Alright guys, I've been think about this for some time now but I'd like to issue a manly challenge. Whether I win or you do, we both will win. What am I talking about? I'm talking about a fitness challenge.
One and half years ago, I weighed 50 more pounds than I do today (literally 50 lbs). It's crazy when I think back to how out of shape I was, how tired I was, and how miserable I was. Is that you?
Do you get home from work and plop on the couch in front of the TV? Do you push your kids aside because you can't think of doing anything physical? You just don't have the energy right.
I'm going on a journey over the next 30 days and I'm going to document just how easy I think this fitness thing can be. Now, if you've been out of shape for years, you may be rolling your eyes right about now. But let's just assume for a minute that you give this a try for-that you and I partner on this journey. If you last 30 days, or 15 days, or 5 days, or just 1 day, will you be better of or worse than where you are today?
So, here's what were going to do. You and I are going to track a couple of things. I've found that when I track what I do, my performance only increases. This applies to business, fitness, and life. For each day, you will find my current weight, what I ate, and what my workout was.
If you'd like to join me (I've found accountability to be the best way to stick to something), please feel free to share your goals and items you're going to track in the comments below. Let's do this together! Comment below...
Day 1
- Current Weight-195.5 lbs
- My Daily Activity-35 thrusters at 95lbs (2 minutes, 38 seconds), Every 3 minutes for 5 rounds I did 50 double-under jump ropes, 10 pull-ups, and as many squat clean thrusters I could before the start of next round (I was able to get 19 total squat clean thrusters)
- Daily Meals
- Breakfast-two eggs cooked over-medium, one glass of water, one protein shake
- Lunch-I got really busy today and skipped lunch
- Dinner-porkchops, baked potato, green salad
- Lesson of the Day-I can tell this is going to be difficult after 1 day. I can also see where I cheat-a lot. Tracking this information will help me!
Day 2
- Current Weight-194.8lbs
- My Daily Activity-2 hours of basketball
- Daily Meals
- Breakfast-two eggs cooked over-medium, one glass of water, one protein shake
- Lunch-salad
- Dinner-breakfast for dinner (German Pancakes and sausage)
- Lesson of the Day-It's hard to wake up extra early and get your workout in. This is what happened today so I had to make up for it in the evening by playing basketball. It's harder for me to make it up in the evening that to just get my butt out of bed and workout in the morning.
Day 3
- Current Weight-193.0lbs
- My Daily Activity-5 hours of golf
- Daily Meals
- Breakfast-two eggs cooked over-medium, one glass of water, one protein shake
- Lunch-hot dog on the golf course
- Dinner-
- Lesson of the Day-A little bit of concentration on the right things goes a long way. I did not make great improvements in my exercise or diet in the last two days but I'm down 2.5 lbs already.
Day 4
- Current Weight-193.0lbs
- My Daily Activity-
- 7 minute (As Many Rounds As Possible)-10 20lbs-med ball v-ups, 10 push-ups, 10 jumping lunges
- 7 minute (As Many Rounds As Possible)-10 burpees, 10 get-up-sit-ups, 10 pistols
- Daily Meals
- Breakfast-two eggs, protein shake
- Lunch-Subway sandwich
- Dinner-I can't for the life of me remember...
- Lesson of the Day-It's easy to get behind on your goals. One little slip and it starts a waterfall of excuses.
Day 5
- Current Weight-191.8 lbs
- My Daily Activity-Took the day off for the 24th of July (Utah Holiday)
- Daily Meals
- Breakfast-Candy at the parade 🙂
- Lunch-Egg sandwich
- Dinner-Fish tacos
- Lesson of the Day-I needed a relax/recovery day and it was good.
Day 6
- Current Weight-192.4
- My Daily Activity-None
- Daily Meals
- Breakfast-skipped breakfast
- Lunch-sandwich
- Dinner-breakfast for dinner
- Lesson of the Day-Okay, so I took two rest days in a row. I know that it's going to be hard to get going tomorrow so the lesson may be don't ever stop. It's too easy continue to be lazy...
Day 7
- Current Weight-194.0lbs
- My Daily Activity-30 Clean and Jerks (95lbs), 30 Wallballs (20lbs), 21 Clean and Jerks (135lbs), 30 Wallballs, 15 Clean and Jerks (155lbs), 30 Wallballs
- Daily Meals
- Breakfast-2 eggs and protein shake
- Lunch-?
- Dinner-?
- Lesson of the Day-I felt really good today starting my week off right with a good breakfast and a great workout. Start the day off right!
Day 8
- Current Weight-194.3lbs
- My Daily Activity-10,000 meter row, switched every 250 meters with two other athletes
- Daily Meals
- Breakfast-2 eggs, bacon, and hashbrowns, orange juice
- Lunch-skipped lunch
- Dinner-pigged out at dinner and snacks afterwards
- Lesson of the Day-The hardest time for me to remain disciplined with my diet is at night when I'm relaxing!
Day 9
- Current Weight-193.5.lbs
- My Daily Activity-1000 meter run, 25 power cleans (135lbs), 25 box jumps, 25 chest to bar pull-ups, 50 wallballs, 25 chest to bar pull-ups, 25 box jumps, 25 power cleans (135lbs)
- Daily Meals
- Breakfast-2 eggs, water
- Lunch-salad
- Dinner-salad and fruit, water
- Lesson of the Day-Feeling pretty good today because I ate right. Amazing how you feel when you feed your body the right nutrients.
Day 10
- Current Weight-193.1 lbs
- My Daily Activity-
- Daily Meals
- Breakfast-skipped breakfast
- Lunch-
- Dinner-
- Lesson of the Day-
