Rest is No Fun

January 22, 2009 · Filed Under crossfit metro blog · Comment

Rats.

I’m resting today due to an upcoming 31 mile trail race in the hills of Huntsville, Alabama this coming Saturday. This is where my love for multiple training disciplines overlaps.

There is just no way I can swing lunges a day and half before running a long trail race – especially since I’m feeling the last two days.

BUT, I’m still poking around. Staying loose and perhaps skills training a little this evening.

Weight: 194 this morning, back on track from the gluttunous weekend. Looks like I’ll be running at this weight on Saturday which is not optimal.

Diet: portion control is saving me because I’ve been forced to eat in a hurry, and not-so-wonderful. Sticking to my steak salads or sushi at lunch, a little fruit and nuts at breakfast, mid-day protein drink with water, and, for the most part, sensible dinner at night.

It’s not perfect, but as always, diet and nutrition is my nemesis – portion control is my best defense.

All this being said though, my physique continues to transform for the better. More abs and more obliques are starting to show which means a transformation is occuring, despite being over 190.

Tags: 50k, diet, running, trail race, ultrarunning

Mind Over Matter

January 20, 2009 · Filed Under crossfit metro blog, work out of the day · Comment

There are some CrossFit workouts, or any tough, intense workout for that matter, that take you to another level.

In this morning’s WOD (workout of the day), I got to experience some of that crazy Zen-shit.

Rounds one, two, and three were pretty tough. Even at am scaled weight of 215 lbs, instead of 250, I didn’t think I would get through a total of 75 deadlifts, …but I did.

It’s those latter rounds, four and five, were you move into a psycho, almost trance-like state, where all you are thinking about is proper form, to stay injury-free, coupled with monster intensity to simply get through this sh@!.

The end result? a satisified, but tired and hungry, trainee.

Monday WOD

Complete for time – Five rounds of:

Run 400 meters
30 GHD sit-ups (No GHD – did Abmats instead)
15 deadlifts at 250 lbs

Training notes

Weight: ~198 (yikes! – see weekend notes)

Diet: scale of 1-10? …1 (yikes! – see weekend notes)

This was very hard. I suppose with a real GHD machine, it would ave been even harder. I actually felt like I got a small chance to recover during the sit-ups.

Deadlifts at high rep are just brutal. Grip starts to go, form starts to flail, grunts get louder and louder until your wife wonders what the Hell is going on down there …it gets a little crazy.

I ran all the 400s at 8mph except the first which I ran at 7mph. My treadmill sucks, but it’s still better than freestyle running since it forces you to a pace.