WOD
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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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Version 2.0
Last week’s WOD: Weighlifting: 70-80% of 1 RM Every 3:00 Minutes x 5 Sets I used the 15# barbell and initially grabbed 15# plates but the plates felt SO heavy that I opted for 10# plates for the first round then added 2.5# for the rest of the 4 rounds. The old me would have 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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Disruptions
I like routines. I am driven by goals. I faithfully abide by my routines to reach my goals. And you would think the having served in the Army for 11 years is where my love of routines, organization, and discipline were developed. But it wasn’t. Our motto in the Army was everything was ‘locked in 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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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 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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Body Recomp: How it Started
The WOD was as follows: Min 1: Calorie Echo Bike Min 2: 6 Jumping Pull Ups & 8 Knees to Elbow Min 3: 8 Calorie Row Min4: 12 DB Bench Press I can’t quite recall what I asked Coach C after class that prompted her to ask me what my goal was but I had Continue reading
The Angry Typist 