Combat Conditioning and the Muddy Buddy

Well, it's time to get serious. Two months until the Muddy Buddy as of tommorow.
Not much else to say at this point...

Fuel:
16 oz Water on rising

Cytosport Muscle Milk Light (2 Scoops w/ 8oz Skim milk, 4oz Water)
1/2 Cup Pineapple
6 Strawberries
1 Medium Grapefruit

16oz Yerba Mate w/ 2 Tbsp Half and Half

1 bannana
1 Cup Broccoli steamed

1 Scoop EAS 100% Whey, 1 Scoop BSN Syntha-6 w/ 16 oz water
1 Cup Pineapple
1 Cup Broccoli steamed

Went to see a movie today Never Back Down. It wasn't much more than I expected it to be - a teen movie designed to cash in on the UFC craze before it peaks. It'll probably scare some adults into thinking this sort of thing is deriguer amongst the phenonmenally wealthy and beautiful kids that their teens go to school with ...meh....it didn't suck
It was OK
The only reason I really went to see it was for the prominent shot of the protagonist training with what appeared to be a 20 or 24kg Kettlebell (sweet!). The movie actually had about 3 or 4 different shots of the protagonist swinging the bells. It should get some interest going among the teen crowd - interested in what they perceive to be a "cool" thing since it was in a movie supposedly targeted at their demographic. We'll see. Still it is publicity so lets take it.

Fuel:
16 oz Water on rising

Exercise: Morning Run
Time: 22:45
Distance: 2 miles
Avg BPM: 144

More Fuel:
2 x 16 oz coffee w/ half&half
1 Turkey Sausage & Potato Souffle (Panera Bread)
1/2 Asiago Bagel (toasted w/ Plain Cream Cheese)
32oz Yerba Mate throughout the day

AM Run this morning with a 130/180 sprint split at the end.

Time: 27:22
Distance: 2 miles
Avg: 143Bpm

Turkish Getup
5 Minutes L/R 16Kg

It's Time

It's been basically since the 29th of December - around Flu time - since I actually did anything very healthy in any sort of meaningful physical, nutritional, mental, fiscal, or most of all spiritual sense. If you want to feel good then you have to do good things.

Or, more to the point:
"If you do good things, good things will happen."

Bottom line: It's time to get moving.

This morning: Run, 2 miles, 28:33, Avg BPM 129

Diet:
1 Bottle of water (pre-run)
2 Scoops Muscle Milk Light
16oz Yerba Mate w/2 Tbsp Cream
1 Grapefruit
Leftover steak (approx 3-4 oz)
1 Orange
1 Apple
1/4 Cup Peanut Butter with Handful of Raisins

Don't Underestimate the Creepiness

 

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The Barbarian Horde Workout - Day 13

Fuel:
Breakfast
1/2 liter Water w/ 1 Scoop EAS 100% Whey Protein, 1 Scoop BSN Syntha-6
2 Medium Grapefruit
1 Cup Pineapple
2 ATH, 2 FO, 2 JR

10oz Black Coffee

Snack 1
1 Medium Orange
1/2 Muscle Milk Bar

Pre Workout
1/2 liter Water w/10g EAS 100%Whey Protein, 1/2 Scoop FREE
16 oz Water w/2 Scoops Xyience NOX-CG3

Workout
The Barbarian Horde

Post Workout
1/2 liter Water w/ 1 Scoop EAS 100% Whey Protein, 1 Scoop BSN Syntha-6

The Barbarian Horde Workout - Day 12

Motivation has been a real problem for me lately - in all aspects of my life, spiritually, mentally, physically, relation-ship wise (w/my wife and daughter) - the whole nine yards - bottom line is (in as delicate a term as I can possibly use while not risking loss in translation) - I've sucked hard lately and I've been unsure why.

I was having a conversation with a friend this morning about this and he suggested that I may be in what St John of the Cross described as "The Dark Night of the Soul". For want of a better explanation - a place where God steps back and watches to see what my reaction will be when I'm not "on fire" or "passionate" about anything. Will I still do what I should do? Will I have a daily devotional? Will I communicate with God? Will I Will I still honor him with my life? Or will I sit back and complain about all the factors in my life that seem to be draining me of my passion for living? While I have not been complaining - so much as seeking answers, as admitted, I have not kept up with my spiritual life, and as might be expected, my passion for everything else in life has been steadily diminishing as well for a while now.

I am nothing if not a spiritual person. I have a soul and it requires tending to - much as a garden on a farm does. Like the farmer - I am affected by factors I have no control over - keeping me humble in recognition of the fact that every good thing in my life has been a gift from God.

After sharing one interpretation of this (Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard Foster - a book I freely admit I'd not heard of much less read) I had to agree - this "Dark Night of the Soul" is where I've been lately . As much as I've been searching for answers to my current situation - it's an interesting place to be in to say the least.


Fuel:
10 oz Water w/ 10g EAS 100% Whey Protein, 1/2 Scoop FREE

1/2 liter Water w/1 Scoop EAS 100% Whey Protein, 1 Scoop BSN Syntha-6
2 Ath, 2 FO, 2 JR
(Not the ideal breakfast but I was in a hurry I took the pineapple and grapefruits
with me for when I get to the office)

10 oz Black Coffee

2 Medium Grapefruit
1 Cup Pineapple

3 MRM Cardio Chelate
16oz Water w/ 2 Scoops Xyience NOX-CG3