ItalianoGACKT Official Blog update. Translation below:
This morning, I did my training
together with Baru.
TAKUMI is supposed to join us from evening onwards.
This is the 3rd day of fasting.
The condition of my skin has become much better
without a hitch, and I don’t feel hungry at all.
Maybe it’s because my body weight has decreased
that I don’t feel as much weight as usual
when I did my G push-ups.
Of course,
when I hit the 3rd set
it started to get tough though.
From this time onward,
I added a new home training method that targets the abs.
I’ve been doing my special 【G push ups】
everyday these past 2 months but
as expected, even if I’m able to maintain by abs
without doing targeted exercises, I can’t raise my athletic ability.
This push up
has considerably raised the retention ability of my back muscles but
it hasn’t been very effective for my abs.
When it comes to abs, it also doesn’t mean that I’m doing the normal muscles
but instead I’ve decided to go with sets of [G abs].
This is tough too.
The power needed to raise your legs when doing back flips
is related to how fast you can contract your abs and how big they are.
Since I’m doing this when I’m sleeping,
it’s pretty tough since I’m not used to it.
I’m not moving my muscles slowly,
but instead I’m training at a rather high speed
so I won’t get bored though.
I’ll try uploading
pictures of Baru or TAKUMI dying tomorrow.
Recently, I’ve taken a short break
from uploading training videos
on Instagram
because these days, I’ve been doing nothing but this kind of training.
For the time being, I’ll upload other pictures and videos
and then upload those videos at once.
Training while fasting
can also destroy your body if you’re not careful.
Basically, you can only train using your own body weight.
You can’t train using weights.
You will lose muscle mass.
After Baru’s screams echoed down the corridor for awhile, I immediately showered and began to prepare to go to the tournament.
TAKUMI isn’t participating in the main event
but satellite participation.
It seems that he’ll be appearing from the next day.
Most of the members of Team GACKT and I
are taking part today but
honestly
thus far
we don’t have a member who is leading in chips.
For me, who isn’t a big deal here, my chip count puts me in 7th.
And the amount of chips that most players have
are pretty much balanced out.
For Baru,
he’s passed through in the last spot.
Of course,
it doesn’t mean that he’s bad at it just because he’s in last place.
It’s meaningful that he’s made it through Day 1.
It means that from then on
he can get up to higher positions in one shot.
【If you give up, it’s the end】
I suppose this is applicable for just about anything in life.
To enter a tournament
has a lot more meaning than you’d expect.
Like finding out “How far will my new attempt
bring me against my professional opponents?”
or getting to see how wonderfully professions push and pull against each other
with your own eyes among many other things.
When they show that
even a method that makes you think “isn’t pushing like that absurd…”
is pretty effective depending on your timing,
you’ll start to think, “I see…”.
Well,
since there are only a few people who use tactics,
while pushing with the methods that I’m good at,
I obtain lots of living information
and then make use of that, and if I don’t use it in the next tournament
then there’s no meaning for me to come all the way to another country.
Of course
there are many other objectives aside from this.
One of it is to deepen my connections
with the poker players.
It’s obviously important to strengthen the friendship
with lots of respected players,
and regardless of age, there are lots of wonderful players
It doesn’t mean that there are no players who have bad attitudes but
when I’m connecting with those people,
and the older players who I respect say
『It’s better if you —–』
I’ll, surprisingly, listen to them without protest.
This is my own opinion, and I hope no one misunderstands me for this but,
I can feel that poker players have a lot of communication problems.
Despite that, when they’re playing poker at the table
they have to deal with people.
I suppose one of the other meaningful things
is the gradual improvement
of those communication abilities
through poker.
The first time I picked up poker was in Barcelona.
In the beginning, I stepped in for no special reason but…
Looking back at it now,
somehow, without knowing the rules at all,
I suddenly decided to join the game
and I’m amazed at the strength of my curiosity and how carefree I was.
Instead of nervously fidgeting around in front of strangers
it’s better to ask
『Why? Why?』 like an idiot.
If you can act like an idiot,
and throw away your substandard pride,
life will be enjoyable.
When I look at poker’s Master Igu Igu,
I sometimes… think
『He’s really such a wonderful person…』.
Without caring about whether someone is older or younger than you,
speaking like a gentleman brings gripping things.
Honestly,
it’s not that there aren’t players who get into bad moods.
If you’re able to think of them as interesting people,
you’ll enrich your life more too.
I’ve obtained lots of living information
this time as well.
It’s something I’m grateful for.
With that… I’ll focus on the tournament…
Well then.
Source: GACKT Blog
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA