20.11.08

Yesterday was a nice relaxing rest day for me except I had a huge interview that was quite nerve racking. It was for a NSF fellowship in which the NSF would pay for my tuition and books along with a 30K annual stipend, for two whole years. I think it went as well as it could have so wish me luck!

Today I woke up and was STARVING. But instead of hitting up some pumpkin/apple sauce/nut mix, I dragged myself to the gym for the WOD. It was heavy helen today which means, 3 rounds of 250 m run, 21 kb swings 2 pood, and 12 pullups, all with a 20 ib vest on. I ripped through the first couple rounds but really struggled through the last one. Luckily the madness ended after 9:30 and I was lying on the floor about to die.

To me these workouts seems ridiculous when I'm doing them but after its all said and done I feel great and the rest of my day runs accordingly.

I am still wolfing down lots of fat and healthy proteins and carbs but somehow I am still leaning up. Don't get me wrong, I like looking cut up, but I want to put on slabs of muscle and look like my boy brock lesner.

The typical meathead would say two things about the current training/nutrition regime I am in.
1. You will never put on weight, training 10 minutes every other day. First off this is simply a retarded statement. Typically bodybuilders, and I've done this shit too, work on one muscle over the course of 1-2 hours a day. They are working a submax intensity and thus are not utilizing all of their biochemical capabilities. By training at extremely high intensitys you have you body produce tons of lactic acid which stimulated growth hormone and testosterone. You also increase vasodilation and pulmonary capacity because you are required to consume large amounts of oxygen to facilitate the exercise.
But what does this all mean. By asking your body to make drastic adaptations to facilitate the exercise you are in turn forcing a cascade of physiological changes, so that the next time you body will be better adapted to carry out the exercise. Of course in the next workout you work even harder than previously so its really a linear progression.

2. You will never put on muscle eating so little carbs and protein. I suppose I should go eat 12 pounds of chicken and 75 packets of quaker oatmeal. Give me a fucking break. First off, what I have found with the zone/paleo diet is that blood chemistry is optimized. I know this because I am able to work at higher capacities over longer durations, I never get tired during the day, I sleep better than ever, digestion health is on point, and i'm looking better than ever. Now I can do a bunch of blood work to confirm these results but I hope you get the picture. In relation to a typical bodybuilding diet I am not eating a lot of protein, but I am utilizing a steady state of low insulin and constant blood glucose to take advantage of a number of powerful bioenergetic pathways. Long story short, if you are out there and want to feel better, look better, and be a more productive human, follow a zone/paleo diet and follow the crossfit regime.

If no one comments to this I will be sad!

Hildie