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Some ideas on how to improve the upperbody strenght. This is planch to handstand press. Handstand training and pushups are require upperbody mastery , very strong internal core strenght and whole body tone and condition. Controll of all the muscles as a complete unit. Will not lift another weight in the gym until i have complete control of th weight of my body. I used to do body weight conditioning and have found that joining a gym made me think about the machiens to much , i have gone up allot on the different weighs but have found simple things like pressups harder , so im leavingthe weights alone for a while and using conditioning techniques like these ones to get control and condition back properly.

Going to encorperate Kipping Pullups in to my gym sessions. After seeing some awsome videos the last few days of people who are freerunning and doing parkor. im going to start encorperating more explosive movements in to my training Starting with one change and thats mastering the pullup bar at the gym doing allsorts of exersise including the Kipping pullup. Did a session of them today and im going to be working on this technique a little more. Difficult to do as the pullup bar is so close to the wall but i felt good using more of my whole body to launch myself up insted of just pumping  the arms in the traditional dead hang lift that ive used so much before.

Ive writen a few posts on the benifits of cold showers and my experiances with them. I took some time of using them, when you dont take a cold shower for a while the water feels that much more unplesent and so you go longer without taking one. But this last week or so i have been taking only cold showers and they have been great. Just wanted to sharesome tips on how to take the cold shower , and how to get in to a cold shower.

Before i would just get straight in and it would be painfull, now i do this and its much easier . stand away from the cold water and put one leg in, use your hands to massage in the cold water. Then change legs and put the other leg in the cold shower and massage the cold water on to  the leg. Then do the arms one at a time rubbing the water and massaging then the Head and scrub the water in to your hair and face. Then the body and finally the back . And before you know it your completly in the shower and its cold but it feels good.

Another tip , get really hot before the shower. Jog on the spot, run up and down the stairs, Do some pressups and situps squats . really get yourself worked up so that you need to cool down. The cold shower will come as a reliefe and feel good.

Just take a quick cold shower every now and then. JUst take 3-4 quick cold showers throughout the day when ever you need to feel fresh and cool down.