Topic: Trying to start over

[Eric Kropp]

According to the ruler it's 36.5 inches.  I'm not obese in any way but I'm not sure how bad this is.

[Chris Salvato]

how tall are you

[Eric Kropp]

I'm 5'9

[Chris Salvato]

should be able to get down below 34

[Eric Kropp]

I'll make that one of my goals

Today's workout:

10 Hill Sprints.  At the top of each sprint, pushups will go: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and diamond pushups: 3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-1

Post Workout Meal: Smoothie with 2 scoops of Met-Rx Lean Protein Powder (23 grams of protein, 3 carbs per scoop), milk, banana, peanut butter, and cinnamon.

[Eric Kropp]

9/16/08:

Pretty tired, but I'm gonna go down to a playground near my house and work on pullups, chinups, pushups, broad jumps and rows. 

30 Chinups
50 Rows
30 Pushups

Too tired from yesterday to do anything else.

[Eric Kropp]

9/18/08: Trying a new style of workout, just to mix things up. 

For Time:

Pushups: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Dumbbell Thrusters: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Burpees: 8, 6, 4, 2
Dumbbell Overhead Press: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Front Plank: 20 seconds, 10 seconds, 10 seconds

Finished in a little more than 15 minutes.  I'll try this every Thursday until I can get my time below 9 minutes.

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2 Mile Run Tonight.  Going to track the time of the run (2.06 miles)

Time was about 26 minutes.  I was slowed a lot by a really sharp muscle pain in my side that wouldn't go away.  I'll time this run each time I do it.

[Chris Salvato]

9/18/08: Trying a new style of workout, just to mix things up. 

For Time:

Pushups: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Dumbbell Thrusters: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Burpees: 8, 6, 4, 2
Dumbbell Overhead Press: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Front Plank: 20 seconds, 10 seconds, 10 seconds

Finished in a little more than 15 minutes.  I'll try this every Thursday until I can get my time below 9 minutes.

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2 Mile Run Tonight.  Going to track the time of the run (2.06 miles)

Time was about 26 minutes.  I was slowed a lot by a really sharp muscle pain in my side that wouldn't go away.  I'll time this run each time I do it.

I dont understand that workout -- did u do them in a row and cycle through...6 rounds for time?

[Lacedup]

my diet during wrestling season:
Nothing ha it is actually one of the least efficient ways of losing weight, other than going on the krispy cream diet haha. i need to get a better diet for wrestling.

[Eric Kropp]

9/18/08: Trying a new style of workout, just to mix things up. 

For Time:

Pushups: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Dumbbell Thrusters: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Burpees: 8, 6, 4, 2
Dumbbell Overhead Press: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Front Plank: 20 seconds, 10 seconds, 10 seconds

Finished in a little more than 15 minutes.  I'll try this every Thursday until I can get my time below 9 minutes.

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2 Mile Run Tonight.  Going to track the time of the run (2.06 miles)

Time was about 26 minutes.  I was slowed a lot by a really sharp muscle pain in my side that wouldn't go away.  I'll time this run each time I do it.

I dont understand that workout -- did u do them in a row and cycle through...6 rounds for time?

Yeah that's how I did it.

[Eric Kropp]

9/20/08:

Feeling sick, and I'm too tired to do anything today.

[Eric Kropp]

9/21/08:

Got 2 books about 2 different diets.  Gonna pick up the zone book tomorrow.  I'm just trying to learn about different ideas, and dieting in general.

[Chris Salvato]

Enter the Zone by Barry Sears
Protein Power by Eades is supposed to be good too.

[Eric Kropp]

Alright, I'll check the Zone one out.  The one I've been reading is called the Glycemic Index Diet.  So far I've learned a lot.

[Eric Kropp]

9/22/08:

For Time:
* 75 Pushups
* 100 Squats
* 50 Overhead Presses
* 100 Calf Raises
* 100 Shin Raises

Time: Around 17 minutes.

[Chris Salvato]

9/22/08:

For Time:
* 75 Pushups
* 100 Squats
* 50 Overhead Presses
* 100 Calf Raises
* 100 Shin Raises

Time: Around 17 minutes.

Don't do isolationist movements (calf raises and shin raises) as part of your metabolic conditioning.

Rather, put them before the workout in a sets/rep scheme.  You will see more benefits from them this way.

[Eric Kropp]

Alright I'll remember that for my next workout

[Eric Kropp]

9/23/08:

My legs are incredibly sore from yesterday so I'll be resting them.  I'll just be doing GTG pushups all day.

[Eric Kropp]

9/25/08:

For Time:

Pushups: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Dumbbell Thrusters: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Burpees: 8, 6, 4, 2
Dumbbell Overhead Press: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Front Plank: 20 seconds, 10 seconds, 10 seconds

Time: Really pushed myself, and managed to get about 9 minutes.

[Eric Kropp]

9/28/08:

Joined MapMyRun.com today.  I'm going to be doing a running distance challenge that I joined on there.  The goal is to run a total of 40 miles in a month.  I'll be running around 2 miles everyday in order to reach this goal.

To start, I'll be doing a quick 1 mile run, and about 40 pushups.

Ran the mile in about 10 minutes.