[Sportsandrec] Tandem Biking at Orlando Convention
Michelle
ydnest at aol.com
Fri Jan 4 11:13:08 UTC 2013
Do you live in Virginia? There are two people in northern VA looking for a tandem bike group
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On Jan 3, 2013, at 4:26 PM, "Tai Blas" <taiablas at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would be interested in reviving the tandem biking event that was put on by
> the Sports and Rec Division at past conventions. Would anyone else be
> interested in this as well?
>
> Tai
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> 1. Re: your fitness goals for the up coming year? (Bill Kociaba)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:52:24 -0500
> From: "Bill Kociaba" <williamkociaba at comcast.net>
> To: "'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'"
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> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] your fitness goals for the up coming year?
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> Hi Jessica,
> Don't beat yourself up. you have to take breaks both in your workouts and
> in your clean eating. Its good for your soul. The workout breaks are
> important to allow your body to recoup and for you to stay hungry to do it.
> That few weeks away make you miss it and you will attack it with even
> greater enthusiasm when you return. The same is true about the hollidays.
> You need to eat poorly and just enjoy yourself every now and then. It makes
> it easier to stick to the good food when you get back to it.
> No one not even world class athaletes train hard and eat perfect all the
> time.
> If you enjoy that boot camp thats the most important part. If your workouts
> are drugery and you dread them you won't get the most out of them. I train
> at 5:30 in the morning and if I am not excited about my workouts they just
> aren't going to happen.
> Well, if you are in Orlando and want to do a bit of training or just pick my
> brain or whatever I will be happy to oblige you. I look forward to it.
> In answer to your question in the second email about why kettlebells lost
> popularity, I wasn't around back then so I don't really know. I am
> old(53)but not that old.(LOL) My guess would be that as other pieces of
> equiptment like benches for bench pressing etc were invented they were just
> put aside. You know the newer stuff has to be better, right?
> Maybe that in part and maybe in part because training with them just is
> really hard work.
> I am glad you enjoy my posts and I will be glad to help push you twords your
> goals. But lets not bore everyone on the list. Contact me directly
> williamkociaba at comcast.net Have a fantastic and safe new year Hope to hear
> from you soon Bill -----Original Message-----
> From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Jessica Kostiw
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 9:24 PM
> To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] your fitness goals for the up coming year?
>
> Bill,
> I would love to take you up on your Orlando offer! This is Jessica Reed,
> from Fredericksburg VA. I am 29 and in okay shape. I was in great shape...
> until the holidays. I love reading your posts and love the idea of having
> an accountability partner on list.
>
> As far as goals for the new year, I would like to slowly get back into
> running. This is a difficult goal because I injured my IT band a few years
> ago and my leg has never been the same. Currently I am taking a boot camp
> class that does everything. Honestly, the instructor is awesome and I
> couldn't ask for any better! My problem now is just that I am eating like
> crap and the class took a break and won't start up until the 7th.
>
> Jessica Reed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Bill Kociaba
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 12:21 PM
> To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] your fittness goals for the up comming year?
>
> Hi Ashley,
> Yes I remember some discussion about TRX a while back. I think someone
> training for the para olympics who is in this group mentioned that her coach
> was training her on it.
> Honestly at that time I had no interest or knowledge of it so I paid little
> attention to the thread.
>
> I have only recently become interested in the TRX system. I recently
> reconnected with an old employee/friend/training partner of mine from when I
> owned my gym. He is the strength coach at a local highschool and he is very
> high on the TRX. I started looking into it and have actually had him teach
> me the proper form on some of the basic moves. Most of the videos on
> youtube and even the ones produced by TRX really suck as far as
> descriptivness. If you can't see what they are doing the videos just won't
> help.
> The TRX is one of those things that you can adapt to be easy enough for a
> totally unfit person to use and bennifet from and on the other end of the
> spectrum the strongest and fittest person can get a fantastic workout with
> it. Its just adapting the movements. Just as an example you can have a
> beginner do a regular squat(deep knee bend)while holding the handles and
> using their upper body strength to take a lot of the pressure off their legs
> and you can go to the other end again by attaching the ankle strap to one
> leg and have it suspended in the air behind or in front of you and do one
> leg squats(which are increadably difficult to do)and if you can handle those
> then you can even make em harder by holding weights in your hands while
> doing them.
> The movements are done smoothly not super fast or explosivly so yes a blind
> person could learn by lightly touching someone performing the movements.
> I know its sevral months away but I am planning on attending the national
> convention and was toying with the idea of bringing my TRX along and
> demonstrating it/training anyone who wanted to give it a try. Totally for
> free of course. Honestly just want to share the knowledge and get practise
> teaching the exercises. So if you are going to be in Orlando I would be
> happy to show you some stuff.
> You would probably be able to follow along in a class provided you learned
> the moves in advance. The best way would be to bite the bullit(so to
> speak)and pay one of the instructors to do a private session or two with you
> to get the moves down. Then you would be able to keep up with no problems,
> I am sure.
> The system is very cardio aggressive as most of the movements are compound
> exercises working sevral large muscle groups at once. It is fantastic for
> building great cardio fittness and solid core strength as well as improving
> balance. Don't know about the rest of you but my balance is probably my
> greatest weakness. I am strong and pretty cardio fit but my balance is just
> not as good as it should be. Doing things like those one leg squats and
> lunges and some of the other moves will help a great deal with that.
> There is also a TRX ap on the Iphone. It has little video descriptions of
> each movement, a stop watch and multiple programs one can follow. But again
> the videos are not clear as far as describing exactly what the move is.
> I hope that covered all your questions, Ashley. If I missed anything please
> get back to me either here or off line at williamkociaba at comcast.net
>
> So everyone else Like I said I know its sevral months away but I will throw
> it out there. Who is going to be in Orlando and is there anyone who would
> like to take me up on a little TRX torture?
> Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sportsandrec [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Ashley Bramlett
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 11:12 AM
> To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] your fittness goals for the up comming year?
>
> Hello There,
> Wow, some goals there. I've considered trying trx and even asked about it in
> the past with no response here.
> Can you explain what sort of program it is? I know you use the suspenders
> for it.
> There are reasonably priced classes in it at the local recreation center.
> So can you describe it? What are some moves? How do you suggest a person
> with limited vision learn it? I suppose its hard to touch someone modeling
> it cause they're in a suspended form.
>
> Can someone do this sort of training with average strength? I wasn't sure if
> those who can do general cardio fitness like me would be a good candidate
> for it or is it more for those who have lifted a lot?
>
> I've done some work with dumb bells but would like a fun way for more
> strength training.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Kociaba
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 8:11 AM
> To: sportsandrec at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Sportsandrec] your fittness goals for the up comming year?
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have noticed that this list has been very quiet of late and thought I
> would throw out something for conversation. First I want to say I never make
> new years resolutions. No one ever keeps them and most times people make
> unrealistic ones so they have an excuse to not keep them. That being said I
> like to set personal goals in my weight training and usually will set time
> frames such as my birthday(in may) or by the end of summer, or by a trip I
> am planning on taking. I feel these time frames or deadlines(as thats what
> they really are)work very well for me. As usually they are a three to six
> month time period rather than just saying, "I want to (insert goal) next
> year."
>
> I have set the following goals for my strength training/fittness program for
> the following year;
>
> by my birthday(may 21) I want to be able to do 15 pull ups(I have always
> sucked at them so I avoided them)
>
> I want to be able to incline press the 100lb dumbells for at least 3 reps
>
> I want to achieve a body weight millitarypress
>
> and finally I want to lose 10-15 lbs of bodyfat
>
> I have two more goals for the year that I can not put a time frame on. The
> reason being that I have no control when the events will take place.
>
> I want to be certifeid as a TRX trainer and I want to become a HKC certifeid
> kettlebell trainer.
>
> I have spoken to the TRX people and they are very receptive to my doing one
> of their training programs there are simply none booked in a reasonable
> distance at this point. The HKC people were not so receptive but pretty
> much said they would be happy to take my money and if I could do it great
> and if not just be prepaired that I would not get any breaks. It is a pass
> or fail training program that requires a lot of hard physical work and not
> just a written test like most personal training certs are. I will simply
> have to go into it more prepaired than the rest of the people taking the
> class.
>
> OK thats it for me now I would like to hear from some of you as to what you
> would like to achievein your own fittness programs in the near future.
>
> I think this list can be more than just an exchange of information and ideas
> but also a great source of support and motivation. I would love to hear
> from some of you now and then verbaly kicking my butt to keep me going and
> would be more than happy to do the same for any of you who want/need a
> little push.
>
> Happy new year to you all
>
> Bill
>
> PS I hope everyone is having a wonderful holliday.
>
>
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