Daily Archives: May 8, 2010

I Am Superman

Excerpt from Lois Lanes first interview with Superman:

Lois – “How big are you… how TALL are you?”

Superman – “About 6′ 4″”

Lois – “And.. how much do you weigh?”

Superman – “Around 2… 225”

Lois (grinning sheepishly) – “2… 225?”

Yes I did reach 225 today and I am indeed 6’4″ tall. I started out at about 285 two years ago and have been pounding on my body hard 18 hours a week running, cycling, skating, and weight lifting. My longest distance run thus far has been 10 miles but that was very difficult and I don’t think I will be doing that again any time soon. On a normal day I will cycle for 40 minutes which usually covers about 10 miles, then run 4-6 miles, followed by a grueling gym workout rotating between a leg workout, a push day (chest shoulders and triceps), and a pull day (back and biceps). Core training is also worked in about every other day. Diet generally consists of a cyclical type of calorie restriction where I restrict somewhat heavily during the week and then reload glycogen on weekends with considerably more calories. Meals are consumed every 3 hours with the heaviest of calories consumed in the early and late morning. Lighter meals usually are restricted to no more than 3-4 bites of a healthy meal of fiber rich carbs, proteins and lots of water. I do not count calories nor do I count macronutrients. I think I would go insane if I tried to do that. Every other weekend I will have a cheat meal where anything goes.