pig
08-03-2013, 06:18 AM
Well I thought I would keep myself honest here and start a journal. Hopefully it won't be a few posts and get lost on page 10 due to my lack of commitment, but I am going to try and be diligent in my keeping this quest alive.
I've been toying with the 4X training system in Ironman Magazine the last couple of weeks, and the soreness is unbelieveable! I don't know if it's the workout routine or more my lack of being out of shape from not working out so sporadically over the last few years. It's very humbling to use such lighter weights, also due to loss of strength, but more so due to this being about getting into shape and trying to protect my joints.
It's a challenge to be not quite 50 and deal with 3 or 4 different areas of pain and try to live a good lifestyle and not fall into the trap of eating and drinking to escape, but I am going to try and turn this around and be more consistent with my eating and training.
I want to thank everyone for your help and encouragement and hopefully a few of you can follow along as I try to take myself to new places.
Monday will be go time on the new routine and I am going to keep myself honest here and any advice will be appreciated.
As for my personal life, my daughter is getting married next Saturday so it's going to be somewhat of a girly week, lol. She's a junior at Iowa State University and has her plate full, but they're in love so as long as they have that they should be okay. As for me, it will be tough but sometimes you have to let them go and make their way in the world. So now it's about me and the wife having time for ourselves and doing the things we would like to do, even though this wedding has hit the wallet something fierce, lol. My wife bought my a new Harley this spring for my 50th which is in October so I'm enjoying that and looking forward to the milestone of hitting 50, kind of a big number, but what am I going to do? I'm just going to try and make the best of it and move forward and try to enjoy the ride rather than fixating on the destination.
Thanks for looking in and take care everyone.
I've been toying with the 4X training system in Ironman Magazine the last couple of weeks, and the soreness is unbelieveable! I don't know if it's the workout routine or more my lack of being out of shape from not working out so sporadically over the last few years. It's very humbling to use such lighter weights, also due to loss of strength, but more so due to this being about getting into shape and trying to protect my joints.
It's a challenge to be not quite 50 and deal with 3 or 4 different areas of pain and try to live a good lifestyle and not fall into the trap of eating and drinking to escape, but I am going to try and turn this around and be more consistent with my eating and training.
I want to thank everyone for your help and encouragement and hopefully a few of you can follow along as I try to take myself to new places.
Monday will be go time on the new routine and I am going to keep myself honest here and any advice will be appreciated.
As for my personal life, my daughter is getting married next Saturday so it's going to be somewhat of a girly week, lol. She's a junior at Iowa State University and has her plate full, but they're in love so as long as they have that they should be okay. As for me, it will be tough but sometimes you have to let them go and make their way in the world. So now it's about me and the wife having time for ourselves and doing the things we would like to do, even though this wedding has hit the wallet something fierce, lol. My wife bought my a new Harley this spring for my 50th which is in October so I'm enjoying that and looking forward to the milestone of hitting 50, kind of a big number, but what am I going to do? I'm just going to try and make the best of it and move forward and try to enjoy the ride rather than fixating on the destination.
Thanks for looking in and take care everyone.