Training.......B.......My A.M. session went great but I skipped the P.M. And I think here's why: I didn't have dinner prepared. It's as simple as that. That was the mental cue that caused decline. I started the day perfect. I trained in the A.M. had a great workout with good results. I had my meals planned and ate perfectly all the way to dinner time. Then I got home, I was tired, had no food in the house. So I went to the store and got bad food. My wife asked what I wanted to eat and I gave her awful responses.
Nutrition......it was an A until dinner.....then it all hit the fan.....so Nutrition gets a D
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Chris Spealler says competitors who are hopeful in making it to the Games train 3-6 hours a day.
I would love to spend 3 to 6 hours a day working out. At the same time it is a process to get there. Someone can't just jump into that much training when they weren't training hardly at all and expect to train with INTENSITY. Intensity is the key. If I puss out on a metcon, then what was the point? All I am gaining from sand bagging a metcon is health. Moving my body. Being active. Like taking a nice walk or going hiking. Sure, it's good for me, but it doesn't radically improve my fitness levels. Intensity takes a person to a whole new level with anything. I must first be able to give myself consistent 'A' grades on everything I do in my hour and a half training before I double it, yet alone triple or quadruple.
The other reason why athletes need to work out 3-6 hours a day, and I mean elite athletes, is when a person has reached the level they have, they have already exceeded 98% of their growth. And they have to work pretty damn hard to gain an extra percent. Me, however, I'm nowhere near my peak. Therefore, I can make just as much gains right now with only training 5 days a week for an hour and a half. I don't need to train 3-6 hours right now.
Now then, as the Open gets closer and closer, and as I am peaking, there is certainly a case to be made to up the quantity. And by then I will be able to handle the intensity with more, and plus, my family can handle me training more too, hopefully.
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Last night, around 12:30 am, my Australian Cattledog, named Danger, was barking incessantly. He wouldn't stop. He's a great guard dog, so clearly he saw something outside. If it was an animal it's no big deal, but we've had intruders and robbers go around the neighborhood in the past. So I decided to let him out back. Now if he would have ran straight to the back of the backyard, then it most likely would have been an animal. However, he b-lined it hard left to the fence gate, where the front yard is, and where my truck is parked. When he did that I thought that for sure someone was going through my truck, so I hauled ass outside as well.
Instead, Danger went up to what looked like a black cat, who put its bushy tail straight up, and sprayed Danger right in the face! I was only about 10 feet from the freaking skunk, so I got hit as well. that suuuuuucks. the smell is real people!
Scrubbing and baths later, I still smell. I've had several comments at the office saying I freaking stink.
My dog betrayed my trust.
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It does not matter that I am just now starting the competitive push. It doesn't matter that I am 35 years old. This is my time. I have the ability to be my very best even now. I have God's blessing. I am fit. This is my time. I will find my 98%. I will come to the edge of my possibilities and surpass them with God's help.
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