"Tomorrow's" update took a while to write, eh? I'm just going to skip the Mini-Camp post, but know that it was brutal. We did lower body exercises just about every day, so I was pretty sore all week. Last week was Spring Break in Cobb County, so SIU had a true off week. I planned to get out and jog Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning before work but only made it out on Monday. Normally I never hit the snooze on my alarm. Last week was a different story. My bed felt too good to leave when I had the opportunity to stay under the covers for a few more minutes. A positive side effect from the week off is that my ankle is feeling better. I haven't noticed it the past 2 workouts which is the first time since January 20th!
That brings us to this month's boot camp. I'm beginning the camp weighing 344 pounds. This is down 4 pounds from my March 3 post and 22 pounds since January started. My weight has consistently dropped 2 pounds per week for a while now, so I hope I can keep it going at least at that pace. It can be frustrating hearing about other people losing huge poundage in a week or month, but my weight is coming off safely, the changes I've made are sustainable, and my fitness level has skyrocketed. Not only that, but there is plenty of room to improve my diet still. Last weekend was especially bad and it showed in my Pre-Test fitness results, as you can see below.
Exercise | February 25 | March 14 | Goal |
Mile Run | -- | 14:00 | 12:00 |
Regular Pushups | 35 | 30 | 40 |
Assisted Pushups | 5 | 20 | 10 |
Regular Dips | 19 | -- | 30 |
Assisted Dips | 8 | -- | 10 |
Sit Ups (in 1 minute) | 26 | 22 | 30 |
Planks to failure | 1:50 | 1:20 | 2:00 |
At the end of February we did 55's instead of the mile, and in March we skipped the dips, presumably because we had so many new faces this month that space on the benches were too limited. That's a great problem to have!
The real differences in February and March tests are not likely as severe as the results indicate. Some days are good and some are bad, and Monday definitely felt like a bad day. I mentioned above that I didn't eat well last weekend. SIU's Nutritionist Bethany says food is the gas for your body. If you put junk in, you'll get poor performance. I ate out just about every meal, drank lots of beer, and didn't exercise at all. I'd say that qualifies as junk. Those statistical losses should be quick to recover and may already have. Towards the end of today's workout my body started responding better and it should be no surprise that I ate cleanly since Monday.
Check back soon to see my goals for March! It shouldn't take me two weeks to post again, I promise.
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