Update! Running and the next stage.

I haven't written in a while. It has gotten harder to get out and run. I'm still doing it. It just seems that since I started improving and getting compliments from most people who know me, I have become complaisant. A word and attitude I hate but something that is very much a part of me. Yes, I became somewhat happy with where I am and I haven't been working as hard as I should or as hard as I know I can. I am not making progress towards my goals.

It's time to take it to the next stage. I mean it's time to up the running and time to get where I originally intended, which is to sculpt my body and become strong enough to do a hardcore obstacle race such as the Tough Mudder.

Today I hit the gym hard. 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 squats with 25lbs in cowbells. I did sets of 20s in order to ease my way into it and make sure I could finish the sets.

This is where I stand as of this picture (6-23-13). I want to see how much progress I can make in 1 month, even 1 week. I absolutely cannot stand my mid section and I gotta do something about it. It's a good motivation for this experiment. Stay tuned.

P.S. I am putting myself out there in the name of helping others get health so... be nice to me. :)

Thursday 6-23-14, much better than 1 year ago but still nothing to turn heads. :)

Today 7-18-13, I find myself realizing that it's been almost a month since I did the above exercise. I have ran a few times. I've gotten my wife to go running with me, but seeing that she's just starting it's not really a work out. However, having her out there with me and the extra time I get to spend with her is well worth the trade.

So here I am almost a month later and I finally hit the gym. This is what I did.

60 push ups, 60 arm curls, 60 sit ups, 60 shoulder press with dumbells, 60 squats with +35lbs cowbells.
I did it in in 35 minutes because I was going for time so very little recovery in between. It was hard but I knew I should be able to do it. I had to adjust the weight on the curls in order to keep going. I knew I could finish, my body was just being lazy, so it became a matter of finishing. That's where the true test came, making my mind do it and shut it off from all the quitting self talk it was giving me.

People forget that even small progress is progress!