Part of this post is to through some new shit against the wall and see what sticks in your brains and part is some stuff I forgot to post about yesterday.
This week I've been working a lot on my mobility. Lots of stretching and rolling. What's strange about a complex muscle system like the hip girdle is that when one part is off, the rest is off. Case in point: my right TFL (tensor fascia latae). This sonuvabitch has been bothering me for a while and I've recently started to really pay attention to it with the roller and the stretching. Because of this it's started to relax and not be so damn tight. Because of that other parts of my hip complex have started to overcompensate and thusly feel tight. My left iliopsoas and piriformis are starting to feel tight and have led to some back pain of late. It's like playing that Wack-a-Mole game at Chuck E. Cheese's (the "E" stands for Entertainment). You hit one down and another one pops up in a different place until you get so goddamn mad and frustrated you start missing, yanking the mallet off of the game, kicking the game, being asked to leave, refusing to leave, having the cops called, still refusing to leave, being "escorted" out in a struggle where your pants and underwear end up around your ankles, and so on and so forth. I've seen it a hundred times. My point is that when you're dealing with a biomechanical issue in the human body you have to treat the whole system, not just the symptoms. That's kind of a catchy rhyme. I should trademark that.
The other thing that I've been working on is my diet plan for my upcoming meet cycle. It's going to be macronutrient (carbs, fat, protein) based instead of calorie counting based. I recover better with more protein so that is going to stay constant at 250 grams per day. Carbohydrate intake is going to be based on my activity level. On days I lift heavy and use a lot of muscle mass I'll eat more. Probably in the 400-600 gram range. On days that I rest or do just cardio it'll be closer to 100-200 grams. I'm going to try to get most of that from fruits and sweet potatoes with some rice, oats, and bread sprinkled in. Fats is going to be based on my carbohydrate intake. Higher carb days will be lower fat days and vice versa. Fat sources will be egg yolks, some nuts and seeds, natural nut butters, and oils such as coconut and olive. I'm not going to put together a detailed, what-to-eat-when plan like I normally do. I know what I should and shouldn't eat and I know how much to eat. I just have to be diligent with it as it is very easy for me to get lazy with it.
So there you have it. I'm ready to get going with my meet cycle. I'm excited to see what I can do.
Song of the Day:
“There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation -- veneer isn't worth anything.”
-George Washington Carver
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