FIGURE COMPETITION PREP. MY DAILY JOURNAL

I really don’t feel indifferent about the election tomorrow. But, no matter what, there will be a conclusion I can do nothing about. I can only try to stay positive in my own life. Working out is what keeps me level headed about this crap. When I think about this election I picture a toilet…

FIGURE COMPETITION PREP. MY DAILY JOURNAL

We traveled to Boise yesterday to watch a couple of people we know from our GYM compete in the NPC Idaho Cup (a bodybuilding competition). Both of them were competing in the figure division.  Watching made me nervous and confident at the same time.  Nervous because it’s going to be a lot of work and…

FIGURE COMPETITION PREP. MY DAILY JOURNAL

After I teach an indoor cycling class and everyone goes home I stay behind and pick-up a little. I turn my music down and walk around the room to turn off fans.  I love empty fitness studios. They’re peaceful.  Saturday is the only day each week that I workout early (if you consider 8:30 early)….

FIGURE COMPETITION PREP. MY DAILY JOURNAL

Friday Night Fights! On Friday nights Ben and I spar 12 rounds in our basement. It’s my favorite workout of all time! It’s also one of the most difficult workouts I’ve ever done. I look forward to and get nervous for it every week! It’s over for the week now. But we still have Saturday…

FIGURE COMPETITION PREP. MY DAILY JOURNAL

I know I said I wasn’t concerned with my weight. But, I can’t check my body fat every single day or even every week. My goal is to lose ~1 lb. of fat per week. It’s a slow meticulous game. Trying to build muscle and keep it on while trying to take fat off. Weighed…

figure competition prep. my daily journal

I sip one cup of coffee every Sunday morning. Not for the caffeine and not out of habit. It’s a deliberate ritual. These days every single morsel of food I permit to cross the boundary of my lips is deliberate, measured, and recorded. I’m not trying to lose weight. I’m trying to shed fat and…