My Journey

Well I had a great workout and felt good. My elbow is feeling better so that is a relief. My goals for the challenge are coming along, I have increased my bench by 10 lbs so that feels nice. I am getting better at chin-ups did 1 set of 4, 1 set of 3 so I am making progress. All in all progress is going great.

Well I did my first chin-ups yesterday. I have never really attempted to do them so I suprised myself. I did 2 sets of 3 on the third set I only managed 2 but I will take it. So now I will begin to work on improving on them. I will work towards doing pull-ups once I get the chin-ups to a level where I am comfortable with them.

Working on chin-ups and pull-ups will help me with my adventure into rock climbing. Everytime I ready something on rock climbing I get excited and can’t wait to get going. The effort will be worth the reward.

On my way!

Well I blew a CE yesterday. I had a double bacon cheeseburger and fries. After I ate my body was not very accepting of the food. I figure I have gotten use to eating healthier and my body didn’t like my choice. Learned a good lesson, Don’t eat crap food.

My workouts are getting much better and I have seen such a change in my muscle definition. I feel stronger and have been able to do things without getting tired. I am looking forward to the weather getting better so I can get out and enjoy the outdoors.

Work has been steadily getting busier and I am patiently waiting for the web store to get up and running. I have big expectations for our organic products. Some people may think they are out of reach but I know that they are not and I am going to do whatever it takes to exceed our goals. My goals for our company will keep me very busy but I am looking forward to all the hard work. With hard work comes great rewards.

Keep working to exceed your goals everyone.

Wow it has been quite a while since I last blogged. I could make up an excuse but laziness is what it was.

Well I am off to a good start on the Spring 52DC. I am going to focus on my weight loss more this challenge. My goal is 13 lbs and I am really determined to get there, my body will thank me for it. I feel I set some lofty goals for the challenge and I know that I will reach them, I am driven by a challenge.

I am also beginning to research and read about rock climbing, I am ready to do something I haven’t done before. I look forward to the challenge and the rush of adrenaline. Of course I will be taking a few lessons so I can learn the proper technique of doing things. I can’t wait for the fun to begin.

Thanks for everyones support.

Well I did my workout yesterday and ended up doing my bench at the end of it and to my suprise I was able to bench 245lbs 3x which is a personal best. I wonder what I would have been able to do if I did my bench first. I really feel my body changing and I can see much muscle definition. It feels great to know that I can accomplish things when I set my mind to it.

I have been thinking about goals for the next 52dc and have come up with a couple. 1. 2000 push-ups (this will really make me work hard but worth the effort). 2. Body weight squats increasing weight as I go. 3. Lose weight (I will determine the amount after this challenge) 4. Ride mountain bike (will figure out how many miles) 5. Read 2 books 6. Improve on my CE 7. Bench 275lbs 5x. These goals will be tough to reach but they are very doable, I just need to put my mind to it and they will happen.

What will really add to this challenge is the fact that our business is picking up and we are starting to get really busy. The web store should be ready around the first week of April (many delays) so that will also add to the work load. Throw in a little travel and my summer will be booked.

Well it is getting closer to the end of the challenge. I had no idea how hard it would be to do. CE’s have been my toughest challenge but I keep pushing through. I found that I have more drive than I ever believed, I really enjoy working out and love the feeling afterwards. Push-ups have become so much easier for me and I can’t wait to see how many I finish with. I didn’t really know what to expect with my goals, didn’t know if they were to easy or to hard. I have found nothing is to hard to do and you can always increase goals as you go. So now it is time to push hard for the next two weeks and really see what I have.

It is amazing how I feel guilty if I miss a day of working out. I have the drive to better myself so I really look forward to my workouts. It is hard to take rest days but I know it is best for my body. Now that the weather is starting to warm up I will be getting out on the mountain bike on the weekends. Such a relaxing thing to do.

I am going to start Monday doing body weight squats to get my body use to them. I will slowly increase weight so that I don’t damage my knee. I have gotten over worring about how much weight I am lifting and doing what my body tells me. I will accomplish this goal.

Well so far I am happy with my progress, I have been sticking with the challenge and I feel much better about my goals. I will surpass my PG of 400 push-ups (120 away from goal) then I will move on to the weight goal still keeping up with my push-ups. CE’s are still a challenge but I will accomplish my goal and continue on with clean eating. My body feels so much better since I have been eating healthy and I am learning new ways to cook healthy meals.

My cold is finally breaking up so I will be back at the gym when it is over (don’t want to get others sick). With the economy not looking so good I am happy that business for us is picking up, we landed 2 more big accounts and everything is headed in the right direction. Overall I am satisfied with where things are at, from here on out they are going to keep getting better.

Had a great leg workout really had my legs burning. The intensity was great and the burn kept motivating me to press harder. Finished it off with light eliptical. Today I will work the upper body followed by HIIT on the eliptical. Been staying with my CE, RT, CT and personal goals, I am getting to like push-ups the more I do them. Until next time.

Well so far so good I’ve been sticking to my routine and clean eating. Clean eating has been the biggest challenge so far, I get cravings for junk food and want to act on them but I tell myself no and grab a piece of fruit (seems to be working).

I tend to feel guilty about taking rest days but my body needs it. I just feel so lazy not doing anything, when it warms up I will start getting out on the MTB. Keeping up with my blog and food tracking seems to work well and helps me not to feel so guilty.

Off to watch Daytona!