Zenkrak

Still going.

The 30 days of biking are over. I have only not ridden one day since I began this endeavor and that was yesterday. Today I have begun to work in some muscle building exercises.

I do not have a membership to a gym and feel that I don’t really need to hemorrhage money for something that I can do in my own living room. There is a wealth of knowledge over at Menshealth. By searching around over there I have picked out a workout or two that seems as if it will fit the bill. Mostly, the plan I am going to utilize involves only dumbbells and/or body weight exercises.

This is not to say that I am not going to continue biking. Rather the biking is an integral part of an entire body fitness program. For example, this morning I rode for 20 min and 5 miles. Then, at home, I a routine involving upper and lower body exercises. All told, with the bike ride and the routine at home, it took about an hour which is perfect. My body is slightly achy since I am using muscle groups that haven’t been used in I don’t know how long.

I did it, i managed to ride my bike every single day for 30 straight days. Only one day was I not able to go outside because of rain and then I put the bike on the trainer and still rode.

This also marks the 30 day goal of my wife anticloud. This morning we weighed and measured ourselves to compare with the numbers from day one.

I lost 4lbs.

Waist: 3 inches
Butt: 1.5 inches
Thigh: 2 inches
Calf: 1 inch
Chest: 1 inch
Bicep: 1 inch

My waist size and my weight I have not seen this low since the early days of high school in the early 90’s!!!
Now my wife and I will go out this evening to Carraba’s for celebration dinner.

The bike numbers:

25.04 miles
1:38 hrs.

The numbers for the month are even better now:

439.88 miles
31:41 hrs

Nice.

Accomplishment…..tastes good…..mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

The end is in sight!!

Only one more day until my 30 day goal is accomplished!! And then…..well there is the key. I am not sure where this will take me next. Waking up and getting moving and going out on the bike has become part of the daily routine, one of my favorite parts. Once I have accomplished this goal I believe that I will still be riding most everyday.

Now it will be time to start bringing in other part of a fitness program. I will be doing some sort of strength training 3 days par week on top of the cycling. On those days the riding will only be up to about thirty minutes or less, which is a good warm up for my body in preparation of muscle building exercises.

The numbers:

15.18 miles
1:04 hrs.