Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Ruggedness August: 80711 - 81311

80711- Day 50 - Dancing at Shakedown, must have moved for 90 minutes straight, it was awesome.. woke up at 179 lbs today. Wonder if it was the dancing, the swimming, the elliptical, the big meal at Perkins (reving the metabolism) or the many hours of sleep. Or maybe it's just the regular dip?? It's been a long time since I broke 180... (March 8th 2011 last 179... ) Long walk downtown, probably about an hr's walk... maybe less... hot humid, good sweat. House cleaning..... :-/ (and general sweating from humidity.

80811 - Day 51: 182 wake up and post run... phantom 3 lbs gone one day and back the next?? Sprint intervals.. no records.. best 1:47... 4 x 1/4 miles, 1 x 1/2 mi. 4:33 and 2 more 1/4 miles. Pro-WMz-Crt drink and almonds for breakfast... now second breakfast. Great work at the Y 3 - 30s, leg press, (added 30 lbs), lat pull down, advanced to 90 lbs, and shoulder press... now doing 35 lbs... I am close to maxing out on the wt limit of the smith and the DB wt upstairs in the wellness ctr. Very good strength. Now wondering whether to swim or do laundry??? I hv maybe 30 minutes to decide.

80911 - Day 52 182.. back to a steady wt. Subbed a fitness class of out of shape students... too bad, they seemed perplexed, but maybe something will kick in... or maybe not... anyway. PUMPED Today and laundry folding off tonight, what to do??? Relax probably.. 180 after 1st GX class of the day, and rituals. Not used to being up and active this early. (Oh, might mention I was up at 630AM to teach a class at 910am hella early for me. More intense PUMPED than I'd planned... but time to relax now, maybe some stretching tonight. Wish i had this day at a resort.

81011 - Day 53: 180, right out of bed 18% BF, a bit dehydrated, but compared to this time last year... a mass improvement. It may be informative to start writing down what and when I eat again. I think I had a substantial amount of food yesterday, which included one of my fave meals out, Asian Salmon salad. I also wonder how much the supplements I take have to do with wt. I've been taking 3 grams of arginine a day in 1.5 g doses, one at wake up and usually one before workout. Also supplement with a scoop of protein and waximaize, and take a teaspoon to a scoop of NO Explode before workouts. YMCA body/agility workout then aqua box.. still charged from the latter. Today's post workout drink: 6 ice cubes, 1 banana, 1 kiwi peeled, handful of fresh frozen blueberries, double-double shot of coconut water, 1 dbl shot of pineapple juice, single shot of fresh 100% ginger juice (very potent), blend and drink. Very yummy, just a hint of banana and ginger, maybe a 1/2 shot more ginger if you can take it. (add rum or protein powder if desired.. depends on what you're into.)

81111 - Day 54 181 (@ wake) 17.5% - I have to be disciplined enough to drink water as soon as I wake up... then take the arg, and then don't know whether I should eat first or take the protein/waxi/creatine powder stack?? Try it for a week and see what happens. GX @ YMCA then Aqua at Penn... got to take it easy on the jumping/running for a few days i think.. Ankles...



81211 - Day 55: Wake up and do some balance stuff... on one leg, etc. 183, 19% at wake both higher than in recent weeks. Body work day at the Y, some agility stuff. A bit sore in right shin, ankles seem ok so far, didn't wake up sore. 180.5 18% after rituals... time to get active. Awesome workout, much to recount.. slow start but as usual, it became very intense, some stuff I can use for classes.

81311 - Day 56 a day of eating, resting and socializing. However I did feel like my chest had been banged up from the inside out. my guess the plyo push ups. A brand new feeling. Otherwise a pretty mellow day. It also looks like I won't be getting a "proper" workout for the next 4 days. We'll call it a rest... and come back stronger.

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