pre-IPPT

just popped by my cousin's rm and to use e pull-up bar he installed near his door. jumped and hanged on the bar for a few seconds, in anticipation/trepidation of the next few moments. 1! 2! 3! 4! 5! 6! (rest.. but the previous 6 was done at a good frequency continuously so my target of 8 for silver should be met) then 7! 8! .. 9! .... 10! nicely done. and given i haven't touched the pullup bar since ages ago when i meet wormy for supper near our area and he's late, i think it's a commendable achievement! some pple train like forever and they still can't do what i just did. hehhhhh.

ok. lest i get too confident about my chances, time to get realistic about the other events. sit-ups could be an issue - haven't tried any since i left the army. but if i could do 40 in primary sch. doing 36 now shouldn't be too much of a problem. e shuttle-run and standing broad jump may pose an insurmountable obstacle to many, but given that my muscle fibres are naturally inclined towards power-based sports (for more info, read up on short/long twitch muscle fibres) and i always do well in them i doubt they'll pose much trouble.

the 2.4km run. my biggest fear. gave up running, soccer, triathlons and impact-based sports after sustaining a knee ligament injury in the army. and even 3 years later, i experience excruciating pain when i exert my knees too much in a given time period. kept fit mostly through swimming since then, and it's still unknown if i can do well in it like i did back then when i was younger. we'll see. shall do a time trial ard 11am tml at the SRC after lectures. yeah!