I did mention to people that running has come quite addicting.
Tuesday morning I decided to get up at 4 am and take a jog. And I did. And it felt great. One thing I’ve noticed is that my legs rarely hurt much after running. They ache a little after I finish, but normally within the hour I’m ready to do another bout.
I also notice I burn a ton more calories when I do this. Is that good? Sure. But it makes it tougher to maintain a normal deficit instead of having a huge one. I guess that’s something I’ll have to work on. Maybe I’ll be going back to more protein shakes.
I said “huge one.”
I also decided to start doing the Stronglifts program. Though I am running, I need to do some strength training on my legs. K.I.S.S I always (never) say. And Stronglifts is fairly simple. I also have scattered in my own lifting to make it feel MORE like I accomplish something. It may hinder my running some since I’ll be doing squats, but we’ll see. I basically took where I ended up before I stopped doing it and subtracted 20% of the weight and started there.
Meals:
Breakfast – Breakfast sandwiches
Snacks – Jerky and granola bars
Lunch – Chicken strips, turkey burger and fries
Dinner – Chicken and 7 layer dip with chips
Dessert – Donuts
Exercise:
– A 1.44 mile run in the morning
– An hour+ of walking at work
| Stronglifts | 5×5 | |||
| Squats – – | 185 | |||
| Bench Press – – | 135 | |||
| Bent Over Rows – – | 135 | |||
| Additional Exercises | Lifting until exhaustion | |||
| Curls – – | 9×40 lbs | 6×35 lbs | 6×30 lbs | 6×25 lbs |
| Hammer Curls – – | 7×50 lbs | 5×45 lbs | 5×40 lbs | 5×35 lbs |
| Dumbbell Pullovers- – | 12×50 lbs | 9×45 lbs | 7×40 lbs | 7×35 lbs |
| Tricep Pulldowns – – | 7×100 lbs | 6×90 lbs | 6×80 lbs | 6×70 lbs |
| Tricep Extensions – – | 8×100 lbs | 6×90 lbs | 5×80 lbs | 6×70 lbs |
– 20 minutes of walking on the treadmill
yeay for early morning running 🙂 and 4am??!! that is incredebly dedicated!
Yeah, it is early. I thought it might last a day and I’d give up, but still doing it!