Initial Mile is an anime inspired fitness and lifestyle blog created for aspiring warriros and fitness enthusiasts who are driven by the anime universe.
Fans will find anime inspired workouts, training programs, training tips, anime fandom reads and personal lifestyle experiences. Although this blog is aimed at primarily building warriors through our anime inspired workouts and fitness guides, anyone with an interest in anime shows and it's associated lifestyle may still find some entertaining reads here.
Hi. I'm Kelvin. The creator of Initial Mile
I started my career in the fitness industry back in 2010. I am a certified exercise physiologist under the American College of Sports Medicine, former Muay Thai fighter and multi-sport endurance athlete, now performance coach helping you build strength, endurance and become fighter fit.
How Initial Mile Got Started
Back in 2020 at the start of the pandemic, Initial Mile was originally created to share training tips and workouts for runners, triathletes and obstacle course racers as an effort to inspire athletes alike, including myself to stay fit while the world was shutdown. During this time we all needed to find motivation to maintain our health and continue on to achieve personal fitness goals. Because it was competition that pushed me to be my fittest, I had to find motivation somewhere else, and that somewhere else came from my favorite childhood and still favorite anime, Dragon Ball. Instead of training for racing performance, I readjusted my goals to train and become the Saiyan of my universe. This meant, to not only become faster, but to become stronger and more powerful. This was the start of my body transformation and Initial Mile's new mission; Help other anime fans adapt, evolve and ascend to become the warrior of their universe.
I Strive to Provide Balance
Although there are a lot of brands out on the web sharing their own workouts and educational content, I strive to provide easy-to-follow visual workouts and easy-to-follow programs but most importantly, I strive to provide the “balance” between martial arts, endurance fitness, and calisthenics training methods with realistic approaches to help build well-balanced warriors.
As Initial Mile Continues to Grow...
I hope to help my fellow anime nerds not only look like their favorite fictional anime hero, but to also achieve the physical and mental strengths. If you share the same passions, subscribe to Initial Mile's email list to receive the latest workouts and articles.
Certifications
BS Kinesiology San Jose State University
ACSM-EPC
ACE Fitness Nutrition Specialist
Martial Arts Experience
Kickboxing Muay-Thai Coach since 2010
10+ years Taekwondo - Received red/black belt under Grand Master Hyun K. Choi
3 years Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Received blue belt under coach Greg Lara.
3 years Muay-Thai and San Shou - Former Amateur Fighter under USH Fight Team
Endurance Sports Experience
1 Mile Run PR - 5 minutes 19 seconds
5k Run PR - 19 minutes 21 seconds
10k Run PR - 38 minutes 51 seconds
Half Marathon - 1 hr 19 minutes
Full Marathon - 3 hrs 19 minutes
Olympic Distance Triathlon - 2hrs 11 minutes
Half Ironman Distance - 4hrs 50 minutes
3x Alcatraz at Triathlon Finisher
5x Wildflower Triathlon Finisher
3x Spartan Stadion Sprint Finisher
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