Monday June 29, 2009

This is my first posting. Matt (our other trainer at CF Brea) has a blog and I finally checked it out and it's pretty cool. I have a ton of friends and not a whole lot of time to see them so this is another good way to sort of keep in contact. Life has been crazy lately, working at Yard House 4 nights a week, working at CF Brea some point through out the day almost every day, and interning at UC Riverside twice a week with Josh Everett. Throw in the 1-2 hours of work outs each day and all the drive time and I'm a busy dude. For some reason I still have friends that are convinced I'm avoiding them or something when in reality, every day im hustlin'.

I have been stepping up my training lately. Up until my b-day this weekend I have spent the last 2ish months following a pretty strict paleo/zone diet with only a few "cheat" meals (the word cheat is bullshit, you need to have a newcastle and eat a slice of pizza every so often to stay sane, not every day or even every week, but every few weeks throw in a good night of drinking!). The results have been great and my energy levels for my workouts are through the roof.

There was about 6 months where I felt like my strength was increasing and felt good day in and day out. Then I took about a week off for rest and I went to Oregon for a weightlifting certification. I came back into the weightroom on a Monday and did the Deadlift/Burpee WOD from the 2008 CF games. It's 5x DL @ 275lbs + 10 Burpees for 5 rounds. 275 isn't a whole lot of weight for me to deadlift but doing it for time is a different story. To make a short story long, I tweaked my back and had to take about 5 weeks off. Fast forward to about a month ago and I started hitting it hard and have been feeling good since.

This blog will be a way for me to log my WOD's and times and also to stay honest on my nutrition. Along with my workouts, I will be logging my diet day in and day out. I'll be following, or at least trying to follow a strict Paleo diet. I will show progress pictures and keep pretty detailed notes as I continue my education on programming both my workouts and nutrition. Please feel free to ask questions or post your thoughts.