Its the little things...

As I get older it doesn't take much to make my day. Today the scale at the gym(24hr) made my day. One of my recent goals has been to deadlift 2.5 x my bodyweight. John suggested I weigh myself after today's deadlift. I went to 24hr fitness and weighed in at 178 which made my deadlift EXACTLY 2.5. I was so excited. I think people in the gym were looking at me funny as I got excited about my weight. I don't care about my weight in general but I was super excited about my weight today! I'm glad we ran around the block today before dead lifts. I was having a real hard time waking up and that was just what I needed.

warmup
walks,run, inchworm

workout
dead lifts
1 rep max of 445lbs(2.5 X BW)

think I'm going to celebrate with a burrito today. :)

diet
11am: 1 muscle milk
2pm: 2 fish tacos, 1 cup rice, 1 cup black beans, small bag of chips
5pm: 3/4 muscle milk
6pm: 12oz Latte
6:30pm 4 pieces of sushi
8:30pm 1 piece of pizza
8:40pm Steak Sandwich and Salad from Hopworks

i'm so tired

i'm so tired i could almost cry. Had another late night at work. During a break though, i helped a friend(one of our company nutritionists) set up her home with wireless. I then installed skype so she could see her new baby niece. She broke down and started crying when she saw her niece in the live skype video. It even made Hannah and I a little teary eyed to see how happy this woman was. I wish every technical effort was that rewarding. it was pretty cool. it made up for the fact that i had to cancel tomorrow's reservation. work has been crazy busy this week. im loving it but i've been getting really tired lately. Hannah heard me telling the nutritionist about how much ibuprofen i take. Hannah came home and hid the bottle while telling me she doesn't want me taking any more drugs. i sure hope i dont get a headache. if i drink enough water, i wont get headaches. and if i get a headache, i'll treat it like a reminder to drink more water. No more ibuprofen. i quit a few weeks back but got on it again. i want my liver and gut to last a long time. i'm bummed about not working out tomorrow. :( i always enjoy thursdays.

Workout:
get out of bed at 9, get dressed fast and ride bike in cold to a 9:30 meeting

Diet:
9am: Muscle Milk
1pm: 1 donut
2pm: 1 donut
4pm: Muscle Milk
5pm: 1.5 pieces of sprouted bread
8pm: 1 bowl og split pea soup
10:30pm Muscle milk

power endurance

so i think today was what they call a power endurance workout. It was pretty hard. I cant even remember all that was in it. i've been really tired from work. i have another late night tonight. not as late as monday night though so i should still be ok for tomorrows workout. we got a puzzle at home. i forgot how fun puzzles are. ok, i better get to work. As everyone knows, i've been a horrible pacer. these long workouts have been good at forcing me to pace. I read about a guy who recently decided to go to "good form" and basically started over with all his stat recording. i think that's where i'm at with things. I expect my next round of squats and thrusters to be a lot lighter than i've been moving before(maybe not)i am a lot slower and weaker at most things but i feel like i'd rather build a good foundation and work from there. i'm very aware that i'm missing some of the cardiovascular benefit when i focus too much on form because of how slow i end up going. My thought is that if I slacked on form, i'd go a little faster but then burn out and not be able to finish. As it is now, the workouts take me twice as long as everyone but i feel like i'm getting a lot stronger with this approach. Form is what forces me to pace myself. i've heard buzz about some other folks in the gym doing the next portland marathon. i know marathons are so bad for you and are really a bad bad idea but i think it would be fun to run it again. i don't drink, smoke, or use drugs so I figure one marathon a year wouldn't be too bad. Evan and David have been swimming and its got me thinking that i want to get in the pool. i was on the swim team for so long that i burned out and became bitter towards swimming. i think its time to get back into it. finding the time is the real thing. Plus, i'm always on call and they dont yet make an underwater cell phone. :)

workout:
long one. i cant remember the details other than that there were lots of everything.



diet:
8:30 muscle milk
1:00PM muscle milk
3pm: 1 maple glazed donut
4:30pm: muscle milk
6pm: 1 piece of coffee cake
7pm: chips and guac.
11pm: muscle milk shake

i stayed up later than Todd today(i think)

i just got home from work. its 3am. at around 2am, i realized my chance of being functional for a 6:30am workout was slim. i had to saw through thick metal with a hack saw. i turned it into my workout. the technicians were impressed. i have the gym to credit. i actually pretended it was a WOD. i would saw has fast as i could for 30 seconds and then rest 15 seconds and repeat. we have some network upgrades that have to be done after hours. im so bummed that i'm missing tomorrows(today's) workout. ok, i had to drink coffee just to stay up as late as i did. time to watch dexter and try to go to sleep before the sun comes up.
diet
3am: muscle milk
11am: muscle milk
2:20pm muscle milk
4:30pm starbucks toffee bar
5pm: yellow curry with tofu and rice
8pm: pad thai noodles with tofu
10:30pm Muscle milk


workout: saw through lots of thick metal with a hack saw

crazy week ahead.

i'm about to begin the craziest 3 weeks of my work ever. Every night this week, we'll be working until the wee hours of the morning. i don't expect much of myself at the gym this week since i wont be sleeping much. We have some compliance deadlines soon approaching and have a lot of final projects to complete. We're in good shape but have a TON to do. :( I'm going to need a lot of burritos to keep my mental health in check this week. i also need to ride or at least look at my bike a lot this week too. i also want to weigh myself this week. I was 175 2 weeks ago but i'm feeling like a hefty 180 with my recent burrito weight. i havent heard much from evan. i hope he's out of the fetal position and walking with the living again. i've been telling all my co-workers about him like he's a super hero.


warmup:
kb gobsquats
2hand swing
pumps


6 rounds
1 arm KB push press x 5: 16/20/24/28/32/36(3L,5R)
8 ring pullups(bw legs on box)
5 spidermen


5 rounds
20 seconds each no rest between all double kb
cleans
high pulls
lunges
push press
squats
bent over rows

Diet:
8am: Muscle milk
11:00am chile relleno burrito
1:30pm salad
2:00pm Pizza slice
4pm: 2 string cheeses
5:30pm: 1 chipotle vegetarian burrito
9:00pm: muscle milk shake

Jimmy Carter has a Rivendell

i don't have much to say today. i did learn that Jimmy Carter and I have the same bike. i've been running into lot of Rivendells lately. Been considering a new handlebar style but i'm not sure which one yet. May pick David or Ben's brain a little for some ideas on what to go with. The Rivendell site has a few non drop bar styles i'm considering.

workout:
not a damn thing.

Diet:
11:30am tofu scramble,toast, potatoes
12:00pm corn cake with mapple syrup
8pm: chicken sandwich and potatoes
8:30pm ice cream sundae

Tribute to the champ

for a victory we can't dispute
i write this small tribute

he entered the tourney late
as if it were no big thing
but when he left the competition
he was declared the Burrito King

when he started to fall behind
he quickly picked up his pace
and to prove he wasn't too full
he said "i'll eat your phuckin face"

Matty G was a good competitor
I thought he'd be the one to beat
cant blame him for dropping out early though
he had more tortilla to eat than meat

maybe i could have trained better
maybe i could have skipped that diet coke
at one point in the competition.
i thought for sure i was going to choke

we strutted in to pepinos
four proud competing friends
we exited the back door
wishing we wore Depends

for Orion's trip home
we were genuinely concerned
i think he spent the trip thinking
about the painful lesson we learned

next time, we do cupcakes
or I will sit that one out
when it comes to eating cupcakes
i'll show you what its all about.

congrats to evan
for a job very well done
but when we sit down for cupcakes
It will be no games and fun.

It will be all bizness!! :)

oh, and Melissa can vouch for me that i had 2 scoops of ice cream on a waffle cone right after we dropped Courtney off. If the burritos could have been swapped out for different food, i think i could have kept going. Not saying i could beat Evan though. he did good. Thanks to all the officials and fans for coming out to support a very important(and disgusting) event.