SAS: Day 63 - The End (is the beginning)

The fitness test finale:

Day 1 Day 15 Day 36 Day 63 % improvement

Switch Kicks 58 - 70 - 74 - 82 140%

Power Jacks 57 - 65 - 70 - 81 142%

Power Knees 68 - 98 - 109 - 117 172%

Power Jumps 38 - 58 - 70 - 85 223%

Globe Jumps 5 - 13 - 13 - 16 320%

Suicide Jumps 11 - 15 - 18 - 20 181%

Push-Up Jacks 12 - 25 - 30 - 38 317%

Low Plank Obliques 35 - 65 - 76 - 83 237%

So there it is.... double, triple from day 1 in most cases. Crazy. Insane indeed.

And the last fit test and the end of the insanity journey... it was a brutal 9 weeks. Revelatory and brutal. I'm proud to have completed it. I hoped I could and half way I knew I could... then I did.

I'm stronger, more flexible, and more powerful that I have been my whole life. I put on a decent amount of muscle too though it's hard to tell from the front pic... and it was great to have muscle back in my legs again after losing so much after the achilles tear.

Taking a week off the hard routine... I'll so some running, lifting, and walking... but the body needs a bit of a rest.

I can't believe it's over... almost anti-climactic... but there are new challenges on the horizon. I don't want to lose the great feeling and lapse back into a less active routine. I like eating healthy and I'll keep it up.... it's comfortable to me now. Besides... I'm looking forward to buying some new pants!

I'm not going back into the fat-boy ones anymore! ha!

Thanks to everyone who gave me encouragement along the way, especially my wife who was gracious and understanding about this 9 week obsession. *smooooch*

At the end of the rainbow, THIS: