9 Months to Tri

Yesterday I woke up and thought to myself, “hey, I feel better. Maybe I’m recovered.” Then… I sat up.
OK. It wasn’t all that bad, really, but it wasn’t all better, either. My entire body was still achey and I dealt with a headache just on the edge all day. So, I just took it […]

So, Thursday started off great. I went to the pool and had one of the best swimming workouts I’ve had since I started. I only had about a half hour, so I really pushed the workout. I swam 4 lengths short of a mile.  When I was done, I got my standard ‘after swim’ lunch […]

I woke up this morning and immediately popped a couple of ibuprofen.  I probably slept wrong, but also still dealing with soreness in other areas. My neck still hurts a bit from last week. My left leg which started hurting on Monday still hurts. My chest and shoulders are still sore from Monday’s workout. And […]

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, […]

Almost forgot to mention, I didn’t notice this until the next morning, but this is the condition the back of my ankles were in after Friday’s workout. Apparently the elastic band I use to add resistance to my lunges had some extra teeth that day and caused matching, wide open to the world, blisters. […]

This video was actually shot about a month ago, but with all of the problems that popped up immediately that week, it just never got processed. So, here it is, just in time for tomorrow’s 3 month weigh in.

I couldn’t believe how heavy I looked, even just 4 weeks ago. Wow.
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So, Friday I was feeling a bit better. Pain was manageable with Advil, so Brett and I did strength training.  All was normal until the end when Mike told us to skip the last round of cardio on the Arc Trainer because he had something special planned. 
So, we donned boxing gloves and did some […]

[Brett] Chris might think he’s struggling keep up with me, but let me explain how hard he pushes me through these workouts. First off; these are total body workouts that are done with no rest and have cardio at the beginning, middle and end. Mike designed these programs to seriously kick out butts through these […]

I was hoping to wake up this morning feeling better, but I didn’t. I’m still in quite a bit of pain. The pain killers have kicked in, so I’m functional, but even now I can feel twinges of pain when I move my head. So, no workout today.  I going to take it easy on […]

This morning as I was getting ready for work, I threw on my gray (heather) polo shirt, and the cuffs were tight around my biceps.  I exclaimed, “What’s going on with this? Something’s wrong,” to which my wife replied, “Your arms are getting bigger. Your shirts just too tight.”  I looked at her and said, […]