April 21, 2011 Training

Palotti raises a bunch of good questions and concerns. I'll briefly give my thoughts on each point.

1) Unlike P-lott, I'm more concerned about the obstacles requiring more strength than I have. I don't picture us sprinting through this thing. I imagine there will be some sort of running downhill and jogging/walking uphill. Having said that, my cardio needs a lot of work.

2) I agree with P-lott. I basically need to workout every part of my physical fitness. Unlike P-lott though, I've never really trained for anything, so I have a lot of work to do.

3) and 4) The workouts at Monkey Bar do seem like a great start. This is the best I've felt in a very long time. I think trying to do the workout that the ToughMudder website entails once or twice a week is a must. However, some of the exercise seem ridic.

5) I talked to Jennie last night and she seems to think that the Vibrams are a bad idea. So it would seem that running shoes will be fine. Trail shoes might be better, but I envision most of my training runs being done on the road or concrete. I think you are also going to throw away whatever shoes you end up wearing for the TM.

6) I've been thinking about my training schedule also. I'm going to continue going to MBar. I'm going to start doing some cardio. It helps that Jennie is training for the Madison Ironman, so I am going to start doing cardio training with her. After my cardio training sessions, I'm going to incorporate burpees and other strength workouts. The one thing I think I am going to focus on are pull ups. I think pull-ups will be vital for the Berlin Walls and the monkey bar obstacles. Once a week, I also want to do some stair or hill workout.

7) I also want to workout with others. I know Furf and Jill are prolly working out already for their ultimate teams. I hope that Amber, Steve, P-lott, and I can workout once every week or every other week. It'll help when summer league and goalty starts. We could get together and do a little workout after playing. Our friends will also prolly train with us. I know Jennie wants people to run and bike with.

In general, I've gone from being excited to being nervous. Hopefully, as I step up my workout, I'll feel less apprehensive. Now for April 21, 2011's workout.

Basically went to MBar yesterday and it was a boot camp workout. So we did a circuit of 5 exercises. We did each exercise for 40 sec followed by 20 sec of rest. We did the circuit 5 times. It was brutal. I think my body might need some rest. Feeling a little run down. I don't think it helps that I drank some coffee before. Here are the exercises we did:

1) Cable extension (basically a kettle bell swing)
2) Skaters
3) Junping jacks with battling ropes
4) Log jumps
5) Sit-up

One final thing. I think that proper nutrition is going to be vital in the training. When I eat like crap or drink booze, my workouts and recovery suffers. I've been A LOT better since dating Jennie (thanks babe). However, when I'm on my own I tend to cheat a little. That needs to stop. As far as drinking booze, I need to make sure that I limit my alcohol intake. Again, I've been doing a great job, but sometimes I tend to overindulge on the weekends. Need to keep things in moderation. What say others. MORE CHATTER.