Next Trip: Traveling to strip in the UK

Am I really flying to the UK to have mostly naked pictures of me taken?

Yes…. But sorry (for some) it is not what you think. 

Every year in Hell (middle school) our gym teacher would have what was called a physical fitness test. Allegedly it was to see our annual fitness growth, but I am pretty sure this was devised by some homophobic fitness director who enjoyed making the obese closet cases feel like poop once a year. ‘Wow Reiser could not even do one pull-up.’* Now I can do 35…

While I have been in relatively good shape for 10 years (with some lapses in the middle due to drinking) I always wanted to take it to the next level and celebrate it. I have been going to the gym for a long time but rarely saw progress, in fact I usually gained weight, and not the muscle kind. It’s funny when my throat hurts, I call the doctor or if my car breaks, I ask a mechanic for help, but I never thought one should ask for help when it came to fitness and nutrition. Don’t we all just know eat carrots and lift weights? And then I remembered one of my oldest friends is a fitness coach, and a pretty decent one too.

Since the beginning of Covid I have worked with my friend and coach Dan to learn how to properly train and eat in a way that is realistic for my lifestyle. We have been eying doing a photoshoot for awhile now and on July 23 I am trekking across the pond to do it with him. That means I am going Out and Abroad!

I plan on writing about different travel components of the trip, including flying on my first premium economy flight while staying at a few historic hotels. I also plan on writing on what it is like to do a fitness photoshoot as trust me, if I can do it, anyone can.

Does anyone have any favorite restaurants in London or Nottingham?

Bon Voyage,

Andrew

PS If others are looking to get their fitness and nutrition under order in a realistic I like to eat, drink and have towork 10 hours a day while not moving into a gym kind of way, Dan is someone you should talk to

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*Don’t worry I am in much better shape and quite more successful than that schmuck who made the rude comment (and is still a Facebook friend, and maybe even reading this!)