke my fence that leads to my basement when i told him not to stand on it he did, and broke the screws holding the gate up. if it were a wooden railing its be an easy fix but since its metal i may not be able to fix it before my parents find out.
saw Eric today. he doesn't seem too bad. but 4 weeks with a cast and a few more of therapy will set him back for a while. its his left foot too so his flipside might take a dive. hopefully he can be back in action for the NYFA in july.
hit osis b2b today. first time ever. i didn't really get a rush from doing it but it felt cool to hit it b2b. Only repeated that like 2-3 times, but i got alot of BSOS osis in and a lot of single osis'.
Butterflys were nice. would have made a new record and gone past 8 but i almost hit the wall again so i had to stop short. hate when that happens
gonna stitch, then shower, do homework, sleep.
hit ducking butter
hit flip ducking clipper
hit 3 b2b osis
came close to a pheonix, can't get the pixie high enough(gonna be my first 5 add)
butterflies are getting super hot
hit near legovers bsos, pretty sure that was a first.
can't remember anything else...
Talked to Chris on aim, shredded, biked to go get a bike tube with my friend through 30 mins of puddles and high winds only to find out the store was close...so we stopped at McDonalds.
....cut out panels(purple, orange bag with yellow spikes) gonna stitch a bit and watch TV then go to bed.
hit flip ducking clipper
hit 3 b2b osis
came close to a pheonix, can't get the pixie high enough(gonna be my first 5 add)
butterflies are getting super hot
hit near legovers bsos, pretty sure that was a first.
can't remember anything else...
Talked to Chris on aim, shredded, biked to go get a bike tube with my friend through 30 mins of puddles and high winds only to find out the store was close...so we stopped at McDonalds.
....cut out panels(purple, orange bag with yellow spikes) gonna stitch a bit and watch TV then go to bed.SO CLOSE TO PHEONIX!!!!!!!!
dam, i got it so close!! Its either it doesn't clear the duck and gets on my back or my neck, or it clears the duck and im not ready for the butterfly. Once i butterfly kicked it...i was like "ARRRRG!!!!!"
found a better way to hit osis, i start turning right after the set, so my stalling foot becomes more horizontal and easier to stall.
came close to flip ducknig butter.
I don't know why but it felt like i was really stiff in the beginning of today's sesh. took a while to shake that feeling off...i think it may because i pushed my self a little harder yesterday and i got a bit sore..
Rode again with my friend to that same bike store for a bike tube...they were closed. we got there at 5:08pm and they close at 5:00pm. So we rode back, told him i was tight on time so i had to go shred, study and do homework. Hopefully they'll be open on monday....it'll be the 3rd time for the tube..but meh...its fun.
My friend Baker, the guy i rode with to the store, almost got hit by like 5 cars with 1 minute intervals. no lie. its so funny. He tries to cross roads like they are nothing, he even forgot that his brake cable was shredded and he pulled on it while headed towards a car, hoping to stop... ..its even funnier to listen to his excuses and what he says back to the guys he almost hits. I don't know...i find it hilarious.
dam, i got it so close!! Its either it doesn't clear the duck and gets on my back or my neck, or it clears the duck and im not ready for the butterfly. Once i butterfly kicked it...i was like "ARRRRG!!!!!"
found a better way to hit osis, i start turning right after the set, so my stalling foot becomes more horizontal and easier to stall.
came close to flip ducknig butter.
I don't know why but it felt like i was really stiff in the beginning of today's sesh. took a while to shake that feeling off...i think it may because i pushed my self a little harder yesterday and i got a bit sore..
Rode again with my friend to that same bike store for a bike tube...they were closed.
we got there at 5:08pm and they close at 5:00pm. So we rode back, told him i was tight on time so i had to go shred, study and do homework. Hopefully they'll be open on monday....it'll be the 3rd time for the tube..but meh...its fun.My friend Baker, the guy i rode with to the store, almost got hit by like 5 cars with 1 minute intervals. no lie. its so funny. He tries to cross roads like they are nothing, he even forgot that his brake cable was shredded and he pulled on it while headed towards a car, hoping to stop...
..its even funnier to listen to his excuses and what he says back to the guys he almost hits. I don't know...i find it hilarious.