It’s been a while since my last update. I’ve had the unfortunate event happen where my mother passed away, coupled with some injuries.
My weight has continued to drop. It’s now hovering around 73-74kgs and I’ve learnt a number of tricks thanks to Jono and Morgan from Team E. Right now I’m just taking it easy while I’m resting my knee. I had a freak accident in a sponge pit while performing a slant gainer. My landing leg fell through a small gap of 2 crash mats which let my body fall another 1.5 further than I should have while my following leg clipped the crash mat and putting some nasty strain on the knee. Never fear tho, I’ll be back in action. Will need another 2 or so weeks to heal properly. In the mean time, getting back into upper body weight training. Will post another blog soon
I did something last night that I found extremely interesting this morning.
I was pretty pumped last night and knowing I won’t have much of a chance to train over the weekend due to a 2 day seminar, so I wanted to push myself pretty hard. Last night before bed, one of the exercises I did 25 dips. I normally only do 6, so doing 4 times the normal amount was most likely going to make me feel sore the next day.
This morning, to my suprise, I was shocked I didn’t have any of that soreness I normally do. Before doing the work out, I experiemented with some suppliments to help with getting over any fatigue and improve on recovery time. I’m going to list them out here to help people out. I am in no way affiliated with a suppliments company, so I’ll keep the suppliments generic. What I took pre workout was the following:
BCAA
Vitamin C
Multi vitamins
Flaxseed oil
For post workout, I took a protein shake.
Let me know if anyone else tries this and let us know your results.
I’ve been away for a while, but I thought I’d write up on this article. Recently I went to a large convention and for whatever reason, a large number of people got sick.
I got hit with it myself, but I was also one of the people who recovered the quickest from larengitis and the flu. People asked me how I do it and I share with them 3 simple areas I focus on that when all 3 are working in congruency, it works wonders. I’ve refined it over the years, but it’s still based on the 3 basic areas.
1. Dose up on goodness. This means taking vitamins where you body may be deficient in. Vitamin C is normally good as well as multi vitamins. Also taking up lots of greens and alkalizing helps. I cheat in this area by taking a vege supplement. It pretty much alkalizes as well as provide you all the daily nutrience your body needs from vegetables in 2 teaspoons. Goji berries also help with increasing anti-oxidants. Fruits are also good as it keeps the water content high. One thing I’ve started recently where I’ve been able to feel the effects is a slice of lemon for every 500ml of water. I was surprised how something so simple could have such a positive effect.
2. Exercise. Exercising helps the blood flowing and overcome the sickness. It also puts you in a better state for recovery. Don’t push yourself as hard as when you’re feeling well. It will tip you over the edge. Some exercises I HIGHLY recommend is trampolining. A rebounder will work just as great. The effects of bouncing up and down lymphises the body. It allows the body to flush out the toxins faster. Rebounding or trampolining for 15 mins a day works wonders. This is one of the best investments anyone can make for their health, hands down. It’s also great for weight loss as it generally puts the heart rate into zone 3 for metabolic heart rate for burning fat. Sickness doesn’t stand a chance when you have one of these :p
3. Positive attitude. This is one I use a great deal. I’ve recently incorporated the power of incantations, where you get your whole body into it. Not only just affirming you’re going to get better, you’re strong, powerful, fit, but you’re also sending a clear message to the body where sickness will have no option but to be defeated. By changing the physiology by doing chest pumps, power moves, whatever; you’re in a much better state to recover than being down in the dumps effected by sickness.
This formula has worked wonders for me through the years, take a proactive approach and it will do the same for you.
