I have been pretty damn busy lately, it’s kicking my ass. There is a lot happening for me right now, and I am going to scale some things back.

To start, this blog has been hard to keep up on, so, instead of trying to put out as many as possible, I have decided to make it a weekly blog. I will try to put one up every week by saturday at noon. Therefore, the heading, or title, or whatever the shit that is called will be changed from the format I was using, to “week __ of 52” (whatever I feel like putting in parenthesis). I think I will be able to put out a better product this way, with less stress from trying to cram it in.

The last week was an ass kicker for me. Over the weekend I basically tore down the insides of my shop, which was all tool benches with tons of tools, cabinets, and random storage. I instead built a room in the back that is 8′ x 12′ with a loft above it. I tore out the loft that was in the middle of the shop, and made the whole place feel a lot more open. Why did I do this…? Well, to make more room for activities obviously.

Sure, from these photos it still looks cluttered, but, I took this while still working on it, as well as working on getting rid of stuff from inside of it.

There really is a ton more room than before. Originally when I first threw the barbell and bumpers out there, with a sandbag and med ball, I had a 12ft x 8ft space, now, the space is 24ft x 24ft, and the ceiling goes to 16ft at the highest point. Yeah it isn’t 8,000 square feet, but shit man, it is pretty rad. There is room outside of the big roll up door for a lot more workout space once it gets nice out, we can flip tires, drag sleds, push a prowler, run hill sprints, and do all kinds of other things. Soon, there will be a couple squat racks and much much more equipment to kick some ass with.

Speaking of equipment, I just put in an order for two sandbags, two 12kg competition kettlebells, and two Troy VTX Medicine balls, a 14lb, and a 16lb. I am pretty excited about getting this gear, it can’t get here fast enough.

I also picked up a few extra bars recently, a 15kg womens bar which is awesome to have, and two more olympic bars that need some refurbishing done to them, they spin like champs, but have some rust (one is completely rusted on the outside, but the insides are in perfect condition, they were just neglected. I got them for the best price I could, free, so I can’t complain. Sometimes life hands you lemons, and I’m gonna build a fucking pyramid with those lemons.

The 15kg bar… Stoked.

Other than busting my ass to make more room in the shop, and get things rolling for us out there, I have been trying to train in my free time. I have little amounts of that, and it has been nice to make gains in my training.

To date, I am down 23lbs and 12% body fat from the fall of 2011, I am currently 187lbs. After some things went down years ago for me, I got in a bit of a funk, and it took me a few years to get out. At my biggest point I was 220lbs, and I don’t at all want to know where my body fat percentage was at, I wasn’t lazy, just not fit, and not really trying as hard as I thought I was. I was riding in a truck from job to job daily, for long periods of time all over the region. And eating like shit was routine for me, so, even when I was working out quite a bit, I wasn’t making too much progress on my health.

Well, that has changed, and I am stoked. I accomplished my first ring muscle ups on saturday, thanks to Gabe and Brian for coaching me through the right form. And today, I did a little workout with them, I did 1 muscle up every minute on the minute for 20 minutes, and honestly felt like I could keep going, but didn’t want to push my luck.

It’s not the best photo, or form, I have since worked on the form, give me a break, this was I think… my third one on saturday (ever).

I am pretty excited for the month of march, not only is it the end of the winter quarter at school (thank fucking god), but, we head down to Portland for a certification class for Crossfit. That, to me, is better than christmas. Shit’s about to get real people. After the certification my next goal is to hit up an Olympic lifting certification, be it through crossfit or USA Weightlifting themselves, I just want to go to that really bad. The real goal there is to get as much knowledge and experience as possible so that not only can my lifts get better, but my coaching and coaching cues can really get honed.

Fitness in the park is in July, and that is the end goal for this round of training for me. (Fitness in the park is a crossfit competition that is held in Riverfront Park here in Spokane, WA) The goal after fitness in the park is to prep for the crossfit open in 2014, I really want to push hard and try to make at least regionals in 2014, I will be thirty, which is really hard to believe and I really feel like if I can stay on a good path and just put in the hard work I will make it. Wish me luck.

For anyone looking for training in the Spokane Valley area, look us up, we are starting to train people out in the shop, and we are on the ground floor right now, it can only get better from here. Not only are we in the shop, but we are starting a running club in Spokane where we will be doing runs/workouts in the parks around town. Also, we are going to put together a weightlifting club in the near future, so if you have any interest in not only improving your lifts, but working within a community of like minded people (men and women) be on the lookout for that as well.

I think this is about done for now. I know that it has been a while since I last posted, and I apologize for that, for those of you who might have been sitting on the edge of your chairs just waiting for my never ending drabble… (is that a word? screw it, is now.) I will keep on trucking and try to find good shit to write about each week.

Check us out at:

http://inw-fit.com/

Also don’t forget to get yourself mobile and feeling like a hundred dollars… I heard someone say the other day that feeling like a million dollars just is not realistic, and you know what, I like that, I think feeling like a hundred dollars is an awesome idea, I love having a free hundred dollar bill in my wallet, it’s rare anymore since I’m in school, but, it really is a good feeling.

Also check out the guys over at barbell shrugged, this podcast was a fun one. I’ve listened to it twice, but have yet to watch it, I’m sure the itunes version was lacking some of the fun stuff they do.

Go to Fringe Sport for all of your equipment needs, these guys are awesome, great customer service, they don’t carry Comp kettlebells, but they got me some at a competitive price, and shipped ’em to me for a little less than what I found them for. That is customer service if you ask me.

http://www.fringesport.com/

And for the song of the day…

So, my buddy Dennis Ludiker, well, can you still be buddies if you haven’t spoke much in a few year? We just have lives that went seperate ways… anyhow, this is his band playing a live show, it’s pretty cool music. He used to play in a band called the South Austin Jug Band who were a lot of fun to listen to. Anyhow, here is their music, I hope you enjoy it.

Until next time…