My black belt test is scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend 2010. I’ve been working toward it since late 2001. Yesterday, with 180 days to go, I decided to increase the intensity of my workouts. In fact, I’m typing this from my elliptical in my basement gym. I’m making a public commitment here on my blog to do at least 1 hour of additional elliptical training a day, on top of my current six-day-a-week workout schedule. I’m going to take my workouts, along with my nutrition, to the next level.

We’re at Karate DEFCON 3.