Ever since I was a little kid running around barefoot in the flattest of the flat parts of SE Texas I've been fascinated with pictures of my Grandpa hunting on horseback in CO. The white capped mountain tops in the background and the valleys full of aspen trees in the foreground seemed almost magical, unfortunately, he passed away before I was born, so all I have is those pictures and the stories about his hunting adventures from my Grandma. Something about those pictures have stuck with me my entire life, after 29 years of flirting with the idea of going to CO and having some pictures and stories of my own I'm finally deciding to make it a reality. So let this be my declaration, in 2013 I am going to travel to the mountains of the West and hunt elk or mule deer.
With every great adventure comes hours and hours of planning, preparation, blood, sweat and tears; you also need a way to track your progress and be able to see what has brought you success and what has hampered it. That's where this "log" comes in. This will help to keep me accountable for the next 9 months while I train and plan for my great adventure. I'll probably also use this log to track my thoughts about my hunting plans and ideas and thoughts on gear as well, this is kind of a hodgepodge of a log, but the emphasis is on nutrition and exercise. I haven't worked out consistently since August of 2011, and I don't really have a plan in place to get in phenomenal shape at the moment. I just want to start getting into a rhythm again and working out consistently, if I'm not doing that, feel free to chime in and tell me to get of my ass and get to work. Once I'm in a routine (which will probably only take a month), I'm going to start dialing in my diet and routine more. Until then I'm just going to enjoy the DOMS that's soon to cripple me!
1/7/13
Was planning on running for 25 minutes, but the weather didn't really cooperate, so I did a bodyweight circuit and tried to hit the number of reps in as few sets as possible.
BW Squat (100 reps):
50, 30, 20
Hand Release Pushups (50 reps):
20, 15, 15
V Crunches (50 reps):
15, 15, 20
BW Squat (50 reps):
40, 10
Hand Release Pushups (25 reps):
20, 5
V Crunches (25 reps):
25
Pretty lame that my legs were jello afterwards, and my triceps and shoulders were sore. (Insert: YAHHHH BROOO! FEEL THE PUMP!) Better than doing nothing though. Gotta start somewhere.
With every great adventure comes hours and hours of planning, preparation, blood, sweat and tears; you also need a way to track your progress and be able to see what has brought you success and what has hampered it. That's where this "log" comes in. This will help to keep me accountable for the next 9 months while I train and plan for my great adventure. I'll probably also use this log to track my thoughts about my hunting plans and ideas and thoughts on gear as well, this is kind of a hodgepodge of a log, but the emphasis is on nutrition and exercise. I haven't worked out consistently since August of 2011, and I don't really have a plan in place to get in phenomenal shape at the moment. I just want to start getting into a rhythm again and working out consistently, if I'm not doing that, feel free to chime in and tell me to get of my ass and get to work. Once I'm in a routine (which will probably only take a month), I'm going to start dialing in my diet and routine more. Until then I'm just going to enjoy the DOMS that's soon to cripple me!
1/7/13
Was planning on running for 25 minutes, but the weather didn't really cooperate, so I did a bodyweight circuit and tried to hit the number of reps in as few sets as possible.
BW Squat (100 reps):
50, 30, 20
Hand Release Pushups (50 reps):
20, 15, 15
V Crunches (50 reps):
15, 15, 20
BW Squat (50 reps):
40, 10
Hand Release Pushups (25 reps):
20, 5
V Crunches (25 reps):
25
Pretty lame that my legs were jello afterwards, and my triceps and shoulders were sore. (Insert: YAHHHH BROOO! FEEL THE PUMP!) Better than doing nothing though. Gotta start somewhere.
