blsmith’s BodyBlog

Thank you everyone for taking the time to message me. I know it was just a little bit of a let down after the big accomplishment. It didn’t help that I had a wedding right after as well that caused alot of stress.

I got my BF% done last night.  On October 6th I was at 30.6%. Now I am at 29.2%. I don’t remember ever having a reading that low in my life. My weight had stayed the same in that time frame, so I gained muscle as quickly as I lost the fat.  Also consider when I first started a couple of years ago, my BF was constantly hovering in the 45% range. It’s amazing how far I have come.

BUT… it’s not over. More great things are to come. Just watch me!

I think it is mainly because I was on such a great high, but today I feel really crappy emotionally. I was at a wedding over the weekend and I did go off the diet a little bit but I behaved for the most part. But just certain things that happened along the way, really pissed me off, in particular with my wife. I don’t want to go into any great detail about it, but it just bugs the hell out of me that when I should be feeling the best I have ever felt, I am feeling so damn low. Hopefully I will be able to kick that out of my system soon.  I need a good workout. I have my BIA test tonight so not much time for the gym, will perhaps get some jogging in afterwards.

Thank you everyone. Now in more detail. Arrived at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre at 5:45, got registered and stood in line to get going. They weren’t letting anyone start until 6:30 in groups of 100. I was in the 7th group to go. When I finally was let go you have to go up a set of escalators and then a fairly long walk to get to the CN Tower, partly outside in the cold, and I am in t-shirt and shorts. When I got to the tower, security wouldn’t let you in without a baton sweep. You weren’t allowed to bring ANYTHING into the tower, no water, no ipods… nothing. Finally I get inside and go through a long corridor until we get to another security check point (another line, sighs) I just want to start this!!!! Finally at 7:04 I get clocked in and I begin. They have EMTs every 20 floors or so on the landings just in case. I would go up every 8 flights and then take a short 20 second rest. When I hit the 88th flight my knee started to hurt. By the 100th flight the stairs and handrails were getting slippery from everyones sweat EWWWWWWWW! Finally I am at the 144th flight and I am at the finish line clocking in at 7:46, a total of 42 minutes and 24 seconds. I have this huge grin until… we have to go up ANOTHER 10 flights to get to the observation deck!!! I finally get up there and it is so crowded up there, takes me 15 minutes to get to the water they provided, and then at least another half hour in line to get the elevator down!!! By the time I get downstairs to my waiting wife (no one other than climbers were allowed to the top and after seeing the crowd there I could see why) it was 8:40pm. I just picked up my t-shirt got some powerade zero they had back in the convention centre and went home for some much needed food! It was a great experience and an even better feeling of accomplishment. But I think I will wait a couple of years to try it again. I want to thank everyone again for their support. To borrow the line from the United Way campaign… WITHOUT YOU THERE WOULD BE NO WAY!

Just a brief message for now. I did it! I completed all 144 flights of the CN Tower in 42:24.

I am too tired, I will give more description tomorrow. Right now, hot bath, then bed.

Good night everyone.

Finally, after years of talking about. I am signed up to do the United Way CN Tower climb 2 weeks from today. 1,776 steps up. I have been training for the last couple of months, doing as many stairs as I can to get my legs used to it. Although its hard to train for THAT many steps

Anyone that would like to sponsor me and donate to the United Way, or just to find out what they do. Please click on the link. It is a worthwhile cause.  I did have to use them in the past when I was pretty much on the street, without them, I could not have gotten the leg up to be where I am today, so please if you can, donate.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showpost.php?p=394766501&postcount=1813 then click on the link there. It’s the only way the link will work for some strange reason.