Core Training is a waste of time.
Stop wasting your time doing foo-foo ab isolation exercises. If you’re concerned with aesthetics, focus on your diet. If you’re concerned with performance, focus on your diet, then do some heavy lifting that forces the core to do its job and stabilize your body. Think front squat, deadlifts, overhead squats, get ups, etc..
2-22-09. In a down mood, try to hurt yourself at the gym. (Power Endurance workout)
As a consolation we’d been planning on doing a nice long, aerobic hike (with packs) today.
My heart just wasn’t into it though. Feeling generally down I decided there was only one logical thing to do (and I wanted some endurance work). I drank a few too many cups of coffee, and headed to the gym, to try and hurt myself.
Don’t make people look in the mirror.
I realize that saying people should take responsibility for their actions is nothing new, or terribly original on my part. But I’m still shocked at just how far it goes. So here is my question to all of you. At what point do social welfare and personal responsibility intersect?
Monday 02-16-09, strength/ power-endurance work
I attempted to do some strength work today, despite the work capacity workout yesterday. I also had only had a handful of carbs all day, and ended up feeling it when I did this one. I felt horrible during this workout, enough to scale the volume way down (nearly in half) from what [...]
Friday – Sunday 2-13 through 2-15
Sunday it was time for a change of, pace and a little high intensity cardio (ananerobic goodness).
Crossfit, Intensity and Burnout.
I am not by any means saying that all out out circuits don’t have their place. I really enjoy pushing myself. In a twisted way, when I’m gagging with my head in a bucket, some little voice in the back of my head is cheering because I know I gave it everything I had.
Despite this, I don’t think it’s the best way to train, at least not all the time.
Wednesday 02-11-09, indoor climbing & campusing
It’s been warm and raining here in Pittsburgh, and what was looking to be a very promising local ice season appears to be at its end.
That said, it was warm enough today that it made me start to look forward to rock climbing trips and the spring.
I also had some form of [...]
Things to come…
At the request of several people I’m going to start posting my workout logs on this site. I deviate significantly from the Crossfit/Paleo/Primal standards in that I train with a good deal more volume than most of those guys. When looking at this, it’s important to consider that I’m working to improve athletic performance in several specific sports, not just improve overall health.
Monday 02-09-09, Strength Work
As I mentioned, I’ve been borrowing a lot of my programming from Mountain Athlete lately. I’m still hoping to squeeze a few good ice climbing trips out of the season while getting ready for the coming rock season.
I’m doing more movement practice then they suggest (i.e. indoor climbing) and still try to get some [...]
Yahoo Article on “Healthy Foods” – a sign of a step in the right direction?
So it seems a lot of the more “mainstream” Internet health and fitness circles have been discussing a recentYahoo article called “The 20 worst healthy foods in the supermarket. A friend of mine sent it to me, and I grudgingly read it. To be honest, I expected to roll my eyes at it, and feel I’d completely wasted the time I spent on it. I was pleasantly surprised.
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