I thought I'd write a brief post just to provide some continuity. I'm in a somewhat slack time, at the moment, between the active bodybuilding season and the start of snowboarding. I'm actually hoping to hit the slopes in the next week or two and am looking forward to some freestyle and racing competition.
In the meantime, I have been getting all of my workouts in as well as staying on the "straight and narrow" when it comes to feeding and recovery. The week before and the week of Thanksgiving I did have a bit of a hard time staying on track. First, on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving I slightly hyper-extended my knee during the acceleration phase of my sprints. It made running the next day very difficult, I ran extremely slowly with very short strides, and made the schedule sprint workout impossible. Then, on the Sunday before the holiday, I came down with the first cold I have suffered in almost 10 years.
The knee healed quickly with relative rest and I was able to sprint and lift heavy again within a week. The cold responded well to a regimen of Zicam and steam inhalation and lasted just about the requisite week. I did take two days off, when I was feeling particularly beat, but still managed to get in some walking and stair climbing on those days, so did not lose any ground.
Two weeks later, I'm feeling better than ever with some PRs coming in both the weight room and on the road.
I'm hoping to close out the year and hit my 60th birthday by being in all time best shape and hope to start posting some workout videos to INSTAGRAM, which I'll also share here, or provide a link.
In the meantime, I have been getting all of my workouts in as well as staying on the "straight and narrow" when it comes to feeding and recovery. The week before and the week of Thanksgiving I did have a bit of a hard time staying on track. First, on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving I slightly hyper-extended my knee during the acceleration phase of my sprints. It made running the next day very difficult, I ran extremely slowly with very short strides, and made the schedule sprint workout impossible. Then, on the Sunday before the holiday, I came down with the first cold I have suffered in almost 10 years.
The knee healed quickly with relative rest and I was able to sprint and lift heavy again within a week. The cold responded well to a regimen of Zicam and steam inhalation and lasted just about the requisite week. I did take two days off, when I was feeling particularly beat, but still managed to get in some walking and stair climbing on those days, so did not lose any ground.
Two weeks later, I'm feeling better than ever with some PRs coming in both the weight room and on the road.
I'm hoping to close out the year and hit my 60th birthday by being in all time best shape and hope to start posting some workout videos to INSTAGRAM, which I'll also share here, or provide a link.
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