The RP: How I Crushed John Y. Brown, III in our Year-Long Fitness Competition

Josh and me Before (2013) and After (2014). H/t Bradley Cooper

Last year at this time, this Web site launched an epic competition when I challenged John Y. Brown, III to a fitness competition.

Check out this post which chronicles the first few weeks of the competition, our bravado proclamations of early victory, the steady fitness leadership of personal trainer (and Friend of RP contributor) Josh Bowen, and how the RP Nation became bitterly divided into #TeamRP and #TeamJYB3.

My personal goals?  First and foremost, to crush my bitter frenemy, John Y. Brown, III.

As a sidelight, I was under doctor’s orders to lose a little weight.  And I hoped to get in better shape so that I could start feeling good again — 2012 had been a lousy year health wise.

It was an incredible journey.  I have never felt better.  My fitness results were not too shabby (see the chart at right).

10% of it was due to my hard work.  60% is the responsibility of the guidance of Josh — who not coincidentally was named by Life Fitness in 2013 one of the Top Ten Personal Trainers to Watch around the globe.  And 30%, of course, was due to steroids.  (Seriously.)

Most importantly, I crushed John Y.  Although I invited him to train with Josh or one of his partners, John decided to go it alone.  And the results?  Well, I will let him share them with you in his next post.

Let’s just say that while I am no Bradley Cooper, John Y. makes me feel like him every day.

(And if you don’t understand the Bradley Cooper homage at the picture on top of this post, you need to see more David O. Russell/J-Law movies.  Chop. Chop.)