The latest…
So, things are moving along nicely. I did as I said I would since we’ve spoken last; I’ve put all my focus into my weak links. Excellent, excellent decision. The supposed negative is that I lose even more of that which has always defined who I was-my muscularity. Of course, that is only a positive and now I’m really into it like I thought I would be. It’s really good for my character to get out of that trip-it’s a trip that I’ve put on myself as well as has been perpetuated by others. This is the new project now though. The workouts are centered around stability and balance, by which I mean strengthening my weakest links(not doing exercises with one foot on a ball, one in a sandbox, with my tongue stuck out and my eyes closed) and the diet is based around building a solid base of intestinal flora.
In regards to the diet, I’ve been doing mostly fruit and some vegetables. No animal products and no fatty vegetation. Not because I think that stuff is bad, but because I’ve learned that fat(an oil) has a way of interfering with insulin and it’s ability to eschew sugar out of the blood stream by way of coating the surfaces it comes in contact with and keeping things from entering or exciting them-fat is our insulater from the cellular level all the way up. So instead of avoiding the sugar to try and kill candida, I went the other direction(which is the only thing that has ever worked for me in my life). As expected, symptoms are no worse than usual, but totally gone just yet-still have some changes to make.
In regards to training, honestly I feel more on top of my game now than I’ve ever been. The fact that every single one of my major joints causes me discomfort at least sometimes if not most of the time, that I’ve had four muscle tears(highly irregular for a non drug using athlete), that only one of my calves is fully functional, and that basically my whole body is inflexible has been the driving force. And the fact that those are all due to seperate injuries is quite a feat in and of itself I must say. I just got off the phone with my mom explaining this to her. I’ve been very forced into finding information; otherwise my life would be a whole lot more uncomfortable than it is. My back is doing awesome, I’ve come up with some great ideas there. My shoulders are doing less than awesome, but I believe they are on their way up. And my all around flexibility has improved dramatically just by making a few changes; the primary one being antagonist stretching. I’ve come to understand that a big reason people don’t get any results from stretching is that they are stretching the wrong muscle groups. They are stretching the ones that are tight and painful as a result of a tight antagonist. First they have to stretch the support, the one that allows the opposing muscle the ability to flex. Then, if need be, they can go ahead and do the muscle in question itself.
There’s a lot of chicken and egg stuff in anatomy but it’s not to difficult spotting the problem if you look into your past history-ie, finding your pattern overload. I have to admit, I’m REALLY into this right now. Definitely not into the bbing side of fitness at the moment, really into the functionality and well being stuff. Anyone who’s been reading this blog knows that’s been going on for a while now.
In other news, I’ve taken on a couple of projects, one of which is an ebook. We’ll see if I can bang this thing out. Stay tuned.
