It feels like forever since I have written in my blog. For those that follow this, I'm sorry, I missed you too. For those that are stumbling on this for the first time, I give you a big hearty WELCOME!
About a month ago I got my computer stolen. My house was broken into and the bastard thieves stole my computer, the kids Wii, and my wife's jewelry. Violation and anger were the feelings I had for a few days. So I had to wait for the insurance to send me the insurance money to get a new computer. I couldn't get on this site at my work because the fascist pigs there seem to think they are paying me to do a job and not post silly blogs about me thinking I am still that 18 year old athlete I once thought I was. Long story short, I now have a computer. Got myself a shiny new Mac. I still don't know how to use it but I figured out how to get on Safari (Internet Explorer for you PC peeps) and post a quick update to this.
Over the last few weeks I have been battling a slew of nicks and pains. My right shoulder and biceps tendon have been bothering me off and on for about 1.5 years. I got a shot in my bursa hoping that would make it feel better but it didn't. Thanks Doc. I'm still not positive how the problem occurred but I'm pretty sure it's from my lack of mobility in my t-spine while performing pullups and overhead presses. See kids, that is why it is extremely important to ensure you look at your total functional capacity, including mobility and stability while training. My lack of mobility in my t-spine caused my shoulders to take a brunt of the forces from that and they weren't prepared to do so. So, they got injured. No I spend about 20 minutes on the foam roller and other various mobility exercises found on www.mobilitywod.com. Another thing bothering me lately is my left leg. Obviously you already know a bit about the knee but my hip is causing great discomfort whenever I squat or jump. Odd.
Anyway, enough about my theft and little pains. I just wanted to get something out there to keep you interested and know that I didn't forget you. Tomorrow I'm going to talk about the Warrior Dash in Chicago I did last weekend. I also talk about some other upcoming events going on. Stay tuned!
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Stupid weather
One thing about this time of year in Louisville is that you just can't predict the weather. I had all good intentions of running outside today. But Mother Nature decided to rain, sleet, and snow this morning. So unfortunately at had to head to the Y and wade through all of the people there and hope that I could get a treadmill. Fortunately I was able to find one and completed my run. I modified the workout and did 3 rounds of 8 minute sprint, 4 minutes walk. It was pretty good. For the strenght component I did 3 rounds of 10 deadlifts, 10 pullups and then 3 x 10 of pushup with a dumbbell row. Pretty good but not exactly what I had planned.
Tomorrow I got the weekly long run of 9 miles. Definitely not looking forward to that but I guess that's what I got to do to get ready for the marathon. I haven't decided on the strength component yet but I'll let you know as soon as I got it.
On a completely unrelated note, I have begun reading the 2010 USDA Guidelines for nutrition. It's 112 pages worth of interesting reading and if you really want to go to sleep, I suggest you get a copy of this. There is a lot of interesting recommendations in there and a lot that I find very questionable. The gist of it is to increase whole grains (booo), increase skim milk, increase LEAN protein, decrease solid fats, and decrease sugar. I am only 33 pages into it and I know I have a lot more to go, but I have found something very interesting. One of the topics they are hitting hard in these guidelines is obesity and type II diabetes. I have yet to find the word "Insulin". I find this extremely intriguing. They have said glycemic index and sugar, but absolutely nothing on insulin. Wow! If you are going to address obesity and type II diabetes, how can you not even mention insulin. Now, I'm only 33 pages in and I'm hoping that it's in there in the next 78 pages. Anyway, if you get a chance, I would suggest reading it, or at least skimming it. Whether you think the USDA is a bunch of money hungry politicians (my thoughts) or if you think they genuinely have the American public's best interest in mind, it's good to know exactly what they are putting out there.
Tomorrow I got the weekly long run of 9 miles. Definitely not looking forward to that but I guess that's what I got to do to get ready for the marathon. I haven't decided on the strength component yet but I'll let you know as soon as I got it.
On a completely unrelated note, I have begun reading the 2010 USDA Guidelines for nutrition. It's 112 pages worth of interesting reading and if you really want to go to sleep, I suggest you get a copy of this. There is a lot of interesting recommendations in there and a lot that I find very questionable. The gist of it is to increase whole grains (booo), increase skim milk, increase LEAN protein, decrease solid fats, and decrease sugar. I am only 33 pages into it and I know I have a lot more to go, but I have found something very interesting. One of the topics they are hitting hard in these guidelines is obesity and type II diabetes. I have yet to find the word "Insulin". I find this extremely intriguing. They have said glycemic index and sugar, but absolutely nothing on insulin. Wow! If you are going to address obesity and type II diabetes, how can you not even mention insulin. Now, I'm only 33 pages in and I'm hoping that it's in there in the next 78 pages. Anyway, if you get a chance, I would suggest reading it, or at least skimming it. Whether you think the USDA is a bunch of money hungry politicians (my thoughts) or if you think they genuinely have the American public's best interest in mind, it's good to know exactly what they are putting out there.
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