Killing off all of the bacteria in my body means eating plenty of this:
Authentic (a/k/a mixed by rubber-glove-covered hand and not even remotely pasteurized) kimchi from Sook Hee's Produce. "I put the kimchee in an extra bag for you, because it's stinky." Yes, Sook Hee, it sure as shit is. But it's chock full of live cultures, and I need probiotics to reestablish my gut flora while I'm killing the nasty shit off.
Yogurt, too. Yesterday I drank my coffee black and had some full-fat Fage yogurt as my third meal of the day. Low fat dairy is complete and total bullshit. I don't do much dairy these days - about a tablespoon, maybe two, of heavy cream in my coffee, and the occasional piece of cheese or dollop of yogurt if I'm having chili. But never, EVER again will I consider drinking skim milk or eating fat free cheese.
Operation: Get Strong Without Getting Fat is getting interesting.
I generally train six days a week - four weeknights, at 6:30 or 7:30, and two or three classes between Saturday and Sunday. That means that during the week, I usually end up eating dinner around 9 or 9:15 once I'm home from the gym and have had time to throw something together.
This week, I'm shuffling my meals around so that I'm done eating for the day around 5:30 or so. That gives me a couple hours before I work out - I don't do well working out on a full stomach. And then, just before class, a little hit of this stuff:
Yes, experimenting with chocolate as actual fuel. Instead of just "something that tastes goddamn delicious." The idea is to break the emotional, mental, "OMG TREAT" connection, and consider chocolate, like anything else I eat, as something with [potential] benefits aside from just being tasty.
So, we'll see how this goes. I do know I've been putting up some good numbers and have been feeling pretty lean, so if this week is a bust I can always go back to my 9pm dinners and indulgence-only chocolate.
Log (aka "HANDSTAND PUSHUPS FOR DAYS"):
Saturday May 5: first running metcon in a while. We did some POSE running drills on the way to Washington Square park, looking like total tools the entire time. At the park: 800m run, then 10 rounds of 10 HSPU/10 pistols, then 800m run. I scaled the pistols to 20 walking lunges; did the first 10 HSPU's against a tree, but it took me forever so I scaled those to regular pushups. I was pretty damn tired when it was over, but as usual wish I'd sucked it up. 25:51. I didn't track my time too closely but am fairly sure I kept my 800s under 4 minutes each, which is just fine with me since that's the longest distance I've run in a REALLY long time.
Sunday May 6: double session Sundays. Gymnastics - strict HSPUs, 8x3 with band assistance: 1x3 average/light band; 4x3 light/light; 1x3 light/mini; 1 mini/mini (one HSPU only - failed on the second); 1x3 light/light. Metcon: 5 rounds for perfect form of 5 ring v-outs, 5 strict L-raises, 5 handstand walkups from plank, 5 pike v-ups. Scaled to 3 rounds since I planned to stay for the regular session. Ass whooped regardless. Abs not so strong.
Regular session: "Hope." A variation on Fight Gone Bad.
uh, woof. Especially those thrusters. Score: 171, as RX'ed.
And I thought I was lousy at Fight Gone Bad.
Monday, May 7: more fun with double sessions. Back squat, peak of 3. 95-125-145-165-180. We haven't back squatted in a WHILE - other than the Total and a random day where we did sets of 20, I can't find anything in my log on this since December or January. Feeling pretty confident about my goal of 200. Metcon: AMRAP in 3 minutes of back squats (225/135), immediately followed by max unbroken kipping pullups. 21/9, as RX'ed. And then...gymnastics...for more work on kipping handstand pushups. I did a few sets with a full ROM and, while everyone else was doing the metcon, did 30 more to an abmat in sets of 3-5 each.
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