I love playing volleyball, but growing up I always thought it was primarily a girl sport. I've been enlightened. I really enjoy playing volleyball. I guess Betty would be my female alter ego. Why Betty though? Well, it's the first name that came to mind when typing. Sometimes my fingers just go ahead of my brain and type things. It's called typoicular tourrets - it's an annoying thing but something I've come to live with.
After our night service last night at church we had several people get together to play some volleyball. Our service got over at 7pm and I didn't lock up the church until after 10:30pm. Yes, 3 1/2 hours of continuous volleyball going on in our gym. Love it!
I'm sore today but it was worth it. Not everytime that pain and soreness shows it's face is it a bad thing.
I'm a sports guy so I love to just be active. I'm hoping that I can get someone together in town to play some tennis this evening. Now, talk about a workout - tennis has got it going on!
I also plan on hitting the gym at some time tonight to get my miles in. It's nice to have a gym that is open late at night. It's not the biggest gym but it has all that I need. I have a 5k coming up in April and I'd really like to get to the sub 30 mark again. I don't think i've run a 5k in under 30 minutes in over a year. Wow, that just blew my mind. It's been so long for that to happen - it's going to happen. I ran a 5k not to long ago and finished in 33 minutes. I was close, but I want to be there. It'll happen this year. Oh to be back at 25 minutes and some odd change again.
With the idea of alter egos -- it made me think of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory. I don't always have a TV reference with each post, but "Betty" reminds me of when Rob and Drama (Chris Pfaff) go get hypnotized for success. The hypnotist calls for each of them to find their inner self and to name their inner self. They start with Drama and he says, "Steve". They make fun of Drama a lot and keep laughing that he could have picked anything, but he chose Steve. It was really funny. Rob's was something like "Battle Hardened".
So, I guess maybe I need to come up with a better volley innerself name.
1.26.2013
Nasty Flu. Rawness. Aldis. Duck Dynasty. Conan
Nasty stomach flu. I was just a few days into my pursuit of 1000 miles via running/walking again and I get hit with this nasty stomach flu. It put me out of commission for a couple days. Any other days that I've missed this month were just my fault. That flu though was something fierce. Something fierce.
Have you ever had that time when you were sitting in the restroom on the throne of peace and serenity (*you know that's the calmest place in the whole house when you have a kid) only for it to be defiled by a nasty stomach flu where you can't decide which you need to do: stand up or sit down. Sometimes the option is to just have the trash can in front of you. Truly something fierce.
I hope none of you get it. I am better now though.
I've been chipping away at my new goal of 1000 miles for 2013. I feel as if I'm going up hill already as I've gotten behind. It's hard for me to give up though, I've never been one for giving up -- especially when I see more than 11 months to get the job done. I almost quit baseball once in high school. I'm so glad that I didn't. Those sports really are the moments that I tend to remember when I think of high school. I enjoy having those accomplishments to look back to. Here, on Fit With a Purpose, some of you who might have been with me since my first days might remember that my first goal was to get 1,010 miles in 2010. I fell short but I fell short working my butt off.
You know, those were some of the rawest days. I didn't have to be a wordsmith or use the 'get-their-attention' rhetoric riddling my posts with phrases in an attempt to smoothly attract you to follow my blog. Everything was so fresh and new that the whole experience was attractive enough.
Maybe that's why it was easier and more fun to post then. It wasn't work but more of a hobby; simply something I enjoyed to do. You see, when you start to grow in numbers on the website you feel as if you have to be careful with how you post and what you post in order to please everyone; not to mention trying to get the free stuff from the different companies. Which I still would like freebies from the following types of companies: running related and healthy food related. I researched it and my wife researched it in her own online pursuits. I knew my audience and my site grew in numbers, but my posts sometimes lacked rawness, realness, and "sethness".
I mean, do you really care what I had to eat for lunch? It's usually the same thing every day. Bread, lunch meat, cheese, a little mayo and a diet cola. All ingredients are typically from Aldi's. Making a post about that is a lot of work. I'd be more interested in the deals that I got at Aldi's or how I usually take a bite of my sandwich from the top left of the sandwich, then the top right, and then the middle. That's the good stuff, that's the "Sethness".
So, that's my direction. If you are a follower of my site - it's been great and I hope that you stick around. Thank you for finding it in the depths of your heart to grunt through the posts that were posted to simply have a new post. Can I set another goal? My goal is not to post just to have a post but to post when I want to post.
With posting what I want to post, here is Phil and Willie Robertson from Duck Dynasty on CONAN to close me out
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Have you ever had that time when you were sitting in the restroom on the throne of peace and serenity (*you know that's the calmest place in the whole house when you have a kid) only for it to be defiled by a nasty stomach flu where you can't decide which you need to do: stand up or sit down. Sometimes the option is to just have the trash can in front of you. Truly something fierce.
I hope none of you get it. I am better now though.
I've been chipping away at my new goal of 1000 miles for 2013. I feel as if I'm going up hill already as I've gotten behind. It's hard for me to give up though, I've never been one for giving up -- especially when I see more than 11 months to get the job done. I almost quit baseball once in high school. I'm so glad that I didn't. Those sports really are the moments that I tend to remember when I think of high school. I enjoy having those accomplishments to look back to. Here, on Fit With a Purpose, some of you who might have been with me since my first days might remember that my first goal was to get 1,010 miles in 2010. I fell short but I fell short working my butt off.
You know, those were some of the rawest days. I didn't have to be a wordsmith or use the 'get-their-attention' rhetoric riddling my posts with phrases in an attempt to smoothly attract you to follow my blog. Everything was so fresh and new that the whole experience was attractive enough.
Maybe that's why it was easier and more fun to post then. It wasn't work but more of a hobby; simply something I enjoyed to do. You see, when you start to grow in numbers on the website you feel as if you have to be careful with how you post and what you post in order to please everyone; not to mention trying to get the free stuff from the different companies. Which I still would like freebies from the following types of companies: running related and healthy food related. I researched it and my wife researched it in her own online pursuits. I knew my audience and my site grew in numbers, but my posts sometimes lacked rawness, realness, and "sethness".
I mean, do you really care what I had to eat for lunch? It's usually the same thing every day. Bread, lunch meat, cheese, a little mayo and a diet cola. All ingredients are typically from Aldi's. Making a post about that is a lot of work. I'd be more interested in the deals that I got at Aldi's or how I usually take a bite of my sandwich from the top left of the sandwich, then the top right, and then the middle. That's the good stuff, that's the "Sethness".
So, that's my direction. If you are a follower of my site - it's been great and I hope that you stick around. Thank you for finding it in the depths of your heart to grunt through the posts that were posted to simply have a new post. Can I set another goal? My goal is not to post just to have a post but to post when I want to post.
With posting what I want to post, here is Phil and Willie Robertson from Duck Dynasty on CONAN to close me out
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12.06.2012
Keeping it Fresh
I really enjoy having my website, but it's crazy trying to keep it interesting. I think when I started it - it was more for me than anything else and it was fresh and real. That was in 2010 near the first when I was going for 1,010 miles. I was big, heavy, and needing to do something different. After doing this for almost three years - I'm not sure how to keep it interesting. I've taken breaks and then get back at it just to not have anything new again.
To be honest, I'm not sure how many even still read it. I've got several followers - but we all know how many of those probably aren't even blogging anymore.
I've changed a lot since then and so has my site.
So that's where I'm at with the site. I want it - I want it to be interesting - I'm just interested in what keeps it interesting.
hmmm.
In other news -- here is my new workout home. I got a huge discount because of my choice in career.
To be honest, I'm not sure how many even still read it. I've got several followers - but we all know how many of those probably aren't even blogging anymore.
I've changed a lot since then and so has my site.
So that's where I'm at with the site. I want it - I want it to be interesting - I'm just interested in what keeps it interesting.
hmmm.
In other news -- here is my new workout home. I got a huge discount because of my choice in career.
question:
What do you do to keep things fresh on your website?
10.23.2012
ID24 and a Friends 100 lb mark video
Insanity Day 24
...did not turn out like I wanted it too. I had everything set to wake up at 7:00, but when I woke up - I felt terrible. I didn't have a good night of sleep, I slept wrong [kink in my neck], had a headache. I decided that it'd be better to do the workout later to maybe be able to sleep the headache off.
Well, I still felt bad when I woke up. I went in to work and did my thing for the first half of the day. I went home for lunch and crashed. I slept for a few hours and did wake up feeling better.
I did fail to do the workout later in the evening though. That happens and so I look to make it up on Saturday [rest day] hopefully.
A friend's 100 lb mark.
One thing that I did get to do is make the below video for a friend who has lost 100 lbs.
He started his weight loss journey with one of my challenges that I host online on Facebook. He, this past week - went past 100 lbs lost. It's great and I'm super pumped for him.
...did not turn out like I wanted it too. I had everything set to wake up at 7:00, but when I woke up - I felt terrible. I didn't have a good night of sleep, I slept wrong [kink in my neck], had a headache. I decided that it'd be better to do the workout later to maybe be able to sleep the headache off.
Well, I still felt bad when I woke up. I went in to work and did my thing for the first half of the day. I went home for lunch and crashed. I slept for a few hours and did wake up feeling better.
I did fail to do the workout later in the evening though. That happens and so I look to make it up on Saturday [rest day] hopefully.
A friend's 100 lb mark.
One thing that I did get to do is make the below video for a friend who has lost 100 lbs.
He started his weight loss journey with one of my challenges that I host online on Facebook. He, this past week - went past 100 lbs lost. It's great and I'm super pumped for him.
10.22.2012
ID23 and finally a morning workout
I did it! I got up on time and did a morning workout.
It was glorious and beautiful and everything I thought that it would be. It was if the heavens opened up and angels sang while I swiftly and smoothly performed my workout.
Okay.
By now you know that that third and fourth sentence is false.
I did get up on time and did do a morning workout.
It was terrible. I didn't make it through the whole thing. While I didn't fail to get up - the workout failed.
It was glorious and beautiful and everything I thought that it would be. It was if the heavens opened up and angels sang while I swiftly and smoothly performed my workout.
Okay.
By now you know that that third and fourth sentence is false.
I did get up on time and did do a morning workout.
It was terrible. I didn't make it through the whole thing. While I didn't fail to get up - the workout failed.
10.21.2012
ID22 and great services
Insanity Day 22
...was Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs.
I still can't figure out how those people can do the ab workout straight through. Some of the moves, and not just in this particular dvd - also the cardio recovery, they just hold the move and go into the next one. My shoulders and calves are just burning while they have a smile on their face.
Maybe that 'smile' is actually their grimace. My grimace face does not look that good if that's the case.
Great Services
Every now and then I have the opportunity to preach at church. Most of you know that I am a minister but that I work primarily with the youth. Our Preaching Minister was on vacation and I fill in for him when he is gone.
Both services I felt went well. It was a good time of worship and it's nice to leave church inspired each week. We are blessed to be at a good place.
...was Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs.
I still can't figure out how those people can do the ab workout straight through. Some of the moves, and not just in this particular dvd - also the cardio recovery, they just hold the move and go into the next one. My shoulders and calves are just burning while they have a smile on their face.
Maybe that 'smile' is actually their grimace. My grimace face does not look that good if that's the case.
Great Services
Every now and then I have the opportunity to preach at church. Most of you know that I am a minister but that I work primarily with the youth. Our Preaching Minister was on vacation and I fill in for him when he is gone.
Both services I felt went well. It was a good time of worship and it's nice to leave church inspired each week. We are blessed to be at a good place.
10.19.2012
ID20 and it was good
I've been talking about how much my workouts had dragged all week.
Not this one.
I felt good. I felt strong. I felt powerful. Of course until the end with the Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down. Those kick my butt every time.
It was a good workout and one that was beneficial to my mental toughness. I needed a good workout and the Plyometric Cardio Circuit made it happen
Not this one.
I felt good. I felt strong. I felt powerful. Of course until the end with the Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down. Those kick my butt every time.
It was a good workout and one that was beneficial to my mental toughness. I needed a good workout and the Plyometric Cardio Circuit made it happen
10.18.2012
Insanity Day 19 workout
Insanity Day 19
This day dragged just like the rest of the week. The workout was Cardio Power and Resistance. There is something about this third week that I can't get over. Every workout has either dragged or I've been just tired all the way through it. It's not that I'm bored with the workout, but I think more that my brain is telling my body that there may be other things that I could be doing.
It doesn't help that I didn't work out until 11:00pm again. I keep saying it, but I really don't want this to be a habit - it does seem to be forming into one.
Blah.
This day dragged just like the rest of the week. The workout was Cardio Power and Resistance. There is something about this third week that I can't get over. Every workout has either dragged or I've been just tired all the way through it. It's not that I'm bored with the workout, but I think more that my brain is telling my body that there may be other things that I could be doing.
It doesn't help that I didn't work out until 11:00pm again. I keep saying it, but I really don't want this to be a habit - it does seem to be forming into one.
Blah.
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