New layout

Picked a new layout and tried to pay a little attention to the blog and how it will evolve.

Feeling great. A few aches still left in my back and knee but they are slowly disappearing and they don't interfere with anything I'm doing.

Warrior diet is going well for the most part. I decided to have a roast beef sandwich in the afternoon before my workout. It was a mistake. So far just an apple or orange pre workout has been perfect. My weight has slowly increased the last few weeks to 190 lbs. from 188 lbs. I have two 16 oz. glasses of whole milk with a 1/4 cup of protein from trueprotein.com. I have one of them post workout with creatine or just late in the afternoon if I don't workout and the other before bed.

During the day my diet is usually:

8:00 - banana
10:00 - raw brocolli & carrots or kale
12:00 - handful of raw almonds and/or cashews
2:00 - more nuts
3:30 - apple or orange
4:00-6:00 workout on the days I train
After workout or around 5:00 to 6:00 I have the first protein shake and then I eat my meals. I usually have 3 rounds with big dinner, mayble a bowl of hemp cereal with hemp milk and blueberries, bowl of yogurt or whatever. I have pretty good sense of how much I need to maintain weight.
Before bed another protein shake with Alive liquid vitamins, glucosomine, probiotics, fish oil.

Transition

I decided it was time to take an easy week right now as I transition to a new routine. I'll most likely spend time in the next day or so doing tgu,s, practicing various lifts without going hard and greasing the groove on pushups and pullups if I feel like it.

I'm nursing a sore wrist and a sore knee right now so this should help me get healed up.

I'm going to start getting serious about adding protein to my diet. 4 cups of milk and a cup of iron mind just protein powder a day should do it for now.

The changes in my body definitely make me know I'm on the right track. Next week it will be time to bear down on my new routine.

Making progress and a new goal

I've been feeling noticeably stronger lately.

I had another session with Jordan yesterday afternoon and talked to him about what I can do next. His suggestion was either move on to the ROP or Max VO2. He mentioned the Tactical Strength Challenge which will be held in San Jose again in April of next year and said if I was interested in that I should start MaxVO2.

I'm pretty excited about this the more I think about it. I looked up numbers from past competitions and I think the numbers in the open category should easily be within range if I stay disciplined on a solid routine until then. I haven't tried snatching the 24 kg bell and that seems to be the big difference between the novice division and the open division.

I can't wait to see what happens.

Oops

Damn...I was going to delete my diet blog and accidently deleted my training blog.

Sigh...well it's ok as everything is in it's infancy still in most ways.

Anyway....I'm going to get serious again about the warrior diet. I'm going to have to make sure to feast at night to maintain my weight. That will take the most getting used to.

New training blog up. :)

Margaret is away

I drove Margaret to the airport tonight so she can fly to Arizona for more work training.

Got everything done I needed to today. Except I think I need to eat some more :).

Got the email that my kettlebell shipped.

New kettlebell ordered

Pistols felt good today. I can feel myself getting stronger all the time now.

Won an auction on eBay for a 53 lb Dragondoor kettlebell. Used my Paypal coupon for eBay purchases of 10% off to get it shipped for $121. Oh yeah.

Another day down

Taking it day by day, set by set, rep by rep is what it's going to take to get where I want to be. Today I got everything I wanted to do.

Wrist is getting better. Since my lat pull may take a while to go away I'll start pushups again this next week on my non-kettlebell days.

I have a real tight muscle in my lower back right next to my spine that I suspect is a victim of the deadlifting on Friday. It didn't stop me from doing anything today includings swings so I'll just pay attention to it. Foam roller work and an epsom salt bath tonight should get everything nice and relaxed.