For the past several weeks, I have had a nagging reminder in my head..."you haven't written any blog posts....your experiment is failing!" Well, I have finally gotten around to it. This has been a busy, but fun-filled summer. I've spent several weekends with friends and my love up north in Muskoka. I got my boating licence, learned to drive a boat/sea-doo, waterskiied (for all of 3 seconds) and got a ridiculous tan! I also managed to complete my remaining 2 modules for my FSA designation....now "all" I have left is those pesky 2 humongous exams!!!
The main thing though, that has been taking up the better part of the past 7 weeks has been a new experiment. My personal CFE experiment has been put on hold. While I still am super motivated to spread the CFE word to all who want to incorporate endurance training into their lives, I am working on something else for myself....I call it "getting as strong as I possibly can". I can't recall the exact inspiration that led me to that point, but 7 weeks ago, I committed to : squatting and benching twice a week, deadlifting (minimum of once, sometimes twice), pressing, powercleaning, pendlay rowing, chinning up and the occassional conditioning sessions. I am loving it. My biggest improvement has been in my back squat. Its gone from 135x5x3 to 190x3x5. I'm hoping to hit 200x3x5 next week. Fingers crossed!
I"m thoroughly enjoying progressing each week and pushing past what I never thought was possible before by me. Where this will take me, I don't know, but I'm excited to find out!
I'm also excited to start up with some Endurance coaching coming up this fall. We all recall Jeremy who had a significant improvement in his technique and time for his mile time trial? That could be you! :)
