Chill-ax People

    So today definitely had it's ups and downs! So it all started when I woke up this morning, my friend Cory was coming up from Crossville and me, him, and my other friend Scott, which I go to school with, were all going to the park to play some frisbee golf.  Which considering the circumstances, since it was snowing like a blizzard outside, made us look like hard ass, dedicated, talented players. . . lol minus the talent, however, I actually was playing well today. We only played the first 9 holes due to the weather, but I finished with only 4 over par!

    After the game we dropped Scott back off at his apartment and headed back to my place to workout.  Yes day # 26 of the P90X, Core Synergistics.  Cory had done a few workouts in the past with me so it wasn't anything new for him, but here's where the bad part of the day began.

    As me and him were getting ready to start the work-out, I heard a knock on my door. . . It was my landlord.  Yeah that's never a good sign when your landlord pays you a personal visit!  Apparently he'd recieved a complaint that I was shaking the entire apartment when I exercised.  Well first off, if your going to complain, man up and say it to me first, instead of going straight to the head honcho.  This had been a problem before with Plyometrics and I could understand that, I mean it's jump training.  So I rearanged my routine to where I did that workout on weekends at my parents house in Crossville.  Anyway back to the current story. So I showed my landlord what my workout consisted of and he saw no issues in it.  He told me, "I have no problems with it, and as long as I have no problems then you have no problems to worry about."

    So based on his anwer, Cory and I went ahead and started the workout.  And around 30 minutes into the workout I got another knock on my door.  It was my next door neighbor, aparently he was the one who called the landlord. He was also the one who spoke to me about Plyometrics the first time.  He told me that everyone in the apartment, even the people across the hall and on the second floor have been complaining.  He also said that he had to take his tv off the wall because he was afraid it was going to fall, since I had been shaking the walls so much.  I find that very hard to believe since the majority of the shaking would be in my room and I have a tack holding up my clock that hasn't budged at all!

    Now I like my neighbor, he's a nice guy, so I didn't feel like arguing with him, and I just told him I would try and ease up on the jumping a bit, even though I barely do any at all.  My main point out of all of this is for people just to chill-ax (chill-relax) everyone gets so tense over things these days, just chill people :-) atleast you're still alive!  I mean my neighbors shake my walls daily and I just look at it as life. Life isn't perfect, things are going to bother you once in a while, but just look on the optomistic side of things, it could always be worse. But I've gotta go, my girlfriend Samantha, and friends Ethan and Guliani are heading over to play some Poker! Wish me luck and feel free to post comments on what you think of this posting.
  
    Oh and things I learned from my workout today (Core Synergistics): When exercising do not forget to focus!  When doing squats for example, don't forget to keep your abs flexed, back straight, and breath with each movement!  You will reduce risk of injury and results. :-)

"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."
   -Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Getting Started

    Well lets get you caught up to speed . . . When I was younger, I'll admit it, I was quite chunky.  Over the summers I would do nothing but eat, sleep, and play video games.  This all changed when I was encouraged to play on my friend's recreational soccer team.  I was very out of shape, but had strong legs and was good at clearing the ball down the field.  I think that motivation and encouragement, hearing people complement my abilities was what gave me the desire and determination to better myself.  From that point on I slowly began exercising more and putting down the video games to enjoy the outdoors.

    As I entered high school I had plenty of experience with soccer, my 8th grade county-wide team was actually the first out of my county to ever win the district tournament! I continued playing through high school, becoming the captain my senior year and coaching younger recreational teams along the way.  I was changing lives the way my first few coaches helped change me.

    I discovered the concept of working out in high school, as well.  The weightlifting coach had me in class once before so I was chosen to lead the class in every workout.  This leadership role was very new to me, but looking back on it seems as if it could have been what gave me the inspiration to begin coaching and teaching others.  Not to mention the awesome results I got from that class! Having to constantly demonstrate the correct form and speed with each exercise for the class to see was difficult at first, but very beneficial to my physical fitness.

   Before I even started playing sports, running 5k's, or anything athletic, I was already very competitive in everything I did!  And that competitiveness within me is what drives me to want more out of myself . . . learn more, be more, achieve more! That is one reason why I recently started the P90X!  For those of you who don't know what it is; in general it is a 90-day workout system by Tony Horton, it is kind of like cross-training, the person intensely works different parts of their body each day for maximum results. The saying is "Get ripped in 90 days".  I am on day 25 and seeing a good amount of results already.  I will be talking about the P90X often, along with cool things I learn about staying fit, and anything else I find interesting.


"Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it." -Plato