The Other, Pretty Important Half of the Equation

So I owe you an explanation.

I've been hinting the last few posts that I've been putting on muscle and that I've been training for the Olympics. I haven't felt like explaining that until now because it hasn't really been on my mind. For the last week, I've done nothing but cook, work, and lift. Mostly, I've been focusing on how to eat right and, thereby, cooking right as well. It's been fun - I made chicken adobo yesterday and it was phenomenally delicious (I suggest looking it up and making it, pronto). One of the coolest parts about keto is that it's forced me to cook real things, and some of them are REALLY easy! Like roasts! When was the last time you cooked an eye of round roast? It's sooooo easy. If you're not a cook, buy some random cut of meat and research it online; you'll figure it out.

You can probably see how excited I am about cooking. Well, there is a real task at hand here that isn't weight loss or cooking, and it represents a good fraction of my weeks. It does have to do with health, but health isn't the point. Okay, here you go.

I am a discus thrower. I have been ever since I was a freshman in high school. I've never been good at active sports, but the very brief motion of throwing a heavy implement such as a 4.5-pound discus or a 16-pound hammer seems to suit me. Maybe this is because I am naturally strong, or good at feeling/reading the implement, whatever. I fucking love it. BUT! Because I never lifted much in high school or college, I am now determined to unlock my real potential by lifting and doing dynamic speed work so that I may achieve the goals I've had since the beginning. Will I ever go to the Olympics? Probably not. But there's a lot more distance that we haven't seen from me, and that's what I'm working for.

Being lighter will help, of course; discus just as much speed as it is power. Previously, I was never sure if putting on muscle and losing weight simultaneously was even possible. In part, that's why I never tried. Well, fuck that. I'm doing both.

As a random homeless person once told me, "I'm gonna be a champion!"