Turbulence Training
Transformation Contest 2010...

Nate Uses the Classic Turbulence Training Plan to Drop Over 23 Pounds and 4% Body Fat While Slashing 6 Inches From His Waist In Just 12 Weeks

I have to say completing the transformation contest is a big deal. It is a huge reward in knowing that you can finish what you started. It works as a great measuring stick to see how you did in regards to your goals that you posted at the beginning. As well as a great way to redirect yourself and get back on course ever 12 weeks. Over the course of this contest I?ve had the chance to be introspective and see myself over the course of the year.

It was Thanksgiving (U.S.) 2009 that I decided that I?ve had enough and need to finally drop all this excess weight and change myself for the better. Let the real me out again. During the course of this contest I?ve completed my first 5 ? 5K races of my life.

Now I?m hooked! My wife and I plan to keep up with a one a month pace. We just finished one today in Seneca Falls, NY with a foot of snow on the ground and it felt great! The Turkey Trot 5k really meant a lot to me this year. It marked the 1 year anniversary of starting this journey for real. It felt absolutely tremendous to be running it 48 lbs less than I weighted the year before. What an amazing journey.

It hasn?t been without set backs and hitches. I stalled right after the 6 week contest. I know I got lazy because I felt like I had accomplished a lot during those 6 weeks. Took me about a week to snap out of it and get going again.

This isn?t a sprint this is the long haul. I?ve learned just because I?ve lost 30, 40, or even 50 pounds, I?m still not healthy! There is more to go and I can?t let the old ways creep back I can?t rest and think that I?m done when there is still another 30 to 40 pounds to go.

The mind is a trickster and wants to you to do the easy thing. You have to retrain it and say ?NO! I will tell you when you are done and when it?s enough.? This when the forums play a huge roll. I never post very much online, however I read through them once or twice a week.

It is a huge encouragement to see other struggle like me and overcome their trials and tribulations. It gives the rest of us strength to do so. I have to say it was the kind words of Jason and Catherine that gave me the biggest lift after the 6 week mark. Their two posts meant the world to me and I wanted to say thank you!

My last thought for everyone before I post my stats. FAIL FORWARD! It doesn?t really matter that you didn?t hit your goals. It doesn?t matter that you had a slip up day. What matters is that you keep working toward that goal. That when you get knocked down, you dust yourself off and get up to go again. If you keep FAILING FORWARD you will eventually succeed!

~That?s precisely what I?ve been doing over that last year. How else do you go from 270 to 219 ?

Workouts: Old School
TT for Fat Loss Beginners
TT For Fat Loss Intermediate
Orginal TT Workout

Now for the stats!

_______________Start____12 Weeks__Change
Chest___________47.5____44.75_____-2.75?
Waist___________48______42________-6?
Hips____________46______43________-3?
Right Arm_______16______15.5_______-0.5?
Left Arm________15.25____15________-0.25?
Right Thigh______25______24.75______-.25?
Left Thigh_______25______24.25______-.75?
Right Calf_______16.75___16_________-0.75?
Left Calf________16.5____16_________-0.5?
Weight_________243_____219.5______-23.5 Lbs
BF %__________28.3_____24.3_______-4 %