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Welcome to what will become the chronicles of the journey of two brothers. The journey itself we are about to begin is not unique - we want to lose weight and get a set of 8-packs abs that you only see on the likes of movie stars and professional wrestlers. Yes... you've heard it a million times from pretty much everyone in your life - " I'm going to go on a diet/workout more/go to the gym/stop eating like a fat kid/etc." So I guess we're not really unique in that respect. However, what does make us different (or at least mildly entertaining) is that we are geeks.

Now I'm not talking about the type of geek that knows how to get their parent's wireless router working. We're talking a gadget-whoring, World of Warcraft playing, Mountain Dew chugging level of geekdom that many aspire to but few achieve. We have endless conversations about Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and the feasibility of the warp drive. Geeks we are, and geeks we will remain - we're just aspiring to be good-looking, hardbody geeks!

To be fair to those of you bored enough to be reading this you should know a little about our backgrounds. Besides being geeks we do have somewhat of a base that we're working with. Muddy is a former Marine who knows what it's like to get PT'd to death at Parris Island, and I'm currently employed as a self-defense instructor. The problem is that we both lead extremely busy lives and usually spend the free time we do have in front of a computer or on the couch in front of the TV (sometimes we even do both). So yes, it's time to get off our Taco Bell fed asses and get to work.

The instrument of torture that was selected for this grand scheme was P90X. While I don't like to admit that I'm going Tae Bo style to get in shape, the workouts in the system are quite good and they will absolutely do the job. Yes, I could easily work out at my own training center, but I'm there enough as it is pushing papers around, so I wanted something I could do at home. P90X also comes with a fully regimented meal and workout plan that basically does everything for you. The absolute lack of thought required to use the system made it that much more attractive. I'm lucky if I remember to feed myself in the morning, and trying to plan 5 meals a day on my own would never happen. So now I have zero excuses when it comes to both the diet and the workouts - each day is planned 100%.

Most importantly Muddy and I can each follow the diet and workouts together even though we're in separate states. This is something we wanted to do together, so following the same diet and workouts gives us the ability to keep tabs on one another and also have someone to bitch and complain to when we're exhausted, sore, and tired. After 90 minutes of yoga you may want to bitch to someone about how much you hate Warrior 2, but most people in this world will have no idea what you're talking about. We won't have that problem.

So Monday the journey begins to be a Hardbody Geek! add to del.icio.us saved by 0 users