Journal

10 circuits w\ 40lbs Vest

5x 1ArmDB Swings @30lbs

5x 1ArmDB Swings @30lbs

10x Push Up

Journal

5mi jog 41:25 (40min goal)

Notes:

Still off the wagon…still in sight.  I wanted to do some more when I got home but staring at my mother in law steered me into the “grab a beer and hide”‘ mode.  My wife will be taking some leave here for the next few weeks so that’ll be cool and I’m taking January off of school, so that’ll be cool too!

Happy holidays all.

Moving More Muscles

New Review Up:  John Izzo – Moving More Muscles

Journal

x5

20 pull ups

20 push ups

20 BW squats

run 1.9mi (15min)

Notes:

Stupid holidays are throwing off my mojo here.  I’m a creature of habit, once things go different then I lose my mind .  We go back to work next week so hopefully the schedule will go back to work as well.  I was planning a 3mi today but did the calisthenic portion first which always throws things off.  The .9mi vs going 2 “whole” miles was just where I ended up and wasn’t a planned or thought out anything….it’s just how it goes.  More than anything right now I’m just trying to stay mildly active and not use the holidays as an excuse for turning into a giant turd.  Diet may have crashed and training is sketchy….but the wagon is still in sight.

I received my weighted vest today…an early birthday present you could say.  My vest is 40lbs…body armor is 40lbs…what a coincidence!  Who would have thought?  It’s almost like practicing like you play.  Hmmmm.

Journal

Run 5mi 40:01 (goal 40min)

100 1 arm DB swings @ 30lbs (50 per side)

Notes:

A little slow but that one second doesn’t bother me too much .  My knee has been giving me some serious “owie” over the past couple of days.  When I stretch I do OK.  When I don’t stretch I get some nice pain.  In theory you’d think I’d be smart enough to make time to stretch.  I’m practice….yeah.

Journal

3mi jog @ 25min (and some change)

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Deadlift 155

Pullup

Dip

Notes:

OK day.  Took a little longer to get out the door than normal and it seems like everyone wants to be my friend and chat for some reason.   Life is good.  Decent session.  My pullups are weak.  I should have been a little more aggressive on the deadlifts.  Some of the “Body Weight” exercises are a lot more dramatic for bigger people than little people.

Goals

IMO it’s a really fine line in between being really good\dedicated and being blinded by an unrealistic goal.  When I say unrealistic, I’m not saying that the goal itself isn’t achievable, I’m saying that the feelings or sense of accomplishment\pleasure\happiness from achieving that goal aren’t realistic.  It’s easy to set a goal and drive towards it, racing, shoving little kids out of the way…push, push, push.  You get it…you make it.  What do you have?  Nothing.   You killed yourself and perhaps you have an extra ab or some extra wheels on the bar.  Your satisfaction lasts about 2 seconds.

In my little perfect world.  Setting goals is massively important. You HAVE to have a destination in mind if you’re going to go on a journey.  The journey is the “critical” part of the whole scheme though.  Making forward progress.  Pushing through.  Challenging yourself and overcoming.

“What’s the difference?” you ask.  Good question.  The difference is the satisfaction isn’t coming from the final result.  The satisfaction comes from putting one foot in front of the other every day walking that journey knowing that the “goal” is always moving and always changing.

Journal

3×8

Static Lunge (95lbs)

SL DB Deadlift (40lbs)

S DB Bench Press (55lbs)

S Lat Pulldown (45lbs)

Notes:

I was at the US gym this morning so the weights were a little wonky.  I normally lift in kilograms and don’t like doing math first thing in the morning so went a little conservative.  It felt good to be in there just doing my thing with no pressure.  Felt nice\fresh\strong.  The diet is in the pooper.  Portion control is good.  Choices not so much.  W\ the mom-in-law here motivation to be ready for this week sort of died.   Should be back on the wagon soon.

New Reviews Soon

There should be two new reviews up shortly:

Lyle McDonald’s – The Protein Book

&

John Izzo’s – Moving More Muscles

I received them both on Tuesday.  They should be up NLT this upcoming Tuesday barring any abnormal circumstances.

Journal

run 1.5mi 10:23
pushup\situp 1min = 60 each
maxed both the BMI and waist

Notes:
it was cold…26 degrees or something like that. i should have worn pants (not shorty shorts). No real complaints. I was rested and carbed. Real happy with the pushups and situps. Weighed in at 157, so 13lbs heavier than last year. Might have been able to dress more appropriately\paced a little better\pushed a little harder at the end to squeeze in some extra seconds, but not enough to get beat up over. There’s no way I’d get the 9:36, so it really doesn’t matter.

Now that, that’s out of the way I’ll put a little more effort into the 3mile and loosen the diet to the “E” plan. The days will start getting longer and life will be normal again. The “freezing your balls off” thing is getting old.