On retooling...and resetting focus

How bad do you want it? How far are you willing to push it to your limits?






Just checking out the local paper the other day and I read up on a pretty cool article on Pro Bowl Cornerback Antonio Cromartie of the San Diego Chargers. For a guy who had a terrific rookie season and made the Pro Bowl in his rookie year - he slipped a little on his 2nd year with only 2 INT's and the 3rd most thrown to starting corner last year. Well there's always that 2nd year drop off I've noticed in the NFL because no one knows you yet in your rookie year. Well he was off the mark in his 2nd year...lost his focus. But now he's ready to reclaim his fame once again out on the field...

It was very disappointing for us Charger Fans to see him drop his play like that...because he was almost pencilled in as the next Deion Sanders at one point as they both were from FSU.

Now with a contract year coming and the drafting of Cason in the first round in 08 - a new a spark is re-lit and Cro is back with a vengeance.

But he decided to skip off season conditioning workouts at Chargers park and does an Ochocinco - he resorts to unconventional methods such as mma style approaches, boxing...sledgehammer and running across a dirt hill with a 100 lb tire around his back. All this may sound weird for football conditioning as it is not the norm...but I honestly think it works.


He even admits to never have trained like this before and he's already reaping the benefits of non-traditional type training approaches.

You dont have to be in a gym to get a great workout. You can take it outside, find new training approaches that dont requiure a gym membership and just go for it and give it your all.

You are only limited to what you allow your body to do.

Why I Like Nike Frees

If you like the comforts of training barefeet...the Nike Free brand of shoes are the best way to go. I use them everyday...I train in them, I work with them, I do errands with them, I take family trips on them.. I even play volleyball with them. Just got a pair the other day online. It has the Nike + option too, so that can be of some benefit with some running with my Apple I touch (but I hate distance running...but it would be interesting to give it a test run one day).

Here's a very good video as to why I like them so much for training.




Adios! Til next time...

Weekend Off

Weekend off from workouts this week. Not trying to push too hard and trying to use that 6th and 7th day to really rest out this week and it's back to hardcoring again on Monday. Hoping for a good TT workout coming up over the next few days...whatever the workout is - will still be doing another week here with my current program.

Movie Spoiler: Watched Revenge of the Fallen with the family last night...what a bummer. I'll take Wolverine over this one anyday. Nice effects but this movie really dragged a little for me. We got 5 free complimentary tickets because apparently the film reel had stopped all of the sudden and burned out right at the climax of the movie. We had to literally hang out for 30 or so minutes til we were able to finish the movie in it's entirety. Did see a movie snippet of "2012" however and that looks like to be a pretty good movie coming out in the fall...look out for that one. Looks frighteningly entertaining! Could this actually happen? To see what could happen is pretty damn scary. So folks: cherish every moment you have in your life as best as you can. Life is so short.

Takeru Kobayashi - You ARE THE MAN

This guys is legendary. If you've never heard of him, you must be hiding under a rock. He hails from Japan but has won several Hot Dog Eating Championships around the world. But get this: he sees food as something to "damage" and something to "enjoy" if you will.

Check this video out and IT WILL OPEN YOUR EYES:

Ahh...my blog!

Ok..been taking my time with getting back into the swing of things..blog included. Got back into another familiar yet difficult Turbulence Training Program called the TT Hardcore Fatloss Program...absolutely killer of killer fat loss programs...just a tad bit modified this time to throw a curve ball to an otherwise difficult and advanced workout routine.

But why back to fat loss?

Because I want to! =)Plus I miss power moves and BW stuff that Craig has alot in this program that I really like. Heck there's tons of programs to choose from at his Turbulence Training Website. Just trying to find the right one to use is the hardest!

Anyway, have modified todays complex routine with a complex I got from Alwyn Cosgrove. Great complex routine...and it was A butt kicker. Finished it off with Craig's BW routine that was equally challenging.

Complexes are killer and I love doing them...it's hardcore circuit training in it's truest form. All the great one's have them in their philosophies so I suggest you try them if you haven't yet. They'll kick your butt and they are absolutely awesome for fat loss!

Gettin' over the Flu Bug...

Tough trying to fight through a cold. Lost some steam heading into last weekend and got hit hard by Saturday. So I've stopped working out the entire time and just getting my mojo back today and played some 2 on 2 volleyball tonight.

Feeling my body out here. Listening to what it's telling me is very important...taking a week off after 8 weeks of training might be the norm for me here on out. Not making this a race to the finish line as there are no finish lines for me in this journey. Just tackling on different approaches and having fun with it and learning new things.

Lots of weight type training these past 8 weeks. Definitely a change up from alot of workouts I'm used to doing.

Hoping to get back into the swing of things starting next week. I would like to do one more week on my current program and decide what to do for next month...but really contemplating if this is something I really want to keep doing (i.e. mass building)...really miss the total body fitness/athletic approach with different interval training approaches that go along with it.

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Filipino Fighters...are the real deal.

From Boxing to MMA...we got some pretty good fighters coming out from Philippines or from Filipino ancestry. Brandon Vera - handsdown - this dude is a beast currently...An RN (hey man, don't get male RN's wrong because we're males!) in Phillipe Nover....was in a recent Ultimate Fighter Series not too long ago...check out the video of some of the finest Pinoy fighters we have currently. Starting with one of the best in the octagon and ending with perhaps the greatest boxer in the ring today.