This Whole Week Was Different
This whole week was different. It started out with a normal gym workout on the legs last Monday. I stacked the Smith machine with too much weight and pulled a muscle in my back. That set the stage for the rest of the workouts for the week. It wasn't until Friday that my back felt normal again.
I got in a good run on Town Lake Trail before the storm rolled through last night. I ran right past that tree in the photo that fell from the wind today or last night. Although windy today at 30 mph, I still got out and did a 20-mile ride with a friend. His route included a lot of neighborhood streets which kept the speed low but included enough hills to call it a workout.
Monday's going to change things a little. I've joined a group kind of like crossfit that includes exercises from that program, as well as exercises from the P90X program. We'll also collaborate on other routines we find here and there. I think the others in the group are following the workouts to the letter for each day. I'll have to move them around and try to blend them into my triathlon prep. So far I don't think anything is coming from the "300" exercise program but who knows...maybe. If you haven't checked what the actors and stunt folks did to get ripped for the movie 300 you have to check it out. Google 300 or go to YouTube.com and search for the 300 videos. Pretty intense.
As I can't afford to lose another week for pulled muscles, I'm done for the season for heavy weights lifting until next winter.
Labels: 300, crossfit, exercise, P90X, YouTube
FAT
A recent conversation between the right side of my brain and the Net.
Excess accumulation of adipose tissue occurs when energy intake chronically exceeds energy expenditure.
Yeah, I'm working on that. I've covered all the plates of cookies with foil and bagged all the candy in the house and pushed it to the back of the pantry shelf. Out of site, out of mind.
Regulatory systems maintain energy balance by continuously modifying energy intake and expenditure relative to energy reserves.
Yeah, about that. I looked in the mirror and checked the scale and the reserves are very healthy. Soooooo, 7.5 hour weeks will have to turn into 9.5 hour weeks.
Dysregulation of this regulatory network compromises the ability to match energy intake and expenditure, and ultimately leads to excess accumulation of adipose tissue.
Like I said, I'm working on it.
Because of your greater years, your AMPK pathway has reduced activity so, energy expenditure must be increased to maintain the same level of fat oxidation and mitochondrial biogenesis in muscle.
OK, not 9.5 hours, let's say 12 hours.
You are pulling numbers out of your a$$. You need to do more research.
Labels: exercise, fat, research
