First WOD tomorrow

All the registration, gear collection and debriefing has been done. Got a couple of small sessions in yesterday and today. Not feeling great, but I'm not too worried. After having coached top level swimmers for a decade or so, I've seen swimmers train bad the day before they go out and race their best. Even a bad warmup doesn't mean much. In fact, often a bad warmup will end up in a great performance. As long as you don't talk yourself out it.

The first WOD looks good. I don't think each exercise will impact in the on the next one, so I'll be taking it out pretty hard. I've eaten more carbs today (had some berry pie from Wholefoods) plus some sushi for dinner!

It's been a good lead up so far. The heat isn't too bad, Though it's supposed to be getting hotter. The thing with the heat is to make sure you allow for it. Working out in the heat for me means about a 10-15% HR increase. So as long as I don't redline it early on, it should be fine.

Sleep has been an issue. Haven't been able to sleep before midnight and last night it was about 2am before I got to sleep. I'm up around 6:30am but I'm not feeling too tired so it's not concerning me much.

Just a quick summary of my supplements. After Masters qualifiers I went off all supps for about 5 weeks (including coffee). So 6 weeks out I went in beta-alanine, creatine and magnesium. Beta-alanine takes about 6 weeks to build up, so you need to get that started early. Creatine is similar. Magnesium seems to help with my recovery. I also take BCAA's all the time (Scivation Extend). I just sip them all day. I also use Whey after my sessions and if I can't get a meal in within 3 hours.

My weight has held pretty good the last 12 weeks. Last two DEXA's I was at 8% body fat. And the last 5 weeks I put in nearly 1kg muscle. I have gone as low as 6.5% fat, but I was nearly 5kg of less muscle. For that I need to eat 1800C/day and I feel terrible. Now I've been eating about 2300-2500C and feel good. I weigh about 84kg and am about 175cm.

You need to find your own optimum weight. If you try and go lower your body resists and it's tough. Sure it's nice to have 2kg less fat, but not at the expense of poor training and reduced muscle mass. Eat about 2g/kg BW of protein per day and lots of vegies! That's it.... Nothing too tricky.

Going to try and head off to sleep now... We have to be there at 7am even though my first WOD is at 12:30. It's going to be a long day....