Metabolic flexibility Part Duece

I hope you all had a great Memorial weekend, and I hope that everyone remembered what the day off work was really for.

Knowing my family and I were going to my mother and father in-laws house in Alexandria, I knew this would be another great test of the concept of metabolic flexibility. Why you ask? Because my M-I-Law doesn't always prepare the most healthy meals (while delicious) and the majority of the time bakes cakes and Carmel rolls. Add to that, a gluten laden mix of several different breads, all of them the white variety washed down by whole milk. The easiest thing in the world is to spineless, so I said, hey I'll eat everything she throws at me this weekend and see what happens.

To combat this I decided to bring my 20K kettlebell and offset some of the food. Snatches tested well so I started Saturday with a PR in volume of 5,280 on 120 reps in 13 minutes for a density of 406. After a gluten laden lunch of a sandwich and Carmel roll I went out to help my in-laws take down three trees that had died in their yard. Not large ones, but it took some effort. Not willing to take the entire stump out of the ground I used an axe to chop them down below ground level. This took about a half hour or so and in the 90 degree heat was pretty tough. It was great exercise and was contra to the snatches. No big surprise: these tested TERRIFFIC! That was so cool, and was probably why I felt so invigorated. My reward? Another Carmel roll! My gluten sensitivity was too much and I had to take a nap after that. I awoke to watch the Twins crush the Rangers 8 to 3 and did some more work on my book.

Sunday started with gluten pancakes and bacon, preceded by a PR in volume for the press. I did 72 reps in 14.5 minutes for a load of 3,168. Judging by the soreness, I now realize why some kettlebellers have fantastic arm development. Snatches really work the biceps and the presses the triceps..tada.

Back to the diet, I will tell you I felt like crap all day Sunday. Loading up on the gluten was too much for me and I was very crabby - even though I moved quite well. I am happy to report that by Tuesday night I was at 100%. While this is not optimal, completely recovering in three days is much better than I used to be - heck I would feel like crap for up to a week! I am counting this as a victory and again proving that metabolic flexibility is alive and well. Enjoy!