This entry was posted on 6/24/2007 8:03 AM and is filed under uncategorized.
Last night I set aside 45 minutes to stretch and do soft tissue work. Between that and the workout earlier in the day, I had the best night's sleep I've gotten all week. My entire body was tight. My bad shoulder and foot were both beginning to feel the effects of being neglected. I need to make time for stretching like this, regardless of what else is going on. It is one of the two keys to my success outside of the gym. The other is sleep, which stretching also seems to facilitate.
Progress this week was nonexistent. Bodyweight is about half a pound up from last week. I've been eating more take out and convenience foods due to the time constraints I am under. Normally I can get away with that and still progress, but the daily walks have been knocked out of my schedule.
I think I'm going to set 8pm as a hard cutoff for leaving work each day. I need to be in bed by 10 if I'm going to get up and hit a morning workout. Accounting for the walk home, making dinner, and settling down for bed, 2 hours is about right. When I go home at 9:30 or 10, my shot at the morning workout is already gone.
More stretching today. I also want to either juggle the 16k kettlebell or go for a walk.
6/24/2007 10:48 PM
Steve wrote:
A week on the road, and grinding through overtime at work takes a toll. The fact you are still focused and motivated is a testament to your discipline. No doubt you will reap benefits from all this later.
6/25/2007 7:13 AM
mike wrote:
Glad to hear you are reigning in work a bit. I hate when it gets away from me too. It's all from a desire to do well.
I know if my training is stagnating as a result of work, that it means I am sacrificing my health for money. That's always a losing battle, so I really have no choice.