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I am 20 years old at Springfield College. I started Crossfit in the winter of 2008 and have went on and off with that and P90x. But since the summer of 2009 until summer of 2011 I did Crossfit then switched to Strength and Conditioning. I Played soccer lacrosse basketball and ran track throughout my life. I played lacrosse at Endicott but I was injured and did not play the entire season. Another passion is strength and conditioning which has changed my life for the better. My midterm goal is to compete in a powerlifting competition, run an ultra and run the Boston Marathon, and my ultimate long term goal is to become a Strength and Conditioning coach, a lacrosse coach, and to open my own Strength and Conditioning gym as well as break the record for bench press at 165lbs bw. Along with training for my goals I enjoy pushing my body to its limits and seeing what the human body is capable of by doing activities that require a lot of physical and mental aspects.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

On My Yoga Shit

P90x Yoga

Body: pretty good minus shoulder
Sleep: 8hrs
Nutrition: good
Notes: Well first day getting back to doing yoga regularly was tough. I never thought I'd be sore from yoga but I definitely am going to be tomorrow. I struggled today it is going to take a few weeks before I get back to where I am at but when I was doing yoga I did not get hurt at all and I think that doing this regularly will help me with injury prevention which is one of my top goals after my surgery is over with. Trying to stay at 100% healthy will be a challenge but it just takes the little things like rest, yoga, and mobbing to do so. Just got to tighten it up on those aspects.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

A little taste of the future

2x400m sprints
59.97 sec PR/ Year Goal
1:08

Body: surprisingly good
Sleep: 8hrs
Nutrition: good cleaning it up a beat for now
Notes: well I decided to give it a shot today and it paid off big time. That is a goal I have had for 2 years now and I finally beat it. The weird thing is that I have not been doing conditioning.....Maybe we have something right here. I am going to get back into crossfit after my surgery so I want to give the body a little taste of it for the next 2 and a half weeks until surgery so afterwards it wont be as bad getting into it. I will continue strength work after this week as well. Beyond pumped with this pr and goal. I may have to give my 800m run a shot in the near future but for now I am loving it.

Monday, September 26, 2011

The Weekend

Saturday
2 hours of racquetball

Sunday
Rest

Monday
Rest

Body: good hips getting there
Sleep: 8hrs
Nutrition: good
Notes: well I am taking this entire week off from weights to catch up on my rest and make sure I do not get injured. I scheduled my surgery today it will be November 21st. Until then I guess I will keep doing what I am doing. I also am starting pt for my hip soon. It is really out of place and getting it back in place is going to be good. I am really on top off all of this. I am really looking forward to being 100 percent injury free after this and being smart to stay that way.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Rest Day Minus Class

Rest Day

2 all of 200m sprints in track and field class....(WTF right?)

Body: good minus hip
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: good
Notes: Solid rest day. We got timed in 200m sprints today in class. Yup thats right in class. There is probably 3 or 4 or my classes where you are graded on how well you can perform activities which is kind of cool in my opinion....no fatties aloud in phys ed. Tomorrow I will hit my lifts in the afternoon but in the morning I have swimming which will be my conditioning for the day. I also have been mwodding pretty religiously just dont really feel like writing down what I have done because I really dont give a shit about that anymore.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

A Little CF Action

Press
5x95
2x135
2x5x155
9x155pr

Chin Ups
2x15

Amrap 10
250m Row
25 Push Ups
6rds

Body: Good minus hip
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: good lots of protein
Notes: Today we are up to 155 for our press. I think this was my 5rep max when we started maybe a little bit more but definitely close and I crushed it for 9 reps. I love how this program keeps ramping up and I keep crushing prs. I really wish I could get back to squatting but that will have to wait for a while I guess. I decided to hit up a little crossfit action since I will be going back to some form of crossfit after my surgery sometime in Jan. or Feb. I felt really good with my bodyweight movement...the push ups. And the row sucks as usual. I was breathing hard and the heart was pounding but I feel like I have not lost a lot of conditioning since I started strength training. Really cool to be testing my body like this and seeing how I respond. I am expecting to be pretty sore tomorrow but we will see. I also had a decent workout in my lifeguard class this morning. Our daily routine is mon wed fri when I have the class we do a 10 lap warm up on an olympic pool then right into doing rescues and working on victims that attack you and then we do some lifeguard test. It is a really good workout heart is usually pounding throughout it which is pretty cool and I am learning a lot. Swimming will be incorporated in metcons in the future after this class is over this semester.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Yesterday and Today

9/19/11
Bench
5x15
2x5x230
9x230pr

DB Curls
3x10x42.5

BB High Pulls
1x8x70
1x10x70

Chin ups
2x12

BB Forearm Curls
1x20x60

Back Pump
2x12x90

Body: good minus hip
Sleep: 9hrs
Nutrition: good eating for growth
Notes: Solid day of training been doing a lot of mobility and shit for my hip which still is not getting better. Probably just going to wait until surgery to let it fully rest though and just keep doing what I am doing now. Next Monday I will find out the exact date of the surgery I want to just do it and get it over with and I feel that resting for 6 weeks will get me back to 100% for the first time in 2 years.

Today:
Rest Day

Sunday, September 18, 2011

And I'm Back

Well it has been a while hasn't it. I took a break to get in the swing of things at school and get going with as least stress as possible. So now that I am feeling good I will be back to blogging my workouts. My training has stayed consistent still no squatting because of hip but it is definitely feeling better. I have been stretching and icing it which seems to be helping. I got a little sick the last week but I seem to be better now which is good. A lot of my classes here require a lot of physical activity including swim conditioning and some running around so it is pretty fun and I am loving it. Next monday I am meeting with the doctor to schedule surgery so I will keep updating on that too. Other than that everything is the same and just enjoying life.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

School.....School.....School

9/1
rest

9/2
Shoulder Press
5x95
3x115
2x5x145
11x145

BB Curls
3x12x72




7/3
rest day

Body: good hip still being gay
Sleep: 7hrs
Nutrition: alright
Notes: I came to Springfield for school on the 2nd for nso and I will be doing it all the way until Monday. So no working out until then and eating will be a little off but rest is definitely necessary.