Well Hello

I guess its been a while since I have been on my blog....... I am still alive and training. This summer my training was a little bit different than it has been in the past. I ran Layne's program which is powerlifting the first two days and the next 3 are all focused on bodybuilding which was a nice change of pace. I definitely noticed a difference in recovery time when doing bodybuilding verse powerlifting. During bodybuilding workouts it took a lot more to recover and the workouts were much longer than I was used to. The next program I ran was 5/3/1 with the bodybuilding accessory for one 4 week cycle. This was interesting but definitely not the right program for me. Since then I have been back on GSLP and it has been about 3 and a half weeks. At the end of this week Ben and I are starting an extensive program called Gladiator: 12 weeks at greyskull. This was designed by Johnny Pain and is what it would be like to train at his gym. I decided to get back into blogging for this because I need to write it down in order to keep track of progress and make sure that i stay on track for the entire 12 weeks. On a side note this past weekend I hiked mount washington with 2 of my friends..... It was definitely and experience and very intense. I have always had problems with leg cramps and dehydration during my past sporting events. Well of course when we reached the hut which is 3 miles up and with only 1.4 miles left my legs decided to go into a full cramp. I am talking they went from bent to straight and flexed by themselves and I could not bend them by myself. I had to have Ben push my legs back to unflex them and relieve the pain. The pain was unbearable as well and of course I was laying in a puddle and could not move. On top of this I popped to many electrolyte caps to quickly to try and counter balance the cramps so I ended up puking a bit. I had to be carried about 400m back to the hut area and wait there while the other 2 summited and came back. after about 20 minutes my legs began to come back but they were so sore they felt like I did a 400m walking lunge workout... I rehydrated very well and ate some food and relaxed until they came back about 2 hrs later. I made it down the mountain fine and was lucky that the weather was so good. That was an experience and I plan on doing it again to hit the summit....Next time I will prepare a bit better.