A friend of mine just started up a blog to keep track of/stay accountable for his weight loss efforts, and it made me think of how long! it’s been since I’ve posted. Well I’ve been busy, and whatever…I’m kinda lousy at staying regular!
First day back in the gym since…June, maybe? and I can definitely tell [...]
Archive for the ‘Exercise’ Category
August 30, 2010
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Tonight’s Workout — I’m Back!
By Alex in Exercise, Goals
July 11, 2010
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Sprint triathlon results!
By Alex in Exercise, GoalsHeather and I competed in our second Cornman Sprint Triathlon this morning, and it was pretty good. The weather didn’t fully cooperate, but there were just a few sprinkles here and there, nothing major. I didn’t feel nervous at all for this one–it was a known quantity, and I knew just what I had to [...]
July 9, 2010
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A quickie – DO MOAR PULLUPS
By Alex in ExerciseJust wanted to share Jason Ferruggia’s excellent article on how to improve your pullups. This is something I’ve wanted to work on for some time. Dropping weight alone has helped me. I went from not being able to do one overhand pullup to being able to do four right now. My favorite tips:
Don’t go to [...]
May 20, 2010
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Tonight’s workout
By Alex in Exercise, GoalsIt’s the end of day 2, and I want to recap what I’ve been feeling, as well as share my workout from tonight. So far, I’ve felt pretty good. I am still urinating at an annoying frequency, but I attribute that to a combination of the diet and the fact that I’m drinking more water [...]
April 30, 2010
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SRSLY U GUYS
By Alex in Exercise, Goals, NutritionHey guys, I’m still here…I just haven’t had the best April. It’s been fraught with too many half-starts and nutritional shortcomings to mention. I am looking forward with a fresh face, however; I have been pretty active this week following my performance in the Drake Relays 8K.
Obviously, having never run the 8K before, I set [...]
April 6, 2010
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Tonight’s workout
By Alex in ExerciseWell, I guess you wouldn’t call it a workout, per se, but with Heather at work, I figured today would finally be the time I could get to the weight room and test out my deadlift and clean & jerk! So, it went a little something like this:
Warmup: Medicine ball wall throws: 8lbsx50×10 ft (guesstimate) [...]
March 10, 2010
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This morning’s workout and a quick way to increase the effectiveness of your pushups!!
By Alex in Exercise, NutritionJust wanted to drop everyone a line to tell you about my workout this morning, and one quick way to increase the effectiveness of your pushups! First off, I did workout B from Turbulence Training’s Buff Dudes & Hot Chicks program. Let’s run through the progressions. Same format as yesterday:
Watch Craig’s runthrough of today’s workout [...]
March 9, 2010
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The most efficient machine
By Alex in ExerciseWell, if you’ve read much of any fitness blog, you’ll know where I’m going with this. Your body is a marvel of efficiency. It hates change, so when you introduce something new (different diet, new exercise) it quickly becomes proficient at expending the least amount of energy possible to do it. Your key to seeing [...]
February 2, 2010
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Day 30: Counting down to the honeymoon!
By Alex in Exercise, GoalsHi folks! Just wanted to touch base with you all again and see how you’re doing. I’m feeling stronger every day, and the results are finally appearing in the mirror. Now, after a pretty great start, my weight loss has dropped back to more reasonable levels, but I’m still shooting for 240 by Sunday. That [...]
January 26, 2010
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Wow…I am sorry folks
By Alex in Exercise, Goals, NutritionOh man, apologies time. It’s been quite a while, obviously, since I last updated you folks. And that was some of this and that. Partly I got busy. But let’s be honest. I could’ve squeezed a post in here or there. Mostly, I lost my focus for a bit. I’ve been kick-started again because of [...]