At 325 pounds, Vince Wilfork isn’t the traditional guy that would pose nude for a magazine — even one that celebrates athletes. But as he points out in the ESPN Magazine Body Issue video, released on Thursday; he has NOTHING to be ashamed of — even if there might be some mean comments about the photos.
“I’m pretty sure there’s going to be some ‘oh he obese’ and ‘he’s this’ and woot the woot. Oh well. I’m PROUD of who I am…” he said. “I’m PROUD of my body. People can talk about me all they want. I don’t care. I NEVER lose sleep”
YES.
Today I did my fitness assessment. As I suspected, I gained some weight (about 10 lbs from my last weigh-in) and some fat (1% from my most recent test). The trainer couldn’t measure the fat on my thigh because my quads are so huge. That was nice.
I was pleasantly surprised at my muscular endurance score. I did 40 push ups before losing form.
I don’t fully understand the cardio endurance test. I was supposed to keep a specific rate on the bicycle while the monitor measured my heart rate. Then the computer changed the resistance on the bike. It worked in 3-minute cycles. The computer told me I was done, but I felt like I could have gone longer. Then my report said my cardio needs improvement. I don’t disagree, but I also don’t understand why.
Improving cardio will help the other area that needs help – my fat percentage. I also talked to the trainer about weight lifting for burning day instead of weight lifting to bulk up.
My BP and heart rate (which aren’t bad but could be better) should improve in tandem with my cardio endeavors.
All that leaves is back flex. My plan is to do more yoga and lyra, but I’m not sure what I can afford this month since I need to make some repairs to my car. Yoga is free at UWF, but lyra (which is just so much fun) is off-site and carries a small fee.
Today was rest day, so I don’t have anything to report on that front. I ended up skipping fencing because I didn’t feel prepared for my real job tomorrow, so there’s nothing new there either. We’ll see what tomorrow has in store for me.
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