Carlos (MrPixFitness) Taveras
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Carlos (MrPixFitness) Taveras
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
2015 Confirmed Races:
2/14 Tampa Sprint
4/18 Tri-State NJ Beast
5/9 Citi Field Sprint
5/30 Ohio Beast
5/31 Ohio Sprint
6/6 Tri-State Tuxedo, NY Sprint
6/7 Tri-State Tuxedo, NY Sprint
6/20 Boston Super
6/21 Battle Frog NJ
7/11 Pennsylvania Super
8/22 Virginia Super
2014 Races:
Fenway Spartan Sprint (54:58
Carolina Spartan Super (3:29:48)
Carolina Spartan Beast (4:10:34)
Vermont Charity Sprint (3:41:43)
Vermont Beast - World Championship (8:29:35)
Virginia Spartan Super (3:41:28)
Boston Spartan Sprint (1:42:58)
Pennsylvania Spartan Sprint (2:08:34)
Connecticut Spartan Sprint (1:10:04)
Tri-State NY Spartan Sprint (1:40:20)
Citi Field Spartan Sprint (55:25)
My Story
I have always been into fitness. My 1st job back in 1994 was as an on call lifeguard and within a year I became the pool administrator for the top 4 Bally’s fitness clubs in NYC. I also worked for Reebok Sports Club, NY Sports and Racket club as well. After 3.5 years I became a certified personal trainer and worked for Bally’s, Crunch and Equinox. I became really close friends with @maicol who at the time was one of my clients and he introduced me to the IT field.
Fast forward a few years… Now, I’m a systems engineer/administrator and specialize in server and application delivery and virtualization and found myself at 38 years old, staring at 40 dead in the face, out shape and overweight. I decided I needed to get in shape for me and for my family and so, my #40andSexy fitness campaign was born. In the last 2 years I’ve gone from getting dizzy working out in my basement to running 5 miles at a descent pace, to running my 1st Spartan race (a stadium race) in May 2014 and completing a Double Trifecta in just about 5 months.
Some people call me crazy, obsessed, dedicated… Others say I inspired them to start working out and to keep pushing and making changes, and that, makes it all worth it as long as they get motivated to start their own fitness journey.
Today, I believe I have accomplished my 40 and Sexy goals (at least in my own head). But if I haven’t, at least I’m in great shape which was the original and most important goal.