ANOTHER "AWWWESOME" WEEKEND FOR ME!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

IT TRULY DOES PAY OFF WHEN YOU PUT HARD WORK & EFFORTS INTO YOUR HEALTH & BODY!!!

I WORKOUT 6 DAYS A WEEK WITH 1 DAYOFF:

MONDAY:

YOGA & UPPER STRENGTH/HYPERTROPHY

TUESDAY:

LOWER BODY & ABS STRENGTH/HYPERTROPHY

WEDNESDAY:

YOGA

THURSDAY:

UPPER BODY HYPERTROPHY

FRIDAY:

ZUMBA FITNESS

SATURDAY:

ZUMBA FITNESS & LOWER BODY & ABS/HYPERTROPHY

SUNDAY:

CHEAT & REST DAY

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS...  MY TYPICAL WEEK WITH "INCREASED RESISTANCE" EVERY WEEK AFTER FOR 3-4 MONTHS WITH A "ONE WEEK" REST AND THEN I START IT UP ALL OVER AGAIN. AND I ALSO ADD "RUNNING", "CROSSFIT DRILLS", "STATIONARY BICYCLE", "STATIC BALL", "AIKIDO STRETCHES", AND "KETTLEBELLS" INTO MY CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES EVERY NOW AND THEN TO BREAK "PLATEAUS".  OH AND NOW I'M STARTING GET INVOLVE WITH FUN SPORTS ACTIVITIES LIKE "BASKETBALL" & "VOLLEYBALL"TOO!!!

SO AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER, AFTER A HARD WEEK OF WORKOUTS AND DIETING, THE "UNIVERSE" BLESSES ME WITH A FUN AND REWARDING WEEKEND!!!

 

 

 

I WENT OVER TO MY GOOD FRIENDS, THOR & JO'S PLACE TO HANG OUT AND ATE MORE FRUITS AND GOODIES...  PLUS I GOT TO SEE THEIR DOG "KONA"...  NAMED AFTER THEIR RECENT TRIP TO KONA, HAWAI'I BACK IN MARCH 2013...  LOL!!!

AND THAT CONCLUDED MY FRIDAY NIGHT.

AND ON SATURDAY MORNING...  I WOKE UP AND WENT TO ZUMBA CLASS AGAIN AND THEN FINISHED MY "LOWER BODY & ABS/HYPERTROPHY" WORKOUTS.

AND THEN I PARTICIPATED IN BETHEL, ALASKA'S FIRST "FILL THE BOOT" FUNDRAISER FOR THE "MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION".

IAFF and MDA: A Proud Partnership

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is the largest national sponsor of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). More than 280,000 members of the IAFF in the United States and Canada are pledged to saving lives, both as fire fighters and paramedics and as the strongest campaigners for the worldwide research efforts of MDA to eradicate 40 neuromuscular diseases. The contributions of the fire fighters also go towards MDA’s summer camps for children, professional and public health education, and other programs.

As the greatest contributor to MDA, fire fighters are everywhere in the efforts of MDA to raise money. The IAFF is the biggest sponsor of MDA’s Labor Day Telethon and it contributed a record breaking $23.5 million in year 2006 as a consequence of the overwhelming enthusiasm and contribution of tens and thousands of fire fighters and paramedics across the US and Canada. IAFF members have donated nearly $275 million to MDA since 1954.

The IAFF raised millions of dollars throughout the entire year through their passionate Fill the Boot campaigns, in which fire fighters greet motorists, shoppers and others and ask them to donate money to MDA. This year’s upcoming IAFF-MDA events are expected to raise even more to cure these crushing illnesses.

The marriage between the devotion of fire fighters with the cause of MDA has emerged as one of the strongest example of selflessness in the history of charity, and IAFF General President Harold A. Schaitberger is committed to elevating this tradition to even higher levels. The IAFF is designing a plan to further expand and enhance the IAFF’s relationship and role with MDA.

Over the ensuing decades, the commitment of the professional fire fighters to the cause of MDA has further elevated their status as extraordinary professionals who not only put their lives at stake to save citizens from ruthless flames, but also give their time to save the lives of the innocent from equally merciless neuromuscular diseases. The devotion of IAFF members has not only helped MDA, but also united fire fighters in a community where they share their team strength and brotherhood to give better meaning to lives and hope for the future.

  FOR BETHEL, ALASKA...  THE BETHEL FIRE DEPARTMENT & B.V.E.S.A. (BETHEL VOLUNTEERS EMERGENCY SERVICE ASSOCIATION) STOOD AT THE "WATSON CORNER" ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY - 09/27/13 & 09/28/13.

FRIDAY CREW:

AND THE SATURDAY CREW:

  

THANK YOU BETHEL, ALASKA FOR ALL OF YOUR UNCONDITIONAL MONETARY DONATIONS, IT TRULY INSPIRED ME TO SEE ALL OF YOU GIVING FOR AN "AWWWESOME" CAUSE!!!

WE RAISED NEARLY $7500.00!!!

YOU FOLKS ROCK IN MY BOOK & BLOG!!!

AND MY SATURDAY CONTINUES...

AFTER CHANGING OUT AT THE FIRESTATION AND CLEANING UP, I GET AN UNEXPECTED TEXT FROM ANOTHER FRIEND WHOM I'VE HAVEN'T SEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME!!!  

I WENT OVER TO GO MEET HER AT MY FRIEND'S PLACE, THE FERGUSON RESIDENCE.

MICHELLE VISITED FOR THE WEEKEND AND I ALSO GOT TO HANG OUT WITH JACKIE & ALEX, AND MY LOKELANI!!!

ENJOYED WATCHING "THE VOICE" AND JUST HANGING OUT AND LAUGHING THE NIGHT AWAY!!!

ALOHA MICHELLE...  IT WAS GOOD SEEING YOU... EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY FOR A LITTLE BIT!!!

AND THAT CONCLUDED MY BUSY AND YET FUN SATURDAY!!!

I WENT TO WORK SUNDAY MORNING FOR "OVERTIME" WHICH WAS DAMN COOL!!!

MONEY!!!  MONEY!!!  MONEY!!!

AS YOU ALL KNOW...  ITS MY "CHEAT SUNDAY!!!"

MY BUDDY STEVE MADE SOME FRESHLY MADE DOUGHNUTS WITH MAPLE GLAZE!!!

TO BE HONEST, EVER SINCE I'VE CUT OUT AS MUCH SUGAR AS POSSIBLE IN MY DIET...  THE DOUGHNUTS WAS TOO DAMN SWEET FOR ME TO FINISH...  IT WAS GOOD BUT AGAIN...  TOO SWEET!!!

MAHALO NUI LOA, GENTLE!!!

AND THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP FOR MY "AWWWESOME" AND FUN WEEKEND!!!

OH AND I ALMOST FORGOT!!!

A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!" IN HAWAI'I...  BRADDA JEFF OKUNA WHO CAME IN 3RD PLACE...  AND MY COUSIN, TROY AH LO WHO CAME RIGHT AFTER JEFF IN 4TH PLACE...  COMPETING IN THE "HULAKAI & DA HUI:  RACE TO FITNESS" EVENT!!!

MEN'S DIVISION:  UNLIMITED SUP 16' - 50 & UNDER!!!

BRADDA JEFF IN YELLOW:

"3RD - PLACE TIME - 01:11:50" & "PACE TIME - 10:15:07"

MY COUSIN TROY AH LO IN HIS LUCKY GREEN SHORTS...  LOL!!!

"4TH - PLACE TIME - 01:12:33" & "PACE TIME - 10:21:09"

ONCE AGAIN...  "TEAM AWWWRITE HAWAI'I"...  YOU BRADDAS ROCK!!!

UNTIL THEN...  TAKE AN ICE COLD BEER DOWN FOR ME!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

ANOTHER INSPIRATIONAL STORY FROM "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

LASTNIGHT I GOT A PHONECALL FROM MY COUSIN TROY.  HE CALLED TO CHECK ON ME AND SEE HOW I'VE BEEN DOING WITH MY WORKOUTS & DIETING.  I GAVE HIM THE RUN DOWN AND TOLD HIM THAT THINGS ARE LOOKING REALLY WELL FOR ME!!!

HE SHARED WITH ME THAT HE'S BEEN TRAINING FOR THIS WEEKEND,

MAN...  I'M SO JEALOUS RIGHT NOW THAT I CAN'T BE HOME TO COMPETE & SUPPORT MY COUSIN AND THE TEAM.  I JUST HAVE TO BE VERY PATIENCE AND NEXT WILL COME BY QUICK!!!

ANOTHER INSPIRING STORY MY COUSIN SHARED WITH ME WAS WHILE HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS TRAINING, HE WOULD HAVE MOMENTS OF FRUSTRATIONS LIKE BEING SORE, TIRED, ETC.

THEN ONE DAY WHILE HE WAS RUNNING...  HE SAW ANOTHER PERSON RUNNING BUT HAD NO ARMS!!!  IT WAS THEN MY COUSIN REALIZE THAT HE IS VERY GRATEFUL THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS "EXCUSES" OR "COMPLAINTS" NO MATTER HOW TIRED AND FATIGUE YOU GET, YOU MAKE THE BEST OF IT...  LIKE THAT OTHER RUNNER DID.

HE ALSO SHARED HIS WITNESSING OTHER COMPETITORS WHO ARE FIGHTING CANCER AND OTHER ILLNESS AND YET STILL COMPETE IN ALL TYPES OF SPORT EVENTS WITH THE REST OF THE GANG!!!

AFTER HEARING THIS...  MY WHOLE ATTITUDE JUST CRANKED IT UP TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL!!!

I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE LOVED ONES CALLING ME UP AND CHECKING ON ME FROM TIME TO TIME.  TO ME THAT IS A "TRUE TEAM PLAYER" IN MY BOOK!!!

SO I ASK YOU FOLKS...  ARE YOU A "TEAM PLAYER" FOR LIFE???  ARE YOU GOING TO HOLD YOUR END OF YOUR COMMITMENT SO THAT YOU CAN LEAD BY EXAMPLE???

THAT IS "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!" NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AS OF THIS DAY!!!

DON'T FORGET IT!!!

I CREATED THIS TEAM FOR THE SAKE OF LIVING A HEALTHY & BEAUTIFUL LIFE WITH OHANA & HOALOHA FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!

DO YOUR PART AND JOIN ME ON AN ENDLESS JOURNEY TO SUCCESS!!!

MAHALO BRADDA TROY!!!

I LOVE YOU MAN!!!

LET ME KNOW HOW YOU DID IN THE COMPETITION AND HAVE FUN!!!

  

AS FOR ME...  TODAY I BURNED:

"413 CALORIES!!!"

THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED!!!

THE YEAR 2010 WEIGHING IN AT 365LBS!!!

KAHEALANI WAS THE STEPPING STONE FOR ME TO START LIVING HEALTHY!!!

3 YEARS LATER...

COMPETED IN MY 1ST "RUN & SWIM" EVENT...  WEIGHT IN AT 259LBS!!!

 THIS IS...  "MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE!!!"

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

"PHASE 02" HAS BEGUN!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

AS SHARED PREVIOUSLY...  I COMPLETED "PHASE 01" OF TOM VENUTO'S 'BETTER BODYBUILDING" PROGRAM.  I CAN REPEAT THIS UP TO 2 MORE TIMES INCREASING THE SETS & REPS...  PLUS THE RESISTANCE!!!

I COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING BETTER!!!

09-23-13

WOKE UP MONDAY EARLY MORNING AND HEADED OVER TO MY YOGA CLASS TO WAKE UP MY BODY AND WENT STRAIGHT HOME INTO MY GYM AND STARTED "PHASE 02" AND PUNCHED IT LIKE A CHAMP!!!

"433 CALORIES BURNED!!!"

THE VERY NEXT DAY WHICH IS TODAY...

"474 CALORIES BURNED!!!"

THE COLD AIR IS COMING DOWN SLOWLY IN BETHEL, ALASKA...  BUT MY BODY FURNACE IS KICKING IT STRONG TO KEEP ME GOING!!!

MY NEW MOTIVATION THAT I LOOK UP TO IS:

LOKELANI MCMICHAEL

Lokelani McMichael

Triathlete

Kona, Hawaii 

Lokelani McMichael is an American triathlete, surfer and model. In October 1995, she became the youngest female to finish the Hawaii Ironman.^[1] McMichael has been featured in GQ, Shape, Triathlete, Runner's World, Men's Health and several other magazines.

Her parents have run a popular surf shop in Kailua-Kona (home of the Ironman) and provided water safety for the swim portion for many years.

Lokelani McMichael, whose real name is Lokelaniku'uleimakamae, entered her first Ironman triathlon in 1995. She was 18 years old, and she beat out about 48,000 people to become eligible for one of the 2,000 or so spots in the 140.6-mile triathlon. The achievement also put her into the Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest woman ever to finish the Ironman.

·         Height 5-8

·         Birthplace: Kailua Kona, Hawaii

·         Magazine Covers: Runner’s World, Sports Illustrated

·         Television Appearances: Beyond the Break, Ironman Live

·         Competed in her first triathlon at the age of 18

·         Youngest female to compete in an Iron Distance triathlon

·         Miss Kona Coffee in 1999

Why She Rules: It was no big surprise when, at age 18, Lokelani McMichael (whose full name is Lokelanikuu'leimakamae) became the youngest woman to finish the Hawaii Ironman—a record she still holds. After all, she'd grown up watching the legendary triathlon pass by her parents' Kona surf shop and began volunteering as a race-day water patroller when she was seven. The real surprise? That she braved bike crashes, full-body jellyfish stings, and close encounters with tiger sharks to rocket through seven consecutive Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii—athletic cred she has put toward her latest multisport venture. 

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

ANOTHER FUN WEEKEND FOR ME!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

ANOTHER FUN WEEKEND FOR ME!!!

HANGED OUT WITH FRIENDS AND CELEBRATED MY FRIEND KATIE ON HER NURSE CERTIFICATION!!!

CONGRATS!!!

SORRY FOR NOT TAKING ANY PICS EXCEPT THIS WONDERFUL WARM FIRE BARREL THAT KEPT US WARM AS THE EVENING APPROACHES WITH THE CHILLY TEMPS AS WINTER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

THE VERY NEXT DAY I WENT OVER TO STEVE & JERRI'S PLACE TO CELEBRATE JERRI'S BIRTHDAY!!!

YUMMY FOODS AND IT WAS ON MY CHEAT DAY!!!

I DON'T REALLY NEED TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING ELSE...  LOL!!!

 

AND THAT CONCLUDED MY FUN AND "AWWWESOME" WEEKEND!!!

STAY TUNED FOR MORE FUN BLOGGINGS!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA

ENDED "WEEK 04" WITH A HUGE BANG AND WITH "AWWWESOME" RESULTS!!!

ALOHA "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

WELL I FINALLY COMPLETED MY 1ST PHASE OF "TOM VENUTO'S "BETTER BODYBUILDING WORKOUT!!!"

I GOT 2 MORE PHASES TO GO AND I MUST SAY THAT THIS IS AN "AWWWESOME" PROGRAM THAT I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM...  AND LIKE COACH TOM SAYS...  "LISTEN & FEEL" WHAT YOUR BODY IS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE!!!

THIS IS SO TRUE AS I REALLY TOOK THE TIME TO "LISTEN & FEEL" WHAT MY BODY WAS TRYING TO TELL ME.  AND IT GAVE ME SO MUCH SIGNALS THAT I IGNORED FOR YEARS AND NOW I'M LISTENING AND FEELING IT... AND THE RESULTS IS JUST AMAZING!!!

DURING MY WEIGHT & STRENGTH TRAINING...  I INCREASED MY RESISTANCE UP TO 50LBS!!!  2 MONTHS AGO I TRIED TO BENCH PRESS 200LBS AND MY NEPHEW KEKOA WAS WATCHING ME AND I COULDN'T EVEN DO 1 REP!!!

I WAS SO ASHAMED AND DISAPPOINTED BUT AFTER 4 WEEKS OF DEDICATION...  I'M ABLE TO BENCH PRESS 195LBS 10 TIMES FOR 3 SETS!!!

AND THAT IS JUST ONE OF MY EXERCISES...  THE REST OF ALL MY EXERCISES HAS INCREASED BETWEEN 40LBS - 50LBS MORE!!!

FOR WEEK 04...  I BURNED A TOTAL OF "4371 CALORIES!!!"


ZUMBA FRIDAY:





ZUMBA SATURDAY:




ABS/HYPERTROPHY:




MY KATCH-MCARDLE RESULTS:

I CANNOT WAIT TO CONTINUE NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER 4 WEEKS, PHASE 02!!!

MAHALO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR ENCOURAGEMENTS, SUPPORT, MOTIVATIONS, AND SO ON!!!  I COULDN'T HAVE ACHIEVE THIS WITHOUT YOU FOLKS!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL AND FOREVER GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU FOLKS IN "MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE!!!"

AND NOW FOR SOME OTHER FUN STUFFS...

I WENT TO ZUMBA CLASS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUED TO MY PLACE TO HAVE DINNER AND PLAY "JUST DANCE 4" ON MY XBOX KINECT WITH SOME FRIENDS!!!

 

 

GOTTA LOVE THEM KIDS TO KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES...  THEY JUST LOVE PLAYING "JUST DANCE 4"...  UNTIL NEXT WEEK FRIDAY...  IT'S ON!!!

AFTER THAT...  IT WAS TIME FOR SOME "JELLO SHOOTERS" IN THE MAKING FOR A CELEBRATION PARTY FOR ONE OF MY FRIENDS ON SATURDAY NIGHT!!!

YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!

THEN I WOKE EARLY THIS MORNING TO DO ANOTHER...  "ZUMBA CLASS!!!"  I MEAN HOW DO YOU NOT GET TIRED???  OR BETTER YET...  WHERE DID ALL THIS ENERGY COME FROM???  OH WELL...  MIGHT AS WELL USE IT BEFORE IT GOES TO WASTE!!!

"PHOTO BOMBED" BY THE "AWWWESOME" & LOVELY T-GURL!!!

KEEP IT STRONG...  "TEAM AWWWRITE!!!"

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA