Death Race Training 2011

I love Tuesdays..... It means i get to go back to the gym! After soccer, I will introduce at least one more day a week of gym time. Just walking into the gym gives me a feeling of excitement. I love parking the car, getting out my membership, checking my gear, and once my backpack goes on, I know I am getting ready for work! I never have a plan any longer other than specific muscles to focus on, as I am trying to create as much muscle confusion as possible. I feel light and fast and I have to be honest I do enjoy the trainers and people who are now asking questions about the way I train, and what the Death Race is. A trainer read about Trinity on the Death Race site and now a few there seem intrigued by the journey. Its fun being an athlete again with real purpose and preparing for the biggest adventure and race of my life! I have also enjoyed chating with an elite local runner and I am looking forward to running with her and some of her friends. I am by no means in their class and I am sure they will blow by me, however, if you want to improve you must train and work with people faster and stronger than you.

Tues Feb 1 - Chest and Tri.
All Super Sets 4 sets/10-14 reps (explosive reps)

Flat Bench - Tri Ext. on Back
     1 Mile elliptical
Peck Fly - Tricep Press - Jumprope
     Bike 15 Min
Arm Extension - Chest Press - Mountain Climbers (100/ea.)
     1 Mile Track
Iso Lateral Behind the neck press - Seated Dip - Tri Push Down
     1 Mile Stair Climber
Sauna Stretch
Sauna Work - Sit Ups - Vertical Jump - Calf Raise - Bench Push Ups - Jog 10 sec sprint 10 sec(3xs)
      Sauna work - 3 sets

Steam Room - Stretch

Pope John Paul II, on Nov. 24, 1984,
spoke to European Olympians who had participated in L.A. Games:

"BELOVED YOUNG ATHLETES, your profession as athletes offers you, among other things, also the opportunity to improve your own personal spiritual state. Called as you are frequently to engage in your competitions in the midst of nature, amid the marvels of the mountains, seas, fields and slopes, you are in the best position to perceive the value of simple and immediate things, the call to goodness, the dissatisfaction with one’s insufficiency, and to meditate on the authentic values that are the basis of human life…
"These are virtues that harmonize well with the Christian spirit because they demand a capacity for self-control, self-denial, sacrifice and humility, and therefore an attitude of gratefulness to God, who is the giver of every good and therefore also the giver of the necessary physical and intellectual talents.
"Sports are not merely the exercise of muscles, but the school of moral values and of training in courage, in perseverance, and in overcoming laziness and carelessness. There is no doubt that these values are of greatest interest for the formation of a personality which considers sports not an end in itself but as a means to total and harmonious physical, moral and social development."