boys in trees

Its the day after my boys birthday and we just got finished eating at Yuuki. Jake just turned six and Kai turned four

YOKOHAMA FIREWORKS

Justin was kind enough to lend me his place for the fireworks. Yoshie, the boys and I had a good time.

drinks

just having some STRONG 8's at the spot. It was great. Now im the lonegunman at SEEDLESS. Life is great.

BIKE ART

bike art in the sticks of the Miura Penninsula

横浜の花火

Kai and I went up to Justins to see fireworks.

MEMORIES

Just chilin by the beach having some drinks in memory of me, and the others who served and died in the military.

CHEERS

Drinkin at the beach

Jahsh, Justin and I having drinks on the beach. The sky was lookin pretty cool too.

show at ゆうき

大もりさんatゆうき、It was a good show

FIELD TRIP

Heading out on a field trip with Jakes kindergarten.

Death on the Beach

Walking on the beach with Jahsh and we came upon this little thresher shark. The crows and the tonbi were swarming around him munchin down. I wish he could have made it without washing up here. He looked pretty healthy. Made me wonder how he came here to his fate.

ESE-S

What up cuz

A DAY of SURF

Finally a day off when there is surf. Last night a storm came through and brought with it some wind, heavy rain,and most impoqtant of all SURF. I woke up,took Jake to school and then paddled out at kabune for a couple hours of decent uncrowded surf. I had the whole break with three other guys. Afterwards, the wife Kai and I enjoyed some good grinds at Yuuki. The boys had swimming lessons and after that I ended up at the beach for some beers. It's a BBQ day so I'll be on my home here in a bit to fire up the grill.

ME

Me in Kamakura

kamakura

So you might say I'm the "Golden Child"

Mothra

I went for some beers on the beach with Jahsh after Yuuki. This cool creature was waiting for me in the bathroom.

boys at the park

Just playing with the boys at the park.

Some Kind of Update

So here's the deally. I'm tired of working at my job. The politics, the unnecessary disbandment of employees, the crap that comes along with working where I do is getting to me. So you ask, what the hell are you going to do Andrew? Well, I'll tell you. As you know by now, I have joined the ranks of a group of select few that decide to live their lives in a different realm than those that don't. I plan on, in the not to distant future, opening up a CF gym. Some say, "Are you F'n crazy?, Whith the economy the way it is now?". I say "I just might be". Those that wonder why on earth would Andrew even be considering this, probably don't exercise. Give CF a try. You ask "why?". I say "FOR LIFE". What? you ask yourself. Yeah, for life. Be fit so you can enjoy life. I have drank a lake of the cool-aide and eat, drink, sleep and breath CrossFit. Dude sounds like he's joined some kind of cult, you say. Nope. I just want to do something for myself that I enjoy, not just do something because it pays the bills.

CrossFit Level 1 Cert

A real treat it was. All I have to say is a Level 1 Cert is a must. Unless you are in a good box, you will never come to the realization of that almost all the movements you have been doing were wrong. I now feel like I can train the world. I will use my wife as the first student. She has said that she will do everything that I train her on, no questions asked.

More on the cert. The cert is awesome. All the trainers are awesome. Freddy C, Jimi Letchford, Chris Spealler (Speal), Mike and Lisa Ray. The host box (CrossFit Asia) is badass as well. Jaime has his shit together.

THANKS to all the trainers that came out. THANKS to Jaime for being a kickass host. I will take the knowledge I have gained and pass it on to all that will hear me out.

CrossFit can be for you too

It's been a while since I last posted here. I have been going strong at CrossFit now since the first. My body appears to be transforming before my eyes. I guess the diet I'm on, and the cutback on alcohol, helps too. I talked my bro (Steve) in the States into trying it out too. So far he said that he's gone down one belt notch and that he's starting to get noticeably ripped too. CrossFit is for everyone. The young, the old, the injured, the healthy. I have never experienced anything, exercise wise, like it in my life. The ass kicking workouts last anywhere from 10 min to , on a real long day, an hour. I'm never in the gym anymore longer than that though. For example tomorrows WOD (Workout Of the Day) is here. 20 minutes of pure fun. A lot of people drop out, about 80%, because people in general are lazy, and not to many like to do things that are real hard on them. Just remember that the pain you feel from exercise is only the weakness leaving the body. So give it a try. What's one day in a lifetime of fitness. Just don't become one of the lazy 80%. If you are reading this post you are probably better then that.

birthday drinks

Juju, Jahsh, Norman and I out for drinks.

Chillin

Jahsh and I just chillin at the seawall after grinds and drinks at Yuuki Shokudou.

CrossFit

So I decided to change my workout up on the first of the year with CrossFit . CrossFit, wow! is all I have to say. This is very addicting. It's not just a workout, but a lifestyle change. I have started the zone diet and have been doing the WOD's since the first. My friend and I will even be attending a Level 1 cert in Okinawa. Some people think we are crazy. I think we both have a vision of the way we want ourselves, and the life around us, to be. Good luck to us. I have came to that conclusion that, if we stick with it, we can accomplish anything. From what I have read online, CrossFitters, those who actually stick with it, can do anything. I will be starting another blog to track my progress. Don't worry, this one is not over. I am just moving another part of the documentation of my life to another page. Just remember 3-2-1 GO! :-)

YUUKI

Today we feasted on Yuuki Shokudou. I skipped all that rice for a couple beers though.

SEEDLESS

It's another seedless niht. Today im chillin with Takei. SEEDLESS is pretty dead so we are about to head to another bar.

REMOVED BY ME

Boys at the こえん

I got off work this morning and took a nap. I was supposed to wake up and go to a festival at 10:00, but that didn't happen. I ended up waking up at 2:00 and missed the whole thing. It was cool though. I took the boys to the Marina こえん

HAPPY NEW YEARS

Today I started off my new year by jumping into CrossFit. The WOD "Fight Gone Bad!" really kicked my ass! I liked it though. I would post my before picture but I'm a lot disappointed with how that looks. I was going to surf, but as you can see it's flat. I will stay committed to this year to the following:

1. FAMILY
2. FITNESS
3. SURFING