Over the past couple of days of workouts I'm starting to feel my self getting back to where I was before I got the flu. I feels good to be back where I can make actual progress again. I am definetly very motivated to improve my performance all the time and the only way you can know your improving is if you are bettering your times in the workouts.This is a picture of my daughters softball team at the opening ceremonies for the Jr. Olympic Games in San Diego last year.
Something else I've noticed, that I'm sure all real athletes know well, is diet, sleep and mental preparedness becomes very important too. Once you get to a certain point in fitness you begin to notice that what you eat effects you performance very much. Overall diet is important, but sometimes just the last things you consumed can play a big factor in how well you perform. When you eat in relation to a workout makes a big difference too. Eat too close to a workout and you might not do so well. Workout starved and you'll probably be weak and lose stamina.
At my age of 45 and the fact that the guy's I'm trying to catch are much younger should leave me satisfied, right? It actually only motivates me to work harder............because I know I'm already giving some of them a run for their money and I think I can catch them.............
Fridays Workout:
Overhead Squat, 5 rep max
5-5-5-5-5.............120#
I felt pretty weak in the shoulders on this one after the other stuff this week. Should be 15# more, I think, if I was alittle more fresh.
Saturday:
21 Sumo-deadlift-high-pulls (75#), 3 rope climbs, run 200m
15 SDHP, 2 rope climbs, run 400m
9 SDHP, 1 rope climb, run 800m......................10:02
I was very happy with this time. This was my 4th workout in a row and I thought I was pretty spent. Thankfully today is a rest day!
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4 comments:
T,
"Most anyone who works-out at least a couple of days a week should see that kind of improvement."
I wish that was the case outside of Crossfit gyms. Most of the guys I see in gyms down here (even those on athletic scholarships)haven't made progress in years. I think programming has a huge impact on our improvement.
And as you said, diet, sleep, and mental preparation are HUGE! I find it best for me to eat a light meal an hour before I workout. I'm wondering what/when you find best to eat before a workout?
CJ
CJ, I usually workout in the mornings. For the 5am workouts I don't eat before at all. It's just get-up and go. Saturdays I perform well eating oatmeal w/protien powder mixed in about an hour and a half prior (then I come home and eat another breakfast). Afternoon workouts are the hard one. But you're right, eating at least an hour before is key.
Oh yea, the two-day-a-weekers I'm talking about are the ones I see at Crossfit. I bet you see people at regular gyms that go all the time and never get fit. Maybe they get bigger in the chest and arms but let's see them do Christine.
-T
Hey T,
Where you been?
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