It’s been a wild year and I’ll return with more content soon dear reader, but let’s put a cap on these gains. While the updates fell off mid-year, the persistence did not. I am proud to say that I have become more of an alpine athlete and less of a…
Category: Fitness
Shrekkin’ to Trekkin’ Feb & March ICE ICE BABY
Trekking: Oh boy, this has been quite an amazing few months. I don’t want to spoil travel blogs but there has been heaps of mountain activity as of late. In February, I didn’t complete any “treks” but had a blast in an ice climbing class in the whites. I had…
Shrekkin’ to Trekkin’ Jan. 2024
While I longed to stay in Mexico and revive hopes of being a lifelong expat- fitness was calling me back north. As expected getting back into the swing of things after vaca was a challenge but for those who know me my persistence for fitness can be uncanny. Trekking: I’ve…
From Shrekkin’ to Trekkin’- 2023 Wrap Up
Pardon the delay folks, if it wasn’t clear I spent much of December in Mexico so now I’m playing catchup. With this year being hell on a personal and mental front, I’d never been one to let life make me forsake my physical and fitness goals. I set out a…
Shrekkin’ to Trekkin’ #2 – MOAR Shrekkin’
Okay guys I caved and signed up again at the university gym, the duration and intensity of training with limited weights and equipment at the rock gym left out too many gains. I’m far from doing powerlifting training but wanted to amp up the kcal expenditure (around 700+ kcal session)…
From Shrekkin’ to Trekkin’: Body Transformation Series #1
I’ve been pumping iron since 2012. Prior to that, I took pride as a mountain biker, B minus level soccer player, and a former 10k finisher. Many of those years were spent as tye dye clad vegetarian so you can imagine the frame I was working with at the start….