Finding My Motivation: Cool Shirt!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Cool Shirt!

Ok for those reading my blog and wanting to figure out what new program I'm doing...again, it's called MBodyStrength's Fat Loss and Strength and Conditioning Program which I've been doing since last week and loving every minute of it.

First and foremost, sorry to Marcus (Martinez) and Mark (de Grasse) for getting their names interchanged in my blogposts. My bad and my apologies for murdering their names...totally unintentional guys!

Anyway, I signed up to Mark de Grasse and Marcus Martinez's Mbodystrength online website for some free kettlebell programs and I tell you - these workouts will really kick your butt. Click here for more details on how to sign up for some free, effective workouts and these guys know how to do it and make it fun. This will be my 2nd week in and I'm really re-finding my love for kettlebell conditioning circuits and the unforgiving tabata protocol (which I will say with some sarcasm because they're only as tough as you want them to be).

I also got a free MbodyStrength T shirt which I'm currently sporting on the picture here as well as a picture of my youngest 2 year old son Gio (his nickname btw) as I was getting ready to do my Tabata training for the day. I did 5 tabata approaches using a med ball and my own body weight. So it was 5 exercises in 4 minute blocks with 20 active work and 10 second rest. Between each tabata I took 2 full minutes rest before going to the next block of tabatas. Here are the exercises I did right after bringing my twin boys to school this morning and my before and after shirt picture...dang this workout was hard. At least my son was able to behave while daddy was working out. He's a good kid. =)

Time: 9am
Garage workout

warm up

Tabatas
1) Alternating Off Set Push Ups (hands on med ball) (4 minutes - 20s:10s x 8 cycles)
2) Deck Squats with med ball to OH Press (4 minutes - 20s:10s x 8 cycles)
3) 2 hand KB swings using a 32 Kg KB (4 minutes - 20s:10s x 8 cycles)
4) Fast twitch mountain climbers hands on med ball (4 minutes - 20s:10s x 8 cycles)
5) Burpees to jump (4 minutes - 20s:10s x 8 cycles)

BAM! A 30 minute, shirt drenching workout. Workout B tomorrow....

Train smart...train safe!

Andy

2 comments:

Kelley Moore said...: Hey Andy, what a great post (and the one before this one was great too!). You look super in your picture, I think even better than after the TT challenge. It's very encouraging to watch your journey and how you share your experiences! k; August 4, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Andy said...: Thank you, Kelley! This really means alot to me.

All the best,
Andy; August 4, 2009 at 5:26 PM

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Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Andy. I'm 34 years old, married to a loving wife who's tremendous support has helped me continue this journey forward. I'm a Registered Nurse, a father of 3 year old twin boys and a new born that will be turning 1 soon. Not busy enough for you? I also work at 2 different institutions as an RN just to meet financial needs to provide for my family...

It would be so easy to pinpoint these reasons alone as not to want to make a healthier lifestyle because anyone can easily say "my life is just way too busy right now"...Excuses? Not anymore.

The road to a healthier lifestyle was tough. I wasn't born overweight...but did have periods in my life where eating took the best of me. I was in a very unhealthy state of being. Living on the edge was something common at the time in my early adulthood. Enthusiasm to live a healthier lifestyle was lost in the mix as a result of that. In 2006 and with a fairly young family to boot, I made a decision that this lifestyle had to change for fear of never making it to see my own kids' children one day...otherwise it would literally be a dead end for me. Losing weight is probably the most toughest decision to make from a personal standpoint and I'm sure others will agree. To make the decision, to plan it out and to act on it consistently is key. But what really motivated me to want to achieve my fat loss goals? What is that one reason why I wanted to lose weight? That's a tough question very few will ever find in themselves. It's takes a conscious effort to begin with and a desire from within to make it work. It takes alot of motivation from your loved ones, you friends and most importantly: from the person you see in the mirror everyday. That was my motivation and I am continuously looking for more motivation to carry on with this journey - so I welcome everybody's comments and suggestions. As goals get reached, plateaus are broken...how hard can finding my motivation in a consistent basis keep me on the right track towards a better me and a better life not only for me but those dear to me?

In 2006 I was extremely overweight...care free and when it came to losing weight, I was always the one to put it off. Then a good friend of mine re-introduced me to working out so I got a gym membership in July of 2006 and from 217 lbs, I dropped to 180 in a span of about a year...slowly but gradually I noticed the changes were showing. But I needed more motivation to carry on. That's when I came to this program that really works . I can attest, this is by far the best kept secret in fitness that money can buy...

That's right..I'll be living proof of that. Talk is talk...pictures say a thousand words...Simply look at the pictures in my blog to see how this program worked for me...

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Andy

Another 2007 pic taken only in June of 2007!!!!!!