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Mar 15

Learning to balance work, travel, family time and fitness keeps Strive to Thrive contestant busy – Richland Source

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MANSFIELD Work, travel, eat, work out, sleep. Thats what Strive to Thrive contestant Chuck Keesees weekly schedule since joining the contest.

Keesee has traveled anywhere from Alaska to Hawaii every week due to his job as a district manager for Gorman Rupp.

You can't outwork a bad diet, Ive learned, Keesee said.

Married to his high school sweetheart and with three kids, Keesee has to also find time to balance his home life with everything else.

Although concerns with the coronavirus have kept people from traveling, Keesee is not one of them. This week hes in Las Vegas for a trade show, and then hell go to Texas for more work-related commitments. After that he plans on taking his family on a vacation to St. George, Utah and San Diego, Calif.

He also recently traveled to Columbus for the Arnold Sports Festival, which he participated in as a white belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu.

Chuck Keesee, 43, is a district manager in training. Hes originally from Bristol, Tenn. and moved to Mansfield to be closer to family. As a hobby, he participates in martial arts at theWolverine Stevens Mixed Martial Arts and Fitness centerhere in Mansfield.

Keesee cant meal prep due to airplane restrictions, which can sometimes give him the temptation to eat out when hes tired and spending two days out of the week in the airport. Finding time to work out has also been a struggle.

For most people that are overweight, food is their comfort, Keesee said. So when hes tired he, wants to go and just get something really greasy and fattening to make (himself) feel better. However, in the back of his mind, he knows he cant give in and settles for yogurt or fruit.

Since beginning the contest, the easiest part for Keesee has been the diet portion due to the fact that hes competing against others and thinking twice about going overboard with his meals.

Just going to drink water, those sorts of things are a challenge, but if it wasnt for this competition, I wouldnt be doing it, he said.

Keesee has tried to focus a lot on a variety of different exercises with every trainer at the Ohio Health Ontario Health & Fitness Center.

Keesee currently stands in second place and hopes to reach second by the end of the Strive to Thrive competition.

Every one of them (the trainers) has a different thing that they like to do, so Im kind of taking all of those things and applying depending on where Im at and what options I have, Keesee said. Now Ive got this huge repertoire of options to go after.

Keesee currently stands in fourth place after losing 4.55% of body fat so far. Because of his busy schedule and heavy traveling, hes not aiming for first place and hopes someone else will win the grand prize of a free gym membership at the OhioHealth Fitness Centers in Mansfield.

Im just thankful for this opportunity, Keesee said. Its been fun, its been educational and theres just a lot of things Ive got going on in my life, and this adds a whole other complexity to it. But if its comfortable, youre not growing, so I figure the challenges are just going to work out better for me in the long run.

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