Exercise Eric’s

My pastor gave a great sermon on Sunday about Noah. It says in Genesis 7:5-6 that Noah was 600 years old. The main sermon note was about staying fit because when you’re old God may ask you to do something really big.

Here are the sermon notes:

Exercise Daily: start small and start today!
If you smoke - stop!
Eat right: energy comes from what you eat. Soda and fast food will slow you down and add fat.

What I realized is that staying fit and health is not just about vanity, but about being ready to accomplish whatever you are asked or wantever you want to do without worry about health. God wants to use a well oiled machine, not a broken down, rusty, old junk yard.

It was motivating both spiritually and physically.

Here was his closing point: Don’t let the best you have done so far be the standard for the rest of your life.

Here’s the full sermon if you want to listen to it:

http://www.cfcnampa.org/sermons.htm

Stop Procrastinating - Do it now!

 Family/Personal
Learn my wife’s “love language” and do something twice a month to show it.
Give my wife some free time away from Noah 1-2 hours a week.
Go camping 2-3 times with family.
Do a solo camp/hike trip.
Go on a 7 day cruise with wife.
Strengthen my relationship with my brothers/sister/parents by calling each one at least once a month.
Read my brothers book.
Learn to play the guitar.
Sleep at least 7 hours at night.
Invite people to my house at least once a month.
Call my close friends more regularly.
Answer the phone when they call.
Spiritual
Do devotions and pray with my wife at least once a week.
Increase my personal bible reading and prayer time by 5 min. every week until I reach 1 hr total/day.
Memorize 10 bible verses and 5 inspirational quotes.
Giving
Give to our church’s building fund.
Give $100 to a family in need.
Give $100 to a charity.
Sponsor at least one child in need.
Pay for events/meals for friends more often (at least once a month).
Fitness
Compete in at least 2 mountain bike races this year.
Compete in the Ironman 70.3 Boise.
Ride in the MS charity ride again.
Bike to work at least once a week (April – Sept)
Build bike park in backyard.
Update BodySpace once a month to keep motivated and track my progress.
Write a fitness related blog once a week.
Add 15 lbs. of muscle and 2 in. to my bicep.
Be able to Leg Press 300 lbs. 10 times.
Go skiing at least 4 times this year (2 this season and 2 next).
Get back on the 6-8 meals a day program.
Climb Mt. Borah
Participate in 2 work sporting events.
Buy a boogieboard and use it when I go to Lincoln City.
Professional
Read 24 books and write the reports.
Delegate tasks that I don’t need to do.
Learn about investing in the stock market (more than just 401k).
Write a work related blog once a month.
Don’t cancel meetings with team.
Improve processes so I can give my headcount to IT.
Lead by example (don’t expect others to do it if I don’t).
Be a man of my word – if I commit to it – do it!

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 I will be posting again soon to let you know about some of the great features we have planned for the new year.

 I look forward to hearing from you.

Well, I started out strong. I hit the gym and was making some really good gains. But then it hit me. "It?" , you ask? A severe chest cold. I couldn’t even hit 6 reps of any excercise before I convulsed into a huge coughing fit and ran to the nearest water fountain. I grew tired of this ritual and took the next week off. I slumped into a period of lethergy and laziness. You’d think it would be a good time to focus on my other new year’s goals, but no - I decided to get caught up on Heroes and American Gladiator episodes.

 I am finally getting over my cold and expect to jump right back in to my goals. I shall continue to post on my progress.

It’s a new year filled with new goals. I’m back in the gym (me and everyone else). After having a digestive system issue and not being able to keep anything down, I lost all my gains from last year (about 15 lbs.). So I’m starting from scratch. I’m hitting the gym hardcore with a new determined focus to make this the best year ever. My life has gotten pretty hectic and I’ve dropped the ball on a lot of things - not this year! I’m restructuring all my priorities. For accountability sake I’m writing this blog.

 It seems like new years resolutions are one of two things: wishful thinking or cliched statements with no strategy for completion. My goals are neither - they are heart felt, thought out, well planned, achievable goals.

My goals for this year:

• add 25 lbs. of muscle (no more skinny guy)
• mountain bike at least once a week (March-Sept)
• read my bible more and pray more.
• call my family more often (at least twice a month).
• grow my business to more than just a hobby.
• read two books a month.
• buy a house.

I will create a blog for each goal, outlining my strategy and documenting my progress.