Eating the Food that Food eats...

I was asked the question yesterday, "Why do you eat the food that food eats?" After glaring in shock at the person who asked me, I simply replied; "So I can eat all the food." I use to be this narrow minded. I scoffed at people who ate vegetables. Laughed and mocked Vegetarians and Vegans. Calling them "Pussies", "Weak", etc. It wasn't until I started to work at Whole Foods that I changed my tone. Its not that they created an environment that stomped out my ignorance, I was very fortunate to work with 2 Acupuncturists, a Master Herbalist, and have access to a very intelligent and accomplished Naturopathic Doctor. I first thought is was blind luck, but I realized I was there for a greater reason.

While there I met 2 Vegetarians who were Strongman athletes (500+ Bench Press for both men and a combined 1500+ of Deadlifting strength.) I met a Vegan Bodybuilder that was in such amazing shape, I would have done him if I was a gay man. It was there that I learned that Bill Pearl, one of the greatest Bodybuilders of ALL FUCKING TIME was a Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian (meaning he still ate Eggs and Cheese, no other animal proteins). My world was changed. But I personally was hard to change. I am stubborn man. My WHOLE family will tell you this. My wife will bitch about it some times. But its my stubbornness that has had a large part of shaping me.

Since then I have worked tirelessly to change my eating habits. Not because they are horrible or even bad, but because they could be much better. I now try to get 30% of my calories from raw food. Mostly vegetables, fruits and nuts. Occasionally I'll do raw meat (sushi doesn't count in my book) and raw milk (which I FUCKING LOVE!). The other 70% I do in cooked meals. I do my best to stay away from cooked grains since they bloat me (I do a lot of brown rice, which doesn't bloat me) but its mostly cooked veggies and meat. All of this is the name of longevity. I am looking at myself at 50. In 20 years I want to be able to move around and play like I do now. I want to be about at 60 to wrestle with my Grand kids. Sure that is a lot of years, but the knowledge I have of the human body has made me a very dangerous man. A man who has seen with his own eyes what happens to people who believe the vile poison being presented to us by the media, corporations, and even our own government in the name of health.

...the workout.

I stayed with the building block program with the minor tweak of a 5th movement. Despite my fatigued state when I woke, I had one of my best workouts to date!! My muscular control is coming back. I feel my torso pressurize and stabilize my back and hips as I did EVERYTHING today. I was a glorious feeling!! My breathing was strong, controlled and not labored. I even felt I could have gone another 15mins. This is good! My recovery during my workout is improving and my body is adapting to not just the workout stress but the daily stress that impacts it as well. I know that it is only a matter of weeks before I blow through this current workout with ease and hunger for more. I must show patience though.

Warmup/Dynamic Mobility: 10mins
Crunches: w/ 8kg: x40(my abs had little eccentric recovery from Monday. I had to give them a little break)
Windmills w/16kg: x40 (these are getting better. My obliques are doing more work and my shoulders are fatiguing as much)
Club Butterfly x50 (I am getting my 2lbs back soon)

-Squat w/16kg: x35 (I need to push to 40 total reps)
30sec
-BO Row w/16kg: x35 (same as squats)
30sec
-Push ups: x35 (I did narrow and wide hand positions today. I am going to stay with it for a couple of weeks)
30sec
-Swings w/24kg: x35 (these were crisp, powerful and comfortable)
30sec
Iranian Drumming w/10lbs: x35 (I let my breath take over this movement. I think that I ended up doing 45-50 because I lost count at one point. These felt great! They are following me to the next rotation.)

Finally the cat jumped off my lap. He was making it hard to type. He kept swiping at my hands.

Closing...I need to get my Pharm Tech paperwork out. I need to talk to the lady at the bank about student loans for school. I need to call the massage school close to my house and set up a sit down meeting with the director and drill him with the list of questions I have. I need to make a better life for my family.