Weigh In

As part of my fitness progression I am going to be doing monthly weight ins where I take measurements of myself and pictures and post my results on here. On March 29 I did my first weigh in and I am going to be posting the result today. As time goes on I hope to be able to look back on old posts and see results! Also this weekend is the Navy Seal Off Road Challenge so wish me luck. So here is my weigh results.(by the way the reason why it looks like I have a lazy eye is because I had an eye infection at the time)

Chest-40 inches 

Biceps- Left 14 1/2 inches Right 15 inches

Forearms (at widest point) -Left 10 7/8 inches Right 11 1/2

Waist- 31 3/4

Front View No Flexing

Side View No Flexing

Front View Flexing

Back Flexing (needs some work)

Be nice in the comments I have only been lifting for about a year now but stopped last summer and started again this fall. I went from weighting 160lbs to 185lbs and my bench press max from 195lbs to 235lbs so I have come a long way but still have a ways to go. Also I'm gonna be posting some new photography pics and pics from the race next week so watch out for that. Thanks for stopping by :)

New Name (Again)

I know I keep changing my name of my blog, but I promise this will be the last time. The reason I changed the name once again is because I not only love photography but I love fitness too. I want my blog to be a place I can share a little bit of my life with people. Just limiting it to photography doesn't truly show who I am as a person. So from now on I am going to be talking about photography and fitness mainly and also some side notes of my life along the way. Anyway just wanted to let everyone know whats up and I look forward to whats to come :) Thanks

Race Event

Well today I am going to talk about something other than photography for once. Next weekend me and a couple of my friends are competing in the Navy Seal Off Road Challenge in Cosby, TN. Basically it is 3 miles of off road running. You follow trails up crazy steep mountains, go through mud/water pit, and the course boasts nearly 2,400ft of elevation rise and fall. My other two friends ran this race last fall and loved it so I decided to give it a try. Most of you may not know it but I started lifting weights and training regularly since last spring. I love to exercise and stay fit. This will be my first race event of any kind. I have been training for a while and I am super excited about it. I will post pics and let you know how I did after the race.


Also, I have been doing photography despite having tons of school work to do. I hope to post my pics from last week on here really soon and also I hope to do some photography this weekend. I hope yall had a great week and have an awesome weekend.


Hear is a video of last falls race. You will have to skip the first little part to get to the actual race :)

 

My Flickr

Just letting everyone know that I now have a Flickr account. If you look to the right of this post on the sidebar you will see a slideshow of my pics. This slideshow is fed from my Flickr account that randomizes the pics and shows them. So as I add new pics to my Flickr account they will be displayed here too.
Here is a link to my Flickr gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanv09/
I have also just created a new Flickr group called "Tennessee Nature Photography". The purpose of the group is to showcase the true natural beauty of Tennessee.
Here is a link to the group http://www.flickr.com/groups/1611780@N25/ fell free to check it out and please join if you would like :)
In the next couple of days I will be posting some new pics from Cane Creek Park in Cookeville, TN so be sure to watch out for that. Thanks for stopping by.

New Pics

Last weekend it was beautiful in middle Tennessee so I took the opportunity to do some nature photography. At this point in spring there are a lot of small flowers and bushes in blooms and there is some trees in bloom also. Here are three of my favorite photos

         This is a picture of a plum tree in bloom.

This is a picture of a "for cynthia" plant in bloom.

This shot is of a Bradford pear tree in bloom.

As I have said before spring is one of my favorite times for photography. I will continue to update my blog and add new photos as I take them. As far as other news goes I haven't been able to go back to Burgess Falls this week due to school (Calculus to be specific) so I hope to be going there in the next couple of weeks. Monday or Tuesday I should have some more spring flower and nature pics posted so be sure to check back. Thanks for stopping by.

Its Been a While

It sure has been a while since my last blog update but that will be no more. I am going to stick with it and blog regularly!
Spring is one of the best times for nature photography. Next week I am planning on going to Burgess Falls State Park in TN for my first major spring photography outing. I have been to the park twice before last summer but I have new equipment that will hopefully improve my pics. I will post a couple of pics on here but I will post a link to my website so that you can see all my pics of the falls. I look forward to updating my blog again and sharing with you some of my photography adventures.

Here is a pic of the falls from last summer