Beach Workouts.

In these past few weeks me and a few buddies have been hitting up the beach for some good beach running/workouts. For me it's really just something to prepare me for the intensity of the upcoming Chinese New Year festivities.

This would be our 3rd workout session but this time, i thought it would be a bit different. Funny enough everytime I take a bunch of guys on this workout it's a different set of people. Also this time I thought i would change it up a bit.

I have had a mate suggesting kickboxing for a while now, so i thought why not. I kinda want to do some kickboxing too!

So my workout plans are always as follows, for the warm up anyhow.

• Slow walk on the beach
• Slow jog on the wet sand
  
• Jog on the dry sand.

And usually anything happens after that. And it's great fun, even i get a good workout from the run on the sand. And It's even better when we jog backwards! Killer on the hamstrings! Then there's a combination of pushups, lunges, situps, planches and whatever i think is best/fun.

This time however was a bit different. I had the pads I borrowed from sifu and got the guys to run through just a few basic movements/drills and then work on the pads. It was fun and all but i don't think it was a very effective workout for them. I had 4 guys to one set of pads and i think the waiting time between sets for them was a bit too long. So next time I'll figure something out for them to do inbetween sets.

Funny though because these beach sessions is an intention for me to workout but I just assume the personal trainer roll. I quite like it and i do enjoy teaching others/working other people like dogs. One mate said i worked him to the limit, to the point where his head/ears were throbbing! lol.
I managed to get this photo in the end of the last session. It's me doing a horse to 360 outside kick to horse. I actually didn't know Tony was there but it proved to be a cool picture. Gives me ideas for other action shots i want to try out.

Inspiration.

I want to one day re-create something like this. It wont be anytime soon as i don't have any any wireless speedlights equipment at all.

More pics on Mark Paklua's blog.

Gym.

So the other day I borrowed a mates Fittness First membership, 'borrowed' because I'm too cheap to pay for a membership and a one time visit is quite dear.

So this visit would be my 4th ever visit to a gym, the reason why i went was because Chinese New Year is coming up soon, so that means more practicing/training for liondancing and i just wanted to record all i could do now max out on everything and then i intend to visit the gym again after the cny performances are over to see my improvements.

My numbers and workouts are as follows.

• 2km row - 9min 26 secs (warm up)
• 60' military press - 15kgs, 6reps
• Horizontal Dumbell Flyes - 7.5kgs, 10 reps
• Leg press - 280kgs, 10reps
• 15 speed pull ups
• 20 Inclined sit ups
• Backpull - 10kgs, 5 reps.

Seems pretty pathetic now that i look back at this list. And i still remember during this workout i didn't push myself too hard and i definitely didn't max out on the pull ups or backpull. I also forgot about attempting to max out on the bench press and squats. I might pop down to the gym again just to get them down again.

Vocaloid - Luka (Just Be Friends)

Listen to this song, would you believe me if i told you all the singing was done/programmed by a computer software.

A vocaloid software to be precise and i just find it so amazing to what the digital world is becoming.

PS. I have a couple of thigns to blog about but i havn't had the effort or time to recently so. I hope i don't forget about blogging these things. So Tim, remember blog about gym and your project 365.

The Eatinghouse.

I have been to this little cafe in the suburbs a handful of times already and i think that already says a lot. It's called the Eatinghouse and it's situated in a small suburb in south Sydney called Mortdale. Far from the city so this means a much more chilled atmosphere.

The Breakkie menu that's served all day!
A soy cap for me please! The beans they use in their coffee is actually pretty darn good, which is part of their reason why i visit every now and then. Despite it having close to 'city' prices in a way it's worth it.
Eggs Florentine, it's just an eggs Benedict but with smoked salmon as opposed to smoked ham. The hollandaise sauce they severe here is actually what introduced me to the wonders of eggs benedict, after trying here the first time i have sort of set out there to find the best eggs benny, I actually do think its pretty high up there. Although give me some time and i could probably whipp up something that's perfected to my taste.

Max Brenners

It was my second time dining in at Max Brenners, first time actually having their chocolate! And it was actually quite pleasant. I got the Tuti-fruiti waffles, it's meant to be served with strawberries and bananas but unfortunately it was the end of the night and they had run out of bananas but it was still good! The waffles was surprisingly good and scrumptious, I never actually expect much from waffles because most of the time it's packet stuff you can buy from the supermarket and it turns out most of the time either too dry, too soft and dense or too biscuit like but the waffles here are actually pretty darn good! The chocolate sauce again was just right! Despite my ill expectations of it going to be too rich like most places, even when someone else ordered a fondue with dark chocolate, the dark chocolate wasn't actually too rich, just the way i like it!

Oh and the cups they serve their cold drinks in are just too cool!

Hehehe, this place does live up to it's infamous name, chilled place (assuming you don't go during the rush periods). Great chocolate and pleasant sweets to dine with, for sure coming here again one day.

Jamberoo + Nain Tien !

Did I mention that the best things are sometimes spontaneous.Mr Shark says hello! I think he looks a bit like a pig.

Today me and a few friends went down to Jamberoo!Terrible weather but we endured it for as long as we could. First thing we visited was the not so new but newest attraction "Taipan". The first ride down it was quite surprising really, I didn't expect the water tube to be pitch black and when that happened we all just got tossed around in that tube screaming like silly girls. We did that twice! Actually that was our second ride, our first ride was the water slide, it was cool nothing memorable.

It was actually quite painful to walk from one ride to another because it was just so damn cold. Quickly after one ride we all waddled our way down to the wave pool and just chilled there for a bit till we got cold again.Panoramic shot of the wave pool. Click to enlarge!

This is the wave pool and oh my what a brilliant location to have a pool party with a DJ on the decks. It would just be a blast. We came up with that idea because while sitting on the veranda just next to the wave pool they started to play some pretty "in" music and then people in the wave pool started fist pumping and then it was on! lol

After we realised that it was much too cold to jump into the water again and the terrible weather wasn't holding up too well. The toboggan and go carts were closed and so we bounced.

But it was ok, our day wasn't over just yet. While we were down in the south I actually really wanted to visit the Nan Tien Temple because its been a while since i have been there or even the one near my area. I was glad I suggested it and i was even more pleasantly happy when the crew was quite keen in visiting the temple.

I played tour guide, I wish i new more about the statues and darma so i could of been a better tour guide but it's ok. I showed them everything and it was quite a pleasant walk around Nan Tien its just so beautiful.

Here are some pics i took today, some are actually really really good!This picture turned out quite average, but when I bumped up the contrast and saturated it just a bit it turned out wonderful!

This last picture is my favorite of the day.