Do you hold extra fat?

This week my discussions have focused on the missing links to your own achievement. First we talked about the necessity for lifting days, next sleep and finally today we are looking at nutrition. What you put into your body is a huge factor in terms of growth, recovery and basic energy. You would not drive your car with needle on empty and try to make it to Claresholm now would you. Don't drive your body into the ground by leaving your fuel tank empty. It is vitally important that we keep our bodies topped up with fuel throughout the day. This will allow us to increase our metabolism and energy levels, while decreasing body fat. Long periods of fasting causes your body to hang on to nutrients and store them as fat for a time when it may need the energy. Frequent eating allows your body to realize that it will not run out of fuel and thus does not need to store excess body fat for energy. What this equates to is the dropping of fat and maximum utilization of nutrients. Food for thought.

Today is the day that we take total control over our workout. Breathe as fast or as slow as you wish. Sit to rest, stand to rest, even lay down if you wish. The breathing will dictate your rest time frame rather than a stopwatch or me. You will move through the workout at your own pace and everyones results will vary based upon their own fitness levels and everyone will complete the workout at different times depending on their strengths and weaknesses. You are not allowed to opt out of a round due to fatigue. You must fail out to get to the next exercise.

A few changes have been made so check below for workout:

Thursday (Last done on Mar.23, 2009)
AMRAP (rounds)
**Push Up Beathers-Rest is # of breathes equal to reps

- Reps 1 -10 get 10 breathes rest between each push up. Reps 11+ get 5 breathes rest between each round
REST 2 MIN

**Pull Up Breathers-Rest is # of breathes equal to reps

REST 2 MIN
**Press Breathers Guys @ 95 OR 105 Gals @ 45 OR 65 -Rest is # of breathes equal to reps (1 rep = 1 breathe rest, 2 rep = 2 breathes)

- Rest for press is up to a maximum of 5 breathes

- No bar reracking unless it starts to slip, but can rack every 5th set for the first 10 and every set from 10 up.

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