Yesterday was yet another day of a double. In the morning, I met up with my running partner at 5am and we did a nice easy 3 mile run. This wasn't a run for distance or speed, it was just a nice and easy clean the junk out of the legs from the previous 3 days of effort. Sundays 9.5, Monday's 5.6, and Tuesdays 5.6 had left my legs tired and lackluster. But the key with running is consistency as I've posted before. And sometimes you just need a shorter run to get the blood flowing to the muscles.
After our quick run around the short loop, it was get my butt to work. Once work was over I picked up the boys, made my way home for my most favorite workout of all time.....P90X Back and Biceps. Absolutely LOVE that workout. Biceps are definitely the glamor muscles as Tony calls them. I'd have to agree. In my south end zone craziness, you'll always seem me showin' off the GUNS.....Well, before P90X they were kinda in that small pistol category. Well, after 2 rounds of P90X, and double the weight that I originally started with 170 days ago......I can now put them into the CANNON division. Not quite A-DUB style, but I'm damn proud of them at this point of my workout life. And the sad part of this whole story is that this is the last time I get to do this workout for quite a while. Who knows, maybe in my craziness of P90X+, I'll squeeze in a little Back and Biceps for some nostalgia. What makes it the greatest workout ever....In my opinion its the strip set as your very last exercise. You've just gone through close to an hour of double back, double biceps. You're SHOT. If you brought it, you've got nothing left in the tank already. The final strip set really shows you haw much of a man or woman you really are. Me, I like a good challenge. 4 reps of 8.....it's 32 curls. BRING THE 25s to start with!!! The last 3 were just willing those weights up. Then on to 22.5 with my BowFlex SelecTech Dumbbells. Again, the last three were just BURNING!!!! Then 20s. IT BUUUUUUUUURNS!!!! Finally, finished up with 17.5s. You'd think that 7.5 pounds lighter would be a huge recovery. It's NOT. And that's why I absolutely LOVE that workout. By the end, my arms were THROBBING! My shirt was drenched with sweat. I could barely make the X with the arms.
So when you say to yourself, how did you make yourself better today. Look deep inside your inner self, tell yourself I CAN....Don't say I can't. Remember, DO YOUR BEST AND FORGET THE REST!!!!
3 comments:
I agree with you whole-heartly that the key to marathon/running success is consistency. Get out there and run everyday, simple as that. If you can't run, get on the treadmill, swimming pool, etc. Unless you are really injured and I can't train, you owe to yourself to get out there and run to be your best.
I agree with you whole-heartly that the key to marathon/running success is consistency. Get out there and run everyday, simple as that. If you can't run, get on the treadmill, swimming pool, etc. Unless you are really injured and I can't train, you owe to yourself to get out there and run to be your best.
Eric you are 100% correct. I read your blog about your efforts in Chicago. Sorry to hear you came up a little short, but that's still an amazing time!! I'm not anywhere your skill level of running, but I do have some pretty amazing contacts in the world of marathon training. If your looking for training ideas, I can share with you some of those that my coaches here in Tucson have imparted on us, and/or put you in touch with them. They are both world class runners from their days and Dave has a 2:16 PB marathon. Even at 56 years old, he's still winning races and just dominates his age group.
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