Acid/Alkaline Theory of Disease Is Nonsense

Acid/Alkaline Theory of Disease Is Nonsense

Hmmm? I'd heard of this idea back in the 80's, touted by some alternative lifestyle folks, but, never gave it much thought and it seemed to disappear. Then a commenter here, reminded me of this notion. I'm not certain what I think about it, but, it seems debatable.

When you read the Wolfe Clinic suggested list of foods... most of the "alkaline foods" are foods that are good for you and you should just eat. Most of the "acid foods" are foods that can be good for you but that you should eat in moderation. That is if you are eating a zone plan, you are approximating the "alkaline/acid" recommendations, anyway. But apparently the goodness is for a different reason -- just plain good nutrition, perhaps?

Plyometric Press Movements

August 26, 2010

Taken it easy.

20 minutes on the Elliptical thingy, nice chat with C.

Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch, hold for 90 second, roughly
Forward fold
Nice chat with S.

3 round circuit
Incline BP, 135#x20, 115#x20, 95#x20
Cable One Arm Rear Lateral Raise, 40#x12
hanging knee raises, 15

Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
Forward fold
Nice chat with S and S.

Standing Cable Crunches, 150#, 10 neutral feet, 10 alternating lead foot, each
Halo Swings, 30# dumbbell, 20

Guinness Time

Yoga Burpees, HipHop Burpees, Parkour Burpees

Lactic Acid Is Not Muscles' Foe, It's Fuel

Lactic Acid Is Not Muscles' Foe, It's Fuel 

August 24, 2010

HAPPY DAMN BIRTHDAY! M

hang squat cleans, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2
push up burpee with a pull up, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10

3rounds

Farmers Walk, 45#, 25#, Stairs, 1 cycle
4 way neck machine, 150#, 4x4
Hanging knee raises, 15
Cable Push Pull, 50#, 10 each side
Good Mornings, 100#, 10

2rounds
Waiters Walk, 45#, 25#, stairs, 1 cycle
lunge with dumbbell reach, 10 each side
halo swings,  10
hyper-extensions, 15

S & M joined me.  M hardly broke a sweat.  

Promise to myself -- found on Mike Burgner's site

August 23, 2010

BONK!

August 20, 2010

Weighted vest.

0-60 warm up
Sumo dead-lift high pull, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
push up burpee with a pull up, 2, 4, 6, 8 ,10
Stair farmers walk cycle, 50#, 25#, 3 cycles

Work Cycle
3 rounds
Overhead Squats, 95# with chains, 8
Cable Crunches, 150#, 20
Supine Rows, 8

Core
2 rounds
Farmers Walk, 80#, 85#, 75 feet
4 way neck machine, 150#, 4x4
Hanging knee raises, 15
Cable Push Pull, 50#, 10
Good Mornings, 95# plus chains, 10
Farmers Walk, 80#, 85#, 75 feet

August 19, 2010

Work out group, 10 or so, 81 sunny and breezy, weighted vest.

Standard warm up and mobility... ok, a little variation.

Jump circuit, jumps for 30-40 seconds, jog to a certain yardage, jump some more and so on.

La Machina

3 Rounds
Run, 100 and back, once, or, run 40 and back twice, or run 10 and back 4 times
jumble of stuff usually strength, squats, push ups, lunges and so on.

Run and jumble

3 rounds

run 20, 40, or 60 yards and back, hard
jumble, burpees, planks, push ups and so on.

I think the difference between the two rounds is just the duration of the work cycle.

August 18, 2010

Yoga.

Was pretty good to day. No chanting.

August 17, 2010

Weighted vest.

0-60 Warm-up
Push up burpees with a pull up, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Thrusters, 95#, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Stair Climbing-farmers walk, 45#, 25#, 3 rounds

3 rounds
Swiss ball dumbbell bench press alternating, 30#, 30
Clock-face lunges, 3 rounds, 2 with dumbbells
bent over rows, 30
side bends, 30

2rounds
Farmers walk 75ft, 75lbs
4 way neck machine, 150#4x4
hanging knee raises, 15
standing cable crunches, 160#, 20
cable push pull, 50#, 10 each side
Good-mornings, 95#, 15
Farmers walk 75ft, 75lbs

Ok, I've done this work out several times now trying to message the kinks.

Goals -- work the heavy dumbbells up to 75# on the stair-climbs, and increase the cycles to 4. Increase the dumbbells in the second circuit to 45# keep the reps at 30. Increase the dumbbells to 105# on the Farmers walk.

I like changing between, hang squat cleans, thrusters, and sumo dead-lift with upright row, in the warm up. The lunges don't really work for me, in the second cycle, so, I'm going to swap between split squats and box ups instead. Work back up to 3 rounds on the last cycle.

I think I'll do this on alternating weeks. On the odd weeks I'll replace the second cycle with a simple couplet, Squats/ham raises, and go heavy, 5x5 for one example, dead-lift/push press/cable crunches, for another example. This way I'm working muscular endurance and maintaining the strength gains I've made. It is a thought, we'll see how it plays out in the real world.

August 16, 2010

Work out group, about a dozen, weighted vest.

Standard mobility and warm up.

Weight Room

5 rounds
Dead Lift, 275#, 5
Pull ups, 5
Goblet Squats, 100# dumbbell, 5
Push ups, 5

forward 2 lines, backward one, width of 4 tennis courts
1 minute plank
backward 2 lines, forward one,...
1 minute supine plank
forward, alternate lateral shuffle backward one.

3 rounds
40 seconds of supine hip march, 20 seconds of air squats, metabolic jumble

4 court suicide

August 11, 2010

Yoga.

No bliss today.

August 9, 2010

8/9/10, kinda cool

10 of us, weighted best, sunny and humid, but not too hot.

Usual warm up and mobility.

Pre-work
1,2,3,4,3,2,1

push-ups
lunges
burpees

3 rounds
running and direction change drill left and right
dumbbell circuit, 3 rounds, 3 squats, 3 high pulls, 3 push press
medi-ball, chest passx5, left side throw and catch with rotation x5, chest pass x5, right side throw and catch with rotations
medi-ball overhead, 20 reverse walking lunges

4 rounds
lateral broad jump 10 yards left 10 yards right,
5-20 pushups
20 squats
5 yards left sumo walk, 5 yards right sumo walk, 10 yards duck walk

everybody holds a plank and each person bear crawls to the 10 and runs back, and so on for both sides

my heart wasn't really into it today, I blamed it on the sun and the vest, but, those are probably just excuses. I scaled most stuff and just kept going.

August 6, 2010

Weighted vest, sore and tired from the 2 a day yesterday.

Pushup burpees with a pull up, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
hyper-extensions, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

Stair climbing, 3 rounds, 45# and 25#, so this is good and tough, but... kinda boring. I think I'm going to increase the weight a little bit and aim for 4 rounds and call it good, at least for now. It was a huge difference doing the hyper-extensions rather than the hang squat cleans.

3 rounds 35# dumbbells
swiss ball dumbbell bench press, 20, 30, 40
bent over rows, 20, 30, 40
clock face lunges, 2 rounds, 3 rounds, 4 rounds
side bends, 20, 30, 40

15 minutes on the elliptical thingy

August 5, 2010

Workout group, 10 of us, weighted vest -- 82 degrees and humid.

Standard warm up and mobility.

3 way Suicide, trigger event
v-ups
rest
burpees
lunges
push ups
3 rounds

partner bench carry anyhow, 400 yards, kinda goofy, kinda cool

big suicides, 25 yards, 50 yards, 75 yards, 100 yards

3 way suicides, I bonked on this

Evening Work out-- weighted vest, mmmm still wet from noon

Hang Squat Cleans, 89# 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
Push up burpees with a pull up, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

Stair climbing, 45# and 25# dumbbells, carry a pair up, walk down empty handed, carry the second pair up, carry the first pair down, and so on. I think I only got 3 cycles before my heart considered exploding, and I decided to pull back a bit -- hot and humid in the stairwell.

Diagonal Plate raises, and Bent over rows.

25#x12 each side, 89#x12, 35#x10 each, 89#x10, 45#x8 each, 89#x8

15 minutes on the Elliptical thing, my heart rate fell below 150 bpm after 10 minutes, but, held an average of 150 for the full time. I have no idea what the rate was in the stairwell, well over 160 I'd guess.

3 rounds
Farmers Walk, 75 feet, 85#, 80#, 75#
4 way neck machine, 150# 4x4
Cable Crunches, 150#, 10 neutral feet, 5 left forward, 5 right forward
Cable Push Pull, 10 each side
Good Mornings, 135#x10
Farmers Walk 75 feet, 85#, 80#, 75#

August 4, 2010

Yoga.

I find the twinkly, chanting music, to be annoying and distracting. The ambient sound, fans, weights dropping, basketball, and Hindu chanting, ends up so loud and distracting that I can't hear the teacher giving instructions.

K walked down with me for her first go round with yoga, to my mind she looked strong. I hope she sticks with it. So that was a positive thing. And, I guess noise aside, my time was well spent.

August 3, 2010

Weighted vest.

Hang Squat Cleans, 89#, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2
push up burpees with a pull up, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

Stairs. 45# and 25# dumbbells. Carry, one pair, up, return empty handed, carry the next pair up, and carry the first pair down, back up empty handed, carry the second pair down, and so on, 5 cycles.

3 rounds, Swiss ball, and 35# dumbbells

Dumbbell bench press on the swiss ball, alternating l, r, l, r, 24 reps
Bent over rows, 6 on a side
split leg squats trailing leg on the ball, 6 reps on a side
side bends, dumbbell in each hand, 24 reps

2 rounds
Cable Crunches, 150#, 20 reps
Cable Push Pull, 50#, 10 on each side
hyper-extensions, 10