4 rounds of
Chins: 1x14, 3x12
Standing ab wheel: 5
Dips: 1x14, 3x12 (25 pushdowns after final set)
BW reverse hypers: 10
50 pull aparts
30 GHRs
10 neck bridges each way
Tabata rounds on the BAS with 16oz gloves
Notes: Getting the daily work knocked out first thing, as we have plans for some fun today and I got the race tomorrow.
On the nutrition front, I’ve reintroduced wild blueberries into my diet. I’ve heard/read enough positives about them and fruit is something I’ve avoided for too long. Now, these HAVE had interesting impacts on my digestion before, so I’m easing in with just a half serving. I mixed it in with my greek yogurt creation: 2/3 cup of fat free greek yogurt, protein scooper of Naked PB powder, cinnamon, salt, Walden Farms chocolate syrup and some fat free whipped cream. It turned out well.
With this only being a half serving (40 calories), I am not too concerned, but running hasn’t seemed to upset my guts much. I don’t get the runners runs. Do need to pee quite fiercely immediately post run though.
It’s always been my experience that I’m more likely to vomit than have a #1 or 2 issue while running/doing cardio. I did it once during a 5k, never broke stride while I sent some scrambled eggs over a bridge into a creek. About a week later my two friends I did that run with and I got some breakfast sandwiches then went mountain biking. One of my buddies sent his eggs (managed to keep the rest somehow) over the handle bars. We decided eggs might not be the best pre-workout after all that haha.
Legitimate question for anyone with gut issues: what do “digestion issues”… feel like?
This is a total humble brag, but I eat lots of fruit, veg, dairy, legumes — basically everything that regularly seems to trigger people’s digestion — and feel nothing. Sometimes excessive meat, specifically poultry, can give me pretty bad protein farts, but eating more yogurt and a few forkfuls of unpasteurized sauerkraut fixes that.
Not fun. Honestly painful at times. I used to do a lot of distance running and almost every day without fail I had to choose a route with a bathroom. It was embarrassing if I had a running partner. I was eating a lot of “healthy” whole grains and Greek yogurt, little red meat, some legumes, etc. Sorta the typical runner’s diet.
I was so fed up that I went pretty strict paleo, and all of my problems were gone. Since then I’m a bit more flexible; simply gluten-free works well for me. I still avoid dairy and legumes, but the latter isn’t a huge loss since I don’t like them much anyway.
legumes are a HUGE no-no for me. luckily I don’t like them. PB is okay, but that’s probably b/c it’s basically already digested
Dairy, otoh, is one of my biggest “weaknesses”. I get really bad cravings for yoghurt and cheese and the macros are so good, it’s easy to justify eating it. I’ve found that lactase tablets or lactose free really help
Sprouted grain or oat flour bread seems to agree with me much better than regular wheat.
For some reason, white rice seems to bother me too, which is weird since white rice is apparently supposed to be easily digested. Brown rice tears my gut up
I think dairy’s digestive effects depend highly on its form. I think in this sense I’m fairly lactose-tolerant, but I still avoid dairy for other reasons.
I found that sprouted grains interfered with nutrient absorption and irritated my digestion all the same. I have no problems with white rice.
I’ve noticed this with alcohol too. I severely cut back since the first lockdown and any time I have any form of booze recently my stomach goes wild. It’s giving me a very good reason to not drink.
Edit- I know you’re not a drinker, just an observation.
Had this exact same situation after a deployment. Anything more than 2 drinks had me feeling awful the next day, stomach all upset. It’s subsided a bit, but definitely drinking less than I used to.
I’m lactose intolerant but I find my body hums along better when I have a lot of dairy compared to no-dairy. Obviously opting for lactose free options. Maybe my dairy dependency is related to my nordic ancestry
You must have a good stomach for distance running.