I crank out a blog every 4 months without fail! Oh wait. It was 5 this time.
So last I wrote about my insane fitness goals. This endeavor was more or less a slower process than planned. The strength has come along nicely. The goal of bench pressing 200 lbs is within sight as I am working out 3 sets of 10 with 145lbs. All other areas of strength training are going well with modest 20-25% gains.
The fat lost really was just static from Feb-July. Poor diet, a trip to New Orleans, and really no particular need to step it up lead to just a status quo for the overall fat/cardio. And of course with training and 137 degree weather it really did not sound appealing to get out and bust my hump.
Then I got an email. It was from the Boulder Outdoor Survival School. I had been eyeing their courses for about 4 years now. Lots of hiking, teaching you survival skills in a minimalist environment, and all in the beautiful Utah mountains. Really all that has held me back is the price tag and the time frame. Amazingly both of those fell into place when I got an email offering a 20% discount on the Aug 27-Sep 3rd Course. Perfect. One week after opening, and finishing over Labor Day weekend. The 20% knocked enough off the course to buy the plane ticket and hotel for two nights in Provo.
So with this plan now in place I REALLY needed to get in shape. Part of the survival school is existing on 1500 calories and hiking 15-30 miles per day. I had been planning to get in better cardio shape for the Warrior Dash in late September, but this was a full month earlier.
Now in the past two weeks I have not had a thing to drink (alcohol), not eaten over 2000 calories any day, and have averaged 15 miles run/walking, and two trips to lift per week. Last night I walked 9 miles in 3 1/2 hours. This puts me light years ahead of the Warrior Dash training. A little later on, I'll have an additional post with body dimensions, but I can tell you that the belt has been my best friend when dressing the past week.
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