Day 302

David, the owner of my gym and a trainer, helped to ruin my workout shoes. Yes, my $130 shoes that were only 4 months old!! Lucky for him, Tony bought me a warrantee...unfortunately for him, I didn't tell him that!

About a week or so ago, I noticed that at the botton of the shoe, one small portion of my right shoe was beginning to seperate from the sole. I found out it was covered by my warrantee but was going to wait a bit to submit my claim. Then I went to the gym this morning.

As we all know, I can't run too much and today was a pretty heavy cardio day. Instead, David had me do weight push...which is not abnormal, I do them almost 3-4 days a week! What did make this time different? Usually I will push for a short time, 2-45lb plates. For longer periods of time, I will push only one 45lb plate. Today, he had me pushing FIVE 45lb plates...yes, 225lbs, over and over, back and forth.

By the 6th trip, I noticed that my foot was continuously slipping and I couldn't push very well. When I stopped, he'd yell. So I would keep trying. By the 10th, it was almost impossible! When I was done, I looked at my shoe...not only had it seperated WAY more...but it had torn, too! So here came the agreement...

If I lose 8lbs in the month of November, he would buy me new shoes!

Day 282

SIX WEEK ASSESSMENTS.

Disappointing again...

2 pounds
1.1% body fat
2 inches

That brings my grand total to:

37 pounds
11.5% body fat
20.50 inches

Other improvements were:

Bench Press (1RP Max): 125 pounds (Up 5 lbs)
Curls (5RP Max): 70 pounds (same)
Squats (5RP Max): 225lbs (Up 30 lbs)
Push Ups (2 Minutes): 48 (down 5, 20 were 'man' pushups)
Sit Ups (2 Minutes): 52 (down 4)
Bench Dips (2 Minutes): 56 (up 5)
Pull Ups (Til you drop): 11 (Up 4)