FATFREEMITCHD’s BodyBlog

This morning I was a fireball of enrgy., so I decided to get cardio out of the way first and do 20 minutes on my Nordic cross country skier which is equivalent to 40 minutes on a treadmill. Then I worked the abs with wood chops to failure ea. side followed by seated medicine ball twist and reverse lying curls with 6 lb ball between my legs. But for the kicker I said let me try this Plank the fitness experts keep harping about it doesn’t look difficult. So I called my coillege daughter in and got my timer and told her we were gonna try it for 1 minute. Experts recomm building up to 3 minutes. That was the longest minute of my life. When we got down to 20 seconds I was ready to quit, and my daughter right beside me kept saying , "you can do it dad". I held on 5-4-3-2-1. I  felt it in every inch of my belly.. A couple of weeks of planks ,coupled with cardio should net some results.. Tonite I’m in the mood to work my back.. So we’ll see. Mitchy

My wife and I started working out together again this week. I can’t explain
why but I really feel I am going to stick with it this time. There is a fire burning in my heart. I read an inspirational piece in the Mar 23rd, 2009, Jennifer Hudson cover issue of Jet magazine about a 72 y/o woman who works out. Ernestine is a 72 y/o woman who started working out at age 56. She trains with former Mr. Universe Yohnnie Shambourger., and entered and won 1rst place in her first comp last year at age 71. Reading this article re-energized me in 2 ways. It validated that I am not foolsih for starting in earnest this journey at age,55. Secondly it re-affirms that all things are possible if you believe.

I am happy as a kid in a candy store..  Me and the wifey set up a little home gym and we’ve started working out together.. We still have a nearby gym membership. But we decided to eliminate the , " I couldn’t make it to the gym excuse." And most joyful is that my BF finally started to move. Finally 34.7 is behind me never to be seen again.. 33.9 may not mean much to all the hardbodies on this site but it means the world to me. I am moving away from the obese rating..:-)