Peak Day (Tuesday)

Tuesday and Saturday are Peak days. This is where I go to do my Strength and Conditioning (ST&C) workouts. Last nights workout was slightly different.

Being a nubbie to doing upper body and core strength workouts I had no idea what my max weight for any of the specific exercises. Kristen, my coach/advisor, wants me to do my ST&C workouts at about 70% of my max. That begged the question as to what my max was on any given item.

What was clear was that for any any lower body item involving the legs, I was able to push a fairly descent amout. The same applied if I didn't have to lift the weight over my waist. The fun really was for the items that I have to raise the weight over my head. There should be an award for weakest upper body. I'd win hands down.

I'm very keen to work on this stuff as I know it is good for me. I keep having to tell myself to have patience, that it will come in time. For now I'll keep working on this twice a week.

One issue I did have last night is that I've come to the realization that my hamstrings are too tight, make that way too tight. I'm going to have to focus on this area to get it loosened up. Better to know this know then next Novemeber when I'm in New York for the marathon. Oh did I mention that. :-)

I've also confirmed my appointment this Saturday for some nutritional advice. Carb depletion is a big big issue for me as well as wanting to get my weight down. I hit the scales at 201.2 today which is good progress. 190 is the goal.

Tonight I'm off to the running room for my zone 3 run with the boys. These guys definately push me. Its the one day of the week that I'm pushing into zone 3. The others days are all zone 1 and lots of it.

--brian