The Fatigue Prevails

Current Weight:  215.8 lbs.
Savage Countdown: 27 days 

Saturday Run:

Kyle actually kept pace! At this rate, sure most of us are going to bust our asses falling off of the obstacles, but at least we’ll make it in good time if we keep running this fast!

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The Fatigue Prevails!

            So on Monday of this week when doing my normal cardio routine (metabolic running for 30 minutes and 15 minutes on a bike) I felt light headed and dizzy afterwards and later that afternoon I had to do an upper body routine for p90x and my wrist started to hurt worse than it ever has. After consulting 4 pharmacists and 2 physical therapist (sometimes being a pharmacy technician has its perks) they concluded that, quite simply put, my body is pissed at me because it liked being a fat bum who could quote more movies than a human should be able to. I pushed myself too hard too fast and need to step back, so now I have to tone down all of my workout routines for the next week or so and let my body recoup in hopes that my injuries will heal and I won’t lose any of my built up stamina before the Savage race.

I’ve toned down the last few workouts and after finishing it just makes me angry because I’m hardly winded and not exhausted like normal, which honestly should make me happy, but the fact that I’m being forced to take it easy is rather irritating, especially with less than a month before the race.

Angry Jogger

            Many people have asked me to help them lose weight, and the first thing I always ask everyone to do is to download the MyFitnessPal app and log their food for two weeks with no dieting, and let me review it so I can help them setup a diet and exercise routine. So far only two people out of numerous others who have inquired have done so. If you won’t take the time to do something as simple as write down what you consume, why would I want to waste my time helping someone who is half-hearted about the whole process? That being said, I found this blogger known as the Angry Jogger, and I stumbled upon one of his article about using running for weight loss, which includes a program he wrote to calculate how much you can consume and how much you need to exercise to lose weight effectively. I hope some of you who are willing to read this guy’s blog entry might actually take it into consideration, because it looks like a pretty solid (and easy) program if you aren’t able to use the calorie journal app like I requested.

Upcoming 5k Race

Next week I should have an even more interesting video to post since I will be running a 5k race with a bunch of coworkers around Lake Hollingsworth for some Peace River Center charity event. At least I get a free T-shirt out of it.

Injury Update

I have had it with my wrist, and after doing a lot of research on it, basically the only way to get it to quit hurting at this stage is to wear a splint, take an anti-inflammatory, and don’t use it, aka skip my arm workouts for a week. I’ve also been soaking it in Epson salts for 30 minutes every night to see if that helps, but honestly I can’t tell if it is. This is going to suck donkey balls, especially this close to the race where I wanted to up the ante hardcore. Next week is the second rest week in the p90x program so it wont be too much of a sacrifice I hope, and afterwards if all goes according to plan and my wrist has quit hurting by that time, I might still have a chance on the evil bars! That or I will plummet to a very chilly, muddy demise…and my ranting is done.

Seriously wanting cyborg arms,

Will

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