Iron Clad Ben Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Bar workout on Monday, rest day today. I got a new roommate a couple weeks ago. She has been curious about raw foods so I've started teaching her the ropes, starting with juicing. Next up, SMOOTHIES! Going in for a physical and some bloodwork on Thursday. Should be interesting to see my results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scobra Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'm doing the TM in may for mlps and I just started hardcore training this week. You must be more and more excited as the day approaches. Good luck!!! Keep on training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Wow, haven't posted in 3 days? I ended up having to take a rest day on Wednesday too which I was not too excited about. Ran yesterday and banged out a few pullups at the end of the run. New PR! I got 6 full-dangle pull-ups and only kipped a little on the last one. I've been pretty unhappy so far this year. I've had a hard time focusing and little things have been upsetting me. Now I realize a lot of it is probably because I haven't been getting enough sleep. Sunday night I only got like 4 hours sleep. I got some decent sleep Monday night, but then Tuesday and Wednesday night didn't go to bed until late. I notice it's much harder for me to go to bed at a reasonable hour if I haven't exercised during the day. So last night I slept 9:30pm-7am which was GREAT. I woke up feeling better today than the first time in a long time. I'm not 100%, but I think if I can spend the next few weeks getting into the habit of going to bed early, it will even me out. If I could do something like sleep 8:30/9 to 6am every day I bet I would feel amazing. Plus it's harder to eat well when you're cranky from not enough sleep. Definitely ate an entire big bag of Munchos over the course of 3 days this week. They were good, not gonna lie, but I'm not too proud of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Today, 5-mile bike ride each way to a bar workout My pull up and chin up form is getting WAY better. I didn't know until recently that "kipping" with your legs is considered poor form (cheating). So I stopped doing that. It feels so much cleaner to just have my legs stay completely still. So this time around I got 7 chin-ups with NO KIP, not even on the last couple. Tomorrow I haven't made up my mind how far I'm going to run (anywhere from 6 to 13 miles) and then begin taper for Tough Mudder next Sunday! Today's Noms:Carrot-ginger-apple-lemon-lime juice30 bananas + 1/3lb spinach worth of smoothiesRaw food potluck tonight... kinda worried, we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Long run today 8 miles in 1:17:59 - 9:45 pace, getting faster Did pretty relatively bad on the diet today. Too much cooked food.-Carrot/apple/ginger/lemon/lime juice-32 oz banana-spinach smoothie-3 napalito tamales (probably terrible for me, but AMAZINGLY delicious)-2 oz flax crackers-Red curry vegetables w/brown rice-1 bottle kombucha ***TAPER WEEK COMING UP*** Will try to hang on to my sanity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Been getting 8-9+ hrs/sleep every night. Good stuff! Today:1 mile run in vibramsBar workout: pull ups, chin ups, push ups, dips, flails and then finished with the ab roller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Rest day today. Those vegan tamales I ate the other day completely ripped up my stomach last night. Got barely any sleep. This whole food allergy thing friggin' blows sometimes. This is why I eat so many bananas.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 3 mile run followed by: 1 55-second pull up: 20 seconds up, 20 second hold, 15 seconds down (tried to go for a full 60 seconds but failed) Food today:37 bananas4 fistfuls of blueberries1 fistful of mangos2 fistfuls of spinach Plus maybe more, we'll see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 BEWM-SHOCKALOCKA!! I just hit my first "cheater" muscle-up. What I mean was, it was a 6-foot high bar and I was able to bust a muscle-up jumping from a stand still. It felt SOOO GOOD to get on top of that bar. I felt like I had this new-found power, almost like flying for the first time or something. Accomplishments like this keep me motivated. I can't wait until I can muscle up without the help of a jump, or even a kip. Tough Mudder in 3 days. I take this as a very good sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Rest day. Probably gonna crash early to boot. This is one of 25 obstacles on Sunday http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5474/toughmuddertx.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Today was supposed to be a rest day but I did a 19-mile bike ride and a 3-mile off-leash walk with my dogs. Oh well! TOMORROW: TOUGH MUDDER TX COAST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motionislife Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Hope you had a fun day at Tough Mudder! Glad to hear your wife is almost there too, is she also 80-10-10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Whoah. That was intense. I did Tough Mudder a year ago and it got A LOT harder. Luckily, I was in much better shape than a year ago. Some great obstacles, sadly there were 2 that I did not complete. But all the bar work I've been doing lately totally helped with all the walls and pits to climb out of. I need to do some rope climbing and some monkey bars training before the next one. On one of the electro shock obstacles knocked me unconscious 3 times. It was pretty rough. Other than that it was a great time. I finished the 12 miles in about 3 hours. SOOOO tired right now. 8:19 and I'm headed to bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motionislife Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 You would LOVE CrossFit. Except for the whole paleo thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 LOL, I have been thinking about trying it. But you're only the person I know who does it who isn't super douchey, so I am kinda worried about it. Plus, I am currently enjoying all the intense workouts I want, doing the exact program I want and not paying a dime to a gym. So I'm kind of hesitant to go back to paying for a gym. I like the freedom of being able to workout on my lunch hour at work, it's the perfect way to break up the day. But Matt and I have talked about me trying it as an experiment and then writing an article about it for NMA. One day perhaps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted February 2, 2012 Author Share Posted February 2, 2012 W00h00! Today marks 1 YEAR VEGAN and 7 years vegetarian. I have not been sick since a few months before I went vegan, and I don't plan on it happening again. I made the decision to re-commit to 80/10/10 a few days ago. So this is day 2 of 60 of 100% LFRV. I feel fantastic! I can't WAIT to see how good I feel at 30 days and 60 days. I took a rest day on Monday after Tough Mudder. I went for a run yesterday and my typical 3-4 mile recovery run was actually pretty rough. So I took another rest day today and almost feel kinda guilty about it. But my body needs it. Tomorrow I'll be 100% fresh and ready to rock. Time for another early night. It's 8:40, time to start getting ready for bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanfarris Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Hey man, just wanted to stop by and say "hey." I stumbled upon your blog after being a longtime reader of NMA. I've really enjoyed the podcasts, keep up the good work! Also, you've inspired me to try the Tough Mudder in Wisconsin. I've gotten a few friends to join me as well. It's pretty far from today but I couldn't be more excited. Take care dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.O. Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Ben do you know Robert in person? Did you know that he is moving to Austin too? He's always all over the place but that is his new home base. I'm excited I'm going to visit him and another of my friends and see Austin for the first time this spring during SXSW time. OH but more importantly, you have qualified for the prize package! Great work keeping up with your training journal. Hope to see you continue with it. Cheers, -Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 Awesome, thanks! Yeah haven't met Robert in person but we'll probably hang out once he gets here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Yo Ben! I'll be there in exactly a week! I expect to arrive in Austin on the 11th. Looking forward to hanging out and training together soon! All the best, Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Awesome, what part of town will you be living in? Training log 2-5-1210 mile run today. I love how my tough mudder headband matches my No Meat Athlete shirt. Made a few videos recently, will be posting them pretty soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Couple new videos up: Tough Mudder: Yesterday's Grocery Haul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Another new video. Been eating 100% raw for the past 8 days. For some reason when I eat this way I feel much more creative and less shy about sharing my thoughts, so I tend to make videos. Fun stuff. Here's one I made for one of my buddies who wanted to try some of Tim Ferriss' bro-science supplements in lieu of cleaning up his diet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 12.5 mile run today! Austin Half Marathon next weekendTexas Jugglefest the following weekend!San Marcos Half Marathon the weekend after that!!! Looks like it's going to be one hell of a fun month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Clad Ben Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 MASSIVE BAR WORKOUT TODAY! 8 pull ups (form is now totally clean)14 chin ups (same here)24 dips41 pushups16 lunges70 squats12 jumps onto a 4' ledge12 ab rolls My arms felt like jello after this one. EDIT: Also forgot to mention, I am on day 14 of 100% LFRV. Going for at least 60 days, maybe 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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