Burn that Fat!

I hit the gym this mooring for a good hour. I have a new goal. My hot wife Crystal wants a hot man on her arm so here we go. I am going to hit the gym get some private training and get hot for my wife. She has been busting her @$$ at the gym lately as well as mine. So I did my squats today, some dead lifting and then I started on cardio. I did some steps like Crystal showed me for about 5 min. After that I started on a ball circuit with the with the cable machine. I was shaking after the whole circuit. After I went thru all this I decided to hit the heavy bag for about 5 min. I was shaking on the way home. Feel the burn!!!!!!!! That means the years of many cheese burgers are burning!!

Later!

Posting? I almost forgot how!

Well I have to say sorry to everyone who has been reading my posts over the last 6 months. I know I should be continuing to post but I have gotten lazy. My weight has maintained the same at this point but I’m ready to kick it up a notch here again to bring it down further. It’s easy to find some motivation again when I start looking at the amazing differences in Crystal. What a trooper honey, keep up the great work! I love you and you are an amazing wife and unbelievable dedicated to changing your life and supporting me in my changes too. I also look over at Chad, the man. Any guy who can start up a cause like he did then go thru with it like that to raise money is one tough cookie. Awesome job Chad thanks for giving me some new motivation without realizing you did.

To catch everyone up to speed I have been at the gym pretty faithfully over the last two weeks. Crystal gets me up at 4:45am, and while I’m still groggy I drive to the gym where she proceeds to kick my ... repeatedly every morning. Way to go hun, I need a little ... kicking sometimes. Unfortunately my eating has not been where it should be, not that I have reverted back to where I use to be at one point, its still way healthier. This morning I decided to let Crystal do her own thing and I hit some of the heavy weights. I focused on squats today. Oh man did it feel good to have every muscle in my body tight and working for me. I pushed and pushed and pushed this morning while Crystal did her grueling workout. I worked my way up to a 455lb squat, only one but still it was clean full bend in the knees, back straight, and core tight. I went down then back up, a little slower than I wanted but no stalling. I tried to do 475lb but I stalled at the bottom. I’m getting closer to my 500lb goal! Keep watching for it! Over the next couple weeks I will be blogging for sure! And I have some surprises for you all so keep reading!

5km chalk that up on this years list of done!

I did my 5 km run today and you know it was better than i figured it would be. They counted down and guess what, I was running ( in the words of forest gump!) I was crusin pretty good then i got a little tired around Richard road, but i kept plugging away. As i got more and more tired i started getting passed, first by people in the same shape as me, then some older 60's dedicated runners, these weren't so bad. At one point when a woman in her 50 -60's with what seemed some sort of limp from a stroke or injury passed me i started feeling just a little ticked. I figured i had better add a little motivation into my run before seniors with walkers start passing me. I pushed pretty hard and was feeling better then i saw a sign coming, this was exciting as i was thinking i had gotten a significant distance by now. I sped up towards the sign and as i was getting closer i see 1km. I almost drooped to my knees i thought we had gone further than that?! I pushed and pushed up hill and down hill thru rain, snow, sleet, thought desert and swamp till i saw the 2km sign then i look over and Chad passes me, oh yea he reached the half way point and was turning back when he passed with with his leisurely stroll. I smiled at Chad and give him a thumbs up but he didn't get it, he thought i was doing good, but i was hitch hiking. I pushed for what seemed another 15 minutes to get to the half way point and was feeling a little better till all these volunteers were smiling and saying " Way to go your half way!" I was thinking to myself oh crap I'm only half way. The nice thing about the second half is i knew where to expend my energy. So i ran for quite a ways until i hit the bottom of the bridge then i walked to ketch my breath. About 50 feet before the crest of the hill i started running knowing that i could make it to the top then flop my way down the other side till i hit flat road surfaces. Before i knew it i was about a half a km from being done! I was getting excited or blacking out from loss of oxygen I'm not sure which but either way i was getting some kind of euphoric high. About a 1/4 of a km from the end i was pushing pretty hard for a fat man and feeling like the kool aid pitcher running down the street ( fat and sloshy ), and i saw Chad, Leslie, and Alan standing there cheering me on. What an awesome feeling, good friends, great support, and thank God the finish line. You know all kidding aside it was a pretty easy run, and my time was not fantastic but it was pretty good for what i have achieved in the last 4 months. I ran the 5k in 46.23 min averaging a speed of 7.2km/h. I have to say thank you to Chad for helping me to accomplish this goal, Leslie for teaching a whole lot about nutrition, Alan for introducing himself to me, clapping and not laughing, and everyone who has taken the time to read my blog. I appreciate you all and am thankful to have great friends and family. Next year ill do this again but I'm going to shoot for being under 30 minutes next time

All things are possible to him who has faith.

And remember these three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the best one of these is love.

Sexy and tough, yea thats my wife!!!

Well today didn't quite get off to the start we wanted. Crystal and I both got up later than we wanted, and that got Crystal hurrying me a little. So i wanted to get moving as this was really the first time i would see what Crystal really does. We ran on and off sprinting for 20 min then we went right over to the elliptical for 10 min at level 6, then core. Now core for Crystal today was 20 crunches, then 20 side crunches, oh yea both sides, then 20 reverse crunches. Lastly we did this thing I'm not sure what the machine or exercises is called but you hold yourself up with your shoulders and bring your knees to one side and up then down to the other side and up. So we did that for 10 times each side. We did that core of exercises two times. All i have to say is wow its not a Chad workout but my wife is defiantly a trooper. She has great balance in the areas shes training her body and amazing dedication. I like this morning routine and i look forward to doing this with her till I'm in a wheelchair on the treadmill.

To the love of my life and my best friend keep up the amazing work you will only grow from here on out!

Earlllllllly days!

Wow life is early, well in my beautiful and getting really fit wife's life life is early. I have been working on something called Dare to love, all i have to say is its unbelievable. Anyways this dare to love is to help me reconnect with God and, Crystal on a whole new level. I have been interjecting myself into Crystals life in a way i have never done before. So i have been spending mornings at the gym with Crystal lately and many more to come. I have been learning who my wife is in the morning and how positive she can be at 5 something in the morning. I'm pretty sure she wakes up the sun, but ill tell you i love it when she wakes me up. I love spending some time with her in the morning. When shes done at the gym i drive her to work and i find we get to talk for a while in a good way. Then i head back to the gym and spend some me time before work, I have been running longer and longer at the gym lately without pushing my body to hard. After i run for a while i figured out i like hitting the heavy bag upstairs. I worked over that bag for about 15 min and thought how can i kick this up a notch and i started hitting the bag while kneeling on the ball. That's a cool feeling, balance, strength, and endurance all in one exercise. I think this week i will pull on Crystals strength and have her train me.


I am learning so much everyday get healthy in every way check out dare to love!

Fairly good gym day!

Today was a fairly decent gym day! I walked about 10 km this morning but that was a different story! So i didn't have to do any cardio at the gym today. I decided to work on the 3 most important things in life, squatting, benching, and dead lifting. I squatted 455lb, benched 265lb, and 365lb today. To me that felt good especially after a day of estimating and other crappy things. I'm starting to find that i haven't been at the gym much lately and i need to start going more often. Its great to talk to the people there, they take an interest in helping one another, and its a great stress relief after a long day at work or play! I'm also thinking that if i go to the gym more often ill have more to blog about!

Go figure huh! Get pumped, get ripped, and leave the little plates for the girls!

445 lb Squat!

Well ladies and gentlemen that's 4 plates, i know its not a great picture but its the best my photographer gave me. This is 405 lb i understand, but i did do 445lb today unfortunately that's not the picture i got. I was pretty happy and have decided that next year, after lots of training this year, and working on the technicalities of all 3 lifts, and pushing myself like mad I might consider trying a competition. On the same note i pushed up my goals on the right hand side to substantial goals for June and July! If i keep pushing things to the max maybe ill even get a participation ribbon next year!

On another note I have to learn to use my belt properly. I was squatting today till i got to about 3 1/2 plates then i put on my belt, i know i can do 3 1/2 plates but for some reason i went down and when i went to push back up i found the belt seemed to be stopping me from coming up. Now from what i understand the belt is suppose to help you keep tight and help you come up better. I don't know.................. but i have a feeling I'm using it wrong. I'm looking forward to learning to do it properly.

Take it easy and push like a mad man!