Monday, June 25, 2012

Tough Mudder 2013 Preparation

I've signed up for another Tough Mudder in Melbourne for January 2013. I'm excited and anxious to get started on my training this time, and I've got a couple of extra friends to do it with this time, which should make it even more fun than the one I did earlier this year!

I've been having a bit of a think about how I'm going to prepare this time around, and here's a few of my random thoughts:

  1. Drop 10kg. I weighed a good 115kg the first time around, which was fine for all of the strength training that I do for the powerlifting and/or strongman comps I want to do later this year, but carrying the extra body fat sucks for a mud run, so I'm tackling this early on. I've got 7 months to drop 10kg (the more the better), which is more than enough time. Going low carb, high fat, high protein for this. Carbs to fuel workouts only.
  2. Run more. I'm going to start with running once a week, either for a short sprint around the block a couple of times, or for a slower, 5-6km run/walk around my area. I'll build up to 2-3 runs a week.
  3. Drop the volume in my weight lifting. Low volume. High intensity. For most exercises. I'll still hit high volume on my Kroc rows, because that keeps my upper-back strong for benching and deadlifting, my two favorite lifts. I'm not trying to get bigger. I just wanna get stronger.

That's it; drop some weight, run more and lift a little less. Simple.