Archive for the ‘Progress’ Category

Changes

Posted: July 19, 2010 in Progress

My hair: My truck:

Day Before

Posted: July 13, 2010 in Progress

Morning oatmeal….plain. It gives no tastes in your mouth to push you to throw up..or so I’m told. Today is the last day before the academy. It starts 0600 tomorrow. I have everything memorized that is needed. I need to stop being afraid of making my own choices because i will disappoint or get yelled [...]

130 Hiking Weights

Posted: July 7, 2010 in Progress

7/4-7/6 I have been doing to two sets of workouts a day. One hard cardio workout with my backpack and turnout. Then hitting the weights hard at the gym. Ive been concentrating on getting my heart rate up pretty high and keeping it there for a while. I’m taking less breaks between sets. I have [...]

7/3/10 I met my fire academy friend Wally Cal State Fullerton’s field in the late afternoon for a good workout. We both wore our firefighter gloves and turnout jacket. The equipment consisted of a 200 lb tractor tire, a bar, two 25 lb kettle bells, a sledge hammer, a stretch strap, a 5 inch long [...]

7/1/10 I decided to go for a morning hike with my dogs, Max, Zoe, and Foxy. I left the house at 6:30 and headed up to the Whittier Hills. Perfect morning for a hike. The fog gave such a quaint and eery aura. It  created such an odd and different kind of open beauty away [...]

Curling 20′s

Posted: June 28, 2010 in Progress

5/21 Curled 20’s with each arm today. First time ever. 3 sets of 10. Drank 1 ½ gallons of milk in 5 days. Overheads 7 reps with 30, 2 sets of 8 with 27.5.

Under 10 Min. Mile

Posted: June 28, 2010 in Progress

5/17 9:20 mile last night. After the Laker game. Haven’t ran under a 10 min mile since way back in High school. Felt good to get it back under 10. I see progress.