Friday exercise: On Friday morning, I took 2 grams of glutamine about 30 minutes before doing the following exercise circuit twice:
- one-arm push ups
- hand clap push ups
- plank
- side plank
- gymnast back arch
- wrestler back arch
The entire session took 13 minutes. Then I laid down briefly and did the hurdler’s stretch.
My fast: I started a 22-hour fast at 1 pm on Friday. This is the first time that I have done 2 fasts in the same week; I want to see how I feel having missed my evening meal on Tuesday and again on Friday. I spent about an hour mowing a friend’s yard with a power walking mower and trimmed around a fence in the late afternoon on Friday. When I got home, I did some tasks online and then researched some lists of “funniest movies” and then I laughed while watching some YouTube clips of “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and “Dumb and Dumber”.
For about an hour during the early evening hours of my fast, I noticed a minor ache in my left kidney area (which was probably due to the release of some toxins from body fat that my body can’t process very well). I slept well, straight through the night and woke up refreshed with a little less than 7 hours sleep; remembering funny movie scenes and watching funny YouTube videos before going to bed seems to be why I am sleeping less so I will continue this nightly activity.
Saturday exercise: On Saturday morning while still fasting, I did the following exercise circuit twice:
- 3 reps of “backwards crawl up a tree or wall” (start in push up position with feet against a tree, then walk your feet up the tree and walk your hands toward the tree until doing a handstand; then walk back down) (this exercise came from Johnny Grube of The Wildman Training Program)
- chin ups (today when doing the “negative” I leaned my body to one side or the other to mainly use one arm in going down)
- “close hands” push ups with elevated feet
- bicycle abs (laying on back with hands behind head, alternately touch an elbow to opposite side knee)
- “hands wide apart” push ups with elevated feet
- neck exercises using hands to provide resistance
The entire exercise session took 18 minutes. Then I enjoyed listening to music for 15 minutes while laying down; I suspect that more exercise-induced growth hormone is released when listening to music; I find listening to music in a relaxed frame of mind after exercise is very pleasant.
Before breaking my fast, I went for 70-minute, easy, aerobic bike ride that covered 11 miles. I broke my fast at 11 am.
