Chris’s BodyBlog

Well as many of you know, I am going to be enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. This is a challenge I am openly accepting and looking forward to this more then I hav with anything in my life to this point. Serving my country means a hell of a lot to me. I am not going to be one of these desk pencil pushers, i am going to the front line to hep others and protect he greatest thing known, freedom. But I have to be to 205 lbs.to be able to go in as a officer as I am planning on doing.  It is going to be tough because most of the weight is muscle put on though out football. So I have 1 year to change my body from the type of a offensive linemen to be the type that is going to fight for th freedoms Americans fought for overtime all around the year. Keep me motivated is going to be easy, this is all heart. I get a good laugh when I look at some of the people around where I live. They are pissed off and in a ****ing bad mood because Dunkin Donuts dosn’t have a large coffee for them in the morning. This is going to be tough work and  a lot of cardio workouts. But the objective is to focus most of my muscle strength from my whole body into my arms and legs. Slimmer will mean stronger and faster for the Marine Corps. But I want to talk about heart and pride. That person who depends on McDonald’s, do not understand what it means. I am going to go though a tough change and not once will my head drop or my heart shrink. Remember one thing, as we say in the Marine Corps, Semper Fi. And when you are working out at home, school or the gym, remember this. As there are people out there who have all the talent but care more about Dunkin Donuts, there are people like us who are always working to better our selves physcially, mentally and basic overall health. And for those tough workouts just remember to have that goal and no matter if it is running 5 miles in a time or reping 250 on the squat. Always keep faith in yourself and strive to be better then those ****-ups who don’t care.

The school I attend has some problems with our athletic programs from a stand point of heart. I play and pratice with almost no respect for my body. I go all out on every single play becuase I want to get better. And when it comes to games I will do anything that I can to help my team win. But one person can not carry the heart for the team. I also wear my heart and pride on my sleeve to say. In one baseball game against our rival we were losing 17-2 in the 6th inning. I lost my starting postion becuase I had to work before the game and arrived at the school right when warm ups began. I was suspended for 4 innings for missing the bus. I came in and struke out trying to swing for a homerun. I looked at the score board and then looked at my team’s bench to see them laughing and haveing a good time. This was the 4th game we lost by 10+ runs and I got frusterated and trew my bat (was not within 20 feet of anyone). Now i am getting suspended for being the only person to show heart and care bout the teams performence. I have been taught that football mentality and I play every sport with it. Football, track and baseball I play to win becuase I want to have pride in winning, not accpeting losing. In my mind this is bullshit, the kids who are there but dont give a **** should be punished. Heart is what carries us though always. I don’t understand how you can have pride when you get embarresed each and everytime. I want to thank my football coaches especilly Coach Barber for putting that football mentality into me. If I can’t play with heart and emotions then why bother playing? Coach McC I would also like to thank you to by pushing me to use that emotion during the meets. Pushing my emotions to the max allowed me to finish with the results that I ended with and next year I promise to give you a solid dedicated thrower / sprinter for both Indoor and Outdoor Track. But I want to know what is wrong with people, especilly coaches, who deny the people who care the right to play a sport with heart, passion, determination, persieverence, and a sense of wanting to go out and win. Like the great coach Vince Lombardi said "If it wasnt about winning, then why do we keep score".

Last year we went 3-6. It was a very disappointing season from many different standpoints. We have 1 month till training camp 4 months till preseason. This is my senior year and I am goin to do anything possible to get that winning season and to bring home the Indian Bowl. And everything begins on the pratice field with running and in the weight room. It is frusterating to hear people who play a key postion on the team not to want to lift or run becuase it is only May. Football is unlike any other sport out there. You need to train all year long to stay in football shape. I went 3 months without lifting but kept to running and that was a big loss for me. Although my 40 yard dash went from a 5.0 second down to a sub 4.9 second 40 yard dash. I have slowly got my maxes to almost up to the point of normality. But this year is goin to rest on the few players we have. And those who do not want to work will be the weak links on the team. You can do only so much to motivate people. And when you put your body though to hell to improve and those few people who didnt do work makes it so all the work you did was meaning less becuase you need all 11 players on each side of the ball to win.

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