Congratulations on the career move, Wes! I think you and Lindsey are such an inspiration. I just finished reading through your archives and I am hooked on your outlook on life, success and CrossFit. I know you will make it to the Games.

Pilar
Lawrenceville, GA

@Pilar,

Thank you for going out of your way to share these words of encouragement! On days like today, it helps more than words can express. I am training hard for the games, with a renewed focus on volume, efficiency and diet. Last year, I dreamed of making it to the games. With the help of a few coaches/friends and my wife's guidance, I know that I will make it.

Thanks again!

Web

And I don't know why my voice sounds like Auto-Tune.

Web,

You've been a big inspiration to me as well. I would definitely be interested in knowing more about your approach prior to the sectionals. I'm training myself and as the days go on I'm gaining confidence but know I'm far from the best I can be. I realize you may not want to share your "secrets" but I'd definitely be one to listen if you do. Shoot me an email.

Oh, and nice handling of Mr./Miss "Anonymous" in the previous post.

Ben

Ben,

Thank you much, my friend.I am currently on a MEBB schedule with two-a-days on Day 1, Day 3 and strict strength on Day 2. I now have the strength that I had when I was 231 in college (@207). On Day 3, one of my WODs is usually a marathon WOD (20+ min). Tomorrow, I am changing it up and running 15-20 miles for my second WOD and lifting heavy with a glycogen shortage tomorrow. I need to test myself mentally tomorrow.

I'll share any and everything that I know. I want everyone to as best as they can. I try to keep it simple. I am about 95% paleo. My only exception is my Advocare supplementation. I ingest just a tad bit of refined sugar included in my Arginine and Soy Lechitin in my Muscle Strength pills. Advocare is legit. It fuels many of Texas's best. The way I see it, I am not out to be second to Jeremy Thiel, Vic Zachary, Dutch or anyone else. I'm in it to win. So I have to perform, eat and supplement as such.

Volume is important. It is going to become more and more extreme at the Games.

Web,

That schedule is amazing. It's definitely causing me to rethink mine. Especially my running.

My workout schedule depends greatly on my work/parenting/girlfriend schedule. Thus I set out to do 5 days a week, with 2 wods (short or moderate length) per day with at least one or two of those wods being a long chipper.

My glaring weakness has been cardio endurance so I've been doing CF Endurance 2 to 3 times a week swithcing between rowing and running. I defer to rowing when the temperatures drop below freezing here (I'm a wuss). Although this has been a weakness for me, I'm reluctant to increase my volume here as I do not want to lose any more weight (a lean 187) or have it cut into my strength. BUT I am open to other theories. My metcon times have come down but I still wouldn't be able to do well in a 7k hill run.

I also try to strength train 3 to 4 times a week. I've been following CF Football's SWOD and it has worked well for me but I'm going to learn more about MEBB. Anything you can share there will be appreciated.

I've unknowingly been following a very paleo-for-athletes diet for years. I'd say about 80% to 85%-ish. Now that I know more about paleo, I'm dialing percentag up a little. The rest consists of things I'm convinced help me performance wise (i.e. oatmeal, milk, peanut butter, coffee). I love bread and this is what I've tried to cut down. My supplementation consists of creatine, arginine, glutamine, fish oil, BCAAs, taurine, ALA, a multi and whey, typically before and after a wod/strength workout.

This amounts to about 3-4 workouts per day. BUT inevitably I'll miss something due to my schedule. It's a built in mechanism to keep me from overtraining.

I'm taking your and Lindsey's lead and I'll be sharing more of my progress/journey over at Big Piece of Chicken. Why not right? Let me know what you think. (sorry for the long post)