30 Day Fitness Challenge - Day 13

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Day13

My Thoughts:

Hi everyone! It’s been a while I guess, since the last real workout. If you’ve been following along, I hope you haven’t gone off the deep end and chowed down on cake and cookies and other sweets, ignoring your health in the meantime. Even though I haven’t been working out expressly (even though I have stayed active and watched my diet), I have been trying to keep active, which is hard for a blogger who has to spend his days in front of a computer, thinking and writing and reading. Still, I suppose it’s not that different from being stuck in an office (except for the dress code!).

17 Days Left

I’m going to start taking these workouts up a notch. Time is running out and while I’m looking better, it’s not where I want to be yet. If you’ve been following these workouts, you know that the general format is to do a heavy lifting session followed by yoga. I’m going to throw a 2 mile run in on top of that. That should round out most of the workouts to little over an hour.

Again, let me just say that I am in no way a professional trainer. I’m just a guy looking to get fit as quickly as possible. I might be a little reckless in what I do (I hope not) and I might hurt myself (definitely trying to avoid that). If you do these workouts, you run these same risks and are completely liable for your own actions. I’m a young guy, I can handle a lot. Do what feels right for you.

Pre-Workout Stats:

I’ve been hovering around 175 pounds today. I’m not complaining.

Let’s talk diet. You know, one thing about drinking green tea, besides the health benefits is the added energy boost. I tend to get slumpy around 3 to 4 o’clock. Green tea helps keep me awake, focused, and moving through the day. If you’re going to make it, don’t use sugar or any other sweetener (except for Stevia). Chemical-based sweeteners have been repeatedly shown to be terrible for your body, since it can’t naturally break them down. In fact, new research shows that it may still cause your blood sugar to spike anyways, triggering your body to store excess fat. Not to mention, there are some scary studies on cancer, even though the companies that make them will tell you otherwise (think of the shareholders!)

If you still don’t believe me and have some time, check out this documentary entitled Sweet Misery. It’s around 90 minutes long and is guaranteed to scare you back onto natural sugars.

Hit the Jump for the workout!

The Workout

Stretch it out before you begin. Expect to hurt by the end of this. You might want to take some Ibuprofen now, cause you’re gonna feel this one.

Run 2 miles at a moderate pace. Go on, sweat it out. Get that pulse going.

Here’s another 300.

Wind down with some yoga:

That should keep everyone occupied for a while now…

Done already?? Okay, here we go.

Closing Thoughts:

All together, this workout took me about an hour to complete. I remember the first time I did the 300, on the very first day of the 30 Day Fitness Challenge, and it completely killed my body. I hurt for the rest of the week. Now, I can complete that challenge and I feel much better at the end. The idea behind the 300, again, is to be able to complete all the exercises in 20 minutes and be alright at the end. I did today’s session in about 40 minutes, but instead of collapsing at the end like I did at first, I actually feel really good. I feel energized and pumped. It’s a good sign that I’m getting stronger over the weeks, which is part of the ultimate goal. If you’ve been following along with these workouts, I hope you’ve been able to enjoy a similar degree of success.

Assuming it’s not just the endorphins talking and I’m not in excruciating pain tomorrow, I plan on doing another 300 integrated into a similar workout session. Like I said, this week is going to be taken up a notch from the previous weeks. Hope you come along for the ride.