Here we go!
I took the past couple of days to reset and recharge. I’m humbled and energized by all the positive comments. Today, I want to share with you my fitness plan for the next 10 weeks or so.
I’ve got to make this a habit. To do that, I’ve to lower the barrier to entry; get out of my head, reduce options and just get to work. BeachBody’s T25 workout is going to be the tool I use for that. I’m not a BB affiliate or coach, there’s nothing in this for me if you click that link. I just like the program and saw decent fitness results when I did it for 5 straight weeks. I’ll do the Alpha and Beta phases over the then 10 weeks every morning before work, and hopefully build a morning workout habit.
I also have to work on my running. Couch Potato to 5k is the program I used a few years ago to prepare for my first Warrior Dash. It turned me into someone that can run…something I NEVER thought I could be. The app I used is Ease into 5K, and I’ll be doing this 3 days a week after work/dinner to build my endurance back up.
Finally, there’s weight training. I’m doing a lot of cardio to boost endurance and lose fat. I need to keep some resistance training in there keep/build muscle and, truthfully, I just love my sandbags too much to leave them alone for 10 weeks. I’ll be using Matt Palfrey’s Sandbag Fitness: 150 High Intensity Workouts to reach that goal. I’ll be doing strength workouts 4 and 5. I’m aiming to alternate them 3 times a week on my non running days.
The end result will be MWF: T25 in the AM, C25K in the PM. T/T: T25 in the AM. T/T/S, Sandbag workouts 4/5. This will add up to about 60 minutes of exercise on most days. I will keep an eye on overtraining, but I’m not terrible worried about it yet. I figure I’m safe for 5-6 weeks so far.
There’s the plan. I have a diet plan, which I’ll go into more detail on in the near future, as well as the mechanism to keep me motivated.