Guilty Pleasures: Christian Sings the Blues Part III

Recently, Morganobrien.com had the opportunity to pick the brain of Christian XXX--himself the brains behind the wonderful blog Christian Sings The Blues (Not safe for work). What follows is the third and final part of my piece spawned by Christian's candid answers to my goofy questions.


The triathlete in action

Part 1 here
Part 2 here

What follows are some of the interesting and quirky things I asked Christian that I wasn't able to fit into the rest of the piece. Most of them focus on his fitness regimen, a facet of his life he adheres to religiously.

On a personal note, Christian agreed to answer my questions site unseen and got back to me quickly in his typical, well-thought-out manner. He provided me honest responses; and while this is a very positive review, he never asked me to change anything, which I appreciate.

It’s hard to know whether a guy is good or not without ever meeting him, but at a minimum, Christian is as real to his readers behind the scenes as he is with his posts.

Christian at a Glance
How much can you bench press?

It’s been years but probably 350 or so. I do 6 sets—12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 reps and go up in weight from 225, 235, 245, 255, 265, AND 275

Favorite workout: Chest

Favorite discipline in the triathlon: The Bike

Advice would you give an aspiring triathlete? Don’t worry about being terrible at first; it makes the resulting workouts much more satisfying.

How do you improve upon triathlon transitions? T1 and T2 times are easy to improve on: run through all parts of the area and practice changing from swim to bike and bike to run.

Who are the five people—alive or dead—that you’d like to have dinner with?
Ivan the Terrible, George Washington, Thomas Edison, Larry Bird and Anna Nicole Smith.

(Ed. Note-I bet Ivan and George would flip when Christian pulled out his camera and started taking photos although Edison would find it enthralling. I bet these shots would drive up his hits immensely.)

Favorite Book: Too general, I have hundreds of books.

Favorite movie: Let’s go with a classic, Casablanca.

Who did you vote for: I don’t discuss my politics.