Saturday Night Flip Cup and The Price I Paid

Hey all,

the price I paid was a steep one but it didn't catch up to me until yesterday. Some of you if connected to my by facebook might have seen a video of me playing flipcup. It had been a long time since I played this and well let's just say the rest of the night was history.

Here's the deal, it's that season again and it comes up on us quick. You know BBQ time where the food is plentiful and the drinks are chilled. Grad parties and weekends in general are a time to socialize again. You know the season....

Well simply said I'm not here to tell anyone anything other than what I experienced and not on Saturday night but 2 days later. You see Sunday was fine no hangover nothing at all. But Monday was a different story. I woke up feeling lousy no energy, and just plain crappy. I train strongman on Mondays and I did go train and actually felt very strong. Yes it was all the extra carbs just not the good ones. So I was strong for the first hour and crashed very quickly losing my focus the whole time.

You see alchohol breaks down muscle proteins and starts to hypertrophy the muscle basically makes it smaller. Not good for what I'm doing. I literally felt like I lost a whole 3 days of training due to this 1 night.

Again not here to preach cause I think we all need a night like that sometimes but we have to be prepared to deal with the consequences. It's that simple. If you have a goal in mind then remember that you will hinder your progress by doing what I did. I hindered mine by about 5 days....

Here's a simple rule of thumb when setting a goal of losing weight, training for a show, or just wanting to be healthy in general. Figure out how long it will take you to get to your goal and sacrafice that time by not doing anything but focusing on your goal.

If we all followed this one simple rule, when we reach our goal we can maintain what we have by working out but adding those treat nights a bit now remember just a bit

I doubt I'll have another night like that for another year since I think the last time that happened was about a year ago. Guess I'm on a timeline or something.

Well that's it for today just a simple rule to follow......Sacrafice just a bit of time

Until Next Time

Your Fit Coach
Mike


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