Here is a quick excerpt from the 20+ page Spartan Warrior Training Program manual I have put together over the past month.
Needless to say, I am very excited to start this 10-week program with my close friends and relatives. I have high hopes of seeing some awesome results.
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| The Manual |
If you were to ask me to do something
like this 6 months ago, I would have given you a dirty look and said something along the lines of “that’s not for
me, I am perfectly happy with the way I am.”
On March 9th 2013, everything changed. My transition to a new life began. Here I am four months later designing a
program focused on getting others started on the track to optimal health. A complete life style transition program--I
would have never imagined.
My Transition
By now you all know that over the
past 22 weeks I have undergone a complete lifestyle transition. This has been so much more than losing 50 pounds. I have undergone a complete paradigm
shift. The view on nutrition, exercise,
food, and my own personal health is unlike any I have ever experienced. I have made numerous lifestyle decisions that
have just begun to lead me down a path toward optimal health. I am now at a point where I want others to
experience the same.
I did not wake up one morning and
decide I was going to create this program.
It started in the early weeks of my transition. When first setting my goals, I defined one of
my specific goals to be able to dress as King Leonidas of the Brave 300 for
Halloween. Considering my health at the
point in time this goal was define, there was no doubt nothing but hard work,
determination, and self-discipline would bring the desired results.
I had not had a structured exercise
routine since it was required for swimming back in high school, over 10 years
ago. When I began this transition I took
baby steps back into the realm of exercise.
The first couple of weeks I did light exercise 3 times a week. The following 8 weeks were made up of Tabata
style training 3 times a week. The last
10 weeks leading up to the initiation of this program was a structured body
weight training program with workouts 3-4 times a week.
The “Spartan”
Program
In order to reach my “Spartan” goal
by Halloween, an amped up workout program was required. My first approach, spend 10 weeks doing one
of the many Spartacus training workout regiments out there. Simple enough.
However, after a conversation about
health and fitness with my cousin, I was inclined to ask if he would be
interested in joining me as a Spartan Warrior for Halloween. He radiated excitement at the thought. Perhaps we would share our workout regiments
and discuss our progress. Nothing more
was considered.
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| The Check-In Package |
The weeks following this
conversation, I began to realize the impact my weight loss and lifestyle
transition have had on the people around me.
A day did not seem to go by without someone asking “How did you do it?” or
“What diet are you on?” My answers
usually sounded something like this, “I have made a complete lifestyle
transition, achieved through hard work, determination, and loads of
self-discipline.” It was at this point
that I realized my lifestyle transition was in full-swing and the idea of a
Spartan training program was conceived.
The idea of a Spartan Program began
to grow in the back of my mind. I
started brainstorming. The goal behind a program of this nature should be to
assist others in finding that path to optimal health. The program should NOT focus on a single
aspect, like weight loss. Although
weight loss is usually a common goal, it is not an ultimate goal, it should be
a by-product. The ultimate goal from
this program should be optimal health.
This would be achieved through a reforming of one’s mind, an
obliteration of unhealthy habits that lead down the track to a life of poor
health, and the development of healthy habits.
What started out as a potential routine
workout program has turned into so much more.
Needless to say, I am very excited to start this 10-week program with my close friends and relatives. I have high hopes of seeing some awesome results.
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