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There ya go, yeah I noticed with the Volvo I just got, I tend to park a LONG way away from the doors. It's all good though, I'm actually preparing for my firefighting testing (entrance requirements for school) coming up here in November so the more exercise I can get, the better.

First test is a 3:20 second (1 step per second) on a stairmaster type machine to simulate walking up stairs, but carrying 75 pounds of equipment. There are 8 separate tests, all have to be done within 10 minutes or so but starting off with something like that will get your heart pumping. It's basically equivalent to walking up 20 flights of stairs carrying 75 pounds, not extremely difficult but taxing on the system.

I've passed the police entrance exams several times in the past so not to worried but want to be prepared with this.

Back to the health thing though, it's really easy to do. Sure it takes dedication but honestly when you wake up, don't feel like s*** like most people do, don't have a coughing spell for 5 minutes (smokers) and feel rested, nice way to start the day everyday. I've dropped close to 60 pounds and 8 inches off my waist plus doubled, and tripled the weight I train with, all in the past year or so. I put in about a total of 3 hours weight training, 3 hours biking, cardio, etc and maybe an hour or so with typical pushups, situps a week. So about 7-8 hours a week (weeks have a total of 168 hours so this only takes 4% of my weekly time. Who doesn't have the time for that?

Simple....

Hey Phil, congrats on getting ready for school and all your progress!!!!