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Metabolic Efficiency Phase - Day 9

Motivational Session

Tomorrow, I'm going to show you another motivational video. The first time I watched it, it made me think that if this guy can endure this much struggle, there's no way I can whimp out on my workouts. It's a touching story of unconditional love and perserverance. A son simply asked his father to participate in a triathalon with him. It doesn't sound like much, but wait until tomorrow, you'll see why it's so inspirational.

Workout

Limbo Thrusters - 20 (See below for details)

Turkish Get Ups - 5 each side with a challengign weight.

12 minutes of cardio in your THR

Nutrition

Let's talk about protein today. Protein is an essential part of your diet. It is made up of chemicals called amino acids. These amino acids are responsible for re-building and repairing the muscle cells you are damaging when you work out so hard. Protein and their amino acid building blocks are also important in many other parts of nutrition, such as immune function, nutrient transport, hormone production, and many other pieces of the puzzle.

There are essentially two ways you can get protein. If you are like most people, you get your protein mostly from animal sources. Some people like to stay away from eating animals or their products. They choose to get their protein from plant sources.

If you like the animal protein, try to select lower fat choices like turkey, lean beef, fish, chicken, etc. If you like vegetable protein (like from beans or nuts) you generally will want to select two items because vegetable proteins generally don't have all of the essential amino acids (meaning they aren't produced by the body).