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No stats yet \u2014 that’s the point. Check back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Flipping tires, skipping<\/span> the beer, mostly surviving<\/s><\/strong> both.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A real-time, no-airbrush record of trying to get stronger outside, quieter in the head, and honest about the days it doesn’t work. No before-and-after. Just the middle, forever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Three threads, one guy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What this whole thing is actually about<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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01<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fitness Journey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bodyweight circuits, tire flips in the yard, and mountain bike rides that end in mild regret. Logged honestly, PRs and faceplants both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Workouts logged Since Live<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sobriety & Mind<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cutting back on drinking, one dry night and one relapse-adjacent-wild-weekend-out at a time. This is the messy, unglamorous middle part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Days currently sober<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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03<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blog<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Weekly-ish dispatches: what worked, what didn’t, and the weird thoughts that show up at on the bike, under the tire, or struggling to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Posts and counting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Why, exactly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I’m not trying to settle down to become someone else. I’m trying to remember who I already was.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Days sober<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tire flips this year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Miles run<\/p>\n<\/main>\n\n\n\n

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Setbacks admitted publicly<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Progress, Allegedly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

where the sweat starts to flow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Backyard gym<\/span> Secondhand tire<\/span> Muddy mountain trail<\/span> Cracked sidewalk mile 3am overthinking<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Bodyweight<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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New this week (if i’m not battling a nasty hangover ATM)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where the middle gets written down<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unedited updates: Some days it’s progress. Some days it’s just surviving. Both get posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First entry is coming. Give me a minute.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This is the middle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not a before-and-after. Just honest logs, bad days included, documented as it happens.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spoiler Free Zone \u2014 I don’t know how this is going to end either…<\/p>\n\n\n\n