The Sub-199 lb Preparation

Saturday, May 6, 2023

After a lengthy workout week, I am now shutting things down until Monday. The song I play to kick off my mornings continues to be...

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It does jazz me up in those dregs of the 3 o'clock AM hour.

Resistance

It was a good, second week of resistance. As I moved the duties of tracking my reps/rests from my phone to my Garmin watch, I have freed up some precious minutes and again, I reworked my PDF of (media content yanked to optimize site) .

On some days, I added a 4th exercise. On those that are unchanged, I bumped the reps to 20. On my end, I adjusted the weight accordingly to my ability. That said, I am gonna have a cornucopia of FAILURE this week with the added reps!

Cardio

While driving home from the gym this past week, I thought to myself that I really need to work out of 2021's playbook. Chiefly in developing my cardio for my 5K races, I signed up with a Panera coffee subscription as a daily target to reach. I would run 3 miles there and walk with a coffee in hand 1.8 miles back.

That said, I am likely at a weight on January 2021, when my running routine was still months away. But, that is not the point. Plus, so far, I am running 6 weeks faster in my weightloss than before. I am scheduled to see if I can overcome 7 lbs, but I have already passed that. Perhaps I ought to see if I beat out 14 lbs?

Purchases

As I am fully confident I will be plowing beneath the 200 lb floor in the weeks ahead. I made a few investments in myself:

  1. Xero Prio shoes
  2. A Classic FlipBelt
  3. Sanabul Essential Combat Shorts
  4. Sanabul PAW v.2 Gel Cross Training Handwrap Gloves
  5. Sanabul Essential Gel Boxing Gloves
  6. Sanabul Essential Long Sleeve Compression Rash Guard
  7. Sanabul Mens Essential Compression Tights ( Spats )