Day 1713 A quick workout turn around will be in order!

He we go, some semblance of normalcy.Up at 410 am in the dark scrambled out of the house.Did my second 2400+ calorie burn in 60 minutes for the second time in 13 hours. Wow.

Did another round of the circuit also weighed in at 183.


did 45 pull ups
  5 minutes of plank sweating like crazy three types I am getting better
    330 killers
    450 crunches
 500 q's
    500 floors
Weight 183

Day 1714 The power is back on!

Day 1712 The day after the storm.

There was some serious fallout from this storm. I have bee without power for while. Oddly enough, I was ready to go to the gym when the power went out at 420 am on Tuesday 10/30/12.Instead of going to the gym which was closed or doing a workout in the dark at home. I decided to go to work. I punched in at 544am and worked right through with no break until 130 pm I was ready to work until two and go home or check to see if the gym had reopened but, I was asked to punch out for lunch.

As fate would have i went to the gym and had reopened I did my workout at 330 pm a great 2449 calorie burn in 60 minutes. I felt awesome I had no power so I showered at the gym and returned to a dark houseI went to bed at 815 pm.

did 40pull ups
  7 minutes of plank sweating like crazy three types I am getting better
    380 killers
    460 crunches
 630 q's
    800 floors
Weight 183

Day 1713 A quick workout turn around will be in order!

Day 1711 Workout, show, work and storm.

No gym workout as they closed for the day due to the weather. There was no show today because they closed the studio due to the weather. There was no work today due to the weather.

I rode the stationary bike for an hour while shadow boxing. That was today's workout as I was left with only a few options. Hey, I did an hour workout despite the conditions the streak LIVES!

I will workout tomorrow in the gym if the gym is open.

Now, I suppose we will count the hours until the storm hits and we hope the power stays on.

Day 1712 The day after the storm.

Day 1710 Work out church reading and day off

I feel an awesome rush of emotion as I  ready for the day.I up earlier than normal on a Sunday. I am preparing for workout and then church.Time up 530 now it is 630 am.

A big storm is due in called Sandy. As the whole area braces and I mean braces for its arrival.

Great workout 2406 burned in 60.

did 45pull ups
  10 minutes of plank sweating like crazy three types I am getting better
    500 killers
    600 crunches
 1020 q's
    800 floors
Weight 185

Now we head to church as the storm is closing in.

Day 1711 Workout, show, work and storm.

Day 1709 No double workout and work.

Lets do it! In work by 1045, have 4 hours to w/o then get there. Will leave house around 955 it is now 645. Three hours left on the clock.Its go time.


I did it another 2404 calorie burn in sixty minutes. This time, I needed 445 calories burned in the last 10 minutes. It took a huge push at the end.Thanks to the strength of the Lord it was done.

I worked hard on the circuit-

did 43 pull ups
  9 minutes of plank sweating like crazy three types
    400 killers
    500 crunches
  920 q's
    800 floors
Weight 187

Day 1710 Work out church reading and day off

Day 1708 More power to you!

Sober reflection. A good time an evaluation of myself. I am disappointed in my reaction my Yankees losing.I thought I would be able to handle my disappointment better.I am determined to accomplish several projects in the coming days. I was a little put out yesterday because of my soreness and stiffness in my daily toil activity. I am in deed committed to improving on any limits I may have set up for myself yesterday.

I made great strides today as I did my best Billy Mills impersonation and ended my workout with a great kick. The Lord once blessed me when I was very young with a great imagination. I used to love to use my imagination in athletic endeavors. I would pretend I was the great athlete performing the heroic achievement.
Today, I was blessed again with that skill. As I saw myself as Billy Mills in the 1964 Olympics.

With a awesome kick!

I burned 2404 in 60 and burned over 1200 calories in the final 30 minutes,

did 40 pull ups
  7 minutes of plank sweating like crazy three types
    360 killers
    500 crunches
  620 q's
    800 floors
Weight 185

The side way planks are a great challenge.

Day 1709 No double workout and work.

Day 1707 Now, that is a neat number!

Now I feel great, 2463 in 60 I am now doing three types of plank and I blasted through my circuit

 did 33 pull ups
  7 minutes of plank sweating like crazy three types
    330 killers
    430 crunches
  720 q's
    800 floors
Weight 186



Day 1708 More power to you!

Day 1706 Didn't something historical happen in 1706?

Jan 17th - Benjamin Franklin, Boston, Mass., kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor, (d. 1790)
There you go Mr Franklin was born. He is the man who was once asked if you were given 4 hours to chop down a tree what would you do? He said I would spend three hours sharpening the axe. When asked why he replied because a man can only be as effective as the instrument is using.

In this case it was the axe. In life, it is how sharp we are and how well we are running that will determine how far we will go.


I was determined to burn more calories today than the day before. I burned 4 more calories than the day before. Awesome. I was also intrigued to try a new exercise.One my body had tried before but failed to do.This time in addition to my usual circuit, I did a side ways plank. Where I turned on my side and used my elbow to support myself. I held myself there for a minute.

did 30 pull ups
  7 minutes of plank sweating like crazy
    370 killers
    470 crunches
  720 q's
    800 floors
Weight 185

Day 1707 Now, that is a neat number!

Day 1705 Back to the regular workout, cool!

I know when I am tired but yesterday I was so wiped out I almost felt like I was inebriated but I drudged on. It was a full day.I slept from 1130 pm to 3 am. Three and half hours just was not enough. Plus I worked very hard at the daily toil.

So when 5 pm came around I was ready to go.

I pride my self on stamina so I felt weird having to slug out the last 45 minutes of the day.


I woke up at 411 and was on the machine by 5 am burning 2353 in the hour and putting together a strong circuit.

did 40 pull ups
  8 minutes of plank sweating like crazy
    340 killers
    440 crunches
  550 q's
    800 floors
Weight 185

Day 1706 Didn't something historical happen in 1706?

Day 1704 I challenge myself everyday today, will be no different.

I got up at 3 am and felt refreshed I got on the machine at 413 and burned 2389 calories in the hour .Then went to the studio and did the radio show.I weighed in at 184. I feel awesome.

Day 1705 Back to the regular workout, cool!

Day 1703 A day off, and now we chose how to spend it.

I chose to sleep until 930 am which gave me 9 1/2 hours of delicious rest. Then I went to the gym and did a good 2400 calorie burn in 60 minutes and weighed in at 186. I cut short my gym time because I wanted to mow the lawn. I chose to mow the front lawn and then I watched my beloved NY Giants beat the Washington Redskins then I mowed the back lawn. I felt great and am psyched for the show tomorrow at 6 am.

Day 1704 I challenge myself everyday today, will be no different.

Day 1702 A double?

I believe as I stand here on this overcast morning with the sun or what visible sign we will have of  it about to rise we  will begin to except the challenge of a double as I need to be ready to leave for work around noon.
I sense but am not clear that a double would be totally exhilarating.

The  addicted gambler gets a high from their activity that usually is rated  on a scale of one to ten as an eight to a nine. While their other activities in their life rate a three to a four on the scale of making them high. Is this true? I am not sure but I would imagine there is a big gap between the power of gambling has versus the power of other activities has over their life. There must be, because why else would they be willing to risk it all for the high of the gamble. Another point is clear, it is the process not the result the addicted one enjoys. In reality, he does not care if he wins or loses.

This leads me to my quest. I to love the process of working out everyday and enjoy the result at the same time. I have a long term goal as well as short term goals. I consider what I do both a mental and physical challenge which I embrace. There is something amazing that happens when..... you know what I mean.

Today, we did our  65TH DOUBLE!As we burned 4582 calories in 120 minutes.And capped off our adventure by--

did 40 pull ups
  5 minutes of plank sweating like crazy
    330 killers
    440 crunches
  630 q's
    800 floors
Weight 183



I believe if I had more time before I went to work for the day I would workoout 3 hours a day. I would do 2 hours of cardio and circuit training.



Day 1703 A day off, and now we chose how to spend it.
 

Day 1701 we march to get that number below 100. days until 5 years!

Here is a neat thought. When I reach day 2013 we will be in the year 2013. The day will be 187 days from 2/23/13. Pretty neat, huh? It will be the 241st day of year 2013.September 7, 2013 I will be at 2013.I will had passed all the years.So in 312 days we will be there.GOOD LORD WILLING.

Today I fought for every inch and burned 2323 calories in the hour. Then I really stepped it up after the pull ups. I felt very flexible.

did 35 pull ups
 10 minutes of plank sweating like crazy
    520 killers
    630 crunches
  830 q's
    800 floors
Weight 184

Day 1702 A double?

Day 1700 Throw me no roses, as I am doing my all to get to 1800 days!

It is now 3:46 pm lunch time. I usually post at breakfast time. Today, makes it 4 years and 239 days since I took a day off from doing a 60 minute cardiovascular work out. A total of 1700 days. I am 126 shy of 1826 days which will equal five years. I have done a total of 1764 work outs of 60 minutes or more.

Today, I burned 2339 calories in the hour.I am working haard to get back to the magical number of 2400 calories per hour. Today, I also
did 31 pull ups
 6 minutes of plank
    340 killers
    470 crunches
  730 q's
    800 floors
Weight 186

Day 1701 we march to get that number below 100. days until 5 years!

Day 1699 Yesterday, did you help at least one person see the benefit of working out?

No. I will do it today! Feeling stronger I had my first day on my feet all day in about 10 days. I burned 2333 in the hour which was more than yesterday,

did 30 pull ups
 6 minutes of plank
    350 killers
    440 crunches
 700 q's
    800 floors
Weight 187

Beautiful, we are getting back into the swing of it. I got to gym earlier today than yesterday. I will work hard live right and find something I believe in all day today.

Day 1700 Throw me no roses, as I am doing my all to get to 1800 days!

Day 1698 I am psyched for the challenge workout then work!

Step one ;done! Burned 2320 know this is the machine I have done about 1000 workouts on. The one I used yesterday was a different one and it easier to get a higher calorie count.Did I just say 1000 wor out on? yeah, in about 950 days.

I am not one to get full of myself I know what I am doing is just a fraction of what millions of others have done. My challenge is to be confident enough to know that what I have done and am doing can help millions of other people. I need to establish some effective way to get that message out.

did 60 pull ups
 5 minutes of plank
    270 killers
    340 crunches
 520 q's
    800 floors
Weight 184


Day 1699 Yesterday, did you help at least one person see the benefit of working out?

Day 1697 Was there wifi on the plane?

Never checked. Now we are back on familiar turf.As we burned 2395 in 60. Then got back to the circuit



did 50 pull ups
 5 minutes of plank
    330 killers
    440 crunches
   600 q's
    600 floors
Weight 182

Felt tremendous as we did the show then workout. And enjoyed my 10Th day off from work. Sat -the following Monday.

Day 1698 I am psyched for the challenge workout then work!

Day 1696 workout, football game and airport.

Done deal, burned 940 in 60. Weight 180. Shorten to just cardio as I head out after the game.

Day 1697 Was there wifi on the plane?

Day 1695 Me, you and Precor eliptical

The weather has turned a little cool here but,  I am happy as a lark as the Yanks sang their way  to to ALCS.

Waiting for gym to open!
Despite having more libations than I have in quite sometime.I did a 940 calories burn in sixty minutes. It felt great. However, I wanted to crank out a great challenge and I thought I was after I set the resistance to 20 and manual for the entire sixty minutes. I guess I must getting accustomed to the movements because I was able to do the workout and my heart rate did not go up.

I hunted and peck for the incline sit up bench and did 340 killers and 450 crunches and 300 floor crunches and 7 minutes of plank with 20 assisted pull ups.

Weight 178.. Only one more workout to go in town. Then, its back to the familiar local.

Day 1696 workout, football game and airport.

Day 1694 Let us hit the Precor and see if we can burn 1000 an hour.

 Woke up at 630 am and shut the alarm as I used today as a catch up on sleep day. This week which is a vacation week I have given myself less sleep than I do on a work week.So today, I chose to sleep an extra hour.

I didn't burn a 1000 in an hour but, I beat yesterday's number by burning 940 calories in the hour. My heart rate was not as high as I mistakenly put in the wrong amount of resistance I thought I put in 18 but instead put in 14 which was not as difficult as yesterday's workout where I had a heart of 130 for the hour's average.  I did not notice my error until there were three minutes left in the hour.I boost my resistance to 20 for the last three minutes to challenge myself further.

Today, I found an assist pull up machine and did 10 90 pound assisted pull ups. This machine was different from the other one back in the other gym because the machine positions you on your knees rather than your feet. I did 340 killers and 450 crunches and 200 floor crunches and 4 minutes of plank. My weight was 180.
It was a tremendous work out and I enjoyed it immensely.

Now, the weekend schedule kicks in as the doors open at 8 am

Day 1695 Me, you and Precor eliptical

Day 1693 The seat was rough yesterday, I may have to use the Precor eliptical today.

I did use Precor Eliptical and got a great workout. I burned 870 in and hour and averaged 130 as a heart rate. I did 330 killers and 440 crunches. I did a 7 minute plank and I did 200 quasi floor crunches. My weight was 178.

The Browns vs Cincinnati on Sunday? Looks like a good possibility. As we conclude day 3's road trip workout I realize mixing up the workouts is a great challenge.

Day 1694 Let us hit the Precor and see if we can burn 1000 an hour.

Day 1692 My goal is to get back to hard cardio and hard circuit and a good stretch!

A phenomenal workout, as I did the Life Cycle for the second straight day. I measured my heart rate and I was a steady 136 - 140 for most of the sixty minutes.I burned about 750 calories and was challenged as I set the machine to 18 on a scale of 25.What a rush.

Today, was my first day of a weekly membership a Fitness Works. I hunted around for some circuit equipment to work out on and found an incline sit up bench and a good stretch machine and area.
I did a 4 minute plank and a 270 killers and 330 crunches. There was no assisted pull up bar and no quantum machine. I weighed in at 178. I am sitting here relaxing and it feels very vacation like.

I prepared a little for my reading on October 28TH.I belief we will attendind the Pro Football Hall of Fame this afternoon.

Day 1693 The seat was rough yesterday, I may have to use the Precor eliptical today.

Day 1691 as we workout at fitness works.

Well, slight change of plans traq was the venue today. I worked with my sister and brother in law. At a training facility in Avon, Ohio.-

TRAQ Performance Institute where I used a Life Cycle for the first time in over 500 days.

It was a great workout as I was able to challenge myself and worked very hard to burn 750 calories in the hour.Which is rather incredulous when you consider that I was at the highest random level on the machine for one hour. My weight per a different scale was 180.

 A slight stretch but for the second straight day no abdominals and chin up or plank. Tomorrow I do plan on doing an awesome workout.

Day 1692 My goal is to get back to hard cardio and hard circuit and a good stretch!

 

 

Day 1690 workout, show and then off to OHIO

Now its off to Ohio, as I burned 2434 calories in an hour and did my first solo radio show! I weighed in at 184.

Now hit the road.

Day 1691 as we workout at fitness works.

Day 1689 we will enjoy another day off the second of 10

 Great workout fought hard in the last 30 minutes and burned 1227 calories and burned a total of 2414 in the hour.Now I am off to a wedding.


did 45 pull ups
  8 minutes of plank
    340 killers
    440 crunches
   620 q's
    800 floors
Weight 184




Day 1690 workout, show and then off  to OHIO

Day 1688 Geez, these numbers are huge!

What an awesome workout! I did not burn 2400 + in either hour but I did burn 4601 calories in 2 hours as I completed my 65TH and ran my total 60 minute cardio workout to 1753 workouts.SaWeet!


I blasted through an awesome circuit as I did;

did 40 pull ups
  4 minutes of plank
    330 killers
    430 crunches
   600 q's
    800 floors
Weight 182

I went to the studio and attempted to burn some CDS but no luck.

Day 1689 we will enjoy another day off the second of 10

Day 1687 We are going to get some sleep and wake up refreshed and limber!

I allowed my plans for a great night of rest to get shorten to a good night of rest.I also allowed my fatigue to get the better of me. I was tired and for some reason became irritable and had an out burst of emotions I did not want to have.

I got up at 411 got on the machine at 450 and burned by the strength of the Lord 2404 calories as I pushed very hard for the last few calories. I have only missed 2400+ calories twice since Day 1641.


I also threw in a good circuit of---

did 41 pull ups
  7 minutes of plank
    350 killers
    470 crunches
    700 q's
    800 floors
Weight 186

Daily toil not as laborious.

Day 1688 Geez, these numbers are huge! 

Day 1686 Where are the Yanks heading?

As they win and I witness their next game will be in Texas or in Baltimore they will play the winner of the 1st ever wild card play in game in the history of the MLB. Buoyed last night's excitement I did a great 2410 calorie burn in sixty today despite an extremely active day at the daily toil.

I had less sleep than I should have but I was so excited I could not get to bed. My daily was noteworthy because of how much I did. I "put away" over 40 major appliances. If you know what I mean by put away lets just think about this.. the go on an 8 to 16 foot shelf. I put away 3 pallets of paint.I put away 5 windows.I never took a break except for lunch and I stopped work at 552 pm.

If you read yesterday's blog you can piece together the type of day I had.

Today I felt awesome after the cardiovascular work out and then did;

did 31 pull ups
  8 minutes of plank
    410 killers
    480 crunches
    620 q's
    800 floors
Weight 185


Day 1687 We are going to get some sleep  and wake up refreshed and limber!

Day 1685- Now we march our course towards my first vacation since Day 1208= 480 days.

Big Day! Big Day! As we blast out a sweet 2414 calorie burn in sixty in which there was no quit in me today.Praise the LORD. Today, we see ourselves as a mere fifteen days shy of 1700! How astonishing this all is. Just less than six months from five years.The total days for five will be 365x 4+ 366= 1826.Only 141 days from 5 years.

I am now almost 92 percent of the way to 5 years. If this was an hour's ride I would only five minutes from my destination.

did 41 pull ups
  6 minutes of plank
    340 killers
    450 crunches
  560 q's
    800 floors
Weight 186

Day 1686 Where are the Yanks heading?

Day 1684 Back to all the fun stuff, how did you hold up with such little rest?

I held good yesterday as I tried my best to keep as active as I could .It felt great to finally hit the pillow at 915 pm. I was challenged when I got up but as usual I never had any thought of retreat. I was determinred to shake off any stiffness and move forward.

I burned only 2388 in sixty.In only the second time in 43 days I have now burned less than 2400 calories in an hour. I got back to the circuit by;

did 52 pull ups
  7 minutes of plank
    360 killers
    480 crunches
  600 q's
    800 floors
Weight 186

I did dig in deep to get a great workout. I just love the workout!

Day 1685- Now we march our course towards my first vacation since Day 1208= 480 days.

Day 1683 We do our jaunt then our show!

As we head towards the daily toil, we burn 2444 calories in sixty minutes and then do a radio show. Awesome, as we move forward on a brief rest less than 3 hours.Sprinkle in two showers and a great workout.

Day 1684 Back to all the fun stuff, how did you hold up with such little rest?