Him: Staying Active

I’ve always been a really huge fan of staying in shape, being active, and generally eating well. I can’t complain much as growing up I was a super active kid that never stood still. As an only child living in a small rural community, where the houses are a few kilometres apart, I had a lot of room to get moving.

Not to get in too deep, but I never considered myself to be an active person. My school days didn’t see me as part of any sports teams; not that there really were any though, and I just enjoyed my time learning things from my father, a forester and carpenter.

At sixteen, my fitness life was in for a big change. I actually thought it was a good idea to get shipped off for basic training for the summer and that getting yelled at was going to be fun. Well, in hindsight I suppose it was, but I also was in the best shape of my life too. I don’t think I had done that many push-ups in my whole life. Five foot five, one hundred and sixty pounds of me! I had lost probably about five to eight pounds during that summer.

Fast forward a few years, and I have been working out on and off, mostly on, and I still feel great. Now at one hundred and eighty pounds, I’m about at my max weight, I hope. I haven’t really fluctuated in the last two to three years. My fitness level, however has taken a jump in the last few months; which is what I was trying to get at the whole time now. I’ve begun the best fitness programme, in my and many others opinion, in the world:

CrossFit.

What is CrossFit you might ask? To be brutally honest if you don’t know what CrossFit is and you’re into staying in shape then get to www.crossfit.com and read up on it. If you do know what it is and you’re not doing it then you’re in denial, scared, or lazy. Hard work in equates to outstanding results out. It’s been since February that the wife and I started doing this and we couldn’t be happier. It’s not something you can just jump into and do the workouts exactly as prescribed on the first day, but you gradually work into them and build yourself up to the challenge. It was actually very good that one of our good friends had been doing CrossFit for six years now, so he’s been a great help and of course motivation.

Staying active now is a fairly simple, both my wife and I are very dedicated to pushing ourselves and keeping fit. Of course, we will all see how this pans out in the next few months as we welcome the newest addition to our wonderful duo. We’ve went ahead and started purchasing some exercise equipment that will complement our CrossFit workouts as well as give us something to do even if we don’t feel like being eaten alive by the WOD.

Goal for the foreseeable future is to continue with CrossFit so that the results can be more measurable. Right now, I can certainly say that I feel much better and know that I am in better shape all around. Seeing the same results in six continuous months, or a year will be very interesting. Just to be clear, I have no intention of stopping this, only to push harder and furhter than I have yet.

I don’t believe I touched too much on diet in this whole blurb, and by the look of it I don’t want to make it any longer than it already is. Therefore, I’ll leave it for another time as it is my intention to at least show a broad view of what kind of junk I’m currently eating.

-Another great day