Nike and the Crystal Method teamed up recently to make a
continuous mix made exclusively for a running workout. I felt the 45 minute track was too novel of an idea to pass by and bought it off of iTunes.
After giving it a try, I have mixed opinions. The beat is really good for running. I found it shifted intensities right at the times I felt it needed to change. So the beats themselves are outstanding.
The problem is the corniness of the vocal phrases. "Keep on moving. It's your time," and "keep your eyes on the road," didn't exactly fit with the funky rhythm. It then switched to "roll, baby, roll," which was markedly better. But then changed to "check you visual now," which isn't the greatest line to get repeated over and over again.
My run lasted 23 minutes, so I haven't listened to the rest. It's a good enough track where I'll use it again, but I'm hoping the next running based extended track is a little less awkward.
The Physical Education department here at SCSU is looking for guinea pigs to test on via the Human Performance Lab over at Halenbeck. One of them involves losing 2% of your bodyweight in fluids, and then mesuring how quickly your body rehydrates.
Did I sign up for these possible trials? Hell yeah I did! Not only do you get paid for it, you also get a free assessment of your body's performance with the various apparatuses they have down there.
I've been looking for good two mile running routes around the Saint Cloud area to train for an upcoming Army APFT test. After a quick search, I came across the
Favorite Run website. What an ingenious use of Google's API tools! My name on the site is tenetetcetera if you want to browse at some of the routes I've created.
Steve Holman and Jeremy Lawson over at
Iron Man Magazine make it easy for me. Instead of wasting valuable time and energy hunting down and trying out new workouts, I can trust them to come up with a program which is quick and effective. I've been following their current workouts since they started incorporating X-reps (extendend repetitions) in the plan. Now I'm in the gym for less than an hour four times a week and have more to show for it than what some five-a-week two hour plans have given me.
Granted I follow that up with a low-fat and 50% carb 50% protein diet all week except for the weekends, but that's just part of responsible eating, which is somewhat separated from working out. Especially since working out always makes me want to eat a horse (or like one, depends on the mood).
