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Today was the last full day of my current program. I had a nine week program, but cut it a week short because I am starting to train with my new coach next week.  Today was the “extra” day of the cube program. This mean some stuff that didn’t fit into the other three days.… Read more

On Wednesday, November 15, I official hired a new fitness coach to lead me on the next step of my fitness process. As I mentioned in my last post, I had trouble finding my “center” in Richmond. In Connecticut, it was easy… I had my gym, the coaches, and the gym friends who kept me… Read more

When I made the decision that I was going to move to Richmond, Virginia, I knew one of the biggest changes I would be facing would be leaving my gym and my coach(es).  In Ellington, CT I had my coach, Andrew, who helped me go from a depressed, suicidal morbidly overweight mess to someone who… Read more

I’m a pretty competitive guy these days. I fully admit and acknowledge this as fact. It isn’t necessarily a bad thing to be competitive, but it can drive behaviors that maybe should be suppressed. My competitive nature is definitely what has driven me this far in my efforts to transform my body and life. I’ve… Read more

It was the best of times, it was the worst of time, it was the tritest way to open a blog post, it was an overused cliché well past it’s time. While the opening of the Dickens’ classic is such an overused analogy of contrast, it is simply the perfect simplification of how I feel… Read more

It begins with the booming voice of Charlton Heston… Long ago, in the faraway land of ancient Greece there was a golden age of powerful gods and extraordinary heroes. And the greatest and strongest of all these heroes was the mighty Hercules. But what is the measure of a true hero? So what is the… Read more