Day 647- As we get close to Day 650

We need to look at the virtual miles of riding since February 23, 2008. Well, boys and girls if you ride 20 miles a day for 647 straight days you will have traveled (647x 20=12,940 miles). Okay, I am on the east coast of the United States so if I set off on a 647 day sojourn where would I be if I traveled 20 miles a day further from where I started? I would have been in Sidney, Australia and 2,200 miles on my way back. Sidney, Australia is 10,777 miles from New York.

It is amazing how numbers, no matter how small at the beginning, just start adding up.
I never would have dreamed of doing a cardio vascular workout everyday for 647 days. That is 92.4 weeks. That equals 21.3 months which is 1.8 years.

Well today willbe a fun challenge especially after just completing a strong week in averaging 913 calories burned per 60 minutes of riding - Here is a break down of the week

Monday November 23RD 897 (Small Pedal )
Tuesday November 24TH 921 (Small Pedal)
Wednesday November 25TH 902 (Small Pedal)
Thursday November 26TH 955 (Big Pedal )
Friday November 27TH 921 (Small Pedal)
Saturday November 28TH 889 (Small Pedal)
Sunday November 29TH 911 ( Big Pedal)

I averaged 913.71 calories burned per hour for the week of November 23RD-29TH.
Big pedal= 933
Small pedal=906

It is now time to get after IT!

Did a good job kept up an awesome pace by burning 916 calories in an hour- Hello, woodja gimme an amen? I love reliving the ride. I know to most it must be about as boring as listening to someone else giving you a shot by shot description of their golf game. Ah, but here goes.

Felt good right from the start used the small pedal life cycle. I noticed I did not start sweating until about 12 minutes into the ride( that's unusual ) even though I had already burned about 200 calories. Remember this the previous numbers were good.I had burned about 913 calories per hour for the last week. After the first 10 minutes I burned 154. At that point I said to myself,"ok, keep the pace and you will do better than you did yesterday."So, wouldn't you know it I did exactly that. I was only off by 4 calories. I wound up burning 916 calories in the hour.

After every 10 minutes I kept trying to be at least two more calories burned ahead of the last 10 minutes. When I reached the 40 minute mark I had burned 609 calories. When I hit the 50 minute mark I had burned 765 calories. I was a good 15 calories ahead of 900 calories burned in an hour. All I had to do to break yesterday's mark of 911 was burn 146 calories in next 10 minutes. I used all the strategy I could think of to keep the pace. Twice I shifted the resistance to the highest level. By shifting the resistance to the highest level I as able to burn more calories than I was at the lower level. I knew when I shifted to a higher level I would be forced to pedal harder to keep the pace. So I did that and wound up burning enough calories to win! I love it!

After the ride I went ahead and did some crunches. In total I did 1460. I then did some grueling plank exercises I held myself in the same spot for 21 minutes.

As we march into December we are heading towards day 648- It should be an awesome way to start the month!

Day 646- Good challenge today: Early workout scheduled

Curious to see how my body reacts to working out earlier in the day. I have for the last six days worked out after 9:30 am. I excited about the opportunity. I am up early to work out so I can attend church this morning.

I had plenty of energy! Did 481 in first 30 minutes. At the 40 minute mark had 621 and stood strong and finished by doing 911 in 60 minutes. With two interesting variables one was on the big pedal life cycle and fan not on. A great fun challenge!

Day 645- Today from midnight to 8 am I slept- What?

My schedule has been modified today.Today was the first Saturday I have not had to be in work since? June 20Th.Here is a quick look at my Saturday workouts that have been different.

July 4Th went in a little later 8am- DAY 498

June 20Th worked out early no work went to a wedding.Went in at 8:30am- DAY 484

February 28Th sick day 372--still work out despite being sick.It has been 39

Saturdays in a row that I did not get up very early and work out.

Reason why I did not get up early today? Decided to sleep in had the alarm set. Alarm went off , but I opted to rest a little longer because I had the option to do so.

I am happy I am sitting here relaxing a tad before I go in for the ride. I think sleep helps to bring on congestion but that is okay I am more rested to deal with it.

My focus is beginning to sharpen - Remember I once gave someone a compliment that I used that phrase in it.I was thanking the person for motivating me. It went like this-
You motivated me and the reason why I say that is:

1- you helped me to improve my discipline
2 -you helped me to sharpen my focus
3- you helped me to strengthen my determination

What more does one need than that to win?
Needless to say I was very thankful for the effect that person had on me!

We should all look hard for ways we can be meant to feel from just relating to certain people. Everyone of us carries a certain something to one another. We are just not sure what it is.
A good practice would be to continue to search for that ingredient that we all have for each other.

Day 645 in the books that's 650 workouts in 645 days- Woodja gimme an amen?

Did a gut wrenching 889 in 60 minutes. Saw myself go from 606 at 40 minutes and maintain a decent performance the last 20 minutes. Highlighted the workout with 1900 crunches and 23 good ones! ON da plank.

Worked out a total of 2 hours and fifthteen minutes.

Day 644- The day called black friday

Steely Dan did a song called black Friday. To my knowledge BF was October 29Th 1929 when the stock market crashed and launched the great depression. Its rather strange that we go from the name of a day that is the darkest in American history to a day that represents buying things at a bargain price and is the first shopping day of the Christmas Season.

Fuhgetaboutit- Let us focus on positive things like praising God for giving us a chance to have a great workout. For helping us renew our mind with thoughts of his love towards us.

My ride today was done on the small pedal life cycle- I started strong got a little stronger, then leveled out. By the end, I was able to finish with a god kick. I wound up doing a 921 in 60.( I burned 921 calories in 60 minutes).My totals for the week- Sunday to Friday

• Sunday November 22ND 805 (Small Pedal )
• Monday November 23RD 897 (Small Pedal )
• Tuesday November 24TH 921 (Small Pedal)
• Wednesday November 25TH 902 (Small Pedal)
• Thursday November 26TH 955 (Big Pedal )
• Friday November 27TH 921 (Small Pedal)

I love doing the workouts- Did 1150 crunches and 21 very good plank minutes of course as always without a break!

Day 643- Okay! Good morning and HAPPY THANKSGIVING

The gym is open from 8-12am. I plan on arriving at 945 ish.( I must tend to the turkey 1st!)
Yesterday, I blasted out 902 in 60. The past three days I have been able to do an average 900 calories burned in an hour. (921+897+ 902=2720/3= 906). That is a good pace.

So the game is on, focus is the key to a strong performance. Last thanksgiving was November 27Th 2008 here is what I did-
I burned 928 calories on day 279 of the streak. I was just starting to do the plank exercise. I was doing it for about 3 to 8 minutes.

One thing of note, I have been sleeping more. Last night I slept from 12 to 6. For the last 3 or 4 days I have been getting about 6 hours a night. Six hours a night is definitely more than I had been averaging. I feel great! Awesome as a matter of fact.

A good strong ride today is the goal. Along with healthy eating.

We hit them hard, we knock them out and we chalk them up! Today was stupendous I got on at 945 and rode hard for the first 10 minutes I did an awesome 165. I knew I had a good shot at doing something awesome I arrived at the 20 minute mark by burning 334 calories. That is a pace of 1000+ per hour. I wound up doing 955 calories in an hour-WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Day 642- A letter to the YMCA

Today I received a notice from the local YMCA. I just had to write back!



Hi, I received your information today. At this point in time I felt very compelled to inform you that since February 23,2008 I have not missed a day of doing at least one one hour cardio vascular work out. On five days I did two workouts. As I write this I am on Day 642 of this streak. My work out has consisted of a 60 minute lifecyle ride in which I try to burn anywhere from 800 to 1000 calories per hour.

I also wanted to mention that I love to work out- So much so; That I have a blog describing my daily attitudes and accomplishments that I write EVERYDAY. At present, I have written in the blog every day for the last 165 days. I have seen a lot of people come and go to the gym I presently work out at.

I would love to get in touch with more people that workout with the same enthusiasm that I do so the word can be spread. That word is workout everyday it is awesome.

I also believe everyone should have a workout blog because it helps one to continue to enjoy the work out.

So I close by offering you a special invitation to read my blog
http://john-aseyecit.blogspot.com/2009/06/day-477-challenge.html
Please not only read pass it on- Thank You
Happy Thanksgiving

PS - Everybody shout, I love to work out!

I was so invigorated by my YMCA contact that I was not to be denied! In the las three days I have done a 921,897 and a 902 calorie burn on the life cyle. Today I burned 65 calories by raises the resistance level from 22 to 25. Twenty five is the highest level on the machine. I saw that as the only way I was going to be able to reach my goal of burning 900 calories in an hour. When I raised the level to 25 it made me pedal harder.

I am sure you can probably think of more things that feel better than busting a gut to burn 900 calories in 60 minutes than the way I did but I can't. I have said this before when engaged in this activity you lose all perspective of where you are your only thought is to hit that number. It is awesome :) Finished with 1510 crunches and 28 minutes on the plank. The plank is one of those few exercises where you can be perfectly still and sweat like crazy.

Day 641- We challenge ourselves daily it all comes down to how much

I was once exposed to a concept that said once we stretch our vision and realize are true potential we can never go back to that previous potential. Hmm, it says who you thought you could be before you cannot think of yourself as being before. That is is a powerful thought. Real simple, once you have had the thought of being the president you can no longer only hold the thought of being the vice president. If you once thought of yourself as good and realize you could be great you can never say to yourself well I never thought of myself as some who could be great.

Yes are mind is that powerful. We must always focus on what great potential we have and constantly try to achieve it!

Remained as focused and determined as I possibly could. Burned 897 calories in 60 minutes. Do not think for a second I wasn't killing myself to get to 900 calories burned in an hour! I was at 604 calories burned after 40 minutes. Only burned 293 calories in the last 20 minutes. It took me awhile to figure this out but, When you burn 897 calories in 60 minutes that means you burned 15 calories a minute for 57 minutes and only in 3 minutes did you burn 14 calories a minute. Wow that is still a heck of a workout! Had fun as usual did 1500 crunches and 24 minutes on plank-

As Patton said " God help me I truly love it!

Day 640- I am harboring my energy

My body wants to move today but first it wants to rest for a few seconds. I have rested a grand total of 26 hours since my last workout. I have been getting ready to move as one of my primary goals of the day! I have enjoyed my time here and have had a chance to just reflect on the last 30 hours or so.

My body is unwinding its been a good battle when you consider that on Friday, I workout at 11am til 1:30pm. Worked from 345pm to 1030pm. Then slept from 1230am to 530am. Worked out from 7am to 830am . Worked from 1030 to 1030 then slept from 1 to 6am then worked out from 815am to 930am then worked from 12 noon to 10pm . Then slept for 1am to 630am. I should be fresh as a daisy now!

Shall we go get Day 640! What did Cicero say "If not us, who? If not now, when?"-
Was it Cicero or Kennedy? Or both?. If not them who?


I came out with the old glint in the eye today blasted a 921 in 60. That is incredible especially when you consider yesterday calorie burn was 805 in 60 minutes. There were a few variables to today's effort. 1- had plenty of rest in between workouts 2- met up with a guy who was into the ride and that motivated me to get into a strong pace and keep it!

Did a solid 1440 crunches after riding then a good 22 minutes on the plank. Felt absolutely awesome.

I am getting motivated for the next ride and solid workout.

641 lets go already!

day 639- As we roll towards Thanksgiving Day

Today I am on a supposed time crunch. I have about 1 hour of 45 minutes separating me from my workout. I will probably start my ride at 8:30 ish am. Be done by 945 ish am - I hope!

This is a good challenge like La Mahs you know where the drivers run towards their cars and jump in!

OK, here is what happened. I left at 645. Dropped at 725. Arrived at gym 815, rode from 825 to 925, stretched left gym 940. Had breakfast at 10 am.

I am still perplexed, is it the life cycle or me? For a long time I would burn 900 calories an hour easily. Then I switched life cycles because the one I was using broke. (for the record it is still broken). From the first day that I started riding the lc with the residential pedals I noticed a drop off in the amount of calories I was able too burn per hour.

I did not pay much attention to my heart rate but I do not believe it is much different than my previous workouts.

I noticed one other thing working 12 hours and sleeping 4 1/2 hours makes for a heck of a workout challenge. I do take pride in the fact that I completed the 60 minute ride this morning.
I usually take for granted the 60 minutes today I was aware of it.

Day 638- The challenge is simple do the workout today on less rest

This morning I was up at 5:15 am - I feel good! Went to sleep at 12:45 am. Ate healthy prior to bed. Roasted vegetables and kashi. OK you can not get much more healthier than that. Oh, I did have 2 apples right after I got out of work and some apple cider with club soda.

The bible says "the sleep of the laborer is sweet." I am starting to wonder am I a world class athlete? I challenge myself everyday like a top athlete. I may not be able to run and jump like a young buck. However, I push myself to a certain level everyday. I shall investigate this further. What is a world class athlete? Do I want to be considered a world class athlete?

In a few seconds I will attempt to complete my 643rd workout in the last 638 last days. With the good LORD willing I will complete it. Yesterday, I did not get as loose as I wanted to. Today I pray to be more loose.

Thank You dear LORD for feeling more loose. I broke yesterday's mark of burning 802 calories in an hour. Today I did 840 in an hour. WGA? The ride is now a great challenge which I am proud to say I have accepted. The question is has the resistance increased of the life cycle or have I weakened somewhat? I suppose we will probably never know. Here is one thing I did I googled world class athlete and is what was found. Whole bunch that does not apply to my trend of thought.

Day 637- Sometimes you are ready for the challenge other times ...

The challenge is ready for YOU! Man, I came out with a lot of fire and just could not get things lit. A good analogy would be it was like trying to lite WET wood. My question is who WET the wood? Next time I will not use WET wood. I will prevent WET wood by keeping myself dry and fresh. Mentally as well as physically.

The world excepts no excuses, I am the writer, director and lead actor of my life story. We all make our own bed and have to lie in it. WGA?(woodja gimme an amen?)

So I burned only 803 in 60 today. No big deal I still did 1400 crunches and did 22 minutes on the plank. I will tellyou what. Sometime when you think you are in good shape lie on your stomach on the floor and lift yourself up with your elbows and balls of your feet and hold yourself there. Do it for about a minute and see how you feel. The do it for another minute then see how you feel. If you are still doing it try it for 10 minutes, 20 minutes. If you cando it for more than 50 minutes you broke my record- CONGRATULATIONS!

NO MORE WET WOOD!

Day 636- My gosh I think I will workout today!

What a novel idea! I suppose everyone loves a good yuk. As I said yesterday the goal is 855 in 60. Right now, as I write this I am practicing a visualization of myself completing the task. I can see in my mind's eye the numbers 859 being passed before I reach the 60 minute mark. I am in the process of making that mental picture clearer as the seconds and minutes build up to my effort. I believe focus and clarity of the picture one seeks is a powerful too to achieve any goal.

Some days you just nail it! Do you know what I mean?

Now you can not convince me that visualization did not help me go out there today and complete an awesome workout. I will go one step further and say that visualization helped tremendously in my effort today.

I came out today with such zest that it carried my entire workout all the way to end stretching session. How can anyone not love to workout. My start was awesome. I challenged 17 calories burned per minute for about three minutes. I was at 402 @ 25 minutes=16.08 calories burned per minute. I can not even remember the last time I was pedaling that hard.As I got to the 30 minute mark I was still blasting but I had slowed a little as evidenced by my total of calories burned. I had burned 475 calories in the 1st 30 minutes of the ride. Can I get an amen? "Woodja gimme an amen?" I just kept focusing on my visualization and thought "I am going to fly by my goal of 855 in 60". I set my sights on arriving at 60 with 900+ calories burned. I was a little disappointed that I could not maintain my 16.08 per minute pace. So I resolved to get 912 or more.I was at 827 shortly after the 54 minute mark. I knew I was on the verge of a great accomplishment. In addition, to the accomplishment it was the first time in a week I had burned 900 plus calories in 60 minutes.

Once I finished the ride I had done 916 in 60 -Hooray!!!
I was so psyched I did 1420 crunches then a strong 30 minutes of plank.

I do not know the power I will bring to tomorrow's workout but I am already working on a strong visualization of it!

Day 635- we all need a rest - WRONG!

Had a great conversation with one of the gym member today. I was asked boy, you look like you sure workout real hard. How many days a week do you workout? Five days a week? You don't workout six days a week do you? My answer was seven. I could not help but say I have worked out 635 straight days in a row. I said you do not need to rest! Why do you do it? To feel good and be healthy! The reply was you have not missed for 2 years? I said not 2 years but almost 2. I continued 730 is two years.

The question was asked again you don't rest. You don't need to rest! You see a lot of people think they know but they do not have a clue as to how working out everyday makes you feel. Do you know that while you are working out at a good pace your body releases endorphins and they are very powerful pain relievers. The pain relievers are as potent as morphine.

Like I said great conversation- more like an interview. The message is clear - I love to workout and you should too.

Today I increased my calorie burn. I was able to burn 854 calories in 60 minutes. On Tuesday my number of burned calories was 811 the day before was 797.

The crunch game was fun I did 1400 then 16 minutes on the plank exercise I had more in the tank I know I could have done more plank minutes but, I had to go somewhere-BUMMER- I hate it when I do not "leave it in the gym."

By "leave it in the gym." I mean do all you can when you can!

Day 636- I will come out charging- Break 854- Break 854 Break 854.......

Day 634-Alright, your on!

What does that mean to you? Does it get you fired up? I suppose it depends on your attitude of mind. I think attitude is everything. The dictionary describes attitude as:

manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, esp. of the mind: a negative attitude; group attitudes.

See with proper attitude Alright, your on! Takes on a powerful focus. Not too long ago I saw a person get hypnotized. After all I have read and heard about the power of persuasion it was interesting to see how the person went about putting the person in a command trace. Hypnotics has a foundation of working on the person consciousness and not on the person's subconsciousness. If a person was to bring the thoughts to bear and action without first contacting one's subconsciousness a lot of strange behavior would happen. Very similar to what I and others witnessed while these individuals were in a hypnotic trance.

Well what if we were able to put ourselves in a hypnotic trance and went ahead and did some things that were helpful to our bodies like exercise and eat right. What if when we thought of sitting down we got up and did a full cardio workout?

Day 633- The clarion call to keep moving!

My body feels great although I have not had as much rest as I have had over the last few weeks. This refreshing burst of warmer weather has re energized me. This is the 3rd day in a row in which I have slept less than 6 hours a night. But, heck feeling is believing. I have also changed my diet and are strictly focusing on eating fruits, vegetables and whole grains. It feels good to in take in very little fat. Only fat is olive oil.

I am looking forward to being more powerful today in my workout.

Did not exactly tear up the pea patch on the life cycle but did have a good ab session. I was able to do 1400 crunches real fast( probably because I got upset about not riding as strong as I wanted to) and did 25 minutes on the plank exercise. As usual I felt awesome during after the workout. The more I get that awesome feeling while working out the more I wish more people would attempt to work out more! They would be amazed to learn how great they would feel if the could work out on a consistent basis.

Day 634 will soon be @ the door so I do I need to say more?

Day 632- This Sunday a different strategy

Instead of dropping off and spending 5 then workout. I will travel back, workout and leave from home. Do I really spend that much on gas to have it worth staying there? Today I will test that strategy.

So much of what we do is a strategy. It my be a well thought out plan for something to be done for a long term benefit. Some times it is just a short split second decision on how to do something. Either way there is a strategy we have for doing anything we do.

Plan
Do
Review

We are always in that process. Our minds all work that way. Amazing isn't?

Day 632- I am for you, carpe diem!! Workout time? Eight fifteen ish :)

Prefect! That plan is better! Started workout at 7:30 am ish got back to house at 9 am ish. Feel great!Did 825 in 60. After a 3 min plank and some stretching.

Here something! It usually takes me a hour and a half to start my workout from the time I leave the house on Sunday mornings. This Sunday it took me about an hour and forty five minutes. So for fifteen minutes more I can work out near home home and start my day at home. I will take that plan thank you.

I will say pushing towards that magic pace of 15 calories burned per minute is now an awesome challenge. I have been doing better when I start the workout later in the day. My numbers seem to prove that.

I still love the workout!!

Day 631-Breaking out the new championship jerseys

Oh what a feeling to win the championship. The Yankees are a unique group every year they say the same thing- That is.... Are job is to win the World Series and in the past 89 years they have delivered 27 times. Now that is a little less than (.30) one third of the time in which they have delivered. Keep in mind their close competition to that percentage is the St.Louis Cardinals and they have only won 10 championships in their history.

Winning takes on a whole dimension of life that can only be described by the people who win. Now, the exciting part about winning is you make the rules as to whether or not you are winning. Today, I feel that I am winning because I keep showing up everyday to pursue my goal of completing my daily 60 minute cardio workout.

So allow me the chance to go win again. By the way you are winning at something, it is your choice to decide what it is!

I won I did my 60 minute workout. What about you? How much exercise do you plan on getting today? We all want but are we willing to sacrifice? What price are we willing to pay? All it takes in one hour a day to help yourself out. Do you not think you are worth it? C'mon you must think good health and fitness is owed to you. It is funny I start my work out and there are a whole bunch of people around me. I finish it and there are different people around me. Why is that different people are occupying the same machines? I think it is because other people do not workout as long as I do. I noticed very few people sweat as much as I do. I also noticed most people are not there everyday like I am. People, your body and you are worth it, get on a program and challenge yourselves to stick with it

Five abilities needed to win: cape ability account ability response ability stick ability compat ability. Sounds about right!

Day 630- JR and I are now tied!

Ken Griffey Jr has hit 630 home runs in his career.My streak is now at 630 days. With the good lord willing I will pass that number tomorrow. Griffey in my opinion should have hit many more home runs. As side from Willie Mays he was by far the best fielding all time home run hitter of my day. His ability to cover the ground in the center field was unbelievable. Because he had that give up the body to catch the ball mentality he suffered through a lot of injuries that slowed him down.

I once took a photograph of him batting with Alex Rodriguez in the on deck circle and Mariano Rivera pitching. It was a classic picture because all three should wind up in the hall of fame some day. The date I took the picture was August 29Th 1999 my son's first major league baseball game. The picture was taken at Yankee Stadium.

Today is dedicated to that day some ten years ago. I excited to see that the pedal was fixed on the other life cycle. It still is not a fixed life cycle. When you consider that the ball bearing is still loose in the crank shaft and the sound is very obvious.

Regardless I blasted out to a good pace where I had burned 317 calories in the 1st 20 minutes.However, after that I was unable to find that pace again. I finished by burning 887 calories in 60 minutes. I was not slowed because I did do 620 + crunches and 25 straight minutes on the plank. I feel great and I am truly happy about my performance

Day 629- Their is no substitute for feeling good

I am determined to feel good and strong and focused today. My body seems to have reacted well to my new diet. My diet includes eating fruits,vegetables and whole grains. I have discovered an excellent snack. Apple Cider over kashi cereal, man it is awesome. Try roasted vegetables they are awesome, too. Of course, oatmeal with apple cider and cinnamon with fresh fruit is truly awesome. Wash it down with orange juice and seltzer and you are eating like a king.

The interview with the world's oldest person made it clear people just eat too much. Heck, the person who said it is 114 year's old.


Just got done showering after an awesome workout burned 912 calories in an hour while riding the life cycle. Did 650 crunches did the plank exercise for 22 minutes straight. Did 130 20 pound curls.
Had 4 vitamins: 2 proflavinol and 2 poly c . One is an antioxidant the other is time released vitamin c.
I washed it down with acai juice. Now going to have a cup of cooked oatmeal and apple cider with cinnamon and cranberries and banana. I will wash my oatmeal down with orange with calcium and seltzer. For my snacks this afternoon I plan on eating apples and drinking orange juice and seltzer.
I feel awesome after a great workout! Today was 629TH straight day of doing a 60 minute or more cardio vascular workout.

Day 628- This is the best I have felt in weeks

I have been feeling great. However, this is even better. Praise the Lord! I charged through the ride this morning maintained a 15 calories burn per minute pace for 35 minutes. Then finished strong and felt great!.

I knew I was feeling good because I did a good strong crunch session followed by a good plank. Oh what a feeling when that magic comes back. When your body is flooded with endorphins and body feels light and you are moving but not in a gravity way. Your moving in a floating way. I suppose the word is "unencumbered". Moving with little to no resistance.

Had a good rest from 12 midnight to 6:30am woke up refreshed. My time between work outs was 10:45am to 9:15am. Which equals a 22 1/2 hour break. I must have been shaking off a virus of some sort. But it feels good right now.

Tomorrow we go after Day 629. I am so pumped I feel like doing another work out right now!

Day 627- This has been an awesome journey

It is amazing since I have started this streak I realized that the shirt I had been wearing has begun to fade and has some holes in it. I imagine the the wear is more from using the dryer than my using it about 2 hours a day for the last 600 days or so. My body has changed some in size and shape. Knock on wood my sneakers have held up. Primarily because I only use them for working out.
People have come and go in the gym and there are not a lot of members if any that were there when I first started this streak. The workers have changed. The place looks different there have been some changes.

I still have the same fire to get to my workout everyday. I still love to workout. Your body is much more resilient than you realize. People give reasons for not coming to the gym and working out. People have a much different attitude about working out than I do. Diet is vital to giving you the proper energy day in and day out. No, it really is. When you do something day in and day out you really can tell the difference.

People probably think I am crazy- Be thankful for all God's strength that he gives you every day.
Just for haha on this day last year here is what I did......

November 10TH 2008
Here were my notes
day 262 - 894-167 lbs xpress 7 min planx

454/ 440 legs not as strong as I would have liked.- planks- 4 sets 3 2min 1 1min did 3 sets of 15 on 12 1/2 lbs on biceps.
ate treats corn chips 2 huge salads from restaurant bag of kettle corn seltzer.

Interesting was just starting the plank exercise. Legs could have been stronger sounds familiar.
Had started the bad habit of eating the corn chips and kettle corn. Salads good seltzer good.

Okay - I will make new history today.

Great feeling starting to get legs revved up again! Did a good 884 today. Was able to maintain that exciting 15 calorie burn per minute pace for 45 minutes! I even was only two calories burned off the pace of 15 per minute at the 50 minute mark. I had burned 748 calories after 50 minutes. Awesome. Did 300 + crunches and 8 minutes on the plank.

At the conclusion of today's workout I am only 3 days away from tying Ken Griffey Jr' s total 630 life time home runs. I remember Ken Griffey Sr when he was playing minor league baseball. I was only 14 years old and I remember sitting in old quigley stadium and hearing the announcer saying now batting the center fielder Ken Griff-ey! Now I am trying to beat his son in number of consecutive workouts- COOL!

Day 626- Preparing to have a great workout

Here is something I once heard from a great motivational speaker. He said, did you know that the most influential people in the world are at their highest moments excitement for just a few hours a day. He went on to say that people with power and financial success harness their maximum energy for just a small percentage of the day. Their enthusiasm reaches a peak and they get 80-90 percent of their most beneficial work done in those relatively small time frames.

Isn't that amazing?

Please give that some thought while I go to workout.

I felt great today blasted and had a 15 calorie per minute burning pace for 45 minutes- Finished with a surge and did 892 in 60 the most I have done since? October 23RD, when I did a 912 on Day 609 which was 17 days ago. Whew what took so long?

Back was somewhat testy but did a few crunches and 5 minutes of plank.

If you are a Yankee fan check this link out- :)

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/11/07/2009-11-07_last_trip.html

New York concrete jungle where dreams are made of..... New Yor------k

day 625- A more milder weather front has come in

Searching for the way to get an explosive sustained ride. My legs will get more rest today than they have in the last few days. I feel like a chemist and my body is the subject of the experiment. I always make note of the time I workout so here goes.


Sunday-805 - 4 1/2 hrs rest 25 hours prior to last ride - ride time 8:30am
Monday-850- 5 1/2 hrs rest 28 1/2 hours prior to last ride ride time 12 noon
Tuesday-838- 4 1/2 hrs rest 21 1/2 hours prior to last ride ride time 9:30am
Wednesday-805-4 hrs rest 24 hrs hours prior to last ride ride time 9:15am
Thursday-735- 5 1/2 hrs rest 25 1/2 hrs hours prior to last ride ride time 11am
Friday-805- 6 hrs rest 21 hr hours prior to last ride ride time 7am
Saturday- 810 4 1/2 rest hrs 24 hours prior to last ride ride time 7:15am
Sunday-802 6 hours rest hrs 28 hourd prior to last ride ride time 11:15am
　
Hmm, what can we determine from this? OK, the longest hours prior to last ride yielded the most calories burned per hour-850 on Monday. Unfortunately, the longest rest six hours was accompanied by the shortest hours prior to last ride. In this case its hard to determine the extra rest's effect on the amount of calories burned per hour.

Okay, enough statistics let us play!

Okay, back to statistics! It is what it is. It is a struggle to burn over 800 calories an hour on that particular life cycle. I started out burning 421 in the 1st 30 minutes. Then....I slowed down. I wish I knew why?

Let it be known I have felt a little sluggish in the past few days. However, today i felt much better. Who knows perhaps I need just another day to get the jets going again.

Day 624- Cool weather ; wearing Yankee championship hoodie

My legs feel better today; Age old question is it man or machine? I want to do 850 or more today and feel good. It is a spectacular feeling to go out and compete day after day. I am challenged. My resolve is strong - How strong we will find out.
Dressed
Fed
and to play!

I am unique I am not sure there are many out there that have rode the life cycle 626 times for one hour or more in the last 624 days. But I am sure there are thousands out there that have worked out for 624 days or more. If you are one of them this workout is dedicated to YOU!

If you are not then the next workout is dedicated to you. Made some progress back to when I was riding at a great pace - Actually rode for 20 minutes at 298 calories burned. Which is a pace I would love to keep. I came in at 810 in 60 minutes which is better than yesterday's 805 in 60.

Here is a nice thought I got from the folks at happier.com

"Our positive moods lead us to seek out and cultivate relationships, think more creatively, and show curiosity and interest in new activities.

My response to that is define mood? A conscious state of mind or predominant emotion. Thank you.
So what they are saying is a mood is not permanent. It is a space of time and we must use are positive moods to our advantage so we can live abundantly- Can I get an AMEN?

Man I wish I could get back to the pace I was on a few weeks ago or even Monday.heck I did an 850 on Monday. Since this week is complete and sunday starts a new week let's looka t the numbers.

• Sunday-805
• Monday-850
• Tuesday-838
• Wednesday-805
• Thursday-735
• Friday-805
• Saturday- 810

So the math says about an 800 average per day- OUCH!

Day 623- I want more energy!

Legs have been heavy- Here is hoping they will be lighter after much rest and good healthy food!
Today is the parade in NYC "down the canyon of heroes"! http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/sports/mlb/ny_yankees/sports_wtnh_ny_celebration_day_for_yankees_fans_200911060553


I got a little more did 805 in 60. I am determined to eat more heart healthy.
Yesterday I ate- apples, cucumbers, carrots,hot peppers,a table spoon of olive oil,pinch of salt, baked potatoes, oatmeal, blue berries, cinnamon and kashi cereal.

Day 622- The Yankees are WORLD CHAMPIONS AGAIN!

Somewhere a little before midnight last night the Yankees won there 27TH championship. Excuse me but cannot help but repeating that. The Yankees are prime example of winning.

You see from the top on down they are totally and unequivocally determined to win. How else can you explain all the winning they have done? Many people believe that all the Yankees do to win is just buy the best players. The cite that the reason can get the best players is because they have the most money. I see their point. I also see where asking a few questions may all the that point to become dull. The fact that the Yankees get some of the best players because they have the most money to get those players is true. However, with all due respect the resources the Yankees you have to be aware of how they acquired the money.

All Yankee fans know that the tradition of winning is steep. Very early in the franchise history did the winning start. Otherwise how can you account for all the championships.

Oddly enough it was another team's lack of vision which gave the Yankees its first towards greatness. The Yankees were very similar to all the other teams until they acquired one player. This was on another team and had helped that team win 3 World Series. However, in a bizarre twist of fate the owner of the team this player was on decided to sell his star player to the Yankees.

As they say the rest is history the Player was none other than Babe Ruth perhaps the greatest baseball player of all-time. The team that sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees was the Boston Red Sox.

Once the Babe landed in New York the Yankees took off.

So hat's off to great franchise in the history of sport.


My work out today was in a word - sluggish - Did my lowest 60 minute total to date.Did about 10 minutes of crunches and 20 minutes of plank.

Well tommorrow I pray for more strength!

Day 621- The day of a crowning achievement!

The Yankee regular season began 212 days ago.Today, the Yankees are praying that today is the last day they will play baseball in the 2009 season. With the season ending today the # 27 will have increased meaning! 27! That's the number!

All Yankee fans know what the number 27 represents - Despite it representing the day of the month I was born . Twenty seven means more than that on November 4TH 2009. I pray for the outcome to be in the favor of the Yankees. The outcome will result in the Yankees being crowned the World Champions for the 27TH time in their illustrious history

I had an awesome couple of hours today in which I was engaged in excercise. I am still amazed at the amount of calories I am burning per hour while riding the life cycle. I am determined to get back to high burn per hour. I am getting stronger on the plank excercise I did 32 minutes today on that. I also did 2000+ crunches.

Tomorrow will be the 622ND day - And from my mouth to God's ears # 27.

Day 620- I wanted to do more but I did enough for today!

My management of time today could have been better. I did 60 minutes and felt great. I managed to burn 464 calories in the first 31 minutes which is great! My last 29 minutes were not to my liking,but was effort was all there. In the past 620 days I have actually done 622 60 or more rides on the lifecycle. There were 3 days that I did 60 minute walks on a treadmill. The dates for those were March 23RD 2008( day 30), August 21ST & 22ND 2008 (Days 181 & 182). Huh, that was a long time ago if you consider 620-30 = 590 days ago a long time- Laugh out loud good and hearty-LOLGAH- Or ( 620-181) 439-438 DAYS- a long time. Either way the thought is I am pretty much an authority on riding the lifecycle. Just as anyone else out there who has brushed their teeth for the last 620 days is on brushing their teeth!. LOLGAH!

I am excited for what is in store for the next 24 hours.

Day 619- We flipped the calendar and the coolness of fall has set in

Along with the coolness of fall we have abided by the clock. The clocks have been set back an hour. As we all know that means the darkness comes a little earlier. However, be careful out there while people are still moving about in the dark a little more. Life will throw people at you with some on the old clock on the streets after dark.

Had an awesome workout did a strong - 850 calorie burn in 60 minutes. Went to crunch city where I did 2200+ crunches felt awesome. Planked for 22 minutes. Great stretch -DONE

Dwelled on the motto what if pain was not an option? So I did a pain free workout- Ah life IS grand :)

Day 618- Now, November!

I remember being excited and trying to think of motivating punch lines and one of the ones was A NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER- Now that October is behind us it time to briefly look back and study the four squares of the month. I once read that it was a gentleman named William Danforth who came up with the four squares concept and he is also the man who found the Farina Company and their motto was checkerboard squares which stood for the four squares of someone life. Which are a person Physical,mental,social and spiritual well being. When you take time to think about pretty much sums up where a person is in life.

So how are you physically?

How are you mentally?

Socially ?

Spiritually?

Being on an even keel in all four of these areas allows one to feel in harmony in their life.

Time to challenge myself for a November to remember!

Happiness is feeling great after an awesome workout. I feel much like a football coach would feel about his team if they performed less but were giving maximum effort. I am there I give my effort to the guy they call the max!

Onto - 619