the Ripening

I took photos in July hoping that it would entice me to get back into the swing of things but it failed.  Seeing my fat ass in those picture...

Today is the final day of the physical fitness 21 day challenge .  I chose to do body weight squats .  5 sets of 20.  30 seconds rest bet...

Today is a rest day, which coincides nicely with a drive down to Clemson to watch the Tigers battle the Wolfpack of NC State. I'll be ta...

Cardio day.  Chose to do Farmer's walks .   100 yds x 10. one minute rest in between sets. 35 pound kettlebell in each hand.  Total ti...

Instead of flexibility, i decided to work on my  soft tissue by rolling around on a tennis ball. If you have carpeting you're good.  ...

Another rest day. If i only had 21 days to lose as much weight as possible, i wouldn't be taking so many days off or only working out fo...

A return to cardio.  I chose to do farmer's walks again.   This time i carried one kettlebell in one hand for 25 yards, changed hands,...

Today was dedicated to flexibility.  I chose to do simple stretches from head to toe while watching the documentary " I'm Fine Than...

Strength training.  I figured i'd better just get it over with rather than wait until later in the day.   On Saturdays, beer consumption...

Rest day.  Back at it tomorrow.

Today is cardio.  Instead of steady state (think jogging) i prefer to do shorter periods of more intense work.  It's not quite  HIIT , o...

Flexibility day.  My back is still tight and sore but my quads aren't as bad as i thought they'd be. I started by stretching my ne...

A return to strength training.  I woke up with a ton of soreness in my  lower  back that made it difficult just  to  walk around.  I don'...

The second week of the 21 day challenge starts off with a rest day! However, I recently read this article on T-Nation talking about the B...

Today, being a Sunday, i had plenty of time to get my cardio in.  I decided to go for a bike ride. According to  Map My Ride  the route was ...

Today i worked on flexibility and focused mainly on the areas that were sore from the power cleans yesterday.  Those areas being the neck, t...

Today is a return to strength training.  I did power cleans  but instead of setting the weight on the floor each time, i only repeated the s...

Today is a rest day therefore no training.  Back at it tomorrow! In the meantime, there's local craft beer to drink ( Thunderstruck Coff...

THIS DAY...is dedicated to cardio. I did farmer's walks with my 35# kettlebells.  The gravel lot is approximately 25 yards long with an...

Today is a flexibility day.  I not only want to be strong, but i want to be limber as well.   I started at the head and worked my way down...