Globo gym for life!

Caribou Lou tonight?

I trained out of a globo gym today in Vegas. I only did it because I needed to take a shower. I've been fighting that for some time now. Anyway, besides getting crazy looks for all the stupid stuff I usually do I did notice something that bugged me a little bit.

All the guys there were completely jacked and lifting weights that a house cat could lift. It's ridiculous. Besides the rampant steroid use no one there even seemed to be working hard at all. I'm not sure how the muscle gets there...

The place was gigantic and I counted 5 smith machines and only one real rack in the back room of the gym surely placed there for the misfits.

I saw trainers plopping their clients from machine to machine, no surprise there. I even saw this from one super jacked trainer, I wonder if he trains the same way?

Anyway, this is what I did today.

45 min. eliptical
10 sets on the crunch machine
4 sets butt blaster

Huge protein shake

SIKE!

Long foam roll and stretch (who would have thought a 14,000ft mountain, 20 miles of riding up mountains, and running the grand canyon would make you sore?)

High pull from a hang
135 x 5
155 x 3
175 x 3
195 x 1 - all easy and fast

Thruster BB
95 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 3
175 x 1
195 x 1
215 x 1
225 x 2 - missed the third - actually pretty impressed with this considering how shot I felt from the previous four days of hell.

Ring pullups -dead hang chin over hands
BW + 45 x 3
90 x 3
115 x 1
125 x 1 - PR on the rings

Weighted dips - full range, no baby movements
Bw + 45 x 5
90 x 5
115 x 3
135 x 2 - new best for the depth

Overhead Squat - started the weight on the pins - way past parallel, rock bottom
95 x 5
135 x 3
155 x 1
175 x 1
195 x 1
215 x miss, miss, miss - not strong enough - pretty beat too

Whole bunch of rings stuff
Pushups/rows/1h pushup variations/ab stuff/lever stuff

I usually split this all into two workouts but don't have the time or resources!

I think I might take it easy this weekend.. Or I may run a mountain, Vegas tonight, sequoia park tomorrow with an old buddy Trevor!

Grandeth Canyoneth

Drove into the grand canyon today and it was..

Snowing! I thought it was warmer in Arizona, I guess not. Anyway I decided to do something fun and decided to run down into the grand canyon and then back up.

Fun as hell. I wish they could have made it a little more challenging. Not! I managed to run all the way down (5miles) Pretty easy, I was booking only stopped a few times for pictures. I made it down in 40 minutes. Rested about 45 minutes, ate a few bananas and then set on the way back up.

Holy crap, its a 3,000ft elevation change from the bottom to the top and 5 miles of switch backs. I tried running a switch back and then walking the next one. This worked for about 3 miles and I had to walk the rest. I would have kept with the running if it weren't for my legs cramping up and being about to pass out.

Grand Canyon is amazing and words can't really describe it. If you ever get a chance to run down bright angel trail try and beat my time! 40 minutes down and 1 hour 25 minutes back up. I feel like I'm going to pass out!

Oh ya, I bought a cable to upload my pictures here. This was the picture at the trail head to bright angel trail.

Next stop Vegas! Not before some delicious beers though...

Sleeping in the middle of the woods

Alright, Im a little backed up on posts here.

Last night I drove into the middle of the woods at eleven mile national park in colorado. A little unnerving driving alone in the dark into the middle of nowhere. Camp ground ended up having one other person there and I had a chance to chat for a few hours before sleep. Thats a pretty nice thing when you spend your entire day by your lonesome.

The elevation is so high here there is snow on the ground. I started off sleeping in my hammock and had to move into my car because it was so cold! Next morning I woke up to faeries and wood elves outside of my car. That or deer. Very cool place to camp.

Next stop I blasted over to Moab Utah and immediately asked the first bike shop I saw for mountain biking recommendations. I picked one with a mix of good views and some technical riding. I made it about 15 miles out and got a flat tire! Long story short, my bike pump valve did not fit the tire valve. Live and learn. I ran 4 miles back to the car with my bike. Of course there was no one else in sight.

Finished up the day ordering a beer with cole slaw since you can't order a beer by itself. This chased me off to Arizona at night to make my way closer to the south rim of the grand canyon. I ended up sleeping at a campground called Devil's Canyon. Its ridiculously windy! Off to Arizona!

Garden of the Gods

Alright, I don't want to make anyone angry but....

I wasn't impressed at all with the Garden of the Gods in colorado springs. Its a small paved loop with some cool rock formations scattered throughout. Some of the parks in Utah have the same type of formations much much larger and as far as the eye can see. I'm sorry!

After a disappointed lap through garden of the gods I found the Barr trail leading up to Pike's Peak, a 14,000+ ft. mountain. Thats what Im talking about!

The initial climb up the steep barr's trail was hellish, the picture doesn't do it justice but the run down had tons of switchbacks and great scenery. It was probably one of the most fun things I've done before in my life.

CrossFit Indy!

Quick workout at 5:30am in Indianapolis at Indy Crossfit. I can't think of anything else I'd rather do then wake up at 4:30am to go train! Not too many people here so early in the am. Great set up and nice staff.
Workout:
150double Unders
150 situps
30 clean and jerks at 135lbs

Finished in 10:53. Not bad!


Drove to Kansas City Missouri afterwards. This place has some sick barbeque! Went to Oklahoma Joe's spot and had some pulled pork. Place is killer, I'd recommend it to everyone except diabetics and those with high blood pressure/cholesterol.


If you were wondering that's a flax sprouted bun, omega three pickles and low sodium pork.

NOT!

Thinking I'll be Going to Boulder Colorado tomorrow, not sure completely. No idea where I'm sleeping tonight Wooo!!

Indiana is for lovers

4/25/10!

I don't have a wireless air card and Im not sure completely if I'll get one (expensive!) so I'm going to be blogging as I can.

I trained at a really neat gym in Indianapolis that my brother in law's buddy Scott owns.

Dynamic Warmup:

Overhead Squat
95 x 5
115 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 3 - wanted five - driving really effed up my back.

Sumo Deadlift to High Pull - new exercise for me
Worked up to a few sets of 185 x 3 - still not really perfecting the technique

Barbell Thruster - deep front squat
135 x 5
165 x 5
185 x 5
195 x 5 - new best here. Squats are getting more comfortable.

Half Kneeling cable Lifts 2 x 15/side

Crossfit Indy tomorrow morning at 5:30am! Then long ass drive to Colorado. Just bought a hammock today. I'm hoping I can sleep in it along the way. I have no idea where I'll be sleeping next.

Look out for pictures soon!

Another Chapter!

What up guys?

Breakfast:
2 pieces ezekial bread
1 pear with almond butter
2 over easy eggs
1/2 avocado

I recently finished up at work and am embarking on a journey across the US via Honda Civic. Pretty pumped. I'm training across the US at various crossfit gyms and plan to hit:

Grand Canyon
Yosemite
Grand Teton
Yellowstone
Vegas

among other places. Let me know if I need to check out some other places. Hopefully I'll be able to post some pics/video.

Check out my facebook for photo updates!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=8803328&ref=profile

Training has been solid, not much time to post but I did recently hit a 315lb behind the neck push jerk. Big lift for me. I was figuring my strength would go down with so much conditioning and weight loss. This made me feel incredible!

I've got some stuff I'm taking along the way to get some great training sessions in along the road - paralettes, rings, med ball, bands. We'll see how I use them huh?