Fitness-9/28-"Original Bionic"

Monday WOD

I was back in the gym today to start the week. I'm still feeling pretty poor from whatever the bug was I had last week but today was the first day I felt markedly improved, like I was finally out of the woods. This episode of illness has really tanked me man, I mean, I feel totally dilapidated. But, now that I'm starting to get some energy back, I'll start to scratch and claw my way back to a good level of work capacity. Hopefully it won't take too long to get back into shape. Todays workout was "Original Bionic" and was as many rounds as possible in 15 minutes of:

-6 x sdhp, 95#

-6 x burpees

-6 x thruster, 95#

-6 x pullups

-6 x hang power snatch, 95#

score=4+3

Today's was a rough one. I didn't go at if full speed though. In an effort to not destroy my healing body, I went after this one about 75% effort. It was still tough and I was sucking wind throughout. I started with chest-to-bar pull-ups in the first round and went to regular pull-ups thereafter. Again, it'll blow your mind how much a good bout of illness can zap you. I moved through this one slow enough to never have to break up any of the sets. It was still brutal but I'd like to think I could have hit 6 rounds, or close to it, if I was going for it. But I'm pretty sure if I'd gone at it that hard today, I might not have made it to my car. This ended up being a good start on my road back to wellness. 

Nutition-9/28

Monday

sleep: 7.5 hours on the night

8am

-triple 16 oz. americano, black

5:30pm(post-workout drink, "Recoverite" by Hammer Nutrition, good stuff)

-66g CHO

-20g Prot

-9g Fat

7:45pm (fasted until this meal)

-Mongolian Grill

-too much food

-last splurge meal for a while

10pm

-gummy bears

-peanut butter cups

-110 oz. water on the day

Fitness-9/26-"Fight Gone Bad 4"

Saturday

I made it to the Fight Gone Bad 4 fundraiser on Saturday and what a day it was! I was still feeling pretty awful but geared up and went for it along side about 35 other friends/gym mates. It was pretty awesome to have that many folks go after this brutal workout. I saw some pretty inspiring performances, people just gutting it out and giving it their all. And that was the whole point, to give you best effort, to give all you had. I watched person after person do that and at the end of the day, it was amazing to sit there and think about what you'd just witnessed. A beautiful day. 

As for my go at it, it was rough but I persevered. I started out and made it through the first round on pace to a 400 score with 150 repetitions. I took my 1 minute break and started the second round. About 15 wall-balls in, something peculiar happened, my body quit. I literally went from moving like a machine to sputtering on an empty tank, just wasted. It was, by far, the worst my body has ever felt during/from a workout. The last 10 minutes of this one were absolutely agonizing. But, by the grace of God, I didn't quit. I sure wanted to and probably would have if not for all the great folks cheering me on and encouraging me to finish. I finished FGB4 with a score of 280, the score I had after 2 rounds of the same workout just one week before. It was pretty disappointing/discouraging during and immediately after the wod, especially since I had put so much work into preparing for the day. But I was constantly encouraged by my people and praised for finishing, they gave nothing but love. And, in hindsight, those 280 repetitions were harder than any I'd ever done before. I really had to fight for them. And that was the point. It was a great day to be a part of such a loving and life-giving community. What a beautiful day.

Nutrition-9/25

Friday

I've been down for the count since Tuesday with what I think may have been the flu. For basically all of Wednesday and Thursday, I was pretty damn ill, running off and on fevers that whole time going as high as 103-104 on the thermometer. It was awful. Today I got out of bed finally feeling like it had passed. I'm tired/fatigued but the worst is definitely over. Fortunately, my appetite throughout has remained normal and I've been able to eat and stay hydrated. Aside from some soup and ice cream (ice cream is like medicine), my nutrition remained legit. Today, I'm officially back to some semblance of normalcy and back on the blog. I'll continue to fuel and rest well today and then tomorrow...FGB4. It's time to go after 400!

10am

-20 oz. coffee, black

2pm

-6 oz. chicken breast

-1/3 cup walnuts

-large banana

-medium apple

-2g epa+dha

I'm Flu-like

Wednesday

After a great day nutritionally and in the gym on Monday, and 8.5 hours of sleep, I woke up Tuesday morning with a sore throat and feeling kind of wonky. I proceeded about my day as normal but as it carried on, I started to feel worse. Feverish, sore/fatigued, cough, mucus, etc. I decided to call it an early day at work and brought myself home, getting worse all the time. I ended up being in bed about 5:30pm yesterday afternoon until 10am this morning. My fever broke over about a 3 hour span from 3-6am this morn. I got out of bed finally feeling a little better but like I'd been run over by a truck. I'm still a little feverish but think I'm on the mend. My nutrition has been absolutely legit during this whole ordeal although its all been a blur. Thankfully, I've not lost my appetite and haven't had a problem keeping hydrated. I'll be laying low the next couple days in order to rally for Saturday's Fight Gone Bad IV down at the Village Green. I'm confident I'll be ready to go. And even if I'm still illing, I imagine I'll still be able to get up for it. It seems the most defining performances of many athletes careers were fueled by influenza. Whether ill or well, I don't think I can lose. 

Fitness-9/21-FGB Prep

Monday

Today, we got after another wod, tabata-ish,  in preparation for FGB4. It was toned down as we look to make sure our bodies are good and recovered for this Saturday. It was still one heck of a good workout. It looked as follows:

30 seconds on/35 seconds off/5 rounds per exercise

2 min between exercises

-sumo deadlift highpull, 75#

-wall ball, 10ft/20#

-row

score=sdhp 24/20, wb 16/15, row 16/13

The scores you see are my high and low round for each exercise. I felt really strong on everything and never had to stop during any one 30 second interval. Was a good day

Nutrition-9/21

Monday

SLEEP: 6.5 hours on the night

8am

-triple 16 oz. americano, black

3:15pm (fasted food until this meal)

-8 oz. chicken breast

-1/3 cup walnuts

-large banana

-5 oz. dried apricots

-1g epa+dha

6:30pm

-8 oz. chicken breast

-1/2 cup raisins

-1/3 cup walnuts

-1g epa+dha

9pm

-4 oz. turkey breast

-2 hardboiled eggs

-1/4 cup walnuts

-8 oz. red grapes

-6 oz. carrots

-medium apple

-1g epa+dha

-130 oz. water on the day