Two Speed Camps for the Price of… 10

Posted by Brandon
July 26, 2008

You can follow my daily updates here on Geek2Freak, and you can follow my overall weekly recaps every Sunday at FitBuff.com.

Also, for my daily updates from before this blog was born, check here: Personal Daily Workout Log (June 4, 2007 - July 17, 2008).

(I recommend perusing October 2007 and the following several weeks, as those were especially turbulent times, including major jaw surgery, being wired shut, and losing nearly 20 pounds in 7 days!)

Today’s Workout Log

“Speed Camp Saturday”

Speed Camp 1 (7:30am - 8:30am)
Circuit - We did the following set of runs/moves in a large square, with everything going forward on the first lap, then everything going backward on the second lap, and continue alternating for eight laps.

Intervals/Laps completed - 8

Speed Camp 2 (12:30pm - 1:30pm)

Workout Journal Notes

Wow, typing all that out makes me feel a lot better now that I’m safely back at home!

Basketball has always been my specialty, and I never played football, so this was the closest I got to partaking in the infamous “two-a-day” ritual.

It started bright and early with my second week of the early-morning speed camp. A lot of the same people showed up, with one or two new faces.

It felt good to know a little more of what to expect with my big bad 2-week veteran status.

Everyone, including the trainer, is always nice and energetic which makes it a lot easier to get going that early in the morning.

We started out similarly to last week with some light jogging and dynamic stretching drills. Then came the meat…

The dreaded cones were back again and seemed to be spread even farther apart from each other. He walked us through the procedure, as outlined above, and I was relieved that the drag-your-body walking push-ups weren’t in this one.

Little did I know that I would be begging for those once I experienced forward and backward-moving jumping jacks. Just like it sounds, you do regular jumping jacks, but with each jump, you jump forward and right into the next one.

Then, on the alternating laps, where all the moves are done backward, you do jumping jacks and jump backward between each one, instead of just standing in place.

It didn’t sound that difficult when he explained it, because jumping jacks are usually just a warm-up type exercise, but I challenge you to go try them right now!

Even on the first or second lap, and especially toward the end, they were absolutely brutal!

The blond robotic 15-year-old cross country guy finished first again, but at least I didn’t get lap’ed this time.

I like him, because he sets the bench mark really high, and I know just trying to keep up with him shaves at least 30-60 seconds off my time.

As camp goes on and my endurance increases, I hope to keep inching my way closer.

We finished with a series of modified push-ups and core work. I really like this stuff, because it’s more in my element.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s still incredibly tough, but I have a lot more experience with strength and core work than with more endurance-based training.

Once camp was over, I went inside to pay for my 12 sessions. Last week was my demo/intro week, and I didn’t have any money with me.

YMCA members pay about $150, and since I’m not a member, I pay about $200. That wasn’t too bad, but then when he typed my name in, there was an overdue balance on my old YMCA membership from years ago, so I ended up dropping about $300!

Then, at $90 for the second speed camp (for 6 weeks) on top of that, my wallet was quickly losing as much fat as I was.

The money could go to a bunch of more wasteful, empty causes though, and at least everything is paid for now. Plus, I certainly won’t be skipping any sessions!

Speaking of the second speed camp, that was the one I had found before the YMCA one, but had to wait, because the next 6-week session didn’t start until today.

I figured I’d still give it a shot since it sounded like it would complement the other program nicely.

Last week, it was nice to be done with my workout at 8:30am, but today, it was more like, “Ok, less than 4 hours until the next one…”

I came home and ate plenty of calories (and will be for the rest of the day), because my body loves to start shedding pounds whenever it gets a chance, and I don’t want that to cut into any muscle gains I’ve made.

I got to the second speed camp facility right on time, and it turns out I was the only person there. The advantage is that I’m getting one-on-one training at a group rate, but I also like to compete, so I wouldn’t mind another person or two either.

Since this one is set up in progressive sessions, it looks like it may be one-on-one for the whole 6 weeks which is fine, but if someone else shows up, that’s cool too.

My only problem coming in was I noticed my right calf was sore right after the morning workout. My rule is: If I have a symmetrical pain on both sides, then I’m probably just tired/sore, but I don’t like when something only hurts on one side in one specific spot.

It wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t walk on it, but from 1-10 (with 10 being extremely painful), I’d put it at about a 5 (and now that I’m finally done for the day, it’s crept up to about a 6-7).

But, I didn’t want to start my first session as a whiner, so I pushed through it and just prayed that something didn’t pop during any of the drills.

I’ve always loved anything involving hand-eye coordination, so I really enjoyed all the fancy footwork drills.

That’s why the two speed camps go so well together, because the first one helps build my endurance and flexibility, while the second one is going to focus on quickness and short explosive bursts.

I can’t wait until next week when I’m sure my calf will feel much better, so I can do the drills a lot faster.

I’m certainly no speed demon, but I know the coach had to think I was much slower than I really am.

Especially considering I put up some disgraceful 40-yard times on the bad leg: 5.68 seconds and 5.63 seconds, with my fatigued 40 coming it at 5.78 seconds.

But, it feels great to have completed everything, and there couldn’t be a better time for me to be heading into a low-intensity/bodyweight week.

I had already planned on it, since I’ll be starting the Maximum Strength program next week, but now, it will also be perfect timing to allow my calf to rest up.

I’m sure it’s just tired and sore from a combination of my new sprints, speed camps, and recent introduction of deadlifts.

Tomorrow will be a well-deserved rest day, and we’ll see where my weekly stats and measurements end up after all this!

Check back tomorrow for my updated stats, measurement, and progress pictures at FitBuff.com.

Current Stats and Measurements (July 13-20, 2008)

Height - 6′3″
Weight - 192.2
Bodyfat - 14.5%
Biceps - 14.5″
Calves - 15″
Thighs - 24.25″
Waist - 32.1″
Chest - 44.25″

Current Supplements

BSN CELLMASS (Creatine)
100% Whey Protein - Gold Standard
Life Extension Multivitamins
NOW Foods, Super EPA Double strength - 60 Softgels (Fish Oil Capsules)
Flaxseed Oil 1000mg, 100 softgels
NOW Foods, Glucosamine & Chondroitin plus MSM
Greens+, 9.4 oz powder

Current Workout Routine

Custom Blend based mainly on the foundations of the following two books:

(I will be officially beginning and following Maximum Strength to the letter in a week or so, and right now I’m just introducing a new few aspects of it.)

Weekly Progress Pics

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Before (Mid to Late 2005)

Before

Current (July 20, 2008)

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