Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Saturday morning I was supposed to meet a friend at the gym. He claims to want to get back in shape. He’s a big boy - maybe 6′2″ or so, probably 260# - grew up on a farm, and, if half his stories are even half true, he was a pretty good American gridiron football [...]
Friday, February 20, 2009
Sorry. I’m way behind. I have a week of catchin’ up to do, AND I’ve been tagged with a “What are your 5 year goals?” That’s going to have to wait until this weekend.
The treadmill was starting to get very difficult. The double increases every day got the intensity up, but quickly approached ridiculous. There [...]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
There’s a new man added to the story of my training. But workout first:
Workout
4x on Treadmill
5:30 @ 10% incline & 5.5mph
3x on Erg/Rower
300m @ 1:55/500m pace
1 min Rest
The original plan was to do 8x on the Concept II but I totally crapped out at three. Maybe more on Friday.
Sweaty Man
There’s a new man I see [...]
With about one month until the race, I’ll be mostly staying out of the weight room and into the ‘cardio’ room. I’ll be doing a lot of treadmill running at fast speeds and steep inclines. Over the next 3 weeks I’ll slowly increase the speed, incline and time while decreasing the number of rounds. By [...]
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
I’m ticked off - mostly at myself. Last Friday morning I was warming up with some deadlifts. I did a few sets at 135#, then 225#, 295# and working my way up to 345#. On my second set of 345#, about my third rep in, I stood up straight. I still felt very strong, felt [...]