I began working out about 7 weeks ago and I'm into my 8th week right now after a 7 month layoff. You can see all the details of my progress over at my Deaf Strongman blog including a subtitled video of my 620lb tire flip I did in my backyard yesterday.
There are so many things I can do and I can't do all them at the same time. If I'm going to devote more time like getting myself prepared for my strongman competitions, it means cutting back on a few things like my Kokonut Pundits blogging. But this doesn't mean there won't be any Kokonut Pundits blogs. There will be. Just less of it for now. I just need less distraction right from all of the silliness (yes, they're getting a bit silly out there now. You know what I mean) so I can concentrate on my working out and practicing with my strongman implements which I am currently ramping up with greater intensity and weight. This includes putting on additional bodyweight to get to 205lbs and eventually to 230lbs perhaps by next year. If I ever going to flip an 1000+ lb tire, I need to get my bodyweight up to 205lbs which I am only 17 lbs away.
And, if you're deaf or hard of hearing and like to lift weights? Do you think you have the "nads" to compete in the first ever North America Deaf Strongman (NADS) Games? Check it out and see the updated website on plans for 2008 with DeafNation.
Also, I have to do my annual pack test to get ready for next week for re-certification of my red card for forest fire fighting where I have been on 4 differents fires so far. But I may have to forego the actual fire fighting this year and next because it takes so much out of you and that puts a damper in my strongman preparation like it did last year when after I returned from fire fighting in August for 3 weeks worth and was totally worn afterwards.
But a few weeks ago I went with a crew for a 3-day prescribed fire down on the Guadulupe mountains in southern New Mexico amongst all the cactuses, prickly pears, and all plant things that have those pokey and painful barbs. And I did get injured by those thorns, too. My right poked-in knee is nearly healed after two weeks. It was my first prescribed fire and I was able to go since my red card for fire fighting was still good until my next pack test.
Arriving at the site to hike out to do some presciption burns.
Watching the line with other crew fire fighters to make sure the fire doesn't escape the fire line.
Can you find a live rabbit in this picture? The rabbit is just sitting there in the cool black burn. Here's a link to a bigger picture. Note the prickly pear cactuses.
Here I am making sure the fire doesn't cross the fire line which would be the road seen here along with other fire fighters. This was where smoke would get so thick you'd have to cover up your face to breathe a bit better. My eyes would water, too. Lots of standing around here and we bump up the line every 50 or 60 feet to monitor the fire's progress. We would watch and listen for the call "Bump Up!" and we move up another 50 feet. Sometimes the smoke would be so thick you'd have to listen for the call. I'd monitor my field radio and listen in to the chatter of the fire's progress.
An occasional torching of fire would happen during a prescription burn and would not last very long. Not a big deal. Everything was a success over the 3 days of prescibed burn.
Now, you may be asking yourself what is a presecription burn? Go here and learn.
Until the next time. Stay strong.
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