ETK Week 3-Day 5

 

Friday:

 

It’s kind of sad that this whole process is going by so quickly. It’s hard to believe that I’m almost at the end of Week 3 already and Rite of Passage is around the corner. I’m excited for that, but time has gone by much to quickly for my liking!

 

TGU’s on the menu today, along with my C+P and Snatch pre-warmup – as soon as I come back from my haircut I’ll be getting that done – has me a little out of my normal schedule today but it happens. I’m going to do about 15-20 minutes of these as they honestly are one of my favourite movements that I’ve done in *any* type of workout. It’s moves like that that tell you your whole body is strong and not just one isolated area.

 

One of my goals, as far as flexibility goes, is to do the splits by the end of the 12 weeks. I have been using Relax Into Stretch every other day and Super Joints every day so I’m hoping I see some improved hip mobility. Why would a guy want to do the splits? Simply because society says I shouldn’t be able too.

 

I’ve been looking into Convict Conditioning and while it seems interesting, it does seem a little too basic for my liking. What I mean is, if I can already do most of the advanced moves in the book, how would it really benefit me? I’d really like to hear from anyone who went into it with a strong base and how it really helped them.

 

There’s also a lot of crap going around about the author, Paul Wade, and if he exists/doesn’t exist, and all sorts of moral complications surrounding the book being written by an ex-con. Well whether he is or isn’t doesn’t matter – put your prejudice aside and take what you can from the book – knowledge you didn’t have before is the greatest reward you can give yourself.

 

I’m also reading Tim Ferris’ 4-Hour Body. This really interests me not for the weight loss section, but the weight gain section. There are just some really neat ideas in here for putting on some lean muscle mass. The Las Vegas experiment kind of blew my mind. 60+ lbs in 28 days, no steroids or growth hormone, just simple compound movements and a lot of really good food. It’s something I may undertake but I definitely do not want to put on 60+ lbs! I’d be happy with just a fraction of that so we’ll see how it goes!

 

Well onward to week 4! That will truly be the test of all tests! Can’t wait!

 

Have a good one!