Trainer Notes: July 13th

Last week Michael started another new workout program. Aside from some minor tweaks we'll make through this one, it will be the last "new program"
he'll start during the Challenge. Some of the new exercises were pretty tough and we even made some small adjustments to start at the best progression levels. We also added some new elements and made more changes to his "cardio days." Overall, he made it through the week well, and also started to implement some of the small changes we had discussed during the previous week regarding his nutrition (see last "Nutrition Notes"). At weigh-in today, Michael was down to 310 lbs., which means he has now lost 83 lbs.!! Only 11 more to go to get under 300, and only 17 more to hit that magical 100 mark! 100 total lbs. will be great, but to see that scale with a 2 as the first number will fulfill one of the biggest goals we had set out to accomplish from the beginning of the competition. All of that hard work and dedication is really paying off in so many ways. We are planning our next full assessment right at the end of the competition, so we have a few more weeks to hit the "Big Goal." I'm confident Michael will make it all happen, and look forward to that assessment day, and look even more forward to reporting all the results.