Why am I so focused on fitness?

I’ve been down the road of wondering what the hell happened  to my body?  It seemed like days, but my 20 year old abs became 50 year old abs in days…. OK, OK… not days… decades, but you get the point.  Boxes of Cheeze it’s and bags of Salt and Vinegar Chips downed at one sitting had taken their toll.  As I lost my hair, gained weight… became a fat bastard, I started to give up.  I gave up on ever looking good again,  I gave up on myself.  Then, last year I lost my big brother, who died a crappy death in  the hospital from complications of Chrones disease.  Really no way for such a great guy to go, but he was dealt a shitty hand and it was my dear brother’s fate.

I decided right then and there, I was going to take charge of my health, I was going to be the author of my fate.  My mother had died @ 53, my Dad died @ 69 and  I was the only one left of my family unit still breathing.  What a bunch of bullshit.  Anyway, my son Rich, and Daughter in Law, Devon asked me what I wanted for XMas  and I said ” P90X!!!”  We’ve all see the kick ass 20 something’s run around on the infomercials, sweating looking awesome. We all hated them. But not enough to work THAT hard…. right?  So, I decided to just GO FOR IT!!!.. Commit to something that seemed so unreachable, so preposterious, especially for some old bald guy like me.  It was perfect,  I commited myself each and every day to doing these tortureous  workouts.  90 Days, 6 days a week for over an hour a day.  It became my drive, my passion, my life.  I completed my second days of this program just last week, and after a few weeks to let my old bones recover, I’ll start the big brother to this, P90X Plus, which is the next level up to the one I just completed.

My motivation is the same, to do something that seems, again, out of reach, and to see if I can do it.  My new blog will start on April 19th, Day 1 of P90X + and go from there.

My goals are:  To Complete P90X Plus and be in good enough shape to up the commitment yet again and tackle Shaun T’s Insanity program.  Which scares the HELL out of me frankly…..   Now to see if I’ve written this in the right place so anyone can actually see it.  Stay tuned!!  Update, I’m one week from completing P90X + and I”m moving to the brand new Turbo Fire, intense cardio program.  It’s all about goals people, we need them in our lives.

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