petekeller Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Hey Rebellion! This is Peter from FringeSport- you may remember Fringe from the gym rings that Steve mentioned in his playground workout article. Anyway, I hit some solid fitness goals for myself last year and I dig NF, so I thought I'd join the forums and use them as an accountability tool to hit my goals for this year. Brief background on me- I have been chubby to fat my whole life, and until I found running and later, CrossFit, my younger brothers could always kick my butt in sports. I played soccer in HS, but never made the team, and I played rugby for Texas in college, but without distinction (and they took all comers). During senior year in college, I started running and eating "better" (low fat, high carb), and I became for the first time in my teen to adult life, skinny. However, I needed to run 25 mpw to stay that way. When I was looking to get stronger, I found CrossFit in 2005. I've had my ups and downs since then, but I am a confirmed CrossFitter now- even though I dabble in a lot of other stuff too. And, in 2010, I founded FringeSport to sell CrossFit equipment online. Oh, and I am one of the 80/100 paleos these days- 80% clean, 100% of the time. I'm not fat anymore, but I care more about performance than BF% or looks these days. As for my Nerd bonafides, well, I loved sci-f and horror in HS, and I dabbled in fantasy (Tolkien, C.S. Lewis mainly). I read a lot back then, and I was the editor of the HS newspaper, plus the President of the Coin Club (the largest HS coin club in the world, if you can believe it). I loved and am still fond of NES and Super NES games- largely Zelda, Mega Man, and Mario, but I am far from a gamer these days. Here are the fitness milestones that I hit last year:Grace in 4:02Sub 1:30 500m rowHit sub 10% BF for the first time... everCompeted in my first Oly meet... by accident! Totaled 140kg (terrible!)Booked my first fitness modeling gig... also by accident (! Where the #$%^ did that come from?)Won an adventure race in Austin with my team (team FringeSport), and then placed second in a follow-up adventure race when a team of Navy Seals edged us out by 60 seconds (over a 3 hour race)Competed my first GoRuck challenge- I am certified GRT And the fitness milestones that I missed/stopped striving towards:Bench 225Squat 315Dead 405 I'm going to start a log for 2013, but here are my big fitness goals as 2013 opens:Heavy Grace in sub 10 minutes (25 C&J at 225#)5 strung muscle-upsRun an ultra Happy to be here! My Log@petekellerFBCrossFit Equipment at FringeSport (Founder) Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Welcome to the rebellion. Those are good goals. Are you going to do the six week challenges? Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
petekeller Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Thanks tank! I'm not sure yet about the 6 week challenges. I am sitting this first one out for sure- I run a wacky 1/2 marathon on Sunday (loaded with 30#), then I hop on a flight for Tokyo less than 24 hours later. I'll be in Asia for 2 weeks. So the first 3-4 weeks of the challenge I'd be toast. My Log@petekellerFBCrossFit Equipment at FringeSport (Founder) Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.