Day 82: Be ALIVE!

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman


TRAINING

Session 1

HIIT - Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 26 x 20 sec sprints/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Stretch 21 min.

Session 2

Cardio - Rollers:
20 min in 39x17 @ 110-112 rpm


COMMENTS

Sleep - Time and Quality: On and off for ~10 hours - was a great second resistance session last night and it shattered me to pieces!

Mood/Aggression: Soaking up the possibilities and the positive I have been listening to this for hours on repeat the last few days - so could be helping with that. AWESOME video!


Energy: There.

Mental Focus and Clarity: Has to be there.

Endurance: Great.

Quality of Training: BEST HIIT Run yet! Even though it was cold, windy and raining, I was fast, which surprised me considering how tight my hamstrings are right now and how painful they have been just walking. Maybe the cold made me run faster, LOL. Anyways, run was great. I felt great. Happy that my speed endurance is returning

Recovery: Anterior deltoids DOMS. Lower back DOMS. Hamstrings DOMS. My body is tight and sore right now - but I feel GREAT!

Other Notes: It started SNOWING this afternoon!

Day 36: The Mechanic

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"How do we inspire ourselves to greatness when nothing else will do? How do we inspire others around us?" - Nelson Mandela, Invictus


MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY

All That Remains - Aggressive Opposition




TRAINING

HIIT Cardio - Rollers:
a. 4 min in 39x18 @ 112 rpm
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy in 39x18
c. 4 min in 39x18 @ 96 rpm

Cardio 21 min.

Stretch 20 min.


COMMENTS

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~8 hours. Passed out during an episode Fringe.

Mood/Aggression: Motivated.

Mental Focus and Clarity: It's funny the mental curveballs life throws at you, the stuff you learn about the past, that, if you had known this then, would have changed your life in more ways that you can imagine . . . But, I'm going to try and give my mind the day off today after those revelations . . .

Endurance: Fine.

Vascularity: Swift to come out - and stay.

Quality of Training: Good.

Recovery: After training, I did some more shoveling - not that anything needed it, but because I wanted to make paths through the snow, LOL - and my back is paying for it now.

Other Notes: The Life Audit is over - striding forward with a purpose!


FIT TIP OF THE DAY

Know and accept your weaknesses. Once you know your weaknesses, you can prepare yourself to fight against them, take measures to ensure your defeat of them when they present themselves. After all, the battle for your success is against yourself more than anything else.

Day 33: Life Audit in Progress...

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Sometimes you need to face adversity in order to become successful. In fact, adversity can be the very spark that fuels your drive into a new direction - a GPS system that guides you to success." - David Young


MUSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY

Saliva - Rest in Pieces




TRAINING

Cardio - Rollers:
20 min in 39x17 @ 110 rpm

Stretch 10 min.

Arms (1 min recovery between supersets/trisets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 4 x 16, 12, 12, 10
2. EZ-Bar Biceps Curls 4 x 12
Superset B -
3. Dips 4 x 6
4. DB French Press (standing) 4 x 6
Triset -
5. Cable Bicep Curls 2 x 12
6. Alternate Hammer Curls 2 x 12 per side
7. Straight-Bar Tricep Push-Downs 2 x 12
Superset C (no recovery between supersets) -
8. Rope Crunches 2 x 15
9. Side Plank 2 x 1 min

Stretch 12 min.


COMMENTS

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~5 hours.

Mood/Aggression: My head is in a good place - today is the start of an intense few days.

Energy: Definitely had energy - going to get back out in the snow later for more shoveling.

Mental Focus and Clarity: I couldn't be more focused. I've decided to do a Life Audit, a spring cleaning of my life, starting from the inside out, clearing up the clutter and getting rid of anything that does not have value or a purpose in my life, is not in line with my career objective and/or goals, and that may have a negative influence on my mental, psychological, or physical health and well-being!

Stress: High.

Endurance: Awesome.

Strength: Consistent progress.

Pump: Always strong on Arms' day.

Vascularity: As well as the veins coming out through chest and deltoids, there are blue lines (like on my legs) running down the side of my torso.

Quality of Training: Rollers was good . . . Resistance training was intense. Added some abwork in at the end . . . Didn't need to do post-weights cardio - the snow-shoveling for 45 minutes after my last stretching session was enough to double as post-weights cardio . . .

Recovery: Feeling my body moaning when I woke up, but it feels fine now.

Other Notes: The snow and blizzards have been bad everywhere in the US, so it seems. After training I went out and did some shoveling. Only did about half of it, because most of the snow drifts were up to my waist, and it was slow work. Did enough so that people can walk up to and around the house, though, and it's like walking along a narrow path surrounded by white walls, LOL.


FIT TIP OF THE DAY

A Life Audit can help you gain perspective on your life, on what is important to you and what is not, what is essential and you can do without and what. If your health and fitness is important to you - and it should be - then it will become clear what you have to do to improve and get where you desire.

Day 336: First Snowfall Last Night

Quote of the Day

"When something unexpected comes, you've got to pick it up and run with it." - Gary Burtea, Remember the Titans

Training

HIIT Skip:
a. 4 min skipping
b. 16 x 20 sec effort/10 sec rest

Gym - Full-Body (1 minute recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 2 x 6
2. Single-Leg Deadlifts 2 x 10 per leg
Superset B -
3. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 2 x 21s
4. Flat Close-Grip BB Bench Press 2 x 6
Superset C -
5. Behind-the-neck BB Military Press 2 x 6
6. Single-Arm Lateral Raises 2 x 10 per arm
Superset D -
7. Incline BB Bench Press 2 x 8
8. Alternate Backward Lunges 2 x 10 per leg
Superset E -
9. Weighted Deadbugs 2 x 10
10. Plank 2 x 1 min

Stretch 21 min.

Comments

Mental Focus and Clarity: Focus could not be better - since got up and for the rest of the night, it will be study.

Joints: A bit of creaking and popping in my left shoulder.

Endurance: Fine.

Strength: Better than this session last week.

Quality of Training: HIIT was frustrating - the skipping rope kept twisting on me . . . Resistance training was ok. Thoughts were more on my study, though . . .

Other Notes: It was the first real snowfall last night - the few miniscule flakes on the 24th don't count. It will be my second Christmas and winter in the US - I never thought I'd be here this long, honestly . . . Noticing the difference already in having no Erase . . .

Question of the Day

Do you have many regrets?