The Spartan Workout...Day 11

Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 10:58am

So my new training regiment continues and while I am absolutely loving it I have noticed that there is even less time in my day now to spend on other things, like sleep. Still, it's worth it. I might end up renaming the workout though. I feel that the best way to improve yourself is to push yourself to new limits. That does not happen when you are feeling fresh and at peak levels but rather when you are exhausted and completely broken. It's called critical condition training.

I've broken down my entire day's workout to give an example of what I mean. I also included the amount of calories I ate throughout the day. There's definitely no exercise bulimia going on here. :P

Saturday - 20 September 2008

4:00 a.m. - Get home
4:30 a.m. - Bowl of Tomato Basil soup, box of Wheat Thin crackers ~ 1,500 calories
5:00 a.m. - Go to sleep
11:30 a.m. - Wake up. Bowl of Frosted mini-wheat ~750 calories
12:30 p.m. - 2 x Bioprotein bars & 2x glass skim milk ~ 1,000 calories
2:00 p.m. - Stretch; pre-workout routine
2:30 p.m. - Swim workout; 3 x 1,000 yard swim with 250 yard warmup/cooldown
4:00 p.m. - Shower; weight training:

Elevated push-up x 30
One-arm DB Squat x 30
45° Lat Pull-down x 30
Jump-squat w/DB x 30
Elevated push-up x 30
Split-squat Jump x 30
Band-row Seated x 30
Shoulder-press x 30
Stationary Lunge x 30
Russian Twist x 30
Bicep Curl x 30
Core workout (Plank, Crunches, Flytrap, Sit-ups, Bicycles, Cross-Crunch, Butt-raises, Leg-lifts, Plank)

5:00 p.m. - Nutella smoothie ~ 500 calories
6:00 p.m. - 2 x Vanilla yogurt, Gatorade protein bar ~ 700 calories
7:30 p.m. - Bowl of frosted Mini-wheat ~ 750 calories
8:30 p.m. - Chicken Caesar Salad with vinegar dressing ~ 1,000 calories
11:30 p.m. - 15 mile run
1:00 a.m. - Cool-down; post-workout stretch
3:00 a.m. - Go to sleep

I feel like I ate way too much though because I felt extremely full for most of the evening and probably needed to skip out on one of the evening meals. Just another day in paradise.