Will Miss Outdoor Fitness Camp Today
The chest injury is still lingering, and at this point I know better than to continue aggrevating it. As much as I want to do strength training, I'll have to let the injury heal. It's been over a week since I've done a full strength workout. It may even take a few more days of rest. I'm not worried about it. Spinning has been good burning off fat, and I'm still losing weight.
My Tivo finally recorded an episode of Starved, the F/X series comedy supposedly about people with eating disorders. I put it on in the background, as I was getting ready for work yesterday morning, and I wasn't compelled to stop and watch it. It looks like they're trying too hard to make up characters with funny compulsions. It doesn't come off. I just see bad actors, bad writing, and fake compulsions. Real obsessive behaviour is funny, and not just in the shadenfreud sense, but it's not going to come out in every scene. So I'll skip Starved. You'll get more comedy about eating disorders watching Celeb Fit Club 2.
posted by stephenhow @ 6:33 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Steve, We missed you at FitCamp today! Sorry to hear about your chest inury. Sounds like too much too often my friend.
Okay, new rule: No working a muscle, especially a MAJOR muscle (chest, back, thighs) more often than every 72 hours. If you're still "sore" then give it even more rest. Remember, the more work load and the more volume you do, the more repair time you need. More is NOT better. This will definitely impede your results and eventually cause you to regress.
Also, the creatine is good for added strength but be aware that it will be accompanied by weight gain (some muscle from the added strength and some water, as it draws additonal water and glycogen storage into the muscles).
For added recuperation try the L-glutamine. 5 grams at a time 2-4 times a day. Also make sure to take a scoop right after your workout (same with the creatine).
Remember: Maximize your recuperation to come back stronger faster enabling faster results. But coming back before you are ready will soon cause you to not only injure yourself, it will cause the secretion of cortisol (the hormone that breaks your body down) and it was cause you to be in an over trained state. That means fat loss stops, muscle building stops, your energy dips, your mood dips, your body aches and becomes injured much more easily.
Training is as much intellectual as it is pure brawn. Use your intellect not just your ego to build your body and become lean.
Keep up the great motivation and all the focus, determiniation and hard work but enjoy some down time. Hit it hard but let your body do it's thing to recuperate.
Just a few tips to keep you on the right track! We don't wanna see you slowing your progress or even worse, stopping it and going in the opposite direction!
Take care of yourself buddy and hopefully we'll see you out at FitCamp next Saturday!
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