since the rosarito ride last weekend, i’ve gone on a hard leaning cycle. i’m keeping the weight lifting intensity the same, taking weight loss supplements, slightly increasing protein intake, and overall reducing calories. in less than a month, we’ll be out on the boat, and i need to get some cleaner definition, particularly around the waist.

so yesterday i stopped by the gym on my way home from work to do a quick cardio session. i was waiting for an elyptical machine and one opened up to this big, strong black dude who was already sweating pretty hard. i started my workout and glanced at his numbers and he’d already burned 100 calories and was working at a pretty intense level. i warmed up for about a minute, and proceeded to try to pass his calories burned before my 25 minutes were up. about 5 minutes into my stupid one sided competition, he realized what i was trying to do, and gave me a “oh no you won’t” kinda look and stepped up his pace. every time i would increase my intensity level, he would do the same making it more and more difficult to gain ground. the two of us were seriously working out twice as hard as anyone else on the machines. anyway, i finally caught him at 23 minutes, and we both turned our intensity all the way down as soon as i did. he gave me a hostile/approving look and after a couple minutes of cooldown we parted ways, having never said a word to each other, but communicating plenty through facial expressions in the mirror.

so in the 25 minutes that i worked out, i burned 419 calories, with my heart rate at 201 for about 15 minutes straight. crazy numbers for my weight/age.