Today I get a flurry of text messages from Martin. How’d it go today, Nate? Eat big, train hard! I send him a photo of me giving a thumbs-up. Everyone needs a push. Now you are part of my responsibility. That is what a good coach does. Also, you’re looking skinny. Keep eating!!! When I…… More
That did it. Yesterday’s extra high calorie day was the jolt I needed to break the 180-pound barrier and I’m feeling relieved. Man, a couple days ago I didn’t think I’d ever make it to 190 pounds. Today I’m optimistic. What a fucking roller-coaster. And I’m just a little over halfway done. And here’s the…… More
It’s crunch time. I know I said I was going to follow what my coaches say — and I totally will, I promise — but right now I need to kick-start some muscle growth and weight gain. I’m still hovering around 180 and it’s starting to piss me off. So instead of doing my traditional…… More
Today is the sixth day in a row that I’ve hovered around 180 pounds. I’m getting worried that I’m not gonna make it to 190. Counting today, I have 11 days left and 9.2 pounds to go, which means I need to gain .84 pounds per day. That seems like it’ll be tough. At this…… More
Nothing is more challenging than Hurricane sprint days. Nothing. Today was a struggle to even get to the gym. I knew what was coming and I didn’t want any part of it. My brain was giving me excuse after excuse to see if one would stick and stop my body from making the terrible, terrible mistake…… More
With only 2 weeks left and more than 10 pounds to go, I need to eat more food. This morning JB dropped the bomb on me. Every day for the next two weeks — not counting fast days — I’ll add a Super Shake between my breakfast and lunch. (A Super Shake, by the way,…… More
My fast days have shown me how much of my normal life is centered around eating and drinking. Barbecues, going out to nice restaurants, grabbing a beer with friends — they’re all things I really enjoy and do every day. So it’s a weird feeling when those activities are no longer an option. Which begs…… More
You know the people who say they don’t have the time or motivation to work out? A lot of fitness experts write that off as laziness. But me? I totally get it. I understand where those people are coming from. That’s because with this experiment, I’m discovering a few things about myself. The first is…… More
My day started off great: with a sprained ankle and the brakes on my car going out while driving. The first happened as I was doing the “backwards run” part of my warm-up, which is the most pathetic, pussified way of spraining your ankle ever. Luckily it was an upper body day, so my shitty…… More
I’ve been holding steady at 178 pounds for two days in a row. So I e-mail JB and see what he has to say about it. Let’s keep things as is for now, he writes. Next week we’ll probably have to bump the calories up a bit. If you finish the week at 180 we’ll have to…… More