MarkX Spot

Moving

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:32:00 -0400

Not that I've been that active in posting lately but I'm currently moving my blog to tumblr for the time being. You can find me at: http://markxblr.tumblr.com/

Hope to see you there!

Mark

INSANITY Fit Test 2

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 9 Sep 2011 22:24:00 -0400

So today was the second fit test for INSANITY. I'm happy with the improvements and I'm looking forward to pushing it more and seeing how well the next time goes.

Move	Fit Test 1 (Day 1)	Fit Test 2 (Day 15)
Switch Kicks	55	122
Power Jacks	50	63
Power Knees	80	95
Power Jumps	15	43
Globe Jumps	6	11
Suicide Jumps	6	16
Push-Up Jacks	15	34
Low Plank Oblique	20	55

Ice Baths

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:47:00 -0400

New to running? Not sure what this Ice Bath business is?

Check out this short video: http://running.competitor.com/2011/08/videos/recovery-the-ice-bath_15966

Hydration

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 6 Sep 2011 11:51:00 -0400

Here's an article at Runnersworld.com about hydration and running:

Sipping Points

Check out the reviews of some carb and protein drinks on the second page. You might be tempted to try something new.

Running 101

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:39:00 -0400

Runnersworld.com has a nice article, "Running 101: Class is in session" by Kara Goucher.

Some great tips on running, training and your first race.

Update

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400

Just a quick update. Markx Spot has done a little upgrade and now has a new address.

Now you can use www.markxspot.com!

More to come later today.

Weekend Posts

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:13:00 -0400

With it being a holiday weekend and the fact that I've been working on the look and feel of my websites, I haven't had much time to post anything. I should be back at it tomorrow and plan on catching back up to my post a day.

M

New Look and Feel!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 3 Sep 2011 23:58:00 -0400

So as you can see, I'm in the midst of making changes to the site look and feel. I feel this works better for the users than the old layout and gives me a little more flexibility. As you can probably tell, I'm not done yet. As I get time, I'll be adding more little things.

P90X2 Pre-Order

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 1 Sep 2011 17:18:00 -0400

P90X2 Pre-Orders start today. If your interested in ordering head on over to my page: http://beachbodycoach.com/esuite/home/markxfitness and click on the link on the right hand side. Let me know if you have questions.

INSANITY Update

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:15:00 -0400

So today is day 6 of INSANITY. Everything is going well. I did day 5 workouts last night. I did Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs. Pure cardio was just that. Cardio, take a break when you need it, but keep pushing. Cardio abs is very similar. Ab work for 15+ minutes straight, from the C-Sit postion and plank. Great stuff!

Barefoot Shoes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:28:00 -0400

I've been a Fivefinger guy for over a year now. Not sure that these would be the same thing, but they do look interesting.

More Barefoot Shoes

Day 4 of INSANITY

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:56:00 -0400

Today's workout was a lighter one. Cardio Recovery. Some lighter controlled cardio and core work. Still work up a sweat and work those muscles, but a great break before things get INSANE again :)

Counting down the days to P90X2, won't be long now and we'll be able to pre-order it.

Day 3 of INSANITY

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:53:00 -0400

Day 3 was a great workout. Cardio power and Resistance. Cardio, leg, core work. Great stuff.

If you haven't heard of the beachbody trainers or workouts before, check them out!

Day 2 of INSANITY

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:49:00 -0400

The FitTest on day 1 gave me a glimpse of what was to come. Day 2 was Plyometric Cardio Circuit. Great workout!

I'm still working on my site, but you can check it out for more information or just ask me!

You can also check out my Facebook page or my Coach page!

Day 1 of INSANITY

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:22:00 -0400

So day 1 of INSANITY. This was the Fit Test. Know you can understand the warnings prior to workout videos and why they are there. I was sweaty and humble after this fit test. Didn't start off too badly, but then as you can see, it trickled off toward the end.

We'll see what the next fit tests have and if I can improve! Stay tuned!

Move	Fit Test 1 (Day 1)	Fit Test 2 (Day 15)	Fit Test 3 (Day 36)	Fit Test 4 (Day 50)	Fit Test 5 (Day 63)
Switch Kicks	55
Power Jacks	50
Power Knees	80
Power Jumps	15
Globe Jumps	6
Suicide Jumps	6
Push-Up Jacks	15
Low Plank Oblique	20

13.1 Reasons to Run a Half Marathon

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:39:00 -0400

Nice article on 13.1 Reasons to Run a Half Marathon on the active.com website.

This comes at a crucial time as I'm trying to figure out if I have enough time to train for the local half that I had my eye on prior to the summer disappearing before my eyes.

It's the first week of December, so there is some time left. I've looked at a couple training programs, but those all went beyond race day. So we'll see if I'm able to get something in place in order to accomplish this or not.

Themes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:31:00 -0400

Just a little something I'm working on for my blog space:

MarkxSpot:
Markx Monday
Tuesdays Tip
Training Tuesday
Wacky Wednesday
Thirsty Thursday
Fun Friday

MarkxLife (Still a work in progress):
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Just some thoughts about how to give some order to the chaos that is the list of draft posts that I have that is longer than the list of active posts on here.

I'm still playing around with it when I have time so hopefully you'll see something solid soon. Also coming close to finishing my Coach site. More about that later.

Catching up

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:45:00 -0400

The one thing about using a watch to track all your workouts is making sure that you remember to have watch, cable and cradle in the same location in order to get the workouts off the watch and on to the computer to use in some fashion.

I happen to have the problem of not having those close at all and just caught myself up yesterday by adding 15 workouts to my Garmin connect account and my Dailymile profile.

I'm still figuring out the best method to track workouts and nutrition. Currently I'm using Dailymile and Dailyburn. Now, since I'm taken on the role of Beachbody Coach, I also have those tools to use in order to keep track of things and plan my workouts. The nice thing about using the Beachbody website is that if your using one of the workout programs they offer, you can just select that workout program and the entire program gets put on your calendar! Easy.

I'm off to do more work on my site and try to get it up and running in some usable fashion.

Next Phase

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:20:00 -0400

Just a quick post to update everyone.

I recently took on the role of Independent Beachbody Coach. I'm going to try and make sure that I post on here daily as well as my other blog, the new blog I'm creating for Beachbody, Facebook and twitter. This along with everything else that's going on will be something I will have to work towards achieving. I'm optimistic and have high hopes that I can accomplish this along with the rest of life (class, family, work, breathing)

That being said, I have started the Shakeology 3 day cleanse today. Basically you have 3 shakes a day with a salad for dinner and some fruit as a snack for 3 days. I'll let you know after day 3 how it all went.

Thursday I'm starting the Insanity workout program, and from what I've heard about it so far, this should be an experience.

Incase your curious, here are my Beachbody websites:

http://beachbodycoach.com/markxfitness

http://myshakeology.com/markxfitness

Any other questions, feel free to contact me.

Stay tuned for more posts, video posts and updated sites.

Warrior Dash PA 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:09:00 -0400

This past Sunday was the Warrior Dash in Albrightsville PA. This was my first time doing to the Dash and I must say, it will now be an annual event! I highly recommend getting to one if your able.

Pre race, nice and clean.

GO!

It was in PA remember.

Junk yard and tires.

Spidermaned it through the mud, so ended up not as muddy as others.

Post race pic at the sign.

Time for a shower. Man was that water cold!

Wet, cold, happy and showing off the new necklace.

After a cold shower and some dry clothes, just had to put the helmet on :) Not sure what that funky expression is though.

All in all a great experience and had a blast. See you next year!

Guitar Logo

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:26:00 -0400

Google always has interesting images for their logo, or almost always. Todays is a special one. I'm continuing to learn to play the guitar and getting better as time goes on. Some day I would like to be part of a worship team at church. So when I hit Googles page today and saw the image (and it's interactive ... Go play!), I thought it was one of the better ones, probably because it's closer to my heart, but it is pretty cool.

It's "That" kind of Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:27:00 -0400

So it hasn't been too often that we've seen the sun this much in the past couple weeks with all the rain that we've had, so I figured it was "That" kind of Friday!

Juneathon 2011 - 2 June pt. 2

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 2 Jun 2011 14:30:00 -0400

Went out for another run after work. I lead a study going on right now at our church called Run for God. So we get together with the students so that we can run together as a group and support one another. Had a running group last night and did a couple laps around a local military museum. Great day to run with the weather! Our group did about 2.5 miles in 25 minutes. It's a 12 week program to get them up to a point that they can run a 5k. Monday will be the start of week 8 for them, so we're almost there.

2nd run: http://www.runningfreeonline.com/act/565642

I don't know that it makes up for missing the 1st, but have logged two so far. We'll see if I can keep up now.

Juneathon 2011 - 2 June

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 2 Jun 2011 14:30:00 -0400

So here it is, June 2. I heard about Juneathon yesterday and didn't leave myself time to do anything so now I'm a day behind. But here is a link to todays run: http://www.runningfreeonline.com/act/564996

This isn't much of a blog post, but today is pretty busy as well so it will have to do for now. I'll try and work on this more so they are more wordy :)

Warrior Dash 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:25:00 -0400

So the Warrior Dash in coming up soon. June 11th and 12th. We are signed up for the 3:30PM wave on June 12th. This will be the first time that we've been to the WD and it should be a blast! I've heard nothing but good things about it from people that have been to it before, and it's something that I've been looking forward to.

Warrior Dash

For those that don't know, it's a 3.5 mile obstacle course. The website shows the different locations and the obstacles at those locations. You get a shirt, fuzzy viking helmet, medal and a free beer!

Obstacles:

So the first obstacle is Crusader's Castle, doesn't sound too hard, navigate your way through, we'll see how easy that is :)
Next up is Blackout, looks like a tube with a covering on the end so it's dark. So, uh, what's in the tube? ;)
Teetering Traverse is next, looks like balance beams, but over what? is the question
Barricade Breakdown, over top of walls and under barbed wire
Tunnels of Terror, nuf said
Arachnophobia, tangling ropes
Deadweight Drifter, waist high water and up over logs
Rio Run, running down a river
Slithering Swamp, unknown murky waters
Great warrior wall, scale the massive blockade
Road rage, scrap yard time
Cargo Climb, cargo nets
Warrior roast, jump over fire
Muddy Mayhem, crawl under barbed wire

So all that water, then you hit the mud at the finish :) Sounds like fun!

We'll see how it goes and report back with a recap.

Some locals just completed the Tough Mudder, not sure we'll get to that level or not, but may be something to keep in mind.