Run Forrest Run

During my previous THT Volume Cycle workout...oh yeah - guess I should explain the workout regiment I'm utilizing!!

A few years ago, I discovered www.musclehack.com. Through progressive overloading and other articles, I've been able to transform a 5'6" 200lb frame into 5'6" 170lb frame that is approx 12% body fat.

This is huge for me. I was skinny growing up and got fat when I went to college and entered the workforce. Since using Mark's techniques and programs, I've been able to build muscle, drop fat and even got myself in enough shape to run 2 half marathons.

So back to my original starting line. One of his programs is the THT Volume Cycle. It is basically working out a set of body parts on a day. For example, yesterday was shoulders.

ANYWAYS, previously, Tuesday's were a nothing day. However, because I really like running I brought my gear to work and did an outside lunch run. No big deal right? Except it's -10 CELSIUS here (-16 with the windchill) (14 Fahrenheit and 4 Fahrenheit for non-canucks) and snow is on the ground. I was still able to complete a 5K run in 27:16. Not bad for not running in over a month.

The run felt pretty good all things considered. Here was the format I used:
5 min warm up
30 second sprint
2 min jog
30 second sprint
2 min jog
30 second sprint
2 min jog
30 second sprint
2 min jog
1 min walk
5 min jog
1 min walk
Remaining time jogged

I'll switch it up next time though. I might go 1/4 mile sprints with 2 min rests, etc. Hard to say until that day. HIIT is one of the best methods for losing fat and quickest as well. In 27 minutes I burned 450 calories.

I guess I should also mention my meals for today:
Breakfast: 3 eggs, sweet red pepper, chipotle mayo
Snack 1: cucumbers, chipotle mayo
Lunch: Homemade mushroom soup, pepperoni sticks
Snack 2: cottage cheese, peanut butter, 1/2 banana

Supper will be a chili lime pork steak and salad.

My energy levels feel quite low right now. Some of it is because I'm back at work today, so that meant getting up at 6AM. Some of it is going low carb. Some of it is also from the run. Oh well - that's fine with me.

My shoulders are a bit stiff as well. I actually enjoy that as it means two things: 1) I should not have slacked from working out and; 2) I'm back working out