Let’s go… Slaho!

OK, I must admit. I’m pooped. I only have 17 days left, and I’m beginning to feel the fatigue. Maybe it’s because I see the finish line. Maybe it’s because I’m working harder the farther I get into it. Maybe it’s because I can’t find a way to begin before 11 pm. (It’s probably a combination of all three, but I think that last one has a LOT to do with how tired I am.) I must admit I’m proud of how I’ve improved in pull ups. I could do a total of two pull ups when I started… one in the first exercise, and one in the second pull up exercise and the rest I had to do with the assistance of a chair. Yesterday, I was able to do 5 in each of two different exercises and at least two every time a pull up exercise came up. And my push ups have almost doubled in amount since I started and with better form. Tomorrow I go back to arms and shoulders (my favorite of the lifting days). I only have 10 more workouts before I hit my last recovery week. According to this guy I’ll be in the best shape of my life at that point. We’ll see, but as I’ve said before, I’m pretty sure he’s right.

One thing I must say. All along my goal is to achieve some sort of balance in all areas of my life, and though I’ve progressed in all, I must admit my main focus has been here, in the physical. When these 17 days are up, my goal is to better balance and put more effort into the other areas, in particular, the creative and the spiritual areas. I’m already looking to find alternatives to these 60+ minute workouts. I can’t continue doing this every day and pretend to be able to balance all other areas of my life. I think the best would be to separate 30 minutes to the physical and spiritual, and at least 15 minutes apiece to the creative and intellectual. I can’t put too much in because I must remember my families and all my other responsibilities. But we’ll see what I can pull off. For now, I will focus on just finishing these next 2 1/2 weeks. I’ll take my pictures, and I’ll move on from there. And yes, I plan to have those ripped abs for my sister-in-law to see so that she can accept me in my A&F t-shirt.

Ripped, baby, YEAH!

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