Thursday, July 26, 2012

"Marty is a Caveman"

So to keep get this rolling, the first "actual" entry.  First I'll cover my diet in the last 24 hours.

24Jul2012 - Breakfast - 4 Eggs, 5 strips of bacon, two watermelon wedges.
                    Lunch- Chicken breast and beans
                    Dinner- Lean ground beef, broccoli

AM workout: took an APFT ( Army PT test)  these are a horrible way to judge someones physical condition. Max push-ups in 2 minutes, Max sit-ups in 2 minutes, two mile run for time.  For everyone that's taken this before, you know its weak and stupid.  Check the block and move on.
76-push ups, 71 sit-ups and 13:10 two mile run.   according to the army I am as physically fit as one my age can be...  the thing is, some people become really good at doing push ups, sit ups and running no more than two miles at a time and appear (according to this test) to be in excellent shape.  I hope that everyone reading this can easily see that this is often untrue.  most of these same people can not perform functional task at heavy weight OR at high intensity (or a combination of the two).

PM workout:  The Crossfit.com WOD (Push press 2-2-2-2-2-2-2)  The results after a short warm up of "the Burgener Warm up",  3x5 95# push press, 2x 95# barbell complex.  
then the actual work - 135x2,135x2,145x2,145x2,155x2,165x2,175x2
Then - the extras
3x5 Snatch - 115,125,135
3x5 Overhead Squat - 115,135,155
3x5 Clean - 135,155,165

Felt great at the end of the day closing this session in the gym, even with my sore legs from all the pistols doing "Mary" WOD the day before.  Got reasonably good rest and hope to get more just like it tonight!!! I feel like I need it. 

25 July 2012- 
AM workout: stretch/warm up,
then 3 rounds of
45# Overhead walking lunges 10 each leg
15 pull ups
10 Handstand Push-ups
10 tire/log flips
followed by a cool down run

Breakfast- 5 eggs, 5 strips of bacon, melon, grapes, small scoop of potatoes
lunch- lean ground beef,  green peas, sliced carrots, a banana

And just so everyone is on the same page, typically my AM workout is conducted with my platoon at work.  My PM workout is conducted at the Gym.  I start "Pre-workout" with a serving of lots of pulp orange juice and/or a banana or some piece of fresh fruit with a high glycemic index.  "post workout" with Nitrean + Protein matrix and a 5-10 grams of pure creatine. I also take Pro-Anox Genesis 2 times a day (excellent product).

Quote of the day:"Can Marty eat like a real caveman? why yes he can, Sam I am. and he sure does love Green Eggs and Ham. "

No PM workout today, going out to a night range with the guys, so here's the question of the day...
If you skip a gym session for whatever reason, do you do that work the next day in addition to your planned WOD?  or do you leave it in the past and move on to your regularly scheduled program?
Does this put you in danger of overworking?  Could this rest be an unexpected "gift"? 
we shall see tomorrow...    your thoughts?
-Spank This Pig-

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