It's A New Year...

and it's time to set new goals. If you need a great place to start, try http://www.SpartanRace.com/.

My Spartan Race Goals are very simple:

Participate in the following races

 

March 23rd & 24th 2013 - U.S. National Whitewater Center, 5000 Whitewater Center Parkway, Charlotte, North Carolina 28214
 

July 13th and 14th 2013 - Blue Mountain Ski Area, 1660 Blue Mountain DR, Palmerton, Pennsylvania 18071

August 24th & 25th, 2013 - Virginia - TBA

September 7th & 8th, 2013 - Mountain Creek Waterpark, New Jersey

Time To Start Training!!!

 

 

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High protein, high fat - bad for you?? WRONG
Lard bad for you? WRONG
Calorie in/Calorie out weight loss method is the only way to lose weight?? WRONG
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Read WHY WE GET FAT AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT BY Gary Taubes.

Training Day 8

HIIT Training today - burpees, pull ups, pushups, squats, situps, dips, jumping jacks. Hating burpees less.

Training Day 7

35 Days Left

3 mile run - shaved 1 min. off the first mile and 6 minutes off the total from just 5 days ago to 30:47!!! HIIT works!!!

Training Day 6

36 Days Left

HIIT training today - pullups, pushups, situps, burpees, mountain climbers - 2 minute rounds, 4 rounds - burpees, my new favorite thing to loathe.

Training Day 5

37 Days Left

Ran 2 miles in the rain/sleet today - took another minute of my first mile - went from 12 min. last Thursday to 9 min. this Thursday - lovin' the progress. Completed 2 miles in 19:45. Goal is to get three miles in under 30 minutes.

Training Day 4

Since the Spartan Race is an obstacle run, part of the training includes alot of upper-body work. Not wanting to put a lot of time or money into a gym membership at this time, I went looking for a some decent exercise equipment.

My choice was the Perfect Pull Up bar - hefty, easy to put together, and easy to take down, so it doesn't take up a lot of space - as opposed to buying/setting up a pull-up/knee raise rack.

Having not performed a pull up since - well, a really long time, I decided to start off with the pyramid training session.

Start off with whatever amount of pull ups you think you can do, followed by double that amount of push-ups and triple the amount of sit-ups in a two-minute time frame. If you finish in under 2 inutes, rest. Continue the cycle for 10 minutes.

I started with one pull-up, etc., etc.,. I was able to get to three full pull-ups and finished the rest of the set negatives. Doesn't sound like a lot, but talk to me the next day. If you're not sore, you didn't do it.