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Hey guys, how’s it going?
For this installment of the Daniel Corbin project, I though I’d go a little further into depth about my training program, and also talk about what’s been going on with me day to day.
It’s been a hectic past few weeks for me. In order to take off the week to go to Lake Whitney, I have had to work five days a week, eight hours a day for the last two weeks. I know a lot of people will think that that’s just normal, but it’s definitely not when you add several hours of workouts to it. My daily routine is I wake up at 6:30 a.m., take a shower, eat breakfast, make lunch if I didn’t make it the night before, and get out the door at 7:45. My drive to work is a little over an hour, and I get there at 9:00 sharp. My boss is super picky about me getting there on time, so I can’t be even a minute late, which is hard to do when you drive an hour through rush hour traffic. I work until five, and then take another trip through rush hour traffic back home.
Before I go home I go to the gym to do whatever I need to do there. I’m doing my cardio workouts at the gym right now because it’s still a little cold to be doing them outside, and also because it sucks doing them in the dark. I never get home before 9:30 and usually I get home after ten. Then I try to get some food and also try to prepare my lunch for the next day so that I have one less thing to do the next morning. I also do any work I have to do on the computer like logging my workouts and writing blogs and that sort of thing.
By the time I’m done with all of that I’m lucky if I can get to bed around 11:30. That’s a pretty hectic schedule if you ask me. It’s even worse on the day I have strength training to do because it’s such an intense workout and I’m completely exhausted when I’m done, and I just want to go to bed. I hope that people see how determined I am by looking what I do to accomplish my goals. It might seem like I’m complaining when I write this, but I’m not. I am glad to work 11-12 hours a day if it means that I can go down to Texas and prove myself to my sponsors. And who can complain about a job in this economy anyway?
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As far as my actual strength training program, it is every bit as crazy as my schedule. I have all of these crazy workouts that Seiji has me doing. The back extensions I do are done on a stability ball, and it looks like I’m bowing on my knees to something. I have to make sure that I’m not looking at a mirror when I do them or I’ll start getting full of myself! People probably think I’m insane when I do 45 degree lunges because they are so intense. I’m breathing hard, sweating like crazy, gritting my teeth, groaning, and in general just looking like I’m going to die. But the workout that takes the cake would have to be the one leg shoulder presses...
A regular shoulder press isn’t that hard, but next time you do them try to stand on one leg while you’re doing them. They suddenly become a whole heck of a lot harder. That’s another one where I’m really gritting my teeth to try to finish them. Seiji must be laughing, thinking about my doing these redonkulous exercises!
One more thing I’d like to talk about, and am really excited about, is my upcoming trip to Texas for Lake Whitney. There are several things I’m looking forward to once I get there. First of all, the race. This is going to be fun. I’ve never been to Lake Whitney before, I hope it’s a gnarly track, the rougher the better. I’m ready to represent Team Coach Seiji, Racer X VT, Twigg Cycles, Nineonenine Designs, Scott USA, Fly, SPFC, Jordans Flooring. We’ve got three riders on our team, me, myself, and I! (hahaha). Seriously though, I’m excited to be representing all of my sponsors. Right now I’m getting ready, ordering parts and supplies from Twigg Cycles, getting fresh stickers from Nineonenine Designs, I’ve already gotten my goggles from Scott and my gear from Fly. And I’m getting my body ready with Tim and Seiji’s help so that I’ll be at a peak in my training when I get to Texas. My training on the bike is perhaps the hardest for me, but I’m feeling really good and I feel like I’m on top of things in that aspect as well.
Another thing I’m looking forward to is meeting Seiji. I have never met the man who plans my workouts, ever! So I’m really looking forward to meeting him. One more thing I have to try when I get down there is eating a 48 or 64 oz steak. I hear that the steaks are way better in Texas, and if you can eat the whole thing, it’s free! I’d better be hungry before I try to eat one of those though, because I bet they’re not cheap!
Well, I’m all out of time. I’ve got to get to bed before it’s any later in the morning...
As always, I would also like to thank all of my sponsors, Coach Seiji , Racer X Virtual Trainer , Twigg cycles , NineoneNine Designs, Fly, SPFC, and Jordans Flooring.
