So,
I made it to my training room (aka my garage that never has cars in it) this morning for the first time in about 10 days. It felt good in a way that,uh, most people wouldn't consider good. And I know that I'm going to be feeling it in the next couple of days but that's alright with me.
I need repost a couple of thank you's right here for a couple of people that made the morning that much better.
As stated, my training room is my garage. I have lined the walls and ceiling with cloth to help reduce the echos and the floor is covered with karate mats and a wrestling mat. I have all my dumbbells out there and the room has worked very nicely. There is one drawback to it though that made it's yearly appearance this weekend.
It gets cold. I open the door from the house to the garage for a while before I go out there to try to get the temperature above freezing. This morning, it was probably in the 50's when I was out there. That's perfectly fine considering that I'm out there working up a sweat. What doesn't warm up, even a smidge of a smackerel, are my dumbbells. It's like grabbing a couple of very heavy ice cubes that have the power to resist allow my body heat to affect them at all.
What has two thumbs and hates the cold?
This guy.
This morning, however, I was wearing a pair of Bionic Full Finger Fitness Gloves
Speaking of feet, I wore my VFF Flows this morning and they worked very nicely at keeping my feet warm.
The other thank you goes to Rick who sent me a docking station for my iPod. I had a loaner but it just wasn't cutting it. It was made for listening to elevator music in a cubicle at a volume that won't be heard by the other prairie dogs. Played at a volume that could be heard (just "heard" mind you - not blasted in any way), the sound was so distorted that it hurt my ears.
Since it was six in the morning, I wasn't able to turn the volumn up much but I did play it loud enough to hear over the panting and it sounded great. Tonight is martial arts training so I'll be turning it up more and we'll see how it sounds when played at a level that can be heard over the yelling.
Both of these are going to make the winter more do-able for me. Thanks again.
My plan for this month and I only have time to touch on it briefly today. I was going to go into more detail but time has flown and it's already time to start gearing up for martial arts.
ADHD Moment: My stock in gold has increased by 40% since I bought it. Too bad, I didn't buy enough to make that super cool but still . . .
My plan for the next four weeks is to do three Tabata workouts (Mon, Wed, Fri) that hit the muscles of my entire body. On Tue and Thu, I will do punching and kicking in a very cardio fashion. My goal is to lean up a little bit. I know that's vague and can't really be called a goal. My other goal is to stay healthy all winter. It seems like I get sick in Nov and Dec of every year (except, knock on wood, I haven't been sick yet this year).
My food intake has an equally vague plan to it. I'll be drinking my Shakeology shake everyday, of course, but beyond that, my only goal is to cut back on portions a bit. Last Nov and Dec, I gained about 8 pounds (but I was sick and my diet went completely to hell). I'm not going to allow that to happen this year and it would be nice to take another inch off my waist.
Maybe that's how I'll make the goal more goal-like. I'll measure my waist and make it a goal to lose one inch.
The Tabata workouts are cardio in themselves while dealing a brutal attack on the muscles to force them to adapt and get stronger but not necessarily bigger.
So, there you go. That's my vague plan that is starting to sound more like a solid plan with a real goal.
I always think better when I write out my thoughts.
And since I didn't get around to saying it last Thursday, I want to thank all my readers for being here and being a sounding board. I always hope that something I say might be helpful to others but there is no denying the benefit that I receive from this blog.
Many thanks to all of you.
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