No, my face is not always that red. My knees seem to be coming in.
I should be writing more but I haven’t been. So let me take this opportunity to brag a little.
The two big PR’s are a 400lb squat and an 8:23 Helen (3 Rounds 400m run, 21 KB Swings, 12 Pull-ups). What made me excited about this is that they came one day after the other and they are OPPOSITE workouts. 1 Rep heavy squat versus light weight/bodyweight/running WOD.
What this means is that despite gaining 30lbs in 30 days with milk and gaining a bunch of strength, I have managed to come down in weight and maintain a higher strength level than I had before I put on the weight. At the same time I ran 2 miles in 12:37 and this Helen.
What is the lesson? Getting strong is nice and short term strength/weight gains do not ruin your metcon. It really doesn’t take that long to get back. So IF you have stalled in strength it might be worth focusing on it in the off season at the cost of getting a little fat and slow. You’ll get it back. Next I want to do 30 Squats and a 1 mile run and see what my time is. I think 7 minutes in the bench mark.
And don’t worry, I’m not too skinny. I just got my BF tested at 18% and still weigh 200lbs.
In future posts I will talk about my new recovery attempts. It includes rather expensive massage.