ryanmdschmidt

1 Feb ’09
by spyke
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New Site Design!

I have been wanting to update the look of this site for a long time now. It would take forever to upload photos for the previous hundred or so postings, so only new posts will have images attached. I have moved to a pen and paper to keep track of my workouts, so I haven’t been posting for a while.

More changes to come… hopefully.

14 Feb ’08
by spyke
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New Place to Train

I started coaching at Kamehameha Schools a few weeks ago.  Naturally, I have also started using thier facilities to train myself.  Currently available to me is a very large selection of poles (even though they are all pretty small), 2 pole vault pits, a gymnastics room, et cetera. Though the track is much, much further from where I live than other tracks in Honolulu, the track itself is one of the nicest I have ever been on.

11 Feb ’08
by spyke
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new acoustic songs

I have been playing a lot more lately now that my temporary schedule allows me to. I have a handful of songs I would like to record, but my recording gear has been limited of late. Hopefully, a new computer is going to be bought soon. My current wish list:

  • imam
  • prs se one
  • new audio/midi interface

6 Feb ’08
by spyke
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Kam

it was cold and rainy for my first day coaching at kamehameha school.  i taught/did 6 step plants in the rain.  working on increasing cadence and timing.  my hamstring was really tight through all of the running stuff so i took it pretty easy with that.

gymnastics: dynamic warmup and lots of tramp.  i got through the level 7 tramp pass!  for a burnout, i bounced for 20 mins.

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5 Feb ’08
by spyke
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13′5″ stiff pole grip!!!

i spent the day with alan launder and his wife.  we went to the uss misourri.  very cool.

this was the first good vault session i have had in a really long time.  dynamic warmup.  6 step (3 left) stiff pole plant drills into the pit working on trying to obtain as high a grip as possible.  my stiff pole grip moved up about a foot since the last time i have done this.  13’5″!!!!! about 10 of those plant drills.  after that i did about 70 stiff pole vaults from a 6 step approach with a soft bar set at 14’9″.  honestly, about 70.  alan was tremedously helpful and i learned a lot throughout the last few days.