Fuel the Burpee

This week I learned a valuable lesson in the importance of food when it comes to exercising. Normally, my wife and I maintain a fairly normal meal routine. We get up, have breakfast, eat lunch around noon, eat dinner between 6pm and 8pm, and have a few healthy snacks throughout the day. Little did I know that my digestive world would be rocked on Tuesday when my wife had to run errands and didn't return until almost 3 o'clock!

Do you hear that? That tick represents the sound of my stomach slowly eating itself.

Sure, in any other situation I could have just made myself lunch (I'm not completely useless). However, we had just run out of food in the house that morning, thus prompting my wife's excruciatingly long trip to the store. So, rather than go out and get myself some food, I decided it'd be best to just wait for her to get home so we could eat together. Later on that day I would realize the err of my ways in not eating sooner, as I sluggishly made my way through a Ladder of 120 Burpees...

Ba doom boom cha!

Per the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Issues, "a combination of working out and eating healthy foods can boost your energy level as well as feel more alert and aware, both mentally and physically". All of which I was not feeling on Tuesday. You see, I still ended up eating around 3 o'clock or so, but by that time my body was already behind it's schedule, and I was feeling very indolent. So, the purpose of this post is to make sure all of you out there that are ever thinking about skipping a snack, or a meal, DON'T. Unless, of course, that snack is from the Golden Arches, or Taco Smell.

Anyway, I still managed to fight my way through that workout on Tuesday as well as all of the other scheduled days this past week. My results are listed below:

Date Workout Sets Total Time  Beak Time Per Set Total Burpees 4/30/2012 One-Leg 5 5 min 17 sec 40 sec 50 5/1/2012 Ladder 15 17 min 08 sec 50 sec 120 5/2/2012 Pull-up 6 7 min 41 sec 30 sec 60 5/3/2012 REST 5/4/2012 Jacks 7 6 min 42 sec 30 sec 70 5/5/2012 Mix 7 9 min 40 sec 50 sec 70 5/6/2012 REST

I thought I'd leave you with another funny quote this week from one of my favorite comedians of all-time, Mr. No Respect himself, Rodney Dangerfield:

"I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex. In fact, I just had a mirror put over my kitchen table."

L&R,

Drew