<- Left Turns Only!

Although our season training doesn’t officially start until May 1st, today I started my own “spring training” so to speak. Although, it’s the bare minimum… and probably barely qualifies as working out (compared to what we build up to by summer’s end).

I worked on some stretching and flexibility stuff this morning at the gym, also did the strength exercises that I was doing while I was going to physical therapy in Oct & Nov last season. I finished with a very light core and upper body routine (two areas I neglected last season while I tried to keep my knee from barking at me too much) and a slow 2 mile jog on the treadmill. Overall, enough to break a small sweat without doing much leg work.

The biggest part of my prep work for next season is going to be in the change in my eating habits - and the need to follow a more strict, healthier diet this season. I will openly admit that I neglect this aspect more than anything, because for my entire life I’ve never had an issue with food or gaining weight. I also tend to forget to hydrate and drink enough throughout the day. So I stocked the shelves in my office this afternoon, and overloaded the refrigerator in the break room with fruits and vegetables. I’ve been telling everyone in the office that I’m going on a two week “detox”… especially after I’ve eaten pretty much everything in sight while we’ve been off the last two weeks. I won’t list the details, you don’t want to know. Let’s just say there was fast food, Ben and Jerry’s, and Oreos. We’ll leave it at that… now that I’ve gotten it out of my system, it’s time for the detox and to create a better routine going forward.

We’ll see how I manage to get through the first two “tests” - Blackhawks game tomorrow night, Brewers game on Saturday.

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