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I’m going to tie these two together in Exercise and Muscle Group:

• Legs have always been my weak point. From the waist up I do pretty well for myself. At my peak physical condition I used to be able to bench press 230 lbs and curl a little over 100 lbs. This was at a body weight of about 165. My weakness though was squats. I don’t hate squats, I love doing them and I like how they make me feel when I’m doing them, especially when I can go deep and follow through with good form. Unfortunately squats make me feel sore for days afterward and it drains my energy for a few days as well.
• Running. I hate running, I really do. I especially hate running on a track or any repetitive course. I try to rely on other forms of cardio to get my heart rate up. I want to run and I wish I could bring myself to do it at least 4 days a week because it would do me a world of good, but ambition or lack-there-of always gets the best of me.

Foods:

• First and foremost, my biggest kryptonite is beer. I like beer but I don’t care for the supoer low calorie beers because they taste way too watered down. I like Heineken to be exact and I try to drink Heineken light because it’s a lot lower in calories, but it’s not available everywhere,
• I used to be really good about not eating anything even remotely heavy or at all after dinner but I still get cravings just as much as anyone. Cookies, specifically chocolate chip and Oreos are a huge weakness of mine. I can’t just eat a couple, I have to grab at the minimum 6.
• My wife’s cooking. That’s probably my second biggest food weakness. My wife is a great cook and is always trying new things. It hard to not go for seconds when your wife cooks like mine.

So what is your fitness kryptonite?

Post from: EveryJoe

Fitness Kryptonite

Race drivers of old who new that routine workouts can improve a drivers physical ability and driving performance while on the track weren’t an animal found in the NASCAR world very often years ago, but today a majority of NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series top drivers are embracing the truth about the ability of physical fitness to make better, more alert, and stronger drivers.

Feeling strong and fit

The NASCAR drivers of old ignored such beliefs, in favor of hamburgers, pizza, and steak that certainly taste better than tofu, but if the opinion of the drivers who have implemented this new strategy means anything, the belief that workouts improve a driver works fine.

The results and opinions of the drivers implementing physical workouts in their driver training regiments are beginning to turn the heads of many drivers who have never lifted a weight. Carl Edward and Jeff Burton have been two drivers that head to the gym on regular basis, but lately Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and even Dale Earnhardt Jr. have been seen heading to the gym to try to give them a driving edge. Pushed toward the gym by age, injury, pain, and team managers, many of the older drivers have decided training routines can help them gain back some of the ability age might have taken off their driving ability. We will be watching to see what effects this new revolution might have on the race results of drivers using this new fitness philosophy. Many of the younger drivers might start to head to the gym with the older drivers once they realize many of the drivers twenty or more years older then they are in better shape and achieving better race results because of it.

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NASCAR Goes to the Gym