Weekly Weigh-In, WOD, Run Recap #3

Wod for 1/25/13

Welcome to the Weekly Weigh-in, WOD, Run Recap (W3R2). This is where I give insight of what exercises I’m doing throughout the week, from last Friday to this Friday. So let’s get into it!

Weigh-In

On 1/18/13 I weighed 296.7,  lets see what my current weight is:

 300 pounds and running weigh in

Workout, Run Recap

1/20/13: Long slow distance.. 4.84 miles ran and 1045 calories burned

run 1.20

1/22/13: Easy short run before I went to class

run 1.22

1/23/13: SKILL: Max Time: Ring L Sit x 3 Team WOD: AMRAP 15 min; 250m Row and Max Rep Kettlebell Swings

wod 1.23

 

1/24/13: Tempo 5 mile run

run 1.24

1/25/13: Warm Up: Partner Wheel Barrow x5 gym lengths each / Partner Leap Frog x 5 gym lengths / Cart Wheels x 2 gym lengths. WOD: For Time; OH Barbell Lunges 21-15-9 Push Ups, Mountain Climbers; 9-21-15 Ring Dips, DB Push Press, Prisoner Box Jumps (Note: This is a team WOD… Partner 1 will perform as many OH BB lunges as they can while partner 2 does the 21-15-9. When partner 2 finishes they switch. After both have completed 21-15-9 and OH lunges, they can advance to the second portion of the WOD. Your team score is the total number of prisoner box jumps. For each second you finish behind the team in first place, your team must deduct one box jump per second for your final total. Good Luck!)

Wod 1.25

Well there you have it folks that was this week’s Weigh-in, WOD, Run Recap. If you like what I’m doing please subscribe. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter:@300lbsandrunnin, Like the 300 Pounds and Running Facebook Page, if you are on: Instagram I’m @300PoundsAndRunning, Dailymile: @300lbsandrunnin, and Nike Plus:@300PoundsAndRunning. Lastly I’ve create a group on Facebook called Crushing Goal Together… This is a new support group to help anyone plan, track, and crush goals, be sure to check it out.

Until next time I’m 300 Pounds And Running

Weekly Weigh-In, WOD, Run Recap #2

Welcome to the Weekly Weigh-in, WOD, Run Recap (W3R2). This is where I give insight of what exercises I’m doing throughout the week, from last Friday to this Friday. So let’s get into it!

Weigh-In

On 1/11/13 I weighed 299. watch to video below to see my current weight!

Workout, Run Recap

1/11/13: Nice easy run… It’s gets dark here around 4:30PM

Easy Run on 1/11/13

1/13/13: First long run of the year.. 6.16 mile and 1546 calories burnt.

Long Run

 

1/15/13: Brutal WOD! Warm Up:  “Ab-O-matic” 4 Rounds (30 seconds each) Barbell Roll Out, Supine Air Bicycle, Russian Twist, V-Ups. WOD: 50 DB Thrusters, 40 Walking Lunges, 30 Ring Ring Rows, 20 Air Squats, 10 Grasshopper Push Ups, 20 Air Squats, 30 Ring Dips, 40 Burpees, 50 DB Snatch. Time Finished: 22:59

Wod 1.15.13

1/16/13: 300 Pounds and Running in the snow! Easy 3 mile run.

running in the snow

1/17/13: This WOD was pretty crazy! Warm up:  Broad Jump 5×3 WOD: 4 rounds (30sec each exercise): Jump Rope, Push Press (barbell), Mtn. Climber, Push Ups. Rest 1 min! 3 Rounds (30sec each exercise): Pull Ups, Toes to Bar, Air Squat. Rest 1 min! 2 Rounds (30sec each exercise): Sit Ups, Superman Back Extensions. Rest 1 min!1 Round: 30 OH Squat, 30 Bar Facing Burpees, 30 MB Slams (Finished 8:48)

WOD 1.17.13

Well there you have it folks that was this week’s Weigh-in, WOD, Run Recap. If you like what I’m doing please subscribe. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter:@300lbsandrunnin, Like the 300 Pounds and Running Facebook Page, if you are on: Instagram I’m @300PoundsAndRunning, Dailymile: @300lbsandrunnin, and Nike Plus:@300PoundsAndRunning. Lastly I’ve create a group on Facebook called Crushing Goal Together… This is a new support group to help anyone plan, track, and crush goals, be sure to check it out.

Until next time I’m 300 Pounds And Running

Weekly Weigh-In, WOD, Run Recap #1

Welcome to the inaugural Weekly Weigh-in, WOD, Run Recap (W3R2). This is where I give insight of what exercises I’m doing throughout the week, from last Friday to this Friday. So let’s get into it!

Weigh-In

On 1/2/13 I weighed 305.9 let’s see what I weigh this now.

 

Weigh In

 

 

Aww Snap! I’m back under 300 pounds… That feels good let’s see if I can stay there this time.

Workout, Run Recap

Lately my workouts and runs have been a little sporadic, so this weekend I will be working on a workout/run schedule this will help me stay organize since the semester starts in a week or so. Here are my workouts/ run for this week.

1/3/13: This was my first run of the year… I was a little rusty so I ran intervals of 3 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking 7 times. Resulting in 2.64 miles ran and 811 calories burned via my Polar FT40. I also went to CrossFit of this day and did FRAN! My thruster weight was 75 lbs. and I use a heavy-duty band for my assisted pull-ups; finishing in 8:07.

Run WOD FranWOD Fran thusterWOD Fran Pull Up

1/14/13: The WOD was a team workout consisting of 4 alternating rounds of 20 Manmakers, sit-ups, 20 Medicine ball clean/slam @ 20lbs and sit-ups. Time finish: 29:29 If you don’t know what a manmaker is check out this video.

 

Wod Eat Your Vegetables

 

1/7/13: I ran a nice little 5K to get my week started.

 

Run 1.7.13

 

1/8/13: The WOD was 10-1 overhead squat@ 105 lbs. (OHS) and hand release (HR) push-ups, five minute rest and 1-10 front squat @105 lbs. and ring dips. (*note 10-1 starts with 10 OHS and 1 HR push-up, then 9 OHS and 3 HR push-ups…so on until you do  1 OHS and 10 HR pushups.)

wod 1.8

1/10/13: I ran 4.01 miles with an average pace of 13’26” with 832 calories burned.

Run 1.10

Well there you have it folks that was this week’s Weigh-in, WOD, Run Recap. If you like what I’m doing please subscribe. Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter:@300lbsandrunnin, Like the 300 Pounds and Running Facebook Page, if you are on: Instagram I’m @300PoundsAndRunning, Dailymile: @300lbsandrunnin, and Nike Plus:@300PoundsAndRunning. Lastly I’ve create a group on Facebook called Crushing Goal Together… This is a new support group to help anyone plan, track, and crush goals, be sure to check it out.

Until next time I’m 300 Pounds And Running

 

Getting Back to Normal (CrossFit After Pneumonia)

Buddy Up

Lately I’ve been struggling to get things back to normal. December has been a rough month for me. I slowed things down when finals week came around. During finals I ended up getting pneumonia and things really slowed down to snail’s pace. Well last Friday that finally ended, when I went to my first CrossFit class since pneumonia. Let me tell you it felt good to be back in my box. Everyone was excited to see me back. Asking me where I have been, they miss me. I responded with “pneumonia,” their response was, “Oh yea that will take you out of the game.” Anyways I looked at the WOD board I said to myself, “this is going to be interesting,” it was a partnered WOD. I ended up partnering with a guy named Ben; I’ve seen him in the advance classes. The average person would would be intimidated, because he was probably this fittest in the classes, but I really didn’t care. I told home I’m planning to do everything, but I might need breaks in between workouts… I might be slow but I’m always going to finish…

3, 2, 1 Go! Let the WOD begin! 5 minutes later I’m gasping for air… Damn I can’t breathe! Push, push, push, one more, one more, one more. That’s what I told myself as I mulled through the workout out. Everything was semi smooth sailing until I got to those Over/Unders…for those who don’t know what over/unders are … It’s when your partner get on all fours and you jump over them, then they plank and you crawl under them.

It might sound simple exercise but the jump and crawling aspect wore me out! It got to the point where I stop jumping and started to step over him (Hey you gotta do what you gotta do!) I kept pushing and we ended up finishing first. This is odd because I usually finish last every CrossFit class. That was an added bonus what I was really excited about was finishing my first CrossFit class since having pneumonia. I feel like I’m just about back to normal I have to see what my first run will be like…Anyways I’m excited to be back.

Until Next time I’m 300 Pounds and Running.

 

Don’t call it a come back!

Buddha Qoute

AH Yeah! Guess who back….back again! 300 P.A.R.’s back…back again. Guess who’s back…Guess who’s back…Guess who’s back…Guess who’s back…Yes I’m back!

Let me tell y’all something this has been a long and crazy December. Finals, papers, group projects, and presentations…OH MY! Yea if I had a ledge I would have jumped…I’m just playing. I don’t want anybody to think that I need to be on suicide watch or anything. The mess up thing is that after I finished all my finals, papers, and projects; I ended up getting pneumonia… That was crazy because I thought the only people who get pneumonia are babies, old people, and people in the hospital…I was wrong about that!  Your boy was dead to the world for about a week and a half. I spent most of my days in the bed watching Netflix. I ended up watching at least two seasons of 24. Anyways I’m not quite fully recovered, I still have about 4 days of antibiotics left to take…I think I’m functioning at about 85% so the end is near. I want to say thanks to those who follow me on Twitter and Facebook who sent me all types of well wishes….I really appreciated them…I tried my best to respond to everybody but the meds had me in a different world. So this is me saying thanks!  It’s great to be feeling back to my normal self. It’s time to go back to regular plan…

Y’all now I keep it real…so I gotta tell the truth and say that I haven’t gone for a run in while and when I say a while I mean Thanksgiving. Yes I haven’t ran since Thanksgiving…Things have been crazy and I know I can’t use that for an excuse…I need to get butt out there ASAP and run a mile, 5K, or  something… I’ll keep y’all posted on whatever I decide to do.

Until Next Time I’m 300 Pounds and Running.

(Success) How Bad Do I Want It!!!

broken glasses

Before I get started I want to THANK EVERYONE who voted for me. I ended up winning 3rd place and receiving a $500 scholarship.

Blogging Scholarship
Photo Credit: http://www.collegescholarships.org/our-scholarships/blogging.htm

This was right on time because I broke my glasses and they cost just about $500 to get them fix.

broken glasses

So from the bottom of my heart I really just want to say THANKS! Now on to the post…

This is the busy season for me. I have two presentations, a final and two papers to do. I have been cutting out some things like putting up blog post, responding to comments, working out, taking care of the house and not being a good boyfriend. All to stay on top of my school work… I know a lot of people are going to say, well school comes first. Yes, I think that school should come first but school is not who I am.

I am more complex than that and life is not all about school and work. Have you ever heard anybody on their death bed say, “I wish I would have worked a few more hours in the office?” No! They are usually saying I wish I would have spent more time with my family, travel the world, or did things that made them happy.  I know you are all are thinking this is cool Martinus but where are you going with this?

Well something happened to me yesterday that changed my life perspective. A couple of days ago, I was feeling blah, I left out of my stat class with my brain fried. I sat there for 2.5 hours not knowing what was going on. I felt as if I was wasting time. I got two papers to write I should have been doing that instead. So after class I went to the office to eat lunch. So I’m searching through YouTube looking for something light-hearted to bring my spirits up. Instead I found something inspirational. I came across a video from ET The Hip Hop Preacher @Ericthomasbtc. He was talking to students about success. (I suggest everyone check it out) He was telling a story about a guru and a kid. The kid asked the guru if he could help him be successful. The guru said yes…Meet me at the beach at 4am.

The guru take the kid out to the beach and dunks the kids head in the water until the kid was about to pass out then he pulled the kid up. The kid asked , “Why did he do that – the guru said, “In order to be successful you have to want success as bad as you want to breathe like when I was holding your head under water.  The guru asked the kid did you see how bad you wanted to breathe that’s how bad you have to want to succeed.

Wow, wanting and needing success is like wanting and needing to breathe. I thought to myself that’s a great story and I am motivated. Let me get back to writing this paper.

However, the message of the story didn’t hit me until I went to CrossFit later that day. (I know I haven’t given you an update yet…it’s coming…promise.) The workout was the toughest workout I ever did… The WOD was called whiner niner it was 9 rounds of 9 box jumps, 9 ring dips, 9 double under, 9 back extensions, 9 burpees, 9 dead lifts  9 mountain climbers, 9 push press, and 9 kettle bell swings and did I mentioned that this was timed.

While I was on my 5th round I just wanted to give up …..it was super tough. I couldn’t hardly breathe I’m grasping for breath. All I wanted to do is to stop and catch my breath. Then it hit me…When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe. “DAMN THAT’S DEEP” Here I am in CrossFit trying to relive some stress and I enlighten myself. I’m in CrossFit breathing heavy I’m uncomfortable but it’s not painful. So I pose myself a question to myself, which is more important to me right now… stop and catch my breath or pushing through the discomfort and completing this WOD. I choose to complete the WOD.  I finish the workout in 46 minutes and 49 seconds. Everyone was clapping and congratulating me for finishing the workout but I was amazed how that message resonated with me. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe.”

During the car ride home I applied that quote to the current situation that I’m in. It’s a busy time in school…So what! Don’t let it stop you from your other responsibilities, being a boyfriend, blogger, business man, etc. Do all of these responsibilities matter to me just as much as breathing? YES…they do. Well make a way to get it all done Martinus, make sacrifices. Give up less important things to get the things that matter the most done. If y’all are not inspired by now I don’t know what to tell you but I know one thing I want to succeed as much as I want to breathe.

I want to thank ET the Hip Hop Preacher @Ericthomasbtc for being an inspiration to me even through you don’t know me. Being that I was born and raised on the east side of Detroit, MI and he’s from Detroit also… I can tell that his message is real and from a place of passion. I wish I could show him some support of something and buy his book but I’m on a graduate student stipend it does not leave much room for extra spending…

Until next time I’m 300 pounds and running….