Gettin Old Sucks...

No, it's not that bad, but everytime I get back into some everyday fitness, I'm always spent after about Day 4. That's why I like the CrossFit Gym system of three workouts (with only one maximum-type effort) and a rest every four days. I know that we all underestimate how much rest we need to recover from all of our different workouts. Especially as we get older.

So this week we were back to another 5-day week with PT everyday in the morning. Monday, I have a group of runners and I usually take them to our Hill Sprints workout. They all have to conduct the Army Physical Fitness Test on Friday so I decided to be a little easy on them. We had been doing 8-10 hill sprints every Monday and Friday to get me ready for my APFT. That worked pretty well, I ran better than I expected but now I'm nursing a nagging planter fascitis injury on my left foot. Gonna have a hard time shaking that because we have a lot of PT at work in the next few weeks and everyone will want to run.

Everyone still thinks that running (even though they are jogging at best) is the end-all-be-all for weight loss.

"If I would only run more I could get these last 10 pounds off..."

WRONG.

Given the choice, the only running I will do is hill sprints OR if there is a 400m track around, some track work. What I learned from my group is that I probably only need one hard day a week and one easier day of running (half as hard) per week. That will allow me to recover better. Twice a week hard was too much for me.

I also started working with the wife on learning those pesky kettlebells. They are a butt kicker. Plan and simple. We love them. She, REALLY loves them which is good because she was having a hard time finding motivation seven months after our beautiful boy was born. Anyway, Tuesday and Wednesday I was able to get after them a little bit. They are awesome. Ordered 20 more kettlebells for our class and I can't wait to break it off in their behinds. Should be fun.

Tuesday I also took my first crack at the Pavel "Power to the People" workout. My first weight lifting in many, many years. I know that sounds weird if you've read my website at all you know I'm anti-weights and gyms but Pavel breaks it down in such a way that makes more sense than anything I've read in any muscle magazine. It's only two exercises anyway and it's only two sets of 5 each and you just keep building up to lift as heavy as you can with some calculated periodization to keep gaining and gaining. The two exercises are the deadlift and the side press. Two absolute smokers so it should be interesting to see how I can incorporate this into my routine. Stay tuned...