Tuesday, November 14, 2006

An awesome day!

Woke up at 6:00 a.m. (alarm), still a bit tired. Had an awesome training session:
Warmed up by going from my apartment to the mile marker at 52nd street on the trail (jog 8 minutes, walk 2)
Ran one mile (8.54.44!!!!!!)
Walked (2.40.24)
Ran another mile (8.47.46!!!!!!)
Walked (3.03.82)
Ran another mile (9.36.65 - into the wind this time; the wind must have been at my back for the others).
Walk (5.26.74)
Jog (4.04.62)
Walk (1.09.12)
Bodyweight exercises at the playground (9.23.07):
-3 sets max reps "chin-ups" (first set was "negatives", second and third were supported)
-3 sets max reps "push-ups" (negative phase on toes, push-up phase on knees)
-3 sets max reps abs (first set crunches, second and third were bench leg lifts)
-3 sets max reps bench dips
Jog home (7.52.04)
Walk home (3.47.13)
Some stretching

Some thoughts I had today.:

-With regards to the FIT acronym (frequency-intensity-time): If there isn't any wiggle room in my schedule for increased frequency and time, then I need to up the intensity!!! If I only have about an hour a day to train because of other responsibilities (read: a full time job!), then I can't afford to be f*cking around when I train if I want to get maximum benefits! This is definitely cool - with this in mind, as well as "overload and recovery", I can improve my fitness by leaps and bounds while working a full time job and sleeping all I need!

-I'd like to point out that I ran two sub-9 minute miles! Yay overload and recovery! (Harley called it, that I would be doing sub-9's soon!)

-I'm not only overloading my skeletal muscles, I'm overloading my heart and lungs as well! (My previous LSD training didn't do that...)

-I put in a vigorous effort in bodyweight exercises - made some strange noises that probably sounded kinda sexual - good thing there is nobody else on the playground at 7 a.m.!

Food today:
Breakfast - 1 bag red seedless grapes
Lunch - 3 large hachiya persimmons, 6 medjool dates
Afternoon snack (3:30 p.m.) - 6 small bananas, 8 stalks celery
Dinner - Big salad made from 1 bunch broccoli (four stalks - florets and stems), 1 pint yellow grape tomatoes, 1 avocado, juice of one orange.

It was an all organic day. Very cool. =)

Total calories/caloronutrient ratio: 2466 calories - 81% carb, 7 % protein, 12% fat

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