UPDATE: 10/30/2017 - This will not be taking place this year.
What does Kaihōgyō mean? It translates into English as, circling the mountain. The wiki entry is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaih%C5%8Dgy%C5%8D
I've been enamored with this idea for a few years. I spoke with Gina about it in 2014 after reading John Stevens book: The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei.
I'm not looking for enlightenment per se, but discipline. So these monks in Japan do a 100 days of a certain mileage going from temple to temple saying prayers, etc.. They do this for seven years and there is quite a bit of other things invovled that you can read about on the wiki entry.
I'll be turning 40 years old in November and I want to do something that is or seems impossible. Because who knows how many years I have left on this rock.
Enter, John's Kaihōgyō.
What does this look like for me? It looks like this. I am planning on starting Oct 30th 2017 and will finish 100 days later on Feb 6th 2018. What will I do? I plan to abstain from alcohol, tobacco and caffeine. I started back on snuff a few months ago, so I'll be quit before this starts and will start tapering caffeine at the beginning in Oct. I've already stopped alcohol, so hopefully I can maintain since my goal is no alcohol until Sept 2018. Here is the rest of my plan:
40K a day running/walking with 5K a day of vert (vert will be achieved on the TM)
40K a day on indoor bike trainer*
10K a day on indoor rower*
100 thrusters @ 95lbs*
100 Deadlifts @ 185lbs*
100 Kettlebell swings*
100 Burpees
100 pushups
100 situps
10 minutes of planks
40 pullups
Basically, this will be 6 to 7 hours a day of "working out".
I have 2.5 months to buildup to this, so that is what I'll be working on. From now until then.
I don't really know if I can actually do this, but outside of my "El Camino de Lavaca Pilgrimage" Dec 4th - 10th my schedule is open and I have purposely kept it so. I wasn't sure if I would really commit to this, but I think that I need this in my life. The items above with * may get skipped on the El Camino days, but I'll see about having these brought to me each day so I can keep my goal. If not, 93 days of the above is still killer.
Wish me luck, I'm going to need it.
What does Kaihōgyō mean? It translates into English as, circling the mountain. The wiki entry is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaih%C5%8Dgy%C5%8D
I've been enamored with this idea for a few years. I spoke with Gina about it in 2014 after reading John Stevens book: The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei.
I'm not looking for enlightenment per se, but discipline. So these monks in Japan do a 100 days of a certain mileage going from temple to temple saying prayers, etc.. They do this for seven years and there is quite a bit of other things invovled that you can read about on the wiki entry.
I'll be turning 40 years old in November and I want to do something that is or seems impossible. Because who knows how many years I have left on this rock.
Enter, John's Kaihōgyō.
What does this look like for me? It looks like this. I am planning on starting Oct 30th 2017 and will finish 100 days later on Feb 6th 2018. What will I do? I plan to abstain from alcohol, tobacco and caffeine. I started back on snuff a few months ago, so I'll be quit before this starts and will start tapering caffeine at the beginning in Oct. I've already stopped alcohol, so hopefully I can maintain since my goal is no alcohol until Sept 2018. Here is the rest of my plan:
40K a day running/walking with 5K a day of vert (vert will be achieved on the TM)
40K a day on indoor bike trainer*
10K a day on indoor rower*
100 thrusters @ 95lbs*
100 Deadlifts @ 185lbs*
100 Kettlebell swings*
100 Burpees
100 pushups
100 situps
10 minutes of planks
40 pullups
Basically, this will be 6 to 7 hours a day of "working out".
I have 2.5 months to buildup to this, so that is what I'll be working on. From now until then.
I don't really know if I can actually do this, but outside of my "El Camino de Lavaca Pilgrimage" Dec 4th - 10th my schedule is open and I have purposely kept it so. I wasn't sure if I would really commit to this, but I think that I need this in my life. The items above with * may get skipped on the El Camino days, but I'll see about having these brought to me each day so I can keep my goal. If not, 93 days of the above is still killer.
Wish me luck, I'm going to need it.
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