Double-T Warrior Dash

[Simpy]

I decided last night that I'm going to run in Tennessee's Warrior Dash this September. I have about 17 weeks to get my out-of-shape, no cardio self ready for a very hilly, 6-7 mile course. Last year I ran the Muddy Buddy with a friend, and it was a blast. I've been told that the Warrior Dash is a bit tougher, and unlike the Muddy Buddy, it's all running. Muddy Buddy alternates between running and biking.

Here's a pic from last year, I'm the one with no eyes on the left:



And here's one of me (back, middle, blue tutu) crawling through the mud:



I've been thinking a lot about what makes me happy with fitness. I've done many figure comps, with moderate success, over the years; but that's not what I most enjoyed. And I trained last year for a Deadlift contest. I ****ing hated that. What I have enjoyed most over the years was when I was a personal trainer and I led a lot of bootcamps. I miss that training. Running in the rain. Getting dirty. I lifted the entire time, but I also did a lot of short runs, sprints, burpees, pushups, you name it. So, I'll be doing a lot of the same for my Warrior Dash preparation. I plan to sit down this weekend and come up with a plan.


In the mean time, I'll be using Double-T supplements. I couldn't survive with my favorite two: Glutacene and Nitromine. I doubt I'll thrown in any Ketocuts. I've got a few pounds I could lose, but I'm not worrying about it right now.

[beefcake66]

1st. yaaarrr.
Kill it Simpy!

*resumes lurking*

[erinlee01]

I think sometimes that we share a brain. Seriously, the training you described is what I have been thinking about switching to for the fun factor.

[fitnessman]

This will be good

Oh and 4rd

[Simpy]

Yay! A fan club.

Erin, I loved training like that. And I loved how I looked. I used to have girl dates with friends just so we could torture ourselves with strange workouts and then we'd go out for coffee and cake. It was a blast.

Now, on to other things. I need a running partner, and I think I'm going to get a dog. I have a small dog now. His name is Rudy and he's fantastic. But he poops out after a long hike and I think more than a mile or two would kill him running. He is little, afterall. I want a larger dog to keep me company on the back-woods, country roads that I'll be running. There's a dog that my husband has been interested in, but I can not, for the life of me get the adoption folks to call me back or return an email. So, in an act of defiance I stopped by the Humane society in my town last night and Jack, my son, and I looked over the dogs. There are two contenders.

Hansel (the brindle on the right)




White Socks



The nice thing about Hansel is that he and Jack bonded instantly. And he's very quiet. His sister was very noisy and demanding. I would not adopt her, as I just don't think we'd mesh. The bad thing about Hansel is that he would need to be an indoor pet and I'm not sure that I want a dog that big in the house, althought he's already house trained and likes to sleep in his crate at night.

The nice thing about White Socks is that she's a farm dog and has never been inside. I also like that she would bark at strangers, though as soon as they got out of the car they'd know she was friendly. The bad thing is that, although Jack liked her a lot, they didn't seem to connect the way Jack and Hansel did.

[Bando]

6st!

Sounds like a lot of fun Simpy, I was tempted to run in one last year. You'll do great, and enjoy a turkey leg warrior style after the race

[fitnessman]

With the addition of our re-formulated products you are going to rock this!!

[Lex29us]

Simpy girl I always knew you were a mudder.

All jokes aside, I so have your back on this. All the best to you. I'll be following closely.

Peace!!

[Simpy]

6st!

Sounds like a lot of fun Simpy, I was tempted to run in one last year. You'll do great, and enjoy a turkey leg warrior style after the race

It was so much fun last year. I think I have a few friends that might do this one with me.

With the addition of our re-formulated products you are going to rock this!!

I can. not. wait!

Simpy girl I always knew you were a mudder.

All jokes aside, I so have your back on this. All the best to you. I'll be following closely.

Peace!!

Great! This should be fun. It's always fun to train for an event.


I just found this video from last year. It's not a good video, but Jack and I are at 2:10 of the video.

[Archfrank]

Good luck with this training Simpy! Looks like some serious fun is waiting!

[djz227]

You've got this!

[mab23]

love the mudrun pics - in subbed and first page!

[Mr.Xrcise]

This is going to be oh so AWESOME! Go Simpy go, go, go!

[tmonkey]

14rd

[Buffycat3]

HI ! *waves*

I certainly don't want to miss this!


*Applauds* for you in adoption!
The lucky dog will definately be grateful to you and your family!

CarryOn Ms Leah!!

[StlBarbie]

Subbed for Simpy doing CARDIO!!

[DirectedRage]

A friend of mine just did this race in Georgia and he said "if ya didn't go ya missed out" so i'm sure it will be worth the hard work! I'll be tagging along

[Simpy]

I did some looking and research and I think I'll go with the Hal Higdon 10K novice training. I'm using novice because it's been many years since I've run seriously and I think it's going to kill me. Hal's training is a 8 week program, but I'm going to double up, at least the first 3-4 weeks. Once I see how my body's adjusting to the runs I may go with the plan for the last half of the program and then stick with longer runs until the race.

The plan looks like this out of the box:



I'll be doing full-body trainings on the strength days and I plan to build a plan for that in just a bit. I've got some ideas but nothing set in stone yet. For the first 4 weeks of training I will do body weight exercises and spinning on the cross-training days. I plan to do more sprinting once my body acclimates to the running. I love to sprint!

Also, Sexy gave in and I'm getting my running dog! Jack and I went to see her on Saturday and I think she's going to be great! Her person was a military guy and he got deployed and no one would take her. She's been well handled and knows many commands, though she and I will have to do some one-on-one obedience training, too. Jack has decided that he will name her Holly. For those of you who don't know, Jack has started a family of theme-based animal names. We have Christmas the cat, her son, Blitzen, our terrier, Rudolph, and now we'll have Holly, the Australian Shepherd mix. Holly will be 100% outside, except, of course, for really bad weather. Rudy is mostly outside even though he's small. He just loves being outdoors and has turned into a 75% outside dog.

Here's a pic of Holly:




Here's Rudy. He had a haircut a few weeks ago. He gets out and tromps in the weeds some and the burrs get stuck in his hair so badly! He's not as cute with his hair short, but still as sweet.



Double T Supplements
I brought new supps with me to work! I was out of Nitromine and Glutacene in the office and had to go last week without. But no more. I am quite prepared to get moving with my training and EXCITED!


Weekend Review:
Big Sexy and I took our son and his friend, Cruise, to CoCo Keys Water Resort yesterday. I had bought a Groupon for four a few months ago and it was set to expire. We all had a lot of fun. The place was a nice size, though not quite as big as Great Wolf Lodge. It didn't have one or two of the big water slides, though it had four good-size ones, and it didn't have a wave pool. Sexy was disappointed about that since he loves a wave pool, but he quickly found the bar and was happy again in no time.

The bartender asked Sexy how to get 'big' and, of course, Sexy told him to look up Double-T products! He said that I was a rep for the company and could answer any questions if he had them. That's when the bartender told him, "I figured your wife was a bodybuilder. She's jacked!" lol. I'm so far from jacked that it's laughable, but I guess for the average American I'm far more 'jacked' than most. I wonder what he'd say about some of the truly hot, jacked women on this site? Still it made my day to know that people notice.

[Archfrank]

What moves will you use on the full body strength day?

[MONGO260]

I decided last night that I'm going to run in Tennessee's Warrior Dash this September. I have about 17 weeks to get my out-of-shape, no cardio self ready for a very hilly, 6-7 mile course. Last year I ran the Muddy Buddy with a friend, and it was a blast. I've been told that the Warrior Dash is a bit tougher, and unlike the Muddy Buddy, it's all running. Muddy Buddy alternates between running and biking.

Here's a pic from last year, I'm the one with no eyes on the left:



And here's one of me (back, middle, blue tutu) crawling through the mud:



I've been thinking a lot about what makes me happy with fitness. I've done many figure comps, with moderate success, over the years; but that's not what I most enjoyed. And I trained last year for a Deadlift contest. I ****ing hated that. What I have enjoyed most over the years was when I was a personal trainer and I led a lot of bootcamps. I miss that training. Running in the rain. Getting dirty. I lifted the entire time, but I also did a lot of short runs, sprints, burpees, pushups, you name it. So, I'll be doing a lot of the same for my Warrior Dash preparation. I plan to sit down this weekend and come up with a plan.


In the mean time, I'll be using Double-T supplements. I couldn't survive with my favorite two: Glutacene and Nitromine. I doubt I'll thrown in any Ketocuts. I've got a few pounds I could lose, but I'm not worrying about it right now.

I was going to do the one in AZ but I couldn't get the time off for it. One of my co-workers was able to do it and he said it was a blast. Have fun

[Simpy]

What moves will you use on the full body strength day?

I just figured it out.

Workout 1:
Squat
DB Bench
BB row
Shoulder press
Seated calf raises
Decline crunches


Workout 2:
Deadlift
Front squat
Incline DB press
Shrugs
Curls
Skull crushers
Knee Raises


Bodyweight workouts will include: Plyometrics (love it!), pushups, pullups, dips, perhaps some handstand pushups if my wrist can stand it.

I was going to do the one in AZ but I couldn't get the time off for it. One of my co-workers was able to do it and he said it was a blast. Have fun

Muddy Buddy was awesome except for the part when our bike broke. Carrying the bike up the hill because it was too busted to push it - that just plain sucked.

[Archfrank]

Sounds great! Now I'm subbed to this for sure haha, hope you got my PM also.

[Lex29us]

I just figured it out.

Workout 1:
Squat
DB Bench
BB row
Shoulder press
Seated calf raises
Decline crunches


Workout 2:
Deadlift
Front squat
Incline DB press
Shrugs
Curls
Skull crushers
Knee Raises

Looks like a winning recipe you have here. Keep up that focus and determination. I can sense your excitment. Go get'em!!

[Mr.Xrcise]

Congratulations on getting your running buddy! And your training plan looks great. You hit it like that for the entire time and you will definitely be jacked!!!

[Simpy]

Today's Workout

Squats: 135x10, 10, 10, 8
superset with:
Seated Calf Raises: 80x12, 12, 10

DB Chest Press: 30x15, 35x12, 12, 12
superset with:
BB Bent-rows: 80x12, 12, 12

One Arm Standing DB Shoulder Press: 20x10, 12, 12
superset with:
Decline Sit-ups: 2 x 20

5 minutes stretching

Lifting took approximately 32 minutes

[bblazev14]

This looks like a lot of fun!

[StlBarbie]

Damn woman, that's a lot of lifting in 32 minutes!!!

[emilysoft11]

Congratulations, every get the running man! And your training program looks good. You hit it like the whole time, you will raise!
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[Simpy]

This looks like a lot of fun!

I think it will be.

Damn woman, that's a lot of lifting in 32 minutes!!!

I was gasping for breath. I pretty much took last week off from the gym due to work conflicts and I can feel it.

Congratulations, every get the running man! And your training program looks good. You hit it like the whole time, you will raise!

Please don't clutter my journal with all your links.





Today's Workout: I was childless/spouseless this morning, so I got up early, came to campus, and went for a run. 3 miles in 31.39. My first mile was right at an 8 minute pace. My last two miles bumped up to around a 12 minute pace. Yep, lots of walking on those two. I'm still rather proud of myself. I haven't run in ages and I haven't done a 3 mile run in a veeeeeery long time. Finish with a bit over a 10 minute pace/mile was pleasing.


I finished my workout with 10 minutes of stretching, focusing primarily on my low back.


Supplements: 8 nitromine post-run. I wanted some Glutacene but my only bottle was in my office. I may sip some in a bit, though, just because.

[beefcake66]

Good pace!! Much better than I do on my treadmill. I'm still working up to be able to do a mile straight jogging... I should be able to. Maybe tonight I'll try... after upper body workout and football......... probably won't have the energy!

Your workout looks pretty solid, ms jacked bodybuilder