05/17/2016Bio: Morninglast night's sleep: ~8 hours
last night fell asleep: 4 AM
wakeup = 12 PM
bw = 150
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = calves slightly (right more-so)
aches = none
injuries = toenails slightly wrekt, right foot (somewhere around 2nd proximal phalange), right hip flexor (~tendonitis), right hip slightly
standing desk (when on computer): none
feel = good
water = normal
Food12:30 PM
- greek yogurt
- green tea
- a few chocolates
Session: Recovery1 PM - 1:30 PM
- tennis ball rolling
- lots of quad/hips/glutes/calves/peroneals
Food4 PM
- greek yogurt
Session: Evening5:30 PM
walk:
- 6.01 mi in 1h:24m:17s
- avg speed: 4.3 mph
- splits: 15:10, 14:11, 13:43
, 13:51, 13:48, 13:34
- basically PR'd my 1 mile time for walking - 4 times. All of those 13:xx's are under my previous PR of 13:54:
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http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/adarq's-journal/msg116406/#msg116406- last split stuff: hit 4.9 mph, best pace 12:09
- getting closer to walking 5mph.. hehe.
- breathing: mostly nose
- on that last split, which was the fastest.. I really got my feet involved more, by staying taller. it allowed me to get more of a springy foot at each toe-off.
maybe all of the hip stuff i'm doing lately is paying off.. feels like it, to be honest.
right foot felt weird after walking.. also some toenails were acting up. hope walking fast doesn't somehow hurt them more than running heh.
Food7 PM
- 2% milk
Food8:30 PM
- big stir fry: grilled chicken, carrots, brussels sprouts, garlic, white onion, olive oil, lemon juice, goat cheese
- goat cheese FTW
- a ton of cherries
- some chocolates
Food10 PM
- hot mint tea
- biscotti
Session: Activation2 AM - 3 AM
- mostly overcoming holds (higher intensity), unweighted, for ~30+ seconds
- standing bent leg hip flexion: got knee possibly highest ever, while remaining upright.
- standing straight leg hip abduction: good but these are tough
- standing straight leg hip extension: better than previous
- standing bent leg hip extension + knee flexion: better than ever possibly, really contracted my hamstrings hard
- standing bent leg hip abduction: these are rough, best ever though.. really abducted the hell out of my thigh
- standing/bent over straight arm rear fly hold: kills upper back/rhombs/rear delts
my right hip flexor and hips don't really bug me at all when i'm doing this.. that gives me some hope. Compared to when I stretch my hip flexor -> that actually bugs it badly.. so this stuff is probably far more beneficial anyway; i'm improving strength and ROM.
I really like this stuff.. it's like calisthenics but, unweighted.. just focusing on the limb itself. I imagine I will have less risk of tendonitis doing stuff like this.. which is important. Trying to heal up.
Eventually i'll summarize what i'm doing lately.. i'm just experimenting with it now.. but it's all aimed at keeping my CNS fresher, recovering more / breaking down my body less, focusing more on technique, focusing more on improving hip power, getting my calves used to a faster running style, healing up some chronic issues i've seemed to have acquired (toes, hip flexor, hips, right foot, elbow).
My goals are still: middle distance speed & single leg jumping.. it's just now i'm going to try and figure out things from a "quality over quantity" perspective..
Food3 AM
- grape fruit juice
- 2 x greek yogurt
pc!