BEYOND STRONG: RISE AND FALL

Another day in paradise

Bolo is hanging out in paradise for a while now, and he has set up a nice pull up bar in the garage. It's a 2" bar, so it works the grip as well. Most of the time I just do the regular pull ups, chins and do some sort of combination with pushups, or military presses or any other compound exercise. It's quite alright. I like to do ladders with push ups, like 8/7/6/5/4 and repeat. Gets in the reps nice and quick. Goal is to get a set of 25 reps, right now I am around 12-15. Ten sets of 10 would be good as well.

In a few weeks there is a local bodybuilding contest coming up here in Bali, and hopefully I can make it, and put in some coverage of the event!

Next to that, I will also be organizing a martial arts event, that is being held at one of the most beautiful school campus in the world... www.greenschool.org
Every now and then I have time to check the interweb, and reading the inspirational articles of Nick McK. is some good stuff. He's a bit more creative with exercises and workout routines, and saves me some time to think and mumble about a decent routine. He is by far the most allround athlete I personally know, so kep up the good work! Thanks Nick!

Ofcourse, bodyweight stuff is not what I was, and what I am about, and at the moment not being able to hit the really heavy weights and going to the gym, but still get the ins and outs of what i going on in the hardcore scene of heavy ass weights, Rick W. provides me with enough good ol'  fasion weight talk that I can survive without getting crushed under the bar for a moment.. Keep it up!

My kettlebells are coming down hopefully very soon, fingers crossed some tiny Indonesian didn't snatch them off the boat and took them home... And here comes Shaf, that has some solid info on a lot of things, but especially the more theoretic side of the weight game. Lots'  of kb stuff, and other nifty info that one shouldn't neglect in getting a better athlete..

And well, there's me ofcourse, Lay-Z boy that hangs on the beach, teaches in Bali, and tries to keep in shape. His entry's? Hmmm.. His body is already being compared to Bolo, but I don't know if that's a good thing...

_theo..

The eagle has landed

Well, actually the eagle has landed nearly two weeks now, but anyway.. I am happily here in Bali, and been busy scouting for a nice job. Things are looking good, and I have two job offers/ internships (cause I am still a student) at international schools. Now I am sorting out the details concerning a work visa, and I am all set. Hopefully within a year I can get a full salary as an expat, and with an income like that I can live ' generously'  in here. Just for example, we went out with our scooter a few days ago, and got a flat tire. We got it fixed at a local shop, and paid less than a dollar for that! I try to train a little, in the morning.

Sometimes a small walk, run, and at home her dad has some home made barbells with concrete and pipe. I do a lot of reps circuit wise, so military presses for 20 reps, upright row, ab wheel, db curl, pushups, one leg deads etc.. Gets a sweat going, but to say I put in a lot of effort at the moment, no. Next month my KB's will be arriving, and we are trying to get up a pull up bar in the garage so then I am all set. Since we live as one big family here in Bali, but the house is ours, I did some cleaning with her dad. They still take out the garbage in here the old fasion way, and here you can see how ;)

Theo

And here i go again..

Right, not a lot of blogging. It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I don't really had the time these last weeks to do a righteous blog entry. But soon I will. Tomorrow is the big day, and all is packed. Looking forward to airplane food, boring transits and a lot of movies during the flight. It will be around 12 hours to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. From there another 3 hours, to Denpasar, Bali.

Have been doing a lot of kettlebell stuff, and since I bring two 24k's to Bali, that will be pretty much what I will be doing. I have found a very interesting site about kettlebells, one that really stood out. Here it is.

My stuff, including the bells, won't be arriving until end of june, so my plan is to do some bodyweight workouts, and runs up and down the biatch.. That will be nice, but like I said, it's a plan. But I do hope to stick with it. Food in Bali, tends to be a bit greasy sometimes, and also everything is very sweet and that will stick so easy to the side of mi tummy that lovehandles will start to grow faster than I can ever sweat it off. So I must feed myself with caution over there.

Downloaded and searched the web for a lot of practical info about bodyweight workouts, and those aren't easy either. Pistols, I can finally do now, but handstand pushups, one arm push ups for reps, and a good hard set of burpees are things I can't do yet. And I should.

Anyway, I lied when I said all is packed. All isn't packed yet. I still have to do my suitcase, cancel some subscriptions and check check double check everything. Not wise one might say. Well I say that already I am starting to adapt to the cultural differences.. What can't be done today, we can see tomorrow ;)

Theo

My new home :)