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Post-Marathon Restructuring

Now that the marathon is behind me, I am able to focus on weight lifting again and creating a diet to compliment that. The excessive running in the past couple of months didn't combine well with the class calorie-deficit advice usually given to those attempting to lose weight. I needed so many calories, given the amounts of running I was doing, that any sort of normal value range was resulting in starvation - I was holding onto whatever calories I could. No weight loss. Getting sick.

I'm attempting to construct a fitness plan at this point. Make a list of my goals. Get everything ready to send to the personal trainer, so that he can help me figure things out. What I wasn't planning on, was my love for running to carry me through the summer. I thought I'd fall back again. But instead, I find myself wanting to keep up my running fitness levels. So below will be a list of things I want to learn and do with my workouts this summer:

Powerlifting Technique: Front squat, deadlift, clean, jerk, snatch, strict press, kettlebell swings, sumo-deadlift high pulls
Pull-Ups: Complete at least 1 full body weight pull-up on my own; ditch the gravitron
Push-Ups: Complete 60 consecutive good-form push-ups
Running: ~20 miles per week (10-15 mile long/tempo run on weekend depending on road or trail; 2-3 speed/interval/hill workouts mid-week); goal is to improve speed over distance
Swimming: Complete 18 lengths of the pool (0.25 mile) consecutively; work on this non-running days as cardio
Strength Training: Streamline my current upper and lower body routines to be most effective between the free weights, machines, cables and a calisthenics. These should support my above goals.