Its been awhile since I’ve blogged, but life has been hectic and frustrating with Christmas almost here and my car in the shop for over two weeks, leaving me unable to do all that I need to do to get ready for the Holidays! Because of the stress, I took 5 days off last week and didn’t worry about working out or eating. The good thing was, I ate about 75% well, rather than my previous habits where I’d eat 75% crap!
I got back on track Saturday with a nice, 3 mile run in the cold (trying to burn more fat by wearing light clothes in the cold weather). Then Sunday did a fun Kettlebell WOD outside in the cold – 500 reps no rest, no dropping, doing KB Swings (one or two arm), Snatches, Overhead Squats, Clean & Press, Goblet Squats, or Sumo Deadlift High Pull. I couldn’t believe how sore I was after!!!!
Today I did Deadlift Progressions, getting 4 reps with 215#. I should have tried for 5 but noticed I was putting my low back into it too much and didn’t want to risk injury. After the Deadlifts, I did a 14 minute AMRAP of: 5 Power Cleans w/ 95# and 10 Toes to Bar. I managed 8 full rounds plus 1 Power Clean. Great WOD. (The WOD was supposed to only be 7 minutes, but since I was having birthday cake after dinner I did a double round to help “compensate”)
Over the weekend I began reading Tim Ferris’ book “The Four Hour Body” and I’ve gotten some interesting fat loss tips that I’ve begun implementing to see if they make a difference. I’ll keep eating the way I have been (low carb, less than 100g of Net Carbs) most of the time, and I’ll add in cold baths (around 54 degrees) a few days a week, along with cold workouts or runs done outside or in my garage with summer clothing on. I’m also going to begin taking a protein shot as soon as I wake up in the morning, and I’ll do 60-90 seconds of squats or other exercise right before eating most meals, and lastly I’ll keep my diet soda intake down to 2 cans or less per day (I was up to 4 or 5 cans).
With those fat loss tricks I hope to be able to have an easier time getting down to somewhere between 12 and 14% body fat. It would be nice to see that within a month, but my real goal is to be down there for spring and summer! Right now I’m just testing these tips to see if they make a difference so that when I really do want to push for my goal I will know what works and doesn’t work for me. Winter is a great time to test new theories!
I also spent some time this evening doing some more clean up and organizing of my garage workout area. I put a dresser out there for storage of smaller items, put up a white board, marked a 10ft spot for Wall Ball shots, and got out some more equipment. I am looking forward to doing some WODs out there!!
