When those lungs start to burn and those legs get sore, push. That’s when you get the most training. Rest for a bit and then do a little more after. This doesn’t mean to continue pushing your body as hard as you can or to continue trying jumps after your body is completely fatigued. It simply means that after you have realized that you have gotten tired, don’t stop training. Take a break then do a little more, do something else. This push will make you much stronger. You’ll go past your current limits.
Take a look outside in Chicago and you will see gray skies and brisk breezes. The winter weather is making a slow exit from the city as usual.
We are weeks into the month of May and old man winter still has a light grip on the city. I had to turn the heat on inside of my home at night and inside of my car on my way to work. This is rich for the summer, cold air in May.
AC Turned Off in May
This is crazy. We have reached the end of May and the weather is still chilly outside. I’m running the heat in my car and in my home to keep warm in the summer month of May. This is the wildest thing ever. The winter weather still has a strong grip on the Chicago climate. Over the past week, there has been a lot of rain and some severe thunderstorms. Trees were stripped of leaves and branches yesterday. Broken tree limbs litter many of the streets and sidewalks. Piles of wet leaves gather on the corners of the roadways.
You are stronger when you stretch. You get wider range of motion and more strength in that range. Get used to stretching multiple times per day, everyday. Stretching once a week is not enough. You must be consistent. Incorporate stretches into your daily routine.
I’ll tell you all about what I’m doing to train my jumps. I still don’t have an axel or a clean jump for that matter but the improvements are happening. Those daily squats are mandatory. Get em in!!
We have a few new gods on the team. What does the future have in store for them. Well, that is being planned. For now, all of the new team members are showing their commitment and consistency with their presence at JBSKATE sessions in Chicago.
Everything is behind schedule, lol. We’ve got two movie score type songs published already. They kinda blend the qualities of JBSKATE music with the dramatic range of cinema. My core skill lies with cinematic music, maybe those skills are even closer to the operatic style. Either way, I can write music for movies. This is what I shall do for the JBSKATE Universe.
JBSKATE Super Heroes and Comics
They will all have their sound. This is an immense amount of work. It’s a mountain to climb but I want to go this journey and I want to go it alone. Hell, I don’t have a choice. It’s not as if I have someone helping me with this work, it’s all me. But this is cool too because I’m learning way more than I could have imagined. Combining the two genres, film score and JBSKATE, is a very difficult mission. These are two disciplines that have their own, clearly divided avenues and I aim to merge them into one. It’s not easy. My first few tracks have be less than impressive to me. However, I won’t stop with those. Our universe needs heroes and those heroes need heroic music.
Pharaoh was in Memphis again folks. It’s not often that I am in Memphis but when I do visit, I know exactly where I’m going. You’d think that I would go directly for some Memphis style barbecue but that’s not really my style. I’m actually a bigger fan of vegetables than meat. I could go months without even craving meat. However, back on the subject, I have to visit this little Mexican food restaurant on Airways. They keep a deli inside of their store. They also have their own security there, which makes me uncomfortable. The store is only two rooms and he follows me into both of them. I wanted to say to him, do I really look like I need to steal?? Come on.
Pharaoh Stays on the Move
Where y’all skating at out here?? The next time that I come, I’m going to make the effort to visit one of the sessions. It will be an interesting experience because I don’t like to skate to anything except JB. I really don’t even do the slow jams all that much.
Training
