Great class, come join us at the MAC, 6:30 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays for the next 6 weeks if you think you're tough enough.  Hope to have pictures up soon!

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So, I have been working very hard in the weight room lately, and I have some great goals set for this coming summer.  Below are my current 1 rep max values, and the goals I hope to accomplish my August 10th, 2010:

Bench Press - Max: 320 lb. / Goal: 350 lb
Squat - Max: 455 lb. / Goal: 500 lb.
Dead Lift - 365 lb. / Goal: 405 lb.

Each day I train I get more motivated because it seems I am setting personal records every time.  It is good to have a couple great lifting partners for extra motivation.  Yes, even us trainers need motivation from time to time!

I have gotten some questions recently about supplements, what's good, what works, etc.  Well, for me it's a combination of both diet, nutrition, and supplements.  I am currently on the following supplements: ON 100% Natural Whey Protein, ON Glutamine, USPLabs Jack3d, and ON Creatine.  Leave me a message if you want to know what the benefits of these sups' are or just visit http://bodybuilding.com/.

The past couple of weeks have been very busy for me, both at work and with my personal life.  I was recently promoted to Director of Strength and Conditioning here at work, and I have been hard at work training myself.

The Spring EF Challenge is off to a good start.  We have 15 people who seem very dedicated to changing their lives through fitness.  This is the kind of stuff I live for.  It motivates me and inspires me to see people finally making the change towards a healthy lifestyle.  I am especially proud because two of those people are my parents.  Now I can share my passion with them, which is twice as nice.

My triathlon training isn't going as well as I'd like.  My first triathlon is May 23rd, the Ground Force IT Power Spint Triathlon in Midlothian, VA.  The running and biking is fine, but the swimming is....eek.  On a side note, my strength training has seen incredible gains (primarily because of my lack of endurance training).  Lord knows I love to lift weights, more so than triathlons, so we'll see how things turn out.  Either way, I'm positive I'll be able to do well on race day.

My birthday is in 2 days, and I have to say I'm not that excited.  Not because I'm getting older and after 21 it just becomes depressing, but because 23 has no significance.  It's not 25 or 30, no real milestone at 23.  Kind of a limbo age...an age of new beginnings if you will.  And that's where I am.  Starting a potential career, go back to school?  Lost and confused a little about my future but everything seems to always work out!

Anyways, I have a potential client coming in soon for a consultation, and I am hard at work designing a work out program for Peak Experiences (http://www.peakexperiences.com/) check them out!

So, the next session of my Endorphin Fitness Challenge program starts tonight.  This is a group exercise program I program, design, and teach to help people of all fitness levels reach their fitness goals.  In this program you can choose between three tracks, depending on your overall goal:  weight loss, strength training, or endurance training.  This program has become very popular over the past 6 months, and we now have over 20 people participating in the Spring session.

I just want to thank those who signed up and those who decided to come back and do the Challenge again.  We had a ton of fun and times will only get better as the weather gets nicer.

I will keep all updated throughout the next 12 weeks on the progress of the program and the participants who make it great! 

PS - Robin: let's kick ass and get you on Oprah. 'nuff said