Supliments

I never made it to a workout this weekend. But I did sign up for the 24/7 gym yesterday!

One thing that got me thinking over the weekend was some soreness in my fingers and forearms which is to be expected when training for Ninja Warrior and then it occurred to me that I should be taking a certain supplement that I haven't been.....

Fish Oil!

Fish oil is really good to take and really good for joint recovery. And I should be taking it, you should too even if you aren't training for Ninja Warrior!

There are a few other supplements that I take. I take a multivitamen called Optimen, I take it because it seems to have EVERYTHING. Now the package says take 3 tablets for one serving, I do NOT do that. I take one tablet in the morning and one tablet with my after workout shake, why? Well my after workout shake is designed to spike my sugar and rush nutrient to muscles and other vital areas.... so.... more  vitamins to more places that need it.

I usually take some extra vitamin D, because we just don't get enough sunlight.... (especially when your a gamer).


I take Whey protein, talk about the corner stone of my diet.

I'll take Casein protein sometimes after a workout mixed with the Whey and sometime before bed. The difference between the two are Casein is a slow releasing protein, while whey gets used much faster. The idea behind the casein is your body is not eating anything else while your sleeps so that nice slow release for the muscles is perfect. Its good for post workout too.

In my whey protein and casein are BCAAs and glutamine, I use a brand of whey called ON or Optimum Nutrition, it tastes good and seems to always have all the extra stuff I want in it.

That's it. I drink a lot of orange juice with my after workout shake so inadvertently I'm in taking a lot of vitamin C. I've already workout today, but may workout again later today because of my missed day last week. If I do it will help me mentally prepare for the potential hurting that will come next week with 2 workouts a day.

This weekend I'll try to film and post my first "testing of goals", it gauges were I am with how strong I need to be for Ninja Warrior. Just to give an example of how I'm doing so far, today I Farmers Walked 100 pound dumbbells in each hand. Let say American Ninja Warrior tryouts are mid May to mid June, thats 20-24 weeks away. If I where to increase my strength every week by 5 pounds, thats only 2.5 pounds more in each hand that 50 pounds in 20 weeks, which would put me at my goal of 3/4 my body weight in each hand for farmers walks.

And that is the real secret to it all. Stop thinking about how far you have to go with something and start looking at it at what kind of BABY STEP do you need to take in order to get to your goal. A 2.5-5 pound increment may not seem like a lot, but like the math above, multiply that by 20+ weeks and you've got yourself 50 pounds....

My forearms are hurt.... I farmer walked and deadlifted  315 today, you know let break down that one too. 315 deadlift, the goal is 400 (this all assumes that by the time Ninja Warrior happens I'll have dropped my weight from 210ish now to 200 ANW time). Thats a 85 pound different, which means I need to up it by 5 pounds every week..... see, easy.