Strength Training
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BODY RECOMP: Post Day-60
NUTRITION: My nutrition is back on track and increased my total caloric intake to 1750. I am slowly increasing by 50 calories per week to ensure no weight gain. Internally I am starting to get nervous as my Nutrition Coach had provided a roadmap to get closer to 2000 calories. Just typing that number is Continue reading
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BODY RECOMP: Post Day-30
NUTRITION: I must admit the first post 30-days after competing the nutrition program had been fraught with life challenges and traveling for work. But I feel now I have enough knowledge to allow myself some grace to navigate through. The current daily caloric intake is up from 1550 to 1650. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES: I have made Continue reading
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All About the Macros
Successful body recomposition is all about nutrition, specifically macro nutrition. WHY? Macronutrients are essential nutrients that the body needs in large amounts to provide energy and support various bodily functions. The three main macro nutrients that most nutrition apps track are carbohydrate, fat, and protein. The percentages of all three should total 100% and the Continue reading
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Why Not Me?
I have decided to enter a local CF comp at the end of September. It gives me over two months to train for it. It’s a ‘shot-gun’ style comp with a 4-person team (M/M/F/F). After some recruiting and begging, I managed to assemble a fairly strong team but looking at the others I couldn’t help Continue reading
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Confidence is Key
It has been a little over two years since I moved away from HIIT classes 6 times a week to CrossFit. While I have previously ‘dabbled’ in strength training at the gym from time to time, I have never had actual instructions or proper introductions to the different types of lifts. CrossFit is something I Continue reading
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Breaking Away from the Narrative
Every book has its function and requires a certain mindset to read them … at least for me. As part of my newly developed body recomposition nightly routine, I wind down by reading but I can’t just read any book. No. It must be the perfect before-I-go-sleep sort of book, entertaining but not requiring too Continue reading
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Haunted
“Māmā“ I called out into the darkness. My voice seemed too small and too weak to pierce through the thick air of mourning. “Māmā, Mā-mā” I called out again, eyes blurred with grief and heavy with sleep. A light shone from the kitchen cast filtered shadows against the wall that slowly succumbed to the darkness Continue reading
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Mogwai Lifts
I am a creature of habit, and I like routines. Monday through Thursday, every week, I leave the house no later than 5:10 pm for the 6 pm WOD class. About 10 minutes away, my air pressure light came on and I watched in horror as the air pressure started to drop rapidly, 46-42-39-35-30 … Continue reading
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Body Recomp: Day 98
NUTRITION: The week started out with a flat tire which not only resulted in me missing Monday night class, but I sat at a gas station parking lot for hours. The rest of the week I just felt off, and I opted for some comfort food choices over nutrition-rich ones. The best part is I Continue reading
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Body Recomp: Day 63
NUTRITION: About 2 months in, this is the first week I have managed to eat an average of 1667 calories (Goal 1650-1750 calories) and consumed enough protein (Goal 100-125g). PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES: Simple but powerful question – Is This Heavy Enough (“ITHE”) is one of the most valuable tools that my Nutrition Coach had provided. Every Continue reading
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Thankful in March
It’s easy nowadays to have one’s stress, angst, emotion stirred and rattled on an endless loop. Instead of adding to it by venting I am electing to share a list of things that I am thankful for, perhaps it will inspire others to take a step back & away, to just breathe. I am thankful Continue reading
The Angry Typist 