World Cup Finals, Opening Night, and Fitness Update

You know when you wake up with that “It’s gonna be a great day” feeling? Well I totally had that this morning. In fact I sprung out of bed with a big fat smile on my face. Why? Well there are too many awesome things and events going on today not to! First off, World Cup Finals in about 2 hours – GO SPAIN! The long awaited final match is here, and I’m sure it’ll be a great one. Remember that “Write the Future” Nike Commercial I posted up here awhile ago? Great visual effects, but it now said to be a curse, especially if the Nike sponsored Netherlands loses today. So we shall see… I’m an Adidas guy anyway, when it comes to soccer.

Opening Night

Of what you ask? Well I was cast in a play called “The Dark Side of the Moon” a few weeks back. If you’re a Pink Floyd fan, then you better book a last minute plane ticket to Hollywood and come check this thing out! It’s going to rock. The show runs for 8 weeks, every Sunday night. A-List stars have come to see the production – Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, Tom Cruise, and Russel Brand, to name a few; and rumor has it that Nicholas Cage will be attending one of the performances as well.

The play has been running for nearly three years with a fresh cast cycled every few months. It’s been featured in LA Times and LA Weekly and is a very fun production. Check out more info about the theater. I’m playing as a “Minion” and am a bad guy in this one – it’s a fun role and I can’t wait to tear it up tonight! Beer Pong and after party to follow, so I’m cutting calories before the show so I can maintain my 7% body fat while still having a rowdy time tonight! Preplanning these days is key, as I wrote about here.

Update: My gymless summer workout

Actually first off, a confession. If you read my last article on here, then you know I dropped my gym membership temporarily to focus solely on outdoor cardio, sports training, and bodyweight and plyometric exercises to comprise my workouts. No heavy resistance all summer long! A huge change, yes, but I felt like I needed to switch up the gears, and maybe even lose a little muscle – as well as get back down to 5% body fat again. I could get to 5% body fat with or without the gym, that mostly comes down to diet, but I felt the change would be a good thing anyway.

So first off I have a confession to make: I did go to the gym yesterday… GASP. I was there to put my membership on “Freeze” as they call it, and all of a sudden became curious to see where my strength levels stood, because I’ve been gymless for 2 weeks now. First off I hit the incline DB Press. I was putting up 80 lb dumbbells for about 10-12 reps prior to my workout routine change. Yesterday, same results. I did a few other exercises and found the following results: My first set of each exercise was about the same as where I’d been before. In fact I did feel stronger in some lifts. But my stamina faded slightly. On sets 2-4, I could not maintain the same strength levels as prior. But I thought it would be worse.

Again, a big reason for this gymless routine switch is just for a little variety in the workout, but I am also excited to see what happens to my fitness levels, for experimental purposes, and to let you guys know what happens when such a change is made.

Pickup soccer, my new favorite workout

Yesterday I also took a jog down to Park La Brea which is a couple miles from my apartment to kick my soccer ball around. These guys were playing a 4 v4 match and needed an extra head so I obliged. We ended up playing 3 matches and I scored 7 goals; it’s my favorite form of cardio without question. We plan on meeting up every Saturday now, kind of like “The Sandlot” just to play some good old pickup soccer. After I scored one of the goals, it started pouring down rain for the first time in a long time…. so my self-proclaimed title is now “The Bringer of Rain”