Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Fitter by 40: Month 1 Recap

Month one was plagued with injuries and false starts. It's ironic that it is the anatomical adaptation phase. The training is geared to strengthening joints and increasing the muscle potentiation - or muscle fibre recruitment.

I started off week one feeling really energized. Week two is when it all went wrong. I jarred my back doing a hack squat. This lay me up for a few days so I restarted week 2 on week 3.

My big challenge was getting enought food. I don't have alot of control over my schedule and with the Warrior Diet I don't really start eating until 4pm. So if I had an early workout I would find myself very hungry by early afternoon. I work to avoid going into a catabolic state - muscle breakdown - by supplementing with BCAA and glutamine.

The rest of this phase went smoothly until April 25. I was helping a friend move and a twisted my ankle stepping out of the truck. This delays the start of the next phase.