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Brian

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2013-02-10

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Hi, I'm Brian. I am a recreational cyclist and I wear spandex. I may look like a defensive lineman on a bike, but I still wear spandex.

I am on a journey of self-improvement, using cycling as my tool. Come along as I attempt to lose weight, gain fitness, increase my speed on long distance rides, and deal with living in a crazy house.

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Tags: cycling, spandex, bicycle, weight loss, century

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on May 20, 2013 in Weight Loss fruit juice healthy food juicing vegetable juice weight loss
Here is a guest post from Jennifer Fox. She is a dietician and certainly knows a thing or two about healthy eating for weight loss. Here she discusses juicing and it’s importance for health, convenience, and weight loss. For a great example of...
on May 17, 2013 in Family Rants allergies bad luck cat problems coffee dog fun dog problems hay fever news headlines school bus school lunch
We all have bad days. Sometimes we have more than one bad day in a row. Usually these bad days are highlighted by frustrating problems that seem to crop up out of nowhere. You’ll notice with these examples below that I’m on a rough streak of luck...
on May 13, 2013 in Bike Maintenance Century Training bike maintenance captain hindsight century housekeeping hygiene long distance rides post ride South Park spandex
When you ride a century (100-mile bike ride) or any long distance bike ride, there are some basic housekeeping things you need to do. Some basic things like hygiene and clean up. Similar to cooking in the kitchen…you make dinner and then you have t...
on Apr 19, 2013 in Beer Cycling Passion Racing beer Bell's Brewery cycling passion Iceman Cometh Challenge mountain biking racing Rick Helfrich riding in the cold
Rick Helfrich is back with more on the bike race called the Iceman Cometh Challenge. In his last post, he shared his start in cycling and finding this great race. This time, Rick shares with us the race itself…one big blur and a whole lot of fu...
on Apr 17, 2013 in 30-Days of Biking Cycling Passion Great Sites Spandex Weight Loss cycling blog cycling for weight loss inspiration losing weight for health spandex weight loss
This is a guest post from an inspiring guy, known as Big Joe Johnson, or simply Joe. Joe is an inspiration for what he is and what he does. He is a husband, father, writer, and a cyclist. Joe is a big guy, but don’t mistake his size for lack of...
on Apr 15, 2013 in Coffee Cycling Passion Weight Loss Andrew Montgomery best exercise for weight loss cycling for weight loss cycling passion Grimpeur Heureux losing weight for health weight loss
Here we have another guest post for IWS. This one comes to us from across the pond, as they say, from the U.K. Andrew Montgomery shares 12 great reasons why cycling is the best exercise to lose weight. I could not agree more with him. When you are do...
on Apr 11, 2013 in Century Training Cycling Passion Journey Weight Loss century cycling for weight loss Iceman Cometh Challenge mountain biking Rick Helfrich training for a century weight loss
We have another guest post here, this time from Rick Helfrich. Rick is new to the cycling obsession, now in his forties, but he came bursting onto the scene. He shares his passion for cycling and where he found it. He also shares the story of a crazy...
on Apr 9, 2013 in Cycling Passion Family cycling for weight loss Kurt Kinetic losing weight after 50 losing weight for health trainer Trek Madone weight loss
Another guest post here, this one from William Carter, who goes by Bill. He comes to us from the southeast U.S., in Georgia. Bill has one heck of a story to share with us. He talks about finding cycling later in life, losing weight because of cycling...
on Apr 7, 2013 in Contests blog review contest Dukeo Internet Marketing
I saw a contest on a blog that I read and decided to place an entry. This post is my entry. You see, Dukeo setup a contest that I found very unique. Dukeo is a blog run by Stephane Kerwer, who goes by Ste for his nickname. He puts one of those accent...
on Apr 1, 2013 in 30-Days of Biking Series baseball baseball opening day challenge cycling challenge cycling socks riding consecutive days
I pledged to ride the 30 Days of Biking challenge and the party started today. You see, this challenge is all about riding your bike…a lot…and that sounds like a good time to me. The 30 Days of Biking was started by some great folks in Minnesota...
on Mar 24, 2013 in Cycling Passion Journey Weight Loss amazing story bike ride across USA Chris Oliver cycling for weight loss Cycling Surgeon long distance rides losing weight for health turn back time weight loss weight loss series
This is the first guest author here on IWS, Chris Oliver. Chris is a surgeon in Scotland and has an amazing story to share. This article comes courtesy of the Scotsman Newspaper and is well worth the read. I found Chris on Twitter and he was kind eno...
on Mar 15, 2013 in 30-Days of Biking Cycling Passion Early Rise Challenge Family Goals Journey baby century training crazy house Early to Rise Challenge family fast century kids soccer weight loss
I say “real life” as if what I’ve put out on the blog already is some alter ego. No, it’s all the real me. What I mean is that my “home life” is taking over, which is different from my “just some dude riding a bike in spandex life.” T...
on Mar 10, 2013 in Century Training Journey Series Trainer Rides Weight Lifting century training century training series century training week 4 road rides series trainer rides weight lifting
This post is part of the century training series, a 12-week plan. I am detailing my training for a century (100 mile bike ride), providing recaps every week. You can get started here at the beginning. I have completed Week 4 of my century training pl...
on Mar 4, 2013 in Century Training Goals Journey Series Trainer Rides Weight Lifting Workouts active recovery century training century training week 3 journey rest and recovery series trainer rides training for a century week 3 recap weight lifting
This post is part of the century training series, a 12-week plan. I am detailing my training for a century (100 mile bike ride), providing recaps every week. You can get started here at the beginning. I have completed Week 3 of my century training pl...
on Mar 1, 2013 in Family Series Weight Loss cycling for weight loss favorite dinner journey weekly recap weight loss weight loss guidelines weight loss series
This is my weight loss journey and I am doing weekly recaps on my progress. You can see the beginning of the journey here. I completed my first real week of the weight loss journey last week. I say “real” week because I didn’t implement my new...
on Feb 27, 2013 in Gift Ideas Great Sites 6dollarshirts.com funny shirts gift ideas great sites humor movies sarcasm sitcom t-shirts TV show
Looking for high quality t-shirts that bring the funny? Tired of the boring t-shirts that don’t say anything? Do you want to help people laugh, one shirt at a time? Don’t want to pay too much? Then you have to check out this site… Funny T-Shirt...
on Feb 25, 2013 in Twitter best tweets funny tweets humor sarcasm
Twitter is my favorite social media outlet. The best part about it, for me, is that it’s perfect for humor and sarcasm. There are a ton of funny people out there. Some are intentionally funny, but the best are the unintentional funny people. They a...
on Feb 24, 2013 in Century Training Series Weight Lifting century training century training series high intensity journey pushing the limit training for a century weekly recap weight lifting
This post is part of the century training series, a 12-week plan. I am detailing my training for a century (100 mile bike ride), providing recaps every week. You can get started here at the beginning. I have completed Week 2 of my century training pl...
on Feb 22, 2013 in Goals Journey Series Weight Lifting Weight Loss Workouts cycling for weight loss Loving The Bike smoothie vegetable smoothie weekly recap weight lifting weight loss weight loss guidelines
This week, the weight loss journey has continued. I also added in my cycling training for a century. The two go hand-in-hand and got kicked off at the same time. In the past, I have lost weight while training for a century without any effort (ie. di...
on Feb 19, 2013 in Cycling Passion Family Goals Series Trainer Rides Weight Lifting Weight Loss century century training week 1 century training week 2 cycling training plan long distance rides organization training for a century weight lifting weight loss
Let the training begin! That statement is not as grand as “Let the games begin!” or “Gentlemen, start…your…engines!” or even “Play ball!”…but it feels the same to me. There is great excitement for me, just in beginning the training.

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