Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Melting Away
The sun has finally begun its slow creep North, it's welcome warmth beginning to turn the frozen, white intruder into a sloppy brown mess. It is in this time that my mind begins to recognize there are more things to shed than a parka and toque as paintball season finally returns to our home, and native land. I have personally adopted a hibernation policy during the winter months, storing up fat and food stores in order to endure the miserable cold we face from November until April every year, and like a sleepy groundhog I wait until I am good and ready before coming out of my cozy cave. The melt we collectively experience usually comes at a daunting pace, but the melting of my waistline arrives slower than a UPS delivery man in December. Be that as it may, today I begin a quest to turn up the heat on the butter ball belly that I have accumulated, and hope to document the torture and training with a video blog. If you have ideas on how I can lose 20 pounds, and get into shape for the season, post a comment, and I will make a video of me trying it out!
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One of my APK workouts is something I call pyramids. Take any activity: Lets use pullups (basically anything that can be done reasonably quickly and multiple times; no mile runs) and start a timer.
ReplyDeleteOn the first minute, you must do one pullup. You can then rest until the second minute, where you must do two pullups. In the third minute, you must do three. You continue on until you reach the tenth minute, where you have to do it ten times.
If you fail to complete the necessary number of pullups during the minute, you have to start over, Doing one pullup for the minute after the round you failed, then two the minute after that. The workout ends when you manage to complete the tenth round, or when you have failed to complete your round twice.
With easier activities like pushups, one round could be considered a set of 5, then a set of 10, etc. But I think you get the idea.
I think you should cover your entire body in garbage bags (minus your head that is), then put a few heaters in the workout room. then run on the treadmill while listening to Kylie Minogue. And immediately after this perform an interpretive dance, set to the music of aqua. I think that this will be a sure fire way to drop those unwanted pounds.
ReplyDeletegood luck brotha. I have already started my return to glory. just been running, which is the fastest way to drop weight, lucky for me my son has also joined me. the tubby guy finally wants to man up and get in shape. we just got back from a 5 mile bike ride, another way to let the legs know that its time to start working again. as for training the rest of the body, push ups, lunges, simple weights. i am even gonna try the p90 a bit. not going all out on it, but using it to test the hockey destroyed body to see if i can return to the golden years of conditioning.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I start back on the road to the gazelle like form of my youth, I find my body retaliating against my efforts with increased hunger, which in turn leads to a greater calorie intake. I understand the mathematics of the situation, Energy out > Energy in = Weight loss. My problem is that I manage to mess the equation up in practice.
ReplyDeleteTry following this. As well as you can anyway.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.americanparkour.com/train/workout-of-the-day
After the workout you should be too tired to eat. Also make sure to drink a glass of water before you eat, and a glass after each main "part" of your meal. It will help you to eat less.