The Resurrection

Brother Ben and Brother Charles are always there for a new endeavor. Whosoever spawns the idea, our trifecta mercilessly pursues the given task until a better one comes along. No excuses. No if's, and's or but's. No man left behind.

The idea of putting goals in the public conscience is genius. Immediately upon revealing inner thoughts, I no longer have only myself on whom to rely, nor am I the only one offering encouragement to my meager human form, struggling to battle against time in an attempt to conquer the detraining effect and to reduce the effects of deterioration associated with aging. I'm not old by any means, but it's never to early to plan for it's inevitability. With each shared expression, the ability to reach soaring heights becomes possible through networking and exponential support.

With that said, Charles is a Genius, and Ben is a Titan. The Genius perpetually conjours up new and improved ways to network, perform, exceed, excel, and experience together. The Titan takes these to heart, and blasts them to levels far beyond the initial goal. Take for example the fact that he saw Charles and I exercising regularly and wanted to get in on it. His biggest doubt was his running ability, self-expressed only being able to run one or two miles before keeling over. We took this to heart, provided guidance, and as he became comfortable with his newfound love, Ben went beyond all expectations, including his own. Within two years, Ben completed several ultra runs (longer than 26.2 miles), the longest of which I believe was 75. It took me about 6 years of training seriously before I entertained the idea of a basic marathon. To those of you out there who have the same excuse/barrier for running regularly, if Ben is not a shining inspiration, you have no hope. A Titan in shattering expectations. A Genuis in providing and guiding towards expectations. And then me. I don't know what I am. I'll let the other two decide.

The Resurrection refers to me. I hope it's not conceded saying that I had a big hand in starting the whole body forging. A big hand, as in not quite a Royal Flush, but maybe a high Full House. That'll work...full house, full body, mind and spirit. The whole connection. This commencement began with my drive to be a special forces operative. First a Green Beret, then a SEAL, with the thought of becoming a field agent for the CIA or NSA. I began pushing my body farther, harder, and longer than I'd ever imagined. I hate lifting weights in the gym, so this path was perfect for me. Mostly running, swimming, and body weight manipulation. As a runner, I had only done maybe 60 pushups in a workout. Ever. Situps, maybe 100. Pullups? Fuck those things. The transition took me way beyond what I thought was possible for me. The first SEAL workout program I started was just a workup. 2 phases. 8 weeks. Then 9 weeks. It went up to 20x20 pushups and situps, and something like 60 pullups. At first, my mind melted. "That's impossible. I'll never be able to do it."

The key: one step at a time. A steady workup. Focus on the task at hand, not on the task in the future. Without completing the present mission, the future one doesn't even exist. Why worry about failing something that doesn't even exist yet?

Anyway, got to the 20x20 week. It was a breeze! I thought, "How far can I go with this? How much more can I do?"
The Stew Smith book Charles mentioned came into play.

We both worked up to 600 pushups and situps in a workout. No sweat. I worked up to 150+ pullups in a workout. Tough, but doable. Ben came along for the ride and dominated too.

With all three pushing together, we broke physical, mental, and spiritual barriers the full body, full house was won.

I've lost alot of that fitness in the past year. It's time to get it back. But I don't want to just do the cliché and "get back in shape." I'm already in shape. I want to go beyond that. I want to go beyond what I used to be able to do. I want to exceed all expectations (from myself and everyone else). I want us to exceed together.
Now let's try for the Royal Flush. Probability of earning this hand in poker: 1 in 2,598,960. Probability of us earning this hand together: inevitable.

This is my Resurrection. This is our Trifecta.

(as a note...refer to Charles's blog "cdupreezrun.blogspot.com" for a 100 mile training plan. I'm an uncertified trainer having studied exercise science and wellness, including athletic training, kinesiology, biomechanics, nutrition, etc. If this helps earn your trust and will to resurrect with us, please feel free to ask any questions and for tips on starting or boosting your own training plan)