Been a while since I posted. I’ve got good news and bad news to report. The Bad News Back in the Fall I received a curious email from a post on Sportsvite. Sportsvite is a place where you can find sport teams to join, and teams can look for players. Most of the teams are… Continue Reading
A Forty-something Fat Guy's Journey Towards Real Health
Category Archives: Fitness
Starting Strength Update – Week 4
So this is week 4 of my attempt at the Starting Strength program, and I can report one big positive and one big negative. The Good The good news first: I’ve increased my strength dramatically, pretty quickly. Yesterday I easily deadlifted 225. Easily. Probably could have thrown another 25lbs on there but some anorexic looking… Continue Reading
I Quit CrossFit Today
Actually I quit yesterday, but wanted to wait a day to blog about it, as I wanted to give it a day to think about it before writing. I’ve been doing CrossFit for a little over four months now. Subscribers to this blog have likely read my over-the-top descriptions of my first CrossFit workout and… Continue Reading
Yes, I’m Still Alive!
First off, I apologize for not posting in a while. This blog now gets an average of 130 unique visitors per day, and based on some of the emails I’ve gotten recently asking me if I’m still alive, I wanted to get the word out about how things are going. I’m Alive and Thriving! :… Continue Reading
Getting Over the Initial CrossFit Hump, and Team WODs Suck (for me)
This past week was mostly great, with one exception – I have a nasty ass (literally) stomach bug of sorts. It started a few nights ago, and hasn’t gone away. I’m not rolling around in pain or anything – in fact, I did a WOD on Wednesday (which was a disaster, see below for more… Continue Reading
