I've signed up for another Tough Mudder in Melbourne for January 2013. I'm excited and anxious to get started on my training this time, and I've got a couple of extra friends to do it with this time, which should make it even more fun than the one I did earlier this year!
I've been having a bit of a think about how I'm going to prepare this time around, and here's a few of my random thoughts:
- Drop 10kg. I weighed a good 115kg the first time around, which was fine for all of the strength training that I do for the powerlifting and/or strongman comps I want to do later this year, but carrying the extra body fat sucks for a mud run, so I'm tackling this early on. I've got 7 months to drop 10kg (the more the better), which is more than enough time. Going low carb, high fat, high protein for this. Carbs to fuel workouts only.
- Run more. I'm going to start with running once a week, either for a short sprint around the block a couple of times, or for a slower, 5-6km run/walk around my area. I'll build up to 2-3 runs a week.
- Drop the volume in my weight lifting. Low volume. High intensity. For most exercises. I'll still hit high volume on my Kroc rows, because that keeps my upper-back strong for benching and deadlifting, my two favorite lifts. I'm not trying to get bigger. I just wanna get stronger.
That's it; drop some weight, run more and lift a little less. Simple.
