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Focus T25 Day 8 – Speed 1.0

Focus T25 Day 8 – Speed 1.0 from Montreal. It was a short and simple 25 minute workout that really got the heart rate up and added some much-needed stretching. I also added a pushup/burpee/mountain climber routine to the end to push myself a little harder tonight.

Total calories burned 389

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Laguardia Airport Healthy Food Options

If you travel often, it can be difficult to find decent food options in the airport. Today, I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a fresh salad bar with a huge variety of options at Terminal D in LaGuardia.

Last week when I was passing through the same airport via the Southwest terminal and I found a Gluten Free wrap at the Cibo express, today I found the salad bar. Airport score!

My lunch today consisted of Spinach, Grilled Chicken (tasted really good), Olives, Hard Boiled Egg, Cherry Tomato’s, a little feta cheese and a VERY small amount of Lite Raspberry Vinaigrette with a Red Delicious apple.

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Weight Loss Stats – A Comparison

I’ve started keeping a journal recording my Focus t25 journey. I’ll publishing my weight, body fat using my Fibit Aria Scale and my body measurements. My plan here is two-fold, keep myself accountable and have a nice visual reference to the weight loss stats and changes. I wish I would have done something similar with the other workouts I’ve done over the course of the past year.

As I was entering my measurements I went back to March 2013 when I first recorded my body measurements. One thing to note here is from January 24th, 2013 through March 29th, 2013 I had lost over 31.8 pounds already so these numbers were much higher. I’ve never actually sat down at did the math, but its shocking!

Weight Loss Graph

Weight Loss Stats

Body Measurements Compared
Month Date Weight BFat% Chest Hips Waist LArm RArm LLeg RLeg
March 29 2013 263.8 36.4% 48in 44in 49in 15in 15in 25in 25in
January 26 2014 188.9 18.7% 41.5in 38in 36.5in 13in 13in 22.75in 22.75in
Total -74.9lb -17.7% -7.5in -6in -12.5in -2in -2in -2.25in -2.25in

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Focus T25 Day 5 Cardio & Lower Focus

Today was Focus T25 Day 5  a dual workout day, Alpha Cardio & Lower Focus. The moves in Alpha Cardio were much easier tonight, perhaps I wasn’t as tired as when I did the same workout Sunday night. The Lower Focus workout was intense, my legs were shaking about 15 minutes into the workout and my left knee was hurting a little bit. All-in-all I’m really liking Focus T25 and I can’t to see the results when I’m done.

I burned roughly 350 calories per workout.

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Focus T25 Ab Intervals – Day 4

Focus T25 Ab Intervals – This morning I woke up to 11in of snow in NYC and while the city was in panic, I was doing some Focus T25 Ab Intervals in my hotel room. Total calories burned, 289 and this is a great core workout! I highly suggest if you need to build your core, get Focus T25 even if you just do this workout three times a week.

On a side note, I ran two miles at the hotel last night on the treadmill and my left knee is still bothering me. It’s frustrating to say the least because I enjoy running I need to investigate this further with a doctor.

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Focus T25 Day 3 – Total Body Circuit

I’m in New York City this week and I just wrapped up Focus T25 Total Body Circuit in my hotel room. Total calories burned 352, I might need to add some other training into the mix until Beta and Gamma cycles, but we’ll see.

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Getting Fit in 2014 – Part 2

Size 44 pants, 98 pounds lost

Size 44 pants, 98 pounds lost

I recently blogged about getting fit and the three tips I felt were important when deciding to take a journey and become a better you. I want to add some additional thoughts to my original blog entry.

Getting fit – First things first

  • Motivation
  • Fitbit flex or nike fuel band
  • Myfitnesspal either on a smartphone or via their website
  • Workout program or walking/running program

I’m suggesting these tools as a gateway to begin.

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Get Fit – Taking the Steps

Taking the right steps to get fit are easy, if you look in the right places and get creative. It’s as easy as 1-2-3. When my friends or colleagues see me and it’s been a few months or I meet someone new, I share my story and I always get the question “what is your trick” or “how did you do it” or “did you have surgery”.

The answer is simple and I’ll break it down into three categories that I feel are important. If you find that you are struggling in the first or second category you will struggle, this journey takes serious motivation and self will power. BUT, it in the long run its worth it.

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Focus T25 – Day One Video Blog

Today my wife and I kicked off Focus T25 – Alpha Cardio. I think I’m going to like this program, I recently completed Insanity and the long 45-60 minute workouts were INTENSE and I loved them but it’s really interesting to see what can be packed into 30 minutes. I intend to video blog this journey and here is day 1. I recorded this on my iPad so I apologize for the size.