Daily Archives: May 25, 2010

Fainted

So I weighed in today at 221 lbs. I took it easy yesterday so that today I could really push myself to do legs. I started out like usual on the recumbent bike and did 40 minutes. Then it was on to a 4 mile run followed by leg strength training in the gym along with some plyometrics. I don’t know if you are familiar with plyometrics but they can be extremely brutal to the body. Basically it is a type of training that involves explosive body weight movements like jumping, lunging or throwing. I was doing a frog jump type of exercise which is crouching down near the ground and springing up as hard and fast as you can up into the air and coming back down into the same crouching position. You do this over and over again as long as you can stand it. For me this is about 6-8 times. After that it becomes difficult to breath or walk. If you do too much you can easily pass out. When I got home I was feeling a bit more tired than usual and very much in need of food. Before the workout I always have a fruit smoothie and a half peanut butter and jelly sandwich. After arriving home and crouching down to greet Tinker a few times I noticed when I stood up I felt more dizzy and light headed than normal. One of these times I actually fell down and almost completely fainted. A bit scary.