9 Months to Tri

So, I took some time to compare last month’s stats to today’s stats, and while I’m far from discouraged, I started wondering what it all means.
First of all, let’s take a look at the comparison:

Measurement
Initial
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3

Tanita Body Fat%
38%
36.5%
24.5%
24.5%

Weight
293 lbs
279.5 lbs
272 lbs
268 lbs

Push Ups
19
27
35
28

12 Minute Run
.87 mi
.99 mi
1.21 mi
1.24 mi

Well, as you can imagine, […]

[Mike]  In the last blog, Chris mentioned a few things that I wanted to touch on. 
First off the lack of weight shedding off, yet the loss of inches.  This is extremely normal, and very good.  The weight will eventually drop, however, we are in the process of building muscle that Chris never had.  As most […]

[Mike]  Hey Chris… just found out about everything.  So sorry to hear about what you and your family are going through.  Your ESPN family is always here for you.
 With everything going on, I am very proud to see your still taking some time for yourself and continueing with a workout.  Although it isn’t in as […]

Today, while I was still tired, I wasn’t feeling the same as yesterday. I was actually up to the challenge of coming into the gym and learning the new routine. Something I realized about this new workout plan is that its a lot less power and brute strength, and a lot more grace and […]

 

 2nd Routine: Part 3 [2:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Dead tired. Last night we got home later than usual, so it was about 8:45 when I went up to read stories to my 2nd grade kid. Turns out she had to read for 20 minutes for homework, so we decided that she should read first and then I’d read last. Sounded like a […]

 

 2nd Routine: Part 2 [2:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

[Mike] Well… here it is. The much anticipated second workout for Chris. I can’t believe we are already 4-weeks in. The reason we switched up his workout was because after a certain period (in this case 4 weeks), everyone’s body will begin to realize that a workout is no longer a workout any longer, […]

Technically, we’re not a full month in, but to keep things on a nice even schedule, we’re pretending that 4 weeks are a month so that we can do all of my monthly weigh-ins on a Monday. Its pretty much the same thing as a weekly weigh-in, but we also take a Tanita body […]

 

 1 Month Weigh-in [7:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Chris has almost finished his first program.  There is one more day remaining and then a new one will be designed to keep the body guessing and not plateuing.  Since Chris is still in the beginning stages of this life long committment, we will be still keeping a focus on total body muscular endurance and […]

I feel like I’ve been abducted! Or worse! Today I lost 6 days of my food journals over at Google Notebook.  No clue what happened.  They were there, and then they weren’t.  Honestly, I’m not conspiring to hide the evidence of what I ate that NOTORIOUS week that I gained a pound.  We’re looking for […]

[Mike] Chris, so I see you spent some time in the pool on Sunday with your daughter. I see a great way to enjoy some QT with the family, as well as, burn some calories… without doing your typical laps.
For those of you who don’t know, Chris is on a 5-day a week workout […]