Hey Todd, Miss you and training with you more than ever. My flight out of Norfolk was late and I missed my connecting flight. I then had to fly through DC and LA to get home 5 hours late to find they lost my luggage and my car battery was dead. Needless to say I was to tired to work out yesterday.
Today I did Wendler's week 1 again, I am going to jam it all in like you suggested before I travel next so I can finally be on track again. Today I did back squat 5x165, 195 and 215. I then did 25 strict pull ups with a 2 second pause at the bottom, it took me four sets to finish that. I then did 3 rounds of 15 GHD sit ups and KBS. I also run the girls around the block a few times in the morning, that is our new warm up.
Question for you. I like working out in the mornings, it means there is always time in my day to train, but do you think it is a problem I don't eat first? Should I wake up even earlier, which it's 0500 now, to eat? Right now I may be so fat it doesn't matter, I have heard both sides of the coin, thoughts?
Hey Scott! Miss you too! As far as your question goes I can extrapolate as to why you have heard both sides of the coin. Again, like all things, it depends on your goals. If your goal is strength development, I would most certainly recomend that you have something in your tummy. I don't really see you having to wake up very early though. I would use things like some coffee, protein shake, no big deal really. Since you work out at home, just take it in to the garage with you. I do that all of the time. More importantly it is what you take in after you workout. Now, if you are just doing metabolic stuff, who cares? John Shaeffer is a big proponent of "fasted cardio" etc. Or, you could do the whole wake up at 3 am to take ina protein like the hardcore body builders do LOL!
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