High Intensity...Boy this is really going to hurt

fantasma62 · 03-19-2007, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Archangel

OUTSTANDING w/o Brother Tony!!!

LOVE the nickname you have for your children, Priceless!!!

Thanks Arch....

fantasma62 · 03-19-2007, 01:39 PM

Greetings from Colombia, South America!!!!!!

I have taken yesterday and today off because of travel issues.
Tomorrow morning I should be lifting at the gym accross the street from my hotel.

Later all....

Fitgirl70 · 03-19-2007, 02:25 PM

Send pics from Colombia, okay?

Hope you're having a good time!

Archangel · 03-19-2007, 05:10 PM

GOD speed you and yours my Friend!!!

Double D · 03-20-2007, 03:51 PM

Hope things are going well?!?!

fantasma62 · 03-21-2007, 02:32 PM

Hola amigos, como estan?...shoot, sorry, my brain went into spanish arrest....

Thanks for your thoughts Arch, Fitty, DD..

Things are quite hectic here. One shock to the system. Bogota is a very high altitude city and my body gasoline ran out extremely fast. I am not giong to post yesterday's workout because, one, I forgot it since it was so short, and two, it was so short it was embarrassing.

Truth is, I need to rethink my HIT here. I am from Miami, there is no altitude there...there's a lot of freaking, fracking attitude, but no altitude.
Anyway, I started off like mack truck and finished like a Yugo. Man, I was out of breath during my first exchange between bench press and curls. In fact, I even got light headed. That's where I stopped everything and headed back to the hotel. I am thinking of taking the rest of the week off to avoid a heart attack due to strain...

Anyway, Fitty, regarding pictures, "What Happens in Bogota, stays in Bogota..."

Nah, just joking, nothing happening in Bogota. Something happened to me about 15 years ago when I met my wife. I grew a freaking conscience, so no worries, I am as faithful as a freaking Golden Retriever....

Anyway, back to spanish....

Hasta luego amigos...

(Gotta admit, I am taking it easy on you guys with the spanish...

)

Archangel · 03-21-2007, 08:06 PM

See you later too my Friend!!!

JerseyDevil · 03-22-2007, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by fantasma62

"What Happens in Bogota, stays in Bogota..."

...I am as faithful as a freaking Golden Retriever....

You crack me up Tony, have fun in Bogota. Why do I get the feeling you are having more then you are letting on?

I love my GR because she IS so faithful.

Double D · 03-23-2007, 04:49 PM

Whats up?!?!

fantasma62 · 03-24-2007, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseyDevil

You crack me up Tony, have fun in Bogota. Why do I get the feeling you are having more then you are letting on?

I love my GR because she IS so faithful.

Man, you are a devil....

fantasma62 · 03-24-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Double D

Whats up?!?!

All is good Señor DD....a bit tired but good...thank you for asking...

fantasma62 · 03-24-2007, 12:24 PM

So I got back home yesterday. Got off the plane at 3:00 pm, my wife was picking me up at 4:00 to go straignt to a fair here in Miami (Dade County Youth Fair). I was exhausted but also home sick ( actually family-sick, not to be confused with sick of my family folks) so I went along and stayed at the fair until 10:30pm, while falling asleep 2-3 times while sitting, waiting for my children to ride.

Anyway, about Bogota....well, it's a beautiful city with beautiful people. The operating word is not beautiful, gorgeous is more like it. I don't just mean that physically, but also spiritually. These people go out of their way to be nice and even those who don't are still nice. Entertainment (restaurants, clubs, hotels) are a fraction of the cost of our entertainment here and, sorry to say it, twice as fun. I have lived in Venezuela also, but have never seen so many fun loving people in one city.
Over there, a 4 star hotel could cost you $160 or lower a night in the major enterainment zone in Bogota while a 5 star hotel, for which you would pay here upwards to $300-400 per night could run you about $250 or lower depending on the peak time.

I worked my ass off while there and really had a good time after work visiting malls, museums, restaurants, etc. Folks, I purchased a leather jacket that would run you about $600 here for $180 from people that actually make them and grow the animals themselves (sounds crude, but where do you all think your leather jackets come from?).

Had a gym accross the street but the altitude scared me a bit, so I decided to pass during this trip and concentrate on getting it rolling when I go back in May.

Not much I can tell ya'll about it because I am still tired. Will try to throw a workout in there today or maybe wait until monday when I am more rested...

See ya...

Double D · 03-24-2007, 03:10 PM

Man you got it so made! You live in Florida what more could a person want!

fantasma62 · 03-25-2007, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Double D

Man you got it so made! You live in Florida what more could a person want!

Go somewhere else....

I guess we are never satisfied...

fantasma62 · 03-25-2007, 06:06 PM

Well, I thought it better to just take the rest of the week off and start off monday. Today we re-painted my daughter's room in light purple, to go with her princess decor.
I may post photos of it when we are done, if the owner of the room allows me to.
Either way, tomorrow will be a great day, I will do boxing and will prepare my workout for tuesday. I remember well where I screwed up the weights the last time and will better that....

I guess I will finally continue with my HIHT (High Intensity Hybrid Training)...

By the way Arch, someone had posted in one of your older journals that also had the same type of name. Hadn't even seen that...sorry...

Double D · 03-25-2007, 06:26 PM

Hey do you live anywhere near the ocean? Now that would be badass!

fantasma62 · 03-25-2007, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Double D

Hey do you live anywhere near the ocean? Now that would be badass!

Sure do, DD. I live about 20 minutes away...Regardless, I go to the West Coast for beach time rather than Miami Beach, it's a pain in the ass and you can't have a peaceful time with your children.

Ivonne may be able to testify (Goal Getter). She lived right on the beach and gave it up for Arizona....talk about opposite poles...

Double D · 03-25-2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by fantasma62

Sure do, DD. I live about 20 minutes away...Regardless, I go to the West Coast for beach time rather than Miami Beach, it's a pain in the ass and you can't have a peaceful time with your children.

Ivonne may be able to testify (Goal Getter). She lived right on the beach and gave it up for Arizona....talk about opposite poles...

I went to Panama City for spring break a few years back and was that a crazy ass time. But I had to go to Destin to relax before I went home. Now that was peaceful!!!!

fantasma62 · 03-25-2007, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Double D

I went to Panama City for spring break a few years back and was that a crazy ass time. But I had to go to Destin to relax before I went home. Now that was peaceful!!!!

Man, I hear that Panama City is outta hand...I am now too old and tired to go to Panama City for Spring Break, but would love to drink some Cabo Wabo in Cabo San Lucas.....I hear that's good fun...

Double D · 03-25-2007, 08:10 PM

Exactly. It was way out of hand a few years back!

fantasma62 · 03-26-2007, 07:11 AM

So, the week ended. No workouts last week, however, I am going to be resuming things today. Maybe I won't do anything on Wednesday, since it is my 38th B-day and may just take the afternoon off.
I'll see as the day gets nearer. Maybe I'll just get pissed off and hit the bag for a few minutes (wednesday is my boxing day).

I'm very sleepy right now, as we finally finished my daughter's room at around 11:00 pm and fell asleep closer to 1:00 am. All we need to finish is the border and that's all...

Allrighty then...

Archangel · 03-26-2007, 05:14 PM

Happy early B-Day my Friend, I'll be HITting 38 as well in may, best wishes to you!!!

fantasma62 · 03-26-2007, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Archangel

Happy early B-Day my Friend, I'll be HITting 38 as well in may, best wishes to you!!!

Thank you sir....We are only a couple of months apart...

fantasma62 · 03-26-2007, 05:50 PM

Well, there it was, my first workout in over a week.
It felt good and I even added a monkey wrench to it, just to make it a bit more extreme. When I say extreme, I mean extreme for me, not for some people in shape....Either way, today is the real beginning of HIHT...

* 4 Rounds Heavy Bag: I really went at it hard. The hardest I have hit the bag yet. Not too many breaks, just throwing all I had at it. By the time the fourth round ended, I was arm-heavy.

1 minute rest - change of gloves: I have come to the realization that if I want to use the 16 oz gloves, I need to take about a minute to change gloves (hard to do since the big gloves are actually very small inside and I have some trouble pushing my hands in).

*4 Rounds Shadow Boxing: By this time I was, as I said, arm heavy, but I continued on. I found myself to be weary, and slow and literally lumbered thru the first shadow round. Don't get me wrong, I was throwing all I could, but oh well. The rest of the rounds were better once I got my concentration going again and threw non-stop combos and many punches which really drove my arms to the brink of exhaustion.

...and now for the monkey wrench:

* 1 Round Shadow Boxing with a 5 pound dumbbell: That was pretty extreme for me as I threw punches that tested my grip (very bad by the way, need to work on it) and my arm strength. I thought I had no strength for the first 1/2 minute or so, but I started throwing combos and other punches. I can't say that I threw punches non-stop here because it would be a bunch of shit. I had to take momentary breaks, because my arms were very tired and my forearms were beginning to ache. All in all a great idea which I am going to continue to improve on in the future.

- 1 minute rest to remove wraps (they were hurting my hand a bit. I seem to have wrapped my hands to tightly. Point to ponder...)

* 2 Round Speed Bag: I guess due to the inactivity I lost a bit of my rythm and speed. The first round was laden with errors and so was the second round. I am going to attribute this to the previous exercise which left my arms tired. Not a good speed bag session but not so bad either. I got some rythm between stops and tried my best. It's the best I could ask for, which is why I am not upset.

I am very happy to have reached one of my goals from early in the training, which was 1/2 rests during rounds. I know I had already achieved it the week before I left to Colombia, however, I just really noticed the difference that it made. I am going to continue trying to meet and beat more goals during this HIHT. I have promised that to myself...Meanwhile, I am proud of my 1/2 minute rest...

I am also finding out that I am not gassed during my workout. Although my arms and legs are a bit tired, I was breathing well, not very heavily and have to tell you that I had more inside to give. Problem was that my arms were literally down to my hips at the very end.....

I will be back later...

fantasma62 · 03-26-2007, 08:02 PM

Folks,

I don't think I can even begin to explain how sore I am right now. I am elated, even if I can't move around too much.

Much of this has to do with the painting and decorating of my daughter's bedroom. However, some of it is due to todays grueling workout. My legs were very sore today and my thighs due to yesterday. Now my whole body is in shambles and in fact, I am going to head to sleep already. I have been falling asleep all night, however, now I can't hold it any more.

I will prepare tomorrows workout accordingly, however, not tonight....

Chao.....

Archangel · 03-27-2007, 03:48 AM

Excellent w/o Brother Tony!!! I would imagine you are VERY sore, keep it up my Friend!!!

03-19-2007, 01:39 PM	#122
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Greetings from Colombia, South America!!!!!! I have taken yesterday and today off because of travel issues. Tomorrow morning I should be lifting at the gym accross the street from my hotel. Later all....
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

03-19-2007, 02:25 PM	#123
Fitgirl70 Give it to me Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dallas Posts: 7,351 Blog Entries: 7 Photos: 4	Send pics from Colombia, okay? Hope you're having a good time!
	All the glory to God! We have a baby on the way.

03-19-2007, 05:10 PM	#124
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	GOD speed you and yours my Friend!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

03-20-2007, 03:51 PM	#125
Double D Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 9,901	Hope things are going well?!?!
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03-21-2007, 02:32 PM	#126
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Hola amigos, como estan?...shoot, sorry, my brain went into spanish arrest.... Thanks for your thoughts Arch, Fitty, DD.. Things are quite hectic here. One shock to the system. Bogota is a very high altitude city and my body gasoline ran out extremely fast. I am not giong to post yesterday's workout because, one, I forgot it since it was so short, and two, it was so short it was embarrassing. Truth is, I need to rethink my HIT here. I am from Miami, there is no altitude there...there's a lot of freaking, fracking attitude, but no altitude. Anyway, I started off like mack truck and finished like a Yugo. Man, I was out of breath during my first exchange between bench press and curls. In fact, I even got light headed. That's where I stopped everything and headed back to the hotel. I am thinking of taking the rest of the week off to avoid a heart attack due to strain... Anyway, Fitty, regarding pictures, "What Happens in Bogota, stays in Bogota..." Nah, just joking, nothing happening in Bogota. Something happened to me about 15 years ago when I met my wife. I grew a freaking conscience, so no worries, I am as faithful as a freaking Golden Retriever.... Anyway, back to spanish.... Hasta luego amigos... (Gotta admit, I am taking it easy on you guys with the spanish... )
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

03-21-2007, 08:06 PM	#127
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	See you later too my Friend!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

03-23-2007, 04:49 PM	#129
Double D Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 9,901	Whats up?!?!
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03-24-2007, 12:24 PM	#132
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	So I got back home yesterday. Got off the plane at 3:00 pm, my wife was picking me up at 4:00 to go straignt to a fair here in Miami (Dade County Youth Fair). I was exhausted but also home sick ( actually family-sick, not to be confused with sick of my family folks) so I went along and stayed at the fair until 10:30pm, while falling asleep 2-3 times while sitting, waiting for my children to ride. Anyway, about Bogota....well, it's a beautiful city with beautiful people. The operating word is not beautiful, gorgeous is more like it. I don't just mean that physically, but also spiritually. These people go out of their way to be nice and even those who don't are still nice. Entertainment (restaurants, clubs, hotels) are a fraction of the cost of our entertainment here and, sorry to say it, twice as fun. I have lived in Venezuela also, but have never seen so many fun loving people in one city. Over there, a 4 star hotel could cost you $160 or lower a night in the major enterainment zone in Bogota while a 5 star hotel, for which you would pay here upwards to $300-400 per night could run you about $250 or lower depending on the peak time. I worked my ass off while there and really had a good time after work visiting malls, museums, restaurants, etc. Folks, I purchased a leather jacket that would run you about $600 here for $180 from people that actually make them and grow the animals themselves (sounds crude, but where do you all think your leather jackets come from?). Had a gym accross the street but the altitude scared me a bit, so I decided to pass during this trip and concentrate on getting it rolling when I go back in May. Not much I can tell ya'll about it because I am still tired. Will try to throw a workout in there today or maybe wait until monday when I am more rested... See ya...
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

03-24-2007, 03:10 PM	#133
Double D Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 9,901	Man you got it so made! You live in Florida what more could a person want!
	www.crossfit.com

03-25-2007, 06:06 PM	#135
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Well, I thought it better to just take the rest of the week off and start off monday. Today we re-painted my daughter's room in light purple, to go with her princess decor. I may post photos of it when we are done, if the owner of the room allows me to. Either way, tomorrow will be a great day, I will do boxing and will prepare my workout for tuesday. I remember well where I screwed up the weights the last time and will better that.... I guess I will finally continue with my HIHT (High Intensity Hybrid Training)... By the way Arch, someone had posted in one of your older journals that also had the same type of name. Hadn't even seen that...sorry...
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

03-25-2007, 06:26 PM	#136
Double D Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 9,901	Hey do you live anywhere near the ocean? Now that would be badass!
	www.crossfit.com

03-25-2007, 08:10 PM	#140
Double D Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 9,901	Exactly. It was way out of hand a few years back!
	www.crossfit.com

03-26-2007, 07:11 AM	#141
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	So, the week ended. No workouts last week, however, I am going to be resuming things today. Maybe I won't do anything on Wednesday, since it is my 38th B-day and may just take the afternoon off. I'll see as the day gets nearer. Maybe I'll just get pissed off and hit the bag for a few minutes (wednesday is my boxing day). I'm very sleepy right now, as we finally finished my daughter's room at around 11:00 pm and fell asleep closer to 1:00 am. All we need to finish is the border and that's all... Allrighty then...
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

03-26-2007, 05:14 PM	#142
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	Happy early B-Day my Friend, I'll be HITting 38 as well in may, best wishes to you!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

03-26-2007, 05:50 PM	#144
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Well, there it was, my first workout in over a week. It felt good and I even added a monkey wrench to it, just to make it a bit more extreme. When I say extreme, I mean extreme for me, not for some people in shape....Either way, today is the real beginning of HIHT... * 4 Rounds Heavy Bag: I really went at it hard. The hardest I have hit the bag yet. Not too many breaks, just throwing all I had at it. By the time the fourth round ended, I was arm-heavy. 1 minute rest - change of gloves: I have come to the realization that if I want to use the 16 oz gloves, I need to take about a minute to change gloves (hard to do since the big gloves are actually very small inside and I have some trouble pushing my hands in). 4 Rounds Shadow Boxing: By this time I was, as I said, arm heavy, but I continued on. I found myself to be weary, and slow and literally lumbered thru the first shadow round. Don't get me wrong, I was throwing all I could, but oh well. The rest of the rounds were better once I got my concentration going again and threw non-stop combos and many punches which really drove my arms to the brink of exhaustion. ...and now for the monkey wrench: 1 Round Shadow Boxing with a 5 pound dumbbell: That was pretty extreme for me as I threw punches that tested my grip (very bad by the way, need to work on it) and my arm strength. I thought I had no strength for the first 1/2 minute or so, but I started throwing combos and other punches. I can't say that I threw punches non-stop here because it would be a bunch of shit. I had to take momentary breaks, because my arms were very tired and my forearms were beginning to ache. All in all a great idea which I am going to continue to improve on in the future. - 1 minute rest to remove wraps (they were hurting my hand a bit. I seem to have wrapped my hands to tightly. Point to ponder...) * 2 Round Speed Bag: I guess due to the inactivity I lost a bit of my rythm and speed. The first round was laden with errors and so was the second round. I am going to attribute this to the previous exercise which left my arms tired. Not a good speed bag session but not so bad either. I got some rythm between stops and tried my best. It's the best I could ask for, which is why I am not upset. I am very happy to have reached one of my goals from early in the training, which was 1/2 rests during rounds. I know I had already achieved it the week before I left to Colombia, however, I just really noticed the difference that it made. I am going to continue trying to meet and beat more goals during this HIHT. I have promised that to myself...Meanwhile, I am proud of my 1/2 minute rest... I am also finding out that I am not gassed during my workout. Although my arms and legs are a bit tired, I was breathing well, not very heavily and have to tell you that I had more inside to give. Problem was that my arms were literally down to my hips at the very end..... I will be back later...
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

03-26-2007, 08:02 PM	#145
fantasma62 HIHT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SoFla Posts: 2,516	Folks, I don't think I can even begin to explain how sore I am right now. I am elated, even if I can't move around too much. Much of this has to do with the painting and decorating of my daughter's bedroom. However, some of it is due to todays grueling workout. My legs were very sore today and my thighs due to yesterday. Now my whole body is in shambles and in fact, I am going to head to sleep already. I have been falling asleep all night, however, now I can't hold it any more. I will prepare tomorrows workout accordingly, however, not tonight.... Chao.....
	-Tony- HIHT: High Intensity Hybrid Training

03-27-2007, 03:48 AM	#146
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	Excellent w/o Brother Tony!!! I would imagine you are VERY sore, keep it up my Friend!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37