The following is a guest post by Chad Kurle, the North Dakota State Athletic Commissioner.
I am moving better this week. I spent one whole day just stretching at Crossfit and that seemed to help a bit. I didn’t realize that stretching was supposed to make you sore, but sure enough the next day I had a bunch of random pain. I am able to go a little harder at the gym, but am still worried about doing takedowns. I work stand up, hit the pads, etc., and then watch as they go through some takedowns. Back on the mats for some work on sweeps etc. Getting crushed down in my guard doesn’t feel great, but it is definitely tolerable.
My diet is worthless, filled with fast food, candy, and soda. I have given up on even weighing myself at this point. I am finding myself purposely avoiding sleep. All of which seems to be taking its toll. The end of this week is Halloween. I take every Halloween off and my son and I go “trick-or-treating” to my work, my wife’s school, and a few other stops during the day. Lucas is far and away the best thing I have ever done in my whole life. It is amazing to me how much love and happiness that little person can bring to your life.
I think mentally I am in a better place at the end of this week, looking forward to getting back to the gym, and working out a little harder. Trying to put together some winter training trips right now and we have the seminar coming up the first week in December.
This blog will eventually be about training…I am like 65% sure.
