Monday, October 17, 2011

Sick... Again?!


How has this happened?  I'm not even close to being overtrained! It's a week back into my routine, definitely not working that hard at all, and bam I'm sick again.  That's twice this year, about 4 times last year... whaaaaaat is going on?  This is so frustrating, how often do people usually catch a cold/fever, once a year? It screws up my routine always sets me back.

So what is the key to staying healthy while training?  Especially in a sport where bodily contact and fluid transfer (sweat) is unavoidable like MMA?  I guess I don't know, because I eat healthy and I get 7-8 hours of sleep each night.  If anyone has any tips, leave them in the comments section below! I will try them out because I'm tired of being sidelined all the time.  Certain foods that boost immune system? I'm all ears.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Still here

Ok so I haven't been keeping up with my weekly does of awesomeness, I feel bad.  Between work, training, and eating I barely have any time to relax.  I've also been back and forth to Calgary for work/holidays a lot lately so things have been a bit hectic. 

To be honest, I actually don't have anything to blog about.  Bulking up is really not that interesting; eat, sleep, boring workout.  I'm past halfway done my Madcow program and I can't wait to be done.  I'll talk more on that later, but basically my conditioning is really suffering at the MMA gym.  I can barely make it through a round of sparing without my arms filling up with so much lactic acid I can't hold them up to cover my face.  So I just block with my face :).  I haven't done any cardio, no gymnastics, none of the fun stuff essentially.  So I can't wait until 5 weeks later when I'm done with this. 

But until I start doing interesting things again, here's a clip you may find enjoyable.  Lou's the man. If you don't know who he is, you need to watch pumping iron, with Arnie.  That, or the hulk.