Jeffrey Beck: Mount Olympus Hike Progress

Dylan's performance is amazing. The young man is a heart transplant recipient, is 6'9, weighs 265 pounds, and is carrying an additional 20 pounds in his backpack during his hike up Mount Olympus in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is part of Dylan's comprehensive fitness programm made up by personal trainer Jeffrey Beck, and it is already their second ascent of this mountain. Jeffrey: "Our new goal is to get to at least 2,000 feet. See how far Dylan and I get this time."



Round one of Jeffrey's and Dylan's hike up Mount Olympus: http://workoutinspiration.blogspot.de/2012/06/jeffrey-beck-hiking-mount-olympus.html

You can follow The Dylan Project on Jeffrey Beck's You Tube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/CCJB
Jeffrey Beck's website: www.jbeckfitness.com
Jeffrey Beck on Facebook: Jeffrey Beck Fitness
Download Jeffrey's personal training app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/body-shop-fitness-app/id417908618?mt=8#

Jeffrey is well reputed for his suspenseful and surprising Halloween videos. Here he presents a teaser video with a special announcement:

8x800m Fail (Sort of)

Goal:
8x800m with 1:30 rest at 2:38-2:43

Actual:
3.5 mile warmup
8x800m at 2:43-2:46 with 1:15-1:20 rest
3 mile cool down

4.3 miles in the pm for 15 miles total

This was a sort of fail because I didn't hit my target goal times.  Since I was pissed off at my own efforts, I decided to make the rest even shorter than it was supposed to be to try to make up for my lack of speed today.  I'm not sure what's going on, but it was just hard to find that second gear today to dig deep.  Unlike how I felt last Tuesday, when I did 400s on the Speed Loop, my legs felt heavy and lethargic as I rounded the turn into Dilworth Road East.  I made an extra effort to finish out the workout entirely even though I wasn't feeling great at all.  Definitely wasn't what I was looking for as the confidence booster going into the Greek Fest 5k, but it will do.  In the end, I got in the effort for the day and was able to post some solid miles for the day.  The big goal is Philly, and I'm working towards that.

Soreness update:  my left hamstring is still bothering me some, and on my double in the evening it felt the worst it has in the past two weeks.  I'm stretching but trying not to do too much so as to not aggravate it any more than it already is.

Tomas Duran: New Shootings

He goes all-out when lifting weights, and beams with joy when flexing to check the effect of his training in the mirror. It's thrilling and motivating to watch 19-year-old natural bodybuilder Tomas Duran working out in the gym and sculpting his physique for his next competition. You find many high quality galleries and videos of him here on CzechYoungMuscle.

(100 Miles) Week in Review

100 Miles
4 Doubles
2 Workouts
19.5 mile long run

I ran 100 miles this week.

Enough said.

not much to report here except that I actually had quite a bit of fun running these miles this week. I ran probably 90 of these miles with friends from the Wilmore Running Club and managed to even run two workouts after traveling back from London. I couldn't be happier with where things are...except for maybe those few aches and pains that are bothering me right now.  Need to make sure I nurse my tired legs back into good health so that I can toe the line at Philly healthy and strong.  Definitely need to get back into my regime at the gym---or even in my spare bedroom where I have loads of exercise gadgets that I've paid too much money for and yet rarely use.  For now, I want to stuff my face with Toblerone chocolate and watch the Closing Ceremonies for the Olympics.

Mischa Janiec: Natural Bodybuilding Is My Life

"For me natural bodybuilding is the purest form of bodybuilding and far more than only a sport. It's a passion, it's an attitude to life, it's pure love." Mischa Janiec's enthusiasm is rousing and convincing. In this video the 21-year-old Swiss athlete and personal trainer explains his way to bodybuilding and his goals, demonstrates his training and posing, and assures at the end: "I want to be a bodybuilder and stay fit, as long as I am able to work out."

Mischa speaks German in the video. You can activate the English subtitles, if you click on the symbol on the toolbar of the video.



Video: BodybuildingRev, http://www.facebook.com/BodybuildingRev

Just Like Clockwork - 5 Mile Tempo

Goal:
5 Mile Tempo at 5:45-5:50

Actual:
2.5 mile warmup
5 mile tempo in 29:36 (5:57, 5:57, 5:57, 5:59, 5:47)
3.5 mile cool down

7 miles in the pm for 18 miles total

Well, ever since I did those 400s on Tuesday, my arch, achilles and hamstring have all been extremely tight.  Nothing crazy, but also something that definitely should not go ignored because I feel like I'm on the precipitous of injury--right at the point where either I could keep doing what I'm doing now, which in terms of prehab is absolutely nothing, or choose to make some changes and actually do my exercises that help prevent aches such as these.  I'm also leading into a nice 100-mile week and I'm sure these are the kinks to be felt.

I think that the travel took its toll on me during this workout, as I felt like it was a chore to run in the high 5:50s.  However, I was able to go pretty quick that last mile, thanks to the push from Stephen Spada.  Hey--at least we were consistent with our first four miles, right?  Now I need to keep up my training regime in the weight room and make sure I keep any injuries from becoming a reality.

Tom Brady workout and diet secret

Tom Brady workout and diet secret

What you need to know:

Tom Brady fitness secret

and workout routine

Tom Brady workout and diet. Thomas Edward Patrick (Tom Brady) was born on August 3, 1977. He is an American football quarterback for NFL. He stays in top physical shape with a combination of weight lifting and cardio, both during the football season and during the off-season.

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