The weekend

This weekend was a welcome down time for me away from school. It gave me a chance to catch up on some work and some rest. Saturday was a speed day in which the boys and I raced each other in a series of 50-55 meter sprints. The workout was incredibly taxing and left me sore today.
Unfortunately due to my packed day on monday, I had to squeeze in the workout today without a days rest in between my last workout. I thought I was up to it and today was heavy lifting with lots of rest in between sets so I should have produced good results right?

Well initially the workout called for heavy squats, push press, and pullups. I did some warm up sets for the squats and immediately noticed that my hip flexors were totally shot from the previous bout of exercise and that this was going to affect my ability to squat a large amount of weight.

This brings me to a quick point. We are conducting an experiment in which we really have no idea how are bodies will react. That being said we have to listen to our bodies and train accordingly. So today I didn't feel like squatting was a good idea so I did thrusters and turkish get up instead.

I found the workout to be extremely effective and I was able to bang out a great deal of weight in the three exercises. Despite the deviation from the protocol I still feel confident that I am conducting my workouts and diet plan in a scientific manner. In other words I am not doing what ever I want when ever I want; we are training and eating in a dynamic fashion that is in accordance with the equilibrium of our neuromuscular, and dietary states.

With all that being said I feel good about what I accomplished today in the gym and now is time to take care of my body and rest up for my tuesday workout.

The food has been on point for the past week. I am pretty much a robot in that I eat the same foods at the same times on a day to day basis. This is no because the zone/paleo regime limits me in the this regard, but that I have found the meal combinations that I really like and are easy to prepare. I am continuing to eat plenty of fruit, veggies and nuts, with my proteins coming from dairy, eggs, and lean ground meats. All my fats are coming from eggs, nuts, avocados, olive oil, and peanut butter.

Now you may find these food choices boring or restrictive, but they are the logical options for a college student like myself who has a number of things he has to balance out throughout the day. I personally think I have a knack for making healthy delicious foods, that are quick and easy to prepare, and so I am happy to stick to my little biome of fav foods.

Hildie