Have you been watching the Biggest Loser? This past week the players had to flip a coin and the toss decided if they were going to stay with their current trainer or go to the other. The players hated it and the drama unfolded with all the men crying (cue sad music). Then, when the weigh in happened, everyone dropped a good chunk of weight. So, I’m sure they will be cool with their new trainers now.
A new trainer…a new style….a new kind of workout. These things are good! A few weeks ago, after working with Renee King at the Life Center in Simpsonville, I was moved over to ASI to start a new phase in my workout.
Phase 1: get as much weight off as we could.
Phase 2: to tighten and cut.
I’m working with DJ Johnson from ASI (Acceleration Sports Institute) and the workout is VERY different than what I was doing at the Life Center.
Almost every day I do some form of core workout and cardio. ASI has an indoor mini football field and I spend a lot of time running up and down the artificial turf! Very little weight lifting-a whole lot of different workouts that require me to do several different muscle groups at the same time. For example, the other day I put on boxing gloves, hit the bag for 60 seconds and then took off running for 100 yards! Several sets-throwing combinations of jabs, crosses and hooks. huh? Or how about tethering me to a pole and making me run to the trainer, only to be handed a medicine ball as I get sling-shotted back towards the pole. I then re-group and run to him again only to hand the ball back as I once again get thrown back towards the pole! 3 sets of 12…lol Sounds like something I might have done in college for the right girl (wink wink). Ok, how about this one. Pick up a sand bag to my chest, throw it as far as I can, run over to it, do a push up, pick it back up and throw it as far as I can. Up and down the football field. There is no routine in my workout routine! Its always something different and I always walk out of ASI sweaty.
It’s been fun! Something about throwing punches or throwing a sand bag…. It’s a great stress reliever. Sure, it’s still a pain in the butt to wake up at 5:30am to go to the gym. Once I am there and moving around-I’m glad I got up. No matter how close I come to crying. lol
Months ago, when I started all of this, I went over to Fleet Feet and got some great workout gear. Shoes, shorts, shirts and socks. Everything I would need to at least look the part of a physically fit fella! It’s important to get yourself the right tools for the job. Well, I pretty much ran myself right out of those clothes! My shoes are broken in pretty good now, the shirts hang off of me- looking like they are 2 sizes too big and the shorts are loose. So, I just made another trip back down to see Michael and the gang at Fleet Feet. With the amount of running and cardio that I do these days, it’s important that my shoes are the perfect fit/brand for what I am doing. I don’t want to hurt any more than I do already…know what I mean? They do a great job as sizing you up and getting you the right gear for what you are doing. If you need to know more about the place, check out http://www.fleetfeetgreenville.com/
You never know what kind of things you are putting in your body. Sometimes you are better off not knowing! lol
check out this story I found on MSN.com
http://health.msn.com/womens-health/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=100232497>1=31036
It’s fun when people, who have not seen you in a while, post comments about your facebook or myspace pictures. Comments like “eat a cheeseburger” or “dang! How’d you get so skinny”. I find myself not posting old (fatter) pictures of myself. As if I outgrew those pictures like I have some of my clothes. I’m not ashamed, it just feels like I’m in a new chapter in my life and that it’s time to pack those old pictures away and make room for the new ones. Unlike my clothes…I cant sell them at a garage sale. 
(Who would by a picture of me sitting at a picnic table smoking a cigar anyway?)
We were all ready to start working on kid #2, when all of the sudden, the Doctors told us to hold up. It’s not me. I’m perfectly medically sound and able to do what it takes to make a baby! I’m ready at moments notice! Anytime and anyplace! Which irritates the wife! I’m not at all subtle in my approach! lol Christal has been dealing with gall stones almost her whole life. Her mother, grandmother and sister in law have all had their gall bladders removed over the years. It seems that she’ll be going through the procedure as well. She’s fine-The Docs just think it would be best if she were to go ahead and get it done, opposed to something bad happening while she is pregnant. She goes in for her consultation on Thursday and then sometime over the next few weeks she’ll get it removed. We’ve been told that we would be good to go to resume baby making a few weeks later.
I had a visit with Dr Messer the other day to take a look at all my blood work. Overall, I’m in pretty awesome health. My cholesterol is pretty kick butt. There’s just one little tweak that Dr. Messer wants to see in my levels. Something to do with some mathematic equation and my type 2 diabetes. In short, for the next 90 days, I’ve be taking TRILIPIX. It sucks that at 33 I have to be on some prescription drug for my blood. I always assumed that is something old people had to do….not a young sexy fella like myself (wink). Wish me luck that I wont have to be strapped to this stuff for the rest of my life. Fingers crossed that it’s only for 90 days.
Stay tuned….I’ll be working on a few new videos for the page. One of my crazy workouts DJ Johnson at ASI in Simpsonville and the other with Renee King of the life center and my BMI measurements.
Oh yeah and check out www.activateupstate.org There’s some cool free things that the Greenville Hospital System is doing.
It’s hard to keep up with all the social networking these days! I have myspace, facebook and I just joined twitter. We have these emails blogs, our website blogs, listener and business emails, the blog I do for www.chaseschallenge.com (the one you are reading) and the text messaging that we all do in the studio while we are on the air. At some point, I’m going to stop talking to people all together and just correspond by blogging and commenting on blogs. If it wasn’t for my show every day, I might never talk to anyone! As soon as my 2 year old daughter can type, she and I will keep in touch with twitter! “Erin is having a tea party with her bunny and blanket today…”Erin is eating an oatmeal cookie and planning on taking a nap around 2pm”. HA!
I’m just glad my parents fear all technology! They live out in the middle of nowhere, have 5 TV channels to choose from and don’t know how to turn on a computer. Every Sunday I call them and have an actual conversation. It’s nice. So do yourself a favor today; walk over to the office 10 feet away from you and actually talk to a co-worker that you’d normally email (it will burn at least 4-5 calories). Have an actual conversation that consists of real words and not shortened versions of them. (OMG!)
Also, you don’t leave a paper trail when you say something mean opposed to emailing or texting it!
If you get a chance check out www.activateupstate.org and join the Chase’s Challenge team. It’s a free service! Free trainer and nutritionist with some pretty great recipes.