Week 12

No posts last week, a little busy with the personal life. Close on my new place in 11 day, so stoked. I feel like I'm making more progress with my fitness goals. Had a great all around workout today back and legs. Didn't wimp out on anything. Did a new 4 step cardio routine over the weekend that killed my legs (still sore today) but I'm very happy about that. Knee is okay but still bugging me a bit. Hopefully it's on its way to healing up. Here's the pix:

Week 10

So far this week has been pretty amazing! Broke up with my bf of 9+ years on Oct 30th nearly exactly 5 years from the day we got back together from our last breakup (Oct 31, 2007). Since then I have found and had an offer accepted on a house, am packing up my things, met someone to at least start hanging out with and overall feel great about myself! I have to focus on my efforts now being a single guy back on the market, so to speak and I had a fairly good workout with Brad this Monday! Here are the pix:

Week 9

I didn't post last week but it's been a bit hectic. Broke up with partner of 9+ years, buying a new home ... etc. In a rush now so here's the pix

Week 7

Watching Weather Channel about Hurricane Sandy. Pretty impressive stuff. Had to round last Monday and then had a decent workout on Friday. That was followed by a halloween party weekend and a recovery on Sunday. Had a really good workout today with Brad: back, bicep, legs. Looking forward to an Ab+ workout on Friday! Here's the pix:

Week 5

Actually managed to get 2 days of cardio in over the weekend with SUPER sore quads from last Friday's workout. However, I did spend most of the weekend evenings with cocktails in my hand. So I had to burn them off somehow, right?! Busy two weeks ahead but hopefully November will provide a bit of a respite. Here's the pix:

Week 4

Hoping for a good week this week. Some big things happening at work (find out Friday about our department status and will have to change the focus on my IT work a bit this week) and maybe some things personally as well. So here are the pix:

Week 3

We're definitely stepping it up a notch at the studio. A little more intense with heavier weights and more focus on movements. Hope this works! Here's the pix

Year 2 Week 2

Sorry to say I had a pretty crappy workout today. Brad had a great hour lined up for me but I just didn't have the energy to get through it as effectively as I would have hoped. I have to eat a bit before I go. All I had today was a protein shake. I need to have some carbs to get through it. Also didn't exactly stick to the diet over the weekend. Had a few cocktails with Brad after the workout on Friday and then had stuffed manicotti (hello cheese!) for dinner last nite. Overall though I seem to be doing okay. Had an hour of hiking over the weekend and did a little skateboarding as well. So here are the pix:

Year 2 Week 1 Day 1!

Brad and I have been at it for about a year now and I just signed on for Year #2. Was damn tired on Friday and still a bit tired today. I appreciate the pushing that Brad is doing though. So I am going to redouble my efforts this year. I anticipate some big changes this year so along with my increased physical efforts I am going to begin a reprioritization of the rest of things in my life as well. I want to continue to focus on a better body overall, but I also want to really focus on those damn ABS! Anyway here's the pix:

WEEK 52!!!

Okay, week number 52. Yeah, seems a little over a year so I musta miscounted somewhere but what the heck! Here's some comparison pix and the movie showing the development. In the first set of pix the before is me without sox, the most recent is me with sox on. In my very first post I put out some pix of my objectives. I struck some poses similar to those of the guys' pix I chose for my objectives.