1/2 banana
1 1/2 cups cantaloupe
1 cup celery
24 almonds
Coffee!
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Coffee!
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1/2 large banana
1 large apple sliced with peanut butter and cinnamon
18 almonds
Coffee with soy milk & cinnamon
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Delicious!
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At the gym:
10 minutes on the recumbent bike
(3 minutes low resistance, 3 minutes medium resistance, 3 minutes high resistance, 1 minute medium resistance)
Contractions:
5 Bar muscle-ups
10 pull-ups
5 type writer pull-ups
20 leg lifts
3 muscle-ups
6 pull-ups
3 type-writer pull-ups
12 leg lifts
Extensions: for time (I took 1:32)
15 dips
15 squats
10 dips
10 squats
5 dips
5 squats
Bodyweight:
3 bowers (90 degree push-ups)
100 push-ups and leg workout: for time (it took me 5:42)
20 high knees (count every other step)
30 push-ups elbows in
20 mary poppins jumps
30 push-ups elbows out
20 mountain climber jumps
25 pseudo planche push-ups
20 squat jumps
15 dive bomber push-ups
20 high knees (count every other step)
Power smoothie after workout
Icebath:
5 minutes legs in
5 minutes torso in
5 minutes hot shower
4 minutes legs in
4 minutes torso in
Full hot shower
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I haven’t competed in a gymnastics event for more than a decade, and I haven’t competed in any form of athletic competition in nearly eight years. I do, however, still train like an athlete. I do dead lifts and squat thrusts, I do push-ups and pull-ups, I run sprints and distance, I eat healthy food, and I even play around on the rings every couple of days. Why? Well, I’m certainly not training for the 2012 Olympics, and I definitely don’t plan on applying for any gymnastics scholarships. I still train like an athlete because athletes train to fulfill a function, and functional training is the healthiest and most productive way to train.
Do I look better for working out? Sure. Do I feel healthier for working out? Definitely. Am I a stronger person mentally and physically for working out? Absolutely. Ultimately, training like an athlete is the best way to achieve any of the common workout goals of our fitness obsessed (albeit deficient) society: Strength, Aesthetics, and Health.
You don’t have to be training for an NFL team to benefit from an NFL lifting program. You don’t have to be a boxer to gain endurance and strength from a fighter workout routine. You don’t have to wear really tight shirts and chant about protecting this house (ADT does that for me) to benefit from training the way an athlete does. Functional training will take you to whatever fitness goal you might have in the healthiest and most expedient way. High intensity resistance training (body-weight and otherwise) is my workout of choice.
Get Fit.