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Feels Great to be Back!
After a couple weeks off, for more Cardiac Care, BOY does it feel GREAT to be back in the gym! Just completed a SOLID 01:05:22 Chest /Shoulder / Back Split. Yep, was so full of energy today that it was almost scary, so I took full advantage of it. Still relegated, almost entirely, to Upper Body work, due to a busted foot,…
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Muscle Reversal Journey
As my PXM Fitness followers know, and I'll keep this to a quick synopsis, roughly 8 years ago, I began a journey to fitness that has truly become an odyssey. Weight years ago, last month, I tipped the scales at a morbidly obese 408 pounds (per medical records). In a little under two years, my transformation to me all the…
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Never rains in California?
Who ever said "It never rains in California?" Absolutely no worries. We NEVER gripe about the rain, here in The Land of Endless Summer." Besides, it's a great excuse to spend the day in the gym! All of the PXM Cats and Kittens are getting totally stoked, waxing both our surfboards and those abdominal washboards, in…
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No Exercise on News Feed
Not that it's a big concern, other than the fact that it's just another new problem with this MFP Site, but has anyone noticed that you're daily exercise training no longer posts on the news feed?
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Transformation Anniversary
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the greatest Air Force in the world. Happy anniversary to the USAF! God bless all of our Armed Forces, and God bless the United States of America. The GREATEST country on God's green Earth! In another important note, Sunday, 17 September 2017, will mark the eighth anniversary of…
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Let the Rebuild Begin
Good Morning Pals! Looks like it's going to be another gorgeous day here in beautiful Surf City, USA; Carlsbad, Southern California. As I've reported, after approximately six months of dealing with episodes from Cardiomyopathy, my Mitral Valve has been repaired and I'm ready to return to my training routine. After six…
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Let The Rebuild Begin
Good Morning Pals! Looks like it's going to be another gorgeous day here in beautiful Surf City, USA; Carlsbad, Southern California. As I've reported, after approximately six months of dealing with episodes from Cardiomyopathy, my Mitral Valve has been repaired and I'm ready to return to my training routine. After six…
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Trust in YOU!!!
Three weeks ago at this very moment, I was lying on the Operating Table, about to undergo 7.5 hours of Heart Surgery to repair my Mitral Valve. Today, I surpassed the 12 minute mark Planking (Prone), 46 min HIIT Beach Hike and 25 minutes of weight work. I'm not going to lie, my friends, it ain't easy and there is pain, but…
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Weight with Cardiomyopathy
Want to talk about weight yoyo's? #lifewithcardiomyopathy
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Phenomenal Day
What a truly AMAZING, PHENOMENALLY AWESOME DAY! I mean, this was one for the books, Pals. After waking at 4:30 then getting in my 5:00am Meditation and Tai Chi, I got in a short thirty minutes at the gym, then another successful day of trading. After a light lunch it was time to shut down the office for the day and head to…
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Winter is coming to Southern California
Good Morning Sports fans! WOW! Autumn has truly arrived here in Carlsbad, CA. I went for my beach hike this morning and it was 49°, but with a pretty healthy breeze coming in off Madre Pacifica, it felt more like 32! I tell ya, the combination of Cardiomyopathy, Blood Thinners and a BP MAP of 61, I'm NOT looking forward to…
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REFUSE TO GIVE UP!
I don't know if it's the Heart Meds or what, but it's really becoming a struggle to eat. I have ABSOLUTELY no appetite, and when I do, it's for cold and/or wet things. It's pissing me off because I'm becoming catabolic and losing all the muscle mass I worked SO HARD to build. Sigh! I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT JUST BECAUSE MY…
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Heart Camp Update
First off, I want to thank everyone for the very kind messages and prayer offerings over the last couple weeks. Things are moving along. I'm recuperating from the Cardiac Stem Cell Transplant. Now it's a wating game to see what happens. As I've explained previously, Stem Cells were transplanted into the four dying areas of…
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Hoe can you mend a broken heart?
It was a TRULY OUTSTANDING day today Pals! I had my follow up appointment with my Cardiologist to discuss the results of last week's TESTS, and my doctor said the results were nothing short of incredible. As a you all know, I have been diagnosed with Ischemic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy basically means my…
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PXMike's back on The Journey!
Today was a new beginning, continuing moderate cardio and beginning a reset program to get back into weight training. As I've stated before, my routine is slowed greatly from my previous training days; however, I refuse to throw in the proverbial towel and go sit on the beach waiting to die, just another "Cardiac Cripple."…
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Looking for MFP members building muscle
Dear Fellow MFP's, This past month marked my 1000th day as an MFP participant. I've successfully lost ~200lbs and am now working to build muscle. I'm; therefore, looking for pals who have like goals to share experience and learn from. Stay 'Healthy' My Friends! Mike
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Heart Attack Recovery
Dear Fitness Pals, I'm writing what I hope will be a message of help and hope. 10 days ago I suffered a Left Anterior Descending Artery Myocardial Infarction with Left Axial Failure. In laymen's term's, a Widowmaker Heart Attack. Today I had my follow-up stress test and scans, and although I have now been ordered to retire…
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Help
Time for a confession. Don't know what's happening but it's scaring the s#!t it of me. After almost six years of successfully shedding almost 200 pounds and reducing my bf% from 57 to just below 10; not to mention building what my trainer tells me is some serious muscle, I am beginning to feel my enthusiasm for fitness and…
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Moving
Dear Pals, I'm picking up speed in my move to Southern California; however, all this moving business, packing and tending to needed home repairs, has put a serious dent in my training schedule. I continue to track my diet as required by my nutritional trainer and sneak in some training in my home gym when I can. I've…
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Looking for Fellow Transformers
To make a long story short (See profile for the rest of the story), over the last several years I have been successful in losing ~200 pounds and shedding A LOT of unwanted fat. I actually over did it but have been able to gain back a bit of mass through a lot of hard training and diet. I'd like to meet and befriend some…
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Annual Physical
When the doctors diagnosed me with MS and I was a bit over 350 pounds, I told them I was going to lose the weight and get back into shape. They told me I was building myself up for a huge let down and that in five to eight years I would, very likely, be in a wheel chair. It's now 5 years later and I am in the best shape I…
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Where did everybody go?
Where did everybody go? I keep thinking about a comment I saw a couple days ago regarding the drop in activity on MFP. Please don't say it was just a fad that is now dying! DAMMIT many of us have got, and continue to get, a lot of help from this sight in becoming the fit individuals we are. I for one, DO NOT view this as a…
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Veggie Protein Powder
I have been a long long long time user of Core Protein Shakes, NOW Whey Isolate and Beachbody Shakeology but have recently taken a food allergy test at my gym and it showed me off the charts on Milk Antibodies. This explains all the bloated feeling I've been getting after drinking my shakes and eating other items. Being…
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Heart Attack Survivors
Just survived a Heart Attack involving blockage of the Left Anterior Descending Artery. Yep, a Widowmaker! Was very fortunate to get to the ER just at the peak of the attack and was immediately Stented. I was kept in ICU for 5 days then released after 2 days in Cardiac Care Telemetry. With the exception of very occasional…
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Muscle Growth Resistance
I have been hitting the weights like a mad man and am in general seeing some relatively good comeback following a very large weight loss; however, I seem to be getting some resistance in my Triceps, Upper Back/ Lat Region and Rear Deltoids. I am dealing with a pinched Cervical nerve at C5-C6 and have read that this can…
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New Member Intro
Howdy Fellow Gym Rats and Fitness Enthusiasts, I began my journey to a more fit lifestyle after years of sloth and allowing myself to get to a scale crushing weight of 345lbs. I was always VERY fit and athletic in my youth and played Football from Jr. High all the way through my sophomore year in College when a leg injury…
