12/29/06 -

Well, I am back! With the holiday running around I took off some time from this blog. Although my diet hasn't been so hot, I have managed to keep my work-out regimes going. I am doing my final year planning and am starting to work on my full work-out plan for 2007. My hip was really hurting this past week, and I could not tell if it was a few new things I did in my workout that really triggered it, or if getting out routine was the biggest cause, or even just all the walking at malls shopping for Christmas gifts.

Anyways,I am using the periodization
(you can refer to http://coaching.usolympicteam.com/coaching/kpub.nsf/v/2June04) to help me be optimal performance in July. The Fall was a transitional phase in which I started to get my body used to the routines and regimen I would be using. I was hoping to have my routines learned for the test, but since I do not have them yet, I have tried to practice an representation of what I might need to know.

I plan to start my first preparation phase a week from Monday. I am using Mark Verstegan's Core Performance book extensively as a guide for cardio and strength.