Furious Fifty

Today was a good day.  This is one of the more challenging WODs that i have done is recent time, especially two days after a heavy leg day, followed by a day of upper body super sets.  My body is fried!!  

In the Crossfit box that i have spent some time at we did a WOD when I was fairly new to the CF game and it was called the filthy fifty... And it was beyond brutal.  Today I stumbled across this WOD on instagram and went at it.  One of the best things about this workout is you can do just anywhere you want with

  no equipment what so ever!  

Pretty exciting stuff.  If you want a great cardio/ full body workout and you are in a rush, away from home or gym,  and are fiending for your muscles to burn, you need to try this one out!  You will sweat a ton and challenge yourself a bunch. 

Keep Fiending for that body people, Summer is here!!

Heavy leg day

The most important workout of them all if you ask me... It sucks pretty much the whole time you do it, and usually up to three days after. It even sucks thinking about it before hand. But like I said it is a must!  I took a few days off for the weekend due to some personal reasons but it is now time to get my week started.  Today I went to PF with my bro to really destroy every muscle in our legs... We started with 20 minutes of warm up cardio which was normal on lifting days then we went right inter super sets of  265lbs on the leg press and wall ball squats.  I did three sets of 12 each and my
Egs definitely let me know they were warm!  After that 3sets of dead lifts at 185 lbs also 12each.  Following that I was right into front squats, over head squats, and back squats.  I did one set of each 12 reps with 95 lbs on the bar.  With recent back issues I try to take it easy on my lower back to prevent further injury.  From here I went into walking lunges which are cool wit me but harder on my bro. Since we haven't lifted heavy in a while we did another super set of calf raises and hamstring extensions and called it quits. If you don't feel sick after heavy leg day you need to go harder people!!! Stay strong, stay fit, and stay fiending for more!

Two-a-days

Today was my day off... So that meant time for another 2 workout day.  It started off at about 9:30 am with my wife at the gym.  We did 10 minutes of cardio, and lifted back for a bit.  Not my hardest workout ever, but i was on 5 hours sleep, also knowing that I would return to the gym later in the afternoon.  So at 3 pm I was right back at it.  This time with my brother and his friend Jenn.  We did 20 minutes of cardio, and then lifted arms for about an hour.  I was fresh off a nap so it took me a while to wake up and get focused.... But when I did I was able to get some good sets in.

Tomorrow is my first workout with my tough mudder team since the mudder itself.  We plan to run 6-7 miles, and then do a 15 minute AMRAP crossfit workout of 5 push ups, 15 sit ups and 30 squats.  I'll post times, and set numbers tomorrow.  Then we are gonna have a beach day.  My first one of the year... pretty excited about that!  Go ham friends!!!!

Today was a running day.  did a full 5 miles that was mostly flat with a couple of hills.  Feeling great, keeping motivated, and goin HAM!!  I am under 8 weeks till my next tough mudder.  Every day I feel a little bit strong, better, and faster.  Todays workout was to Jadakiss Pandora which def did the trick!  Depending on how work goes, I just might do another quick WOD, we will see... Stay fit my friends!

Don't you just love Mondays?

Sick WOD today!! It was a great warm up for 50 minutes of cardio mixed in with HiiT.  Then about an hour of upper body triple sets!  I feel amazing!    I still can't get the diet on track, but he H2o and supplements have been great.  It really felt great pushing my muscles to failure.  The cardio felt good too.  I liked hitting some sprints on the hills.  I had planned to run 3-5 outside because it was very warm out, and I need to get tough mudder ready. (no air conditioners at mount snow)  Then, a huge thunder storm comes into town and spoils all my fun.  Gotta get focused on the diet to make the best gains possible!

first blog

hi everyone, this is my first blog... here i will track workouts, food intake, supplements, use inspirational quotes,  and just have fun while working out.  i truly enjoy working out, as well as physical challenges of all sorts.  I also really like to help others reach their fitness goals.  I am by no means a personal trainer or nutrition expert i just use my own trial and error over the years and i will share what i personally believe.  I am also not in the best shape today, but i will be have quick results!

Photos are from Tough Mudder Boston at Gunstock Mountain in Guilford,  New Hampshire  on June 2, 2013.  It was 12 miles of brutal pain, but one of the most rewarding things I have done in a long time.  I ran with a team of 4 co-workers, one dude Kenny, and 2 chicks, Jess and Val.  I ran every once in a while with the ladies, never with Kenny, he just ran on his own.  Within three weeks of the competition I ran over 30 miles and felt like I should have been good to go, but I was not ready for what was to come.  The run has 4 straight mile climbs that are up black diamond ski trails.  This was very tough running, that the last 5 miles pretty much turned into painful hiking.  Most of the obstacles were pretty easy, especially if you had a team.  The Arctic Enema was by far the worst/hardest in my book.  It was about 85 out when we started the event so our team looked forward to the ice pit... But once you were in it, it felt like your organs were shutting down.  As soon as i hit the water i pulled my left calf. This didn't help the 7 miles that i had coming afterwards.  The last 4 miles are so was not hills but huge mountains that you had to climb.  They were far to hard to run, with the mudders just hiking as quick as they could.  Running down the hills was probably harder because you knees want to give out the whole time.   Once you are at the bottom of your last hill you have two obstacles left, Mount Everest a full size quarter pipe to run up... and ElectroShock Therapy 10,000 volts of electricity powered by car batteries that is scattered into 1000's of thin strings that hung all over the path.  What made it even more fun is it was in deep mud puddles with random hay bails  in your way.  I let everyone that was in front of my finish so  I could let the wires rest instead of flying all over the place.  I picked my line and started weaving in and out of the buzzing 10 foot long spaghetti strings.   I felt like I was in the clear and the last one caught my right leg.  The shock jolts just a little bit but wasn't as bad as it was imagined.  Once you pass the arch to the finish line you are greeted by happy volunteers and other mudders that have recently finished.  Then you get the mudder orange head band, a finisher under armor tee shirt, and one beer that you feel like you are owed and deserve!  Sick time, my next tough mudder is August 11, 2013 I am now taking my training much more seriously!  

Today I did a decent at home crossfit workout.  

It took me 13 mintues and 39 sec.  I'll try it again in 3 weeks hopefully much quicker.  I currently weight 230  lbs. which is very heavy for me.  I have a long way to go.

Don't limit your challenges, but challenge your limits.