Fitness Journey – Week 41

Wow, it’s been a while! Well, I’ve got a lot to catch you up on, but even more to reflect on. This is week 41 since I first started on this “Fitness Journey” (yeah, I counted). Now since it has been so long since I last wrote, I originally was thinking about “restarting” back to […]

Fitness Journey – Week 17

Hey everyone! So last week was a busy one and I didn’t write at all last week so if you are looking for week 16, your outta luck! I decided on Monday last week to take the week off of working out and the blog. I decided this, well because Monday I tried to workout […]

Chalk Talk #15 – How To Lose Weight A little Easier

Hey all, thanks for coming back for today’s Chalk Talk! Since it is now the end of my 15 week journey, I wanted to share with you, all the tricks and methods I have come up with to make losing weight and getting into shape at least a little bit easier. Now obviously this is […]

Fitness Journey – Week 15

So today marks the start of my 15th week of my fitness journey. This is a pretty big mile mark for me just because it represents a consistency that I simply haven’t done so in the past. Most of my life I have had a really hard time sticking with something for an extended period […]

Chalk Talk #14 – How to Change Your Life

Over the last 14 weeks that I have been working towards a fitness level that I want to achieve, I have learned a lot along the way. I think one of the biggest and notable things I have learned from this experience so far is the importance of a routine. I’ve read about having a […]

Fitness Journey – Week 14

Another start of my fitness journey! Week 14! Pretty crazy. It’s been a really fun journey so far. There has been ups and downs, successes and failures, but overall progress. That’s all that matters at the end of the day. All I need to see is that I am better now than I was 14 […]

Fitness Journey – Week 13

Well let me start off by saying thank goodness for cheat days! My wife just had her 27th birthday yesterday and we went to Olive Garden to celebrate. I was swimming in a sea of bread stick and alfredo ecstasy. Shortly after I was plummeting down into a food and carb induced coma, but hell […]

Chalk Talk #13 – Damn I suck

If you’re at all like me, you’ve caught yourself saying this to yourself all too often, “Damn, I suck”. I often struggle with the idea of perfection. I find myself diving into any project 100% with no room for error or interruptions. It’s this “all or nothing” attitude which in the past I have attributed […]

Fitness Journey – Week 12

Well folks, a week and a half of Hell Month left and I will be in the clear! It’s been a pretty cool experience so far, but a hard one. I have fell short in multiple ways, multiple times. I think one of my biggest struggles has been the fact that I have fallen short […]

Chalk Talk #12 – How to Suffer

For those of you who are reading this and are also familiar with obstacle racing, you may have heard the name Amelia Boone before. For those of you who don’t let me give you some background. Amelia is well, a crazy person. She has dominated the sport of obstacle racing events. Things like World’s Toughest […]