Monday, May 10, 2010

Deadlifts/Row then Fran this morning

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day yesterday. Since I switched up the workouts, yesterday was Deadlift 1/2 bodyweight 30x followed by a 1000m row. Used 45lb. dumbbells as a substitute for the 90lb. barbell. Finished this workout in 5:03. Lungs were on fire, heard my breathing over my Ipod. Jumped on the stationary bike for a 20K Time Trial. Lungs were burning for the first 8-10 minutes then calmed down a bit. Finished this workout in 38:31. I noticed something funny on the bike, it said "Stop exercising if you feel shortness of breath, pain or light headed" I could only think to myself "We'd never get anything done if we followed this advice".

Okay, so this morning I met up with Fran (substituted 50lb. dumbbell thrusters for 95lb. barbell thrusters). A little background, Fran consists of 21 reps thrusters followed by 21 pull ups (did these today unassisted), 15 thrusters, 15 pullups, 9 thrusters, 9 pullups for time.

10/7/09 Used one 60lb. dumbbell for all thrusters, 5 unassisted pullups, then 55lbs. of assistance.

2/24/10 50lb. dumbbells in each hand all unassisted pullups. Finished in 9:43

4/13/2010 Same weight used as above, diet completely out of whack, finished in 12:32.
5/10/10 Same weight used, diet's been really good lately. Finished in 7:21.

I amazed at how well the Paleo Diet is working. It probably has been 3-4 weeks since I made the correction and I feel like it is really starting to kick in.

7 comments:

  1. You are setting the bar pretty high. I need to psyche myself up for Fran tonight.

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  2. P.s. I just signed up for rev3 this morning - meant to sign up by 5/1 to get the discount, but have to pay more for the right to torture myself for a half a day. Are you staying in the area or driving up in the morning?

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  3. Hammer Brothers Dan & Martin

    Ready to endure the REV 3. I love it!!!

    Seriously, if you need a place prior to the race you can camp out at our townhouse which is right around the corner from Quassy. Although I will be racing the Ridgefield tri that weekend & Eagleman the following week, my wife, son & I would be more than happy to accomodate.

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  4. Hey Guys,

    David, thanks for the offer, nancy and I already booked our hotel at the Crowne Plaza (I think). Martin, if you want to crash with us, you are more than welcome. I hope we can get together Saturday before the race.

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  5. Wow! these are both great offers. Dan, I would love to crash with you since you are racing the next day as well. I think bike check-in is at 3:00 p.m. We can plan to meet sometime around then? I'm pretty sure I still have your phone numbers - I will program them into my cell. You need to let me help pay for the room or let me take you and Nancy to dinner or something - otherwise I will feel like a mooch. How well do you eat after a race? Generally, I am not hungry for an hour or two after and then suddenly get unbelievably hungry.

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  6. I will love to go too... Just kidding I will be on a plane that day to my race, but maybe for Timberman if there is anything available.

    Keep the good vibe guys!

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  7. "Stop exercising if you feel shortness of breath, pain or light headed" I could only think to myself "We'd never get anything done if we followed this advice".


    how true! the dumbbells actually make your workouts a little harder because you have to stabilize them more than the barbell. nice work.

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