The Oracle of Apollo Snippets from the life of Apollo Lee

So Ridiculously Light

One year ago today, I got on the scale and saw that ugly 196 pound reading. By New Year’s Eve, I had lost 46 of those pounds. The scale read 150. This morning, the scale reads 150.

Through focused, almost obsessive, attention to my diet and working out (doing CrossFit since September), I have been able to maintain a lithe 150 pound weight (some days, I’m a pound over; some days, I’m a pound under) while building functional strength since then. My next step is to buy a barbell and bumper plates to ramp my fitness training up to the next level.

A year isn’t very long, but this year feels like an eternity. That big, bulky Apollo of 2007 has given way to a lean, mean machine that sets personal bests on workouts with startling regularity.

Here are my five upcoming fitness goals.

1. Acquire a barbell, bumpers, gymnastic rings, a Dynamax ball, and squat stands for portable workout awesomeness.
2. Max the APFT by my 38th birthday.
3. Take the CrossFit Level I Certification, the Running & Endurance Sports Training Certification, and the Olympic Lifting Certification.
4. Figure out the muscle up, double under, unassisted one-legged squat, L sit, and handstand pushup.
5. Score a first class on the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test.

There are some exciting things coming. I can’t wait.