Seven years ago, on June 21, 2004, I was laying on an operating table having my entire colon removed and my insides reconstructed. I had to have a bag on my side for 10 weeks while I healed enough to have my plumbing reconnected. After that, I generally laid around and got fat and happy.
Then in 2008, I found Beachbody. With Turbo Jam and then P90X, in the space of 6 months, I lost 33 pounds and am possibly in the best shape of my life. I've even had a doctor tell me I'm probably the healthiest patient he would see all day. That's good to hear after being so sick for so long. I've continued on, doing P90X, Insanity, Insanity:Asylum, a few Turbo Fire workouts here and there and have started Rev Abs - the program by Brett Hoebel, who is still at Beachbody as he does NBC's Biggest Loser.
The above leads to this: Let Nothing Stop You. Believe me, if I can do it, anyone can. You just have to get up. Set aside that hour a day (or less) to work on yourself. The cost of not doing so is staggering, not only to yourself but to the people you care about and who care about you. The benefits are priceless and limitless.
I should know. I'm still kicking.
Joe
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Little Victories
I've been doing Shaun T's new workout program Insanity: Asylum Volume 1 - Sports Performance. To say its "hard" is like saying water is wet. It is insanely though. In fact, its the first DVD from Beachbody I've seen that says in its warnings basically, this is hard and even we don't think you should do it!
So, I'm doing my best. Am I keeping up with the folks in the video? No. Have I quit? No, of course not! I'm doing most of it and every time I'm getting better.
By that I mean I'm doing some of the exercises 5 seconds longer that I did the last time. I'm stopping in the middle of a one minute routine and coming back in for an additional 10 seconds. I'm not feeling as uncoordinated as I was 2 weeks ago. I only had to sit down twice to catch my breath the last time.
5 more seconds. Only having to sit twice. Coming back in to finish. To someone passing by its not much but it means I'm progressing due to these little victories. And little victories pave the road to big success.
Hold onto your little victories. Do 5 more seconds. See the road ahead.
Commit and Succeed.
Joe
So, I'm doing my best. Am I keeping up with the folks in the video? No. Have I quit? No, of course not! I'm doing most of it and every time I'm getting better.
By that I mean I'm doing some of the exercises 5 seconds longer that I did the last time. I'm stopping in the middle of a one minute routine and coming back in for an additional 10 seconds. I'm not feeling as uncoordinated as I was 2 weeks ago. I only had to sit down twice to catch my breath the last time.
5 more seconds. Only having to sit twice. Coming back in to finish. To someone passing by its not much but it means I'm progressing due to these little victories. And little victories pave the road to big success.
Hold onto your little victories. Do 5 more seconds. See the road ahead.
Commit and Succeed.
Joe
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