Sunday, June 15, 2014

TRX - W4 part deux - And Father's Day

This week was mostly recovering from the crappy travel week.  This week has sucked, but not as much as the week traveling.

After 5 days I finally got back down to my weight before I left.  I've felt like I mostly wasted the last two weeks working out.  The week in Austin was a flat bust.  This last week I was able to get in some TRX workouts (so not bad), but I feel like I've still not fully recovered from Austin - idk how to explain it, but I feel like my body hasn't gotten rid of everything that I acquired in Austin.  I have eaten fairly well this week, but not great.

Yesterday, before the epic bike wreck (luckily I didn't damage my mountain bike with the "ride" off the embankment), I found a cheap Schwinn for my indoor trainer at a garage sale.

This week, with Missy traveling for her job, I'll be eating exactly what I need to to "fix" my body.  I'll also be spending an hour morning and night riding on the magtrainer then an hour at lunch hugging my TRX.

I should've made more progress with my weight by now and that's a little frustrating, but I know that's mostly b/c I've not gotten in the workouts I've needed.

I did TRX W4D2, mostly.  I need to do the last part of it - earlier this week I was so week and "toxic" - I don't know any other word for it, but my body felt like it was buzzing all of the time and my body just didn't feel right.

Tomorrow, I'll do the last part of W4D2 and all of W4D3 or W4D4 - I'm going to split the workouts up into segments.  I'll do W4D2 in the morning then W4D3/4 at noon.  W4D3 seems like a waste, but I may do that instead of W4D4, idk yet.  In any case, I'll have to give more thought to breaking up the other workouts.  I like to do the workouts back-to-back (meaning each of the three sections all in one workout), however, I'm toying with breaking them up into three sections that are done through the day.  I don't know how this would affect the actual workout.  E.g. will the workout impact be lessened by splitting them up - are they designed to work x muscles first so that when you get down the list you're using y muscles next?  idk, I may have to do some research on it.  I would think that doing all of the exercises split or together would be better than nothing - but idk, I'll play it by ear.

My oldest daughter made me a Sour Cream Peach Pie - it was delicious!

Happy Father's Day to all of the dads!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

TRX - W3D4

Wow - so tired.  2 days without any coke at all and less than 22g carbs - which is far less than 1 can of Coke.

The exercises today were brutal - like every last bit of energy I had went into these workouts and now I'm exhausted... that's the lack of carbs and caffeine I'm sure.

All-in-all the exercises were good and done well.

Spiderman pushups - still only able to do one or two - something about pushups that's difficult (could be the 200+ pounds I'm trying to push.

Today is day 2 of LCHF - my body is fine except for the tired part.

Monday, June 9, 2014

TRX - W3D3 (nope that's correct)

Because of the horrific last week of travel and that I missed 2 days of W3 I decided to do the two from W3 and the three from W4 this week.  At the end of the 12 (now 13) weeks I'll do W1D4.

Maybe the last week off was what my body needed.  I did today's workout and nearly hit muscle failure a few times - to me that's good and bad news.  The good news is that my body rested, the bad news is that my body rested and now hates me.

Most of the exercises were easier than they were the last time I did them.  I managed to still score 3 pull-ups (the TRX way - not a "real" pull-up).

My diet today was fantastic except for water - and I'm feeling that little water day.

At this point I've managed to hit 1430 calories, 6g carbs, 87g fat, 152g protein, 1020 sodium, and 3g sugar.  That's fantastic!  If I can keep that going through Thursday or Friday I should hit ketogenesis.

I need to absolutely make sure that I increase my water intake - I've had 2 glasses today (not including what I've mixed with protein powder.

On a side note: yesterday I did manage to get in just under 40 minutes of biking.  Today the rain was pretty rough, hopefully it'll be clear in the morning and evening to get in 6 miles total.

I almost gave up tonight during the workout b/c I was so tired and my muscles were so not helping.  I did not, I completed the TRX workout.  Sometimes it takes me a few minutes to get back up instead of sleeping on the floor, but I did it.

I also measured myself yesterday and hadn't gained any size.  I need to go back and reread my goals to make sure I'm going to keep them.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

TRX - Week 4 disaster

This past week has been the worst so far.  The week before I wasn't feeling well and skipped week 3 days 3 and 4 TRX - I figured I'd do them Saturday and Sunday, but I didn't feel well at all (I think it was mostly exhaustion).  I then flew to Austin on Monday morning for work.  From the time I landed until yesterday morning was a marathon of continuous eating.  Everytime I turned around I was being told I needed to take someone else to lunch or dinner.  I did TRX Monday evening hooked to a door.  The first week I started TRX, I did TRX with a door, but not since.  There are some TRX exercises you can't do with a door - however, Monday I was able to complete W4D1.  Tuesday, I was not able to do most of the exercises due to their requirement of swinging etc.  Then Wednesday I spent 5 hours at a restaurant (not eating the whole time but "visiting") - we got back to the hotel so late I was too tired to TRX so I mailed everything home Thursday morning b/c I figured I wouldn't workout Thursday night - something from work would come up and ruin that.

On top of all of that, we didn't once go to a place where I could order just meat.  I was very disappointed - and next time I travel I'll figure out a way to plan meals and not eat the crap that's everywhere else.  I didn't plan that I was going to be forced to go eat everywhere.

I haven't weighed myself this morning - I'm going to wait until Monday morning to see what I can recover.

Not all of this week was bad - The good news is that I wasn't squished into the plane seat - so I have been losing more size (I'll find out tomorrow when I tape).

So, This next week I'm going to make up W3D3, W3D4, W4D2, W4D3, W4D4 - then break and start week 5 the next week.  So the TRX 12 weeks will become 13.

Also this week I'm going to make absolutely sure I do my 6 miles of walking daily.

Monday, June 2, 2014

TRX - W4D1

if you look back at my trip since i sarted trx you'll see that ive missed three workouts (W1D4, W3D3, and W3D4) - i'll make these up at the end of the 12 weeks.

last week I was incredibly tired, overworked, and quite frankly exhausted.  i didnt feel good towards the end of the week - a weekend of bad eating followed by a week of not eating the same as the weeks before and a ton of stress led me into a crappy place.

The last two workouts of last week were also some of my favorites - i am sad i didnt do them and had intended to do them fri sat then sat sun and finally i just decided to start week 4.

This week Im on the road.  ive got the TRX with me and am having to modify moves based on my door hang instead of ceiling hang.  i was finally able to do some burpees (sans harness) that included putting my feet under me and a slightly modified move - but nothing like the begining where i couldnt do any.

I modified the low row to chest press bc i cant move through a doorway.  i do the low row then move towhere my head hits the door, turn around and do the press - dizzying.

I also felt the power of the side plank as i was able to do those and the "body saw" without much of a problem.  the 40 sec each side on the side planks was a little rough towards the end, but i finished quite easily (compared to the first time i tried them).

i have not taken a walk or bike ride due to rain in a while - tonight the machines were packed or i wouldve gone then.  im sure at 6 the machines will be packed again, but ill give it a try anyway.  if they are then ill take a walk around this complex area to equal my walk time and/or distance.

also of note - i was incredibly sore for a few days after my last trx workout last tuesday - that soreness lasted until saturday when it was finally low enough that i barely noticed.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

TRXDO

The last two workouts have left me extra sore - especially my abs.  I worked a little harder the last two days... so i'm taking a recovery day.

Tomorrow I'll hit back with TRX W3D3 and hopefully 2 hours of walking or riding.

Until then, I'm going to take it easy, drink plenty of water (the medic's answer for everything), and rest my muscles.  You know what that means, right?  Tomorrow, I'll be a little stronger to do the workout (which happens to be one of my favorites so far).

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

TRX - W3D2

I had to slow down a bit today, but I was able to do at least one of every exercise.

Spiderman Pushups - three each leg followed by five 'leg-in' movements (same as a spiderman pushup without the pushup)

Hamstring curls - I've been able to do these, but they have been hurting.  Since I went to level 1 they've not hurt and I've been able to keep my jlo off the ground

Atomic Pike - I had to stick with level 1 which is the same as a Pike for me.  I've never really been a pushup kind of person so pushups slay me.

All of the rest of the exercises were a lot easier than I'm sure they'd be on the first day.

Tonight's plan, should there be no rain, is to walk or bike for 60 minutes.

The indoor trainer was loud on the nubbed mountain bike wheels - i'm going to hold off on that (and my butt was sore after a few minutes, but I sweat like I owned it for 10 mins).

I'm still noticing that my pants are falling off and my shirts don't look like they're completely full.  I'll get some measurements and compare them to some previous blog entries.