Project Ski: Sessions for 1/4 and 1/5/09 and a Request

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brought up the "hedonic treadmill" in my last article and in keeping with that, I've noticed something else. I have released just about all of the governors on my activity with the exception of sitting in certain types of chairs or sofas. For example, on Friday (1/2/09), I helped Elle "stage" one of her listings which is real estate lingo for making the interior of a house more attractive by using either things already in the house and rearranging them or bringing in some additional decorative items. I seem to be good at that and I'm bing and strong (well, I'm big). We were there several hours and I moved furniture, hauled some twin mattresses down a couple of flights of stairs, rearrange rugs, bedrooms, a living room. I was tired but otherwise felt ok.

Then, on Sunday, I took down most all of our Christmas decorations: lights outside on the house, some stuff in the yard, the Christmas tree, a bunch of decorations in the house. This took a few hours and then I packed up all of the boxes and hauled them off to a storage place and unloaded those. After this, I went to the gym (the session is below). I came back, helped Elle finish packing up the decorations, loaded them into the SUV and made another trip to the storage place and unloaded everything.

So, last night, I hurt. In the middle of the night, I think one of the worst times to hurt if there is a worst time, my entire spine, cervical to lumbar felt like it was made of twisted barb wire. Tight, stiff, sore, cranky. I didn't sleep well and that often makes for a long and difficult day. But, within a few minutes of being up and moving around, I felt fine and I've felt great all day. No soreness; nothing. The problem is that moving around also revs up the mental hard drive and my day starts whether I want it to or not.

I was much less physically active today overall and I reduced the duration of my training. I cut my sitting in half today as well. I'll find out tonight if I did the right thing or not.

My session for 01/04/09:

• 15 minutes speed intervals on a stationary bike
  • Four rounds of:
    • 12 Bulgarian Split Squats
    • 12 Squat - Gunners
    • 12 Speed Gunners
    • 30 seconds of a full plank
• 15 minutes of speed intervals on a stationary bike

Total time was 48 minutes and 33 seconds

My session for 01/05/09:

• Five minutes jump rope (4 rounds of 100 hops)
• Power clean and press (6 sets of 8 reps)
• Plank rows (3 sets of 10 reps)
• Seated pull downs (6 sets of 8 reps)
• Speed squats (6 sets of 8 reps)

Total time was 31 minutes and 48 seconds.

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SPECIAL REQUEST
My brother Josh sent me an email with some great questions about the details of my training. Why I use certain repetitions, rest periods, loads, why I keep track of the total time, etc. His email was perfectly timed as I've considered starting another blog that digs into the "why" and "how" more; giving more details about the physiology of training (not just mine but in general), how to do certain drills, what to avoid, how not to get hurt (for example, the Power Clean and Press is a drill that has a couple of subtle static and dynamic components to it in order to to do it right and reduce risk of injury and how to do other drills that I have developed (Vector loading, joint strengthening, tendon conditioning, three dimensional stretching, OnX drills, etc.). I'm going to answer some of Josh's questions here in the View, after all, he is my brother, but I could use your help.

Would some of you like access to more detailed information? Maybe you're a trainer or therapist or just really interested in knowing more? If so, what topics would be of interest to you and finally, would you like to contribute your ideas as well?

I would love to hear your thoughts and ideas. Please feel free to comment on the blog or email me at dkelsey@sportscenteraustin.com

Thanks and be well.

Wish me a good night's sleep.
DK

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