Oct
04
It is amazing how quickly you can achieve results. Unfortunately, this is a two-sided story. Let me explain. Two weeks ago, I went on a health food kick. That Sunday night, I made meals for the entire week, including a yummy Moroccan Chicken dish with cous cous, and a flank steak dish with fresh avocado, …
Sep
26
After a hangover-filled Sunday, I decided to re-dedicate myself to a good diet for Week Four. While exercise alone can produce good results… and dieting alone can produce good results… I’m finding that a balance of proper diet exercise has exponential powers. I took a few recipes from the Men’s Health ABS Diet Power books …
Sep
19
Fresh on the heels of Second City’s rousing rendition of ‘No One Reads Your Blog, Steve – The Musical,’ I got an unexpected call from a friend who told me that she was inspired to work towards harder towards her health and fitness goals after reading blog. Considering I’ve done practically zero marketing for the …
Sep
19
I’ll admit it… I’m a little burned out this week. My muscles are sore and tired and my motivation is lacking. I’m not as gung ho about the program as I was from the start. As one of my co-workers puts it, going to the gym this week was more about ‘checking the box’ than …
Sep
13
Results/Workouts/etc. I’d categorize Week Two of the P90X Lou! Challenge as another success. Monday’s holiday became an off day, but I’m confident that I made up for it with the rest of my workouts. I stepped up Tuesday’s chest/back exercises, bumping up the reps for both pushups and pullups. Wednesday’s Plyo workout was much more …
