“I am dying from an incurable disease and\u00a0you are dying because of\u00a0your choices.”<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\nFrom there I decided I would make the changes necessary to live up to my potential. I put together a team of passionate, committed individuals who I knew could help me reach my goals. Project Big to Little started with one goal, don’t die! Triathlon was the means to which I would reach this goal.<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wahoofitness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DSC_3980-1.jpg?resize=1140%2C760&ssl=1\")
I went to my local tri- shop for advice and help to get the tools necessary to reach my goal.\u00a0<\/span>I walked in and of course, the shop was full of these skinny guys who looked like they could ride the Tour, they\u00a0never laughed at me, they helped me.<\/p>\nI was around 450 pounds and\u00a0was not even able take home the bike I just purchased because I was still too big to ride it. After some adjustments to wheels and other components to help support my weight, I was able to take my new bike home. Oh yeah, I also had to lose 50 pounds before I could consider riding it.\u00a0 I took my new bike out for a ride on some local trails…<\/span><\/p>\n
\n“I felt like a kid again.”<\/h3>\n
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I quickly started to notice I could keep my heart rate up in the right fat burning range but, I hated riding around cars so my rides were not as long as I needed them to be. I started asking how others trained, looking for a way to stay safe and still get the time needed to burn fat. I bought a fluid trainer at first and then\u00a0realized that I needed a power meter to really get the\u00a0most out of my training, it was so\u00a0difficult to\u00a0maintain the wattage necessary for fat burning.\u00a0 I needed a trainer that would enable me to hold constant power and be reliable. The KICKR Indoor Smart Trainer<\/a> came up as the standard for indoor training.\u00a0<\/span>I bought one and got on it right away.\u00a0The KICKR was night and day compared to the fluid trainer I had been using. I\u00a0was able to load my workout\u00a0into a program like Zwift\u00a0then let the trainer apply the resistance needed to make the most out of each workout. There was no escaping the work that needed to be put in, the KICKR was my reliable pain partner, never letting me settle or compromise.\u00a0The workout was going to get done or it would show later.<\/p>\nI noticed my power\u00a0numbers were becoming more consistent.\u00a0Later that year I\u00a0would take part in Ironman Texas for the first race. I learned how to just\u00a0sit on the trainer cranking out the watts for hours upon hours. I remember my longest ride on the KICKR was\u00a0six hours.\u00a0It is all a mind game for me. Why is it that a 20- minute warmup in Zone 1 goes by so fast and a 10 min yop of Zone 4 goes by in slow motion? It worked though, I became an Ironman later that year.<\/p>\n
\n“I kept telling myself that If I could sit on the trainer for six hours then I could do anything!”<\/h3>\n
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I was around 450 pounds and\u00a0was not even able take home the bike I just purchased because I was still too big to ride it. After some adjustments to wheels and other components to help support my weight, I was able to take my new bike home. Oh yeah, I also had to lose 50 pounds before I could consider riding it.\u00a0 I took my new bike out for a ride on some local trails…<\/span><\/p>\n I quickly started to notice I could keep my heart rate up in the right fat burning range but, I hated riding around cars so my rides were not as long as I needed them to be. I started asking how others trained, looking for a way to stay safe and still get the time needed to burn fat. I bought a fluid trainer at first and then\u00a0realized that I needed a power meter to really get the\u00a0most out of my training, it was so\u00a0difficult to\u00a0maintain the wattage necessary for fat burning.\u00a0 I needed a trainer that would enable me to hold constant power and be reliable. The KICKR Indoor Smart Trainer<\/a> came up as the standard for indoor training.\u00a0<\/span>I bought one and got on it right away.\u00a0The KICKR was night and day compared to the fluid trainer I had been using. I\u00a0was able to load my workout\u00a0into a program like Zwift\u00a0then let the trainer apply the resistance needed to make the most out of each workout. There was no escaping the work that needed to be put in, the KICKR was my reliable pain partner, never letting me settle or compromise.\u00a0The workout was going to get done or it would show later.<\/p>\n I noticed my power\u00a0numbers were becoming more consistent.\u00a0Later that year I\u00a0would take part in Ironman Texas for the first race. I learned how to just\u00a0sit on the trainer cranking out the watts for hours upon hours. I remember my longest ride on the KICKR was\u00a0six hours.\u00a0It is all a mind game for me. Why is it that a 20- minute warmup in Zone 1 goes by so fast and a 10 min yop of Zone 4 goes by in slow motion? It worked though, I became an Ironman later that year.<\/p>\nI went to my local tri- shop for advice and help to get the tools necessary to reach my goal.\u00a0<\/span>I walked in and of course, the shop was full of these skinny guys who looked like they could ride the Tour, they\u00a0never laughed at me, they helped me.<\/p>\n
\n“I felt like a kid again.”<\/h3>\n
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\n“I kept telling myself that If I could sit on the trainer for six hours then I could do anything!”<\/h3>\n
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