Today is my official “Rest Day”…once a week. Why is it I have this crazy urge to work out and get all pumped up on my rest day? Last week I missed my rest day because of that, so I had to make it up on another day. Strange! Didn’t miss it today though…NO WAY! [...]

“I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” -Henry David Thoreau
Good thought after a difficult day…and looking ahead to rest day tomorrow. Rest day will find a relaxing walk to [...]

Well, I just got some exciting news. For now, you will have to trust me because I need to work out details before I make an official announcement. This Quest is about so much more than just me working out and competing at the U.S. Open. That is the core of the whole thing (and [...]

My day has been major crazy! I am just now at workout point of the day…almost midnight. Another “midnight run” so to speak.
I don’t want to…but I must.
I will not post anything after the workout tonight (or tomorrow morning) as I will most definitely crash directly following…then go again in the a.m.
Here I go…(oh, and [...]

While training today, Nathaniel decided to increase the intensity of my workout. So, while I was doing situps, he proceeded to pound me with his foam swords…these are only a few of the pics as he was literally going all out on me. It was hilarious, but certainly does not make situps any easier. Michael [...]

As promised, here is a scan of a page in my personal “Goals” notebook. One thing I learned a long time ago, is that you have to write your goals down. Get them out, so to speak. One day I was listing some personal goals and I wrote down a goal to win the U.S. [...]

Here are a few photos taken from yesterday’s training times. I took today off from workouts (still focused on nutrition and some stretching), because I forgot to take my one-day rest earlier this week and began to feel the effects this morning. Took the rest today…picking up again tomorrow and WILL NOT miss my rest [...]

I didn’t get to post anything last night, as I took some much needed time just to be with my family after a long day at work, then training hard. Pictures were taken during the workout yesterday, so I’ll post those later today. The pics were an attempt to give you my perspective while working [...]

A few quotes before my evening workout…will update some more later…

“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he [...]

What the…Am I MAD?!?!?! I really struggled to push through workouts today. I hurt everywhere, but I made it through. I worked out with Michael for a couple of hours today, then took a 1.5 mile walk to the lake and just meditated and listened to some calming music and some teaching from a favorite [...]