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Week 1 Back On The Workout Plan: Semi-Success

January 12, 2009

photo credit: visualpanic
This past week was my first week back to working out,  and it was a week of ups and downs.  I worked out 4 out of 7 days, and my eating was decent except on the weekend.
I started the week out really well, working out the first 3 days of the week [...]

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Help Track Your Fitness Goals By Using Your Iphone Or Ipod

January 2, 2009

Over the Christmas holiday I got a new Ipod Touch through some work I did for another website.  Since my old classic Ipod was stolen a few months back I had forgotten how much I loved having an Ipod.   It was useful in so many ways,  but then again it was limited for some applications.  [...]

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Progress Update: Down 4.5 Pounds

October 30, 2008

Just a quick progress report on how I’ve been doing with my workout routine. I’ve been back exercising for almost a week and a half now. Two nights ago I did my upper body weight training routine, and then last night I ran a couple of miles using HIIT.
It’s getting back [...]

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Exercising – Hitting Your Stride

October 28, 2008

It’s been just over a week now that I’ve been back on the exercise wagon.  Since last monday I’ve ony taken one day off from my cardio and weight training routine, and I took that day (Saturday) off by design.  In my plan I workout 6 days a week, with alternating days of weights and [...]

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Went Running Last Night. Boy Am I Sore

October 23, 2008

photo credit: maHidoodi
I went running last night on our treadmill for the first time in months.  The weather here has cooled down a bit, and sometimes its just nice to run inside, instead of freezing outside.  I know I shouldn’t mind the cool weather because it’s going to get a whole lot colder than [...]

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I’m Back On The Wagon

October 22, 2008

Earlier this week my wife and I decided that we needed to finally start exercising again, and actually watching what we eat.  We had slipped into a bit of a malaise where we didn’t care much what we were eating, or where we were eating.
So this weekend we made a pact with each other that [...]

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Back from the trip, and recovering from being sick

September 30, 2008

photo credit: Bob Jagendorf
Well I’ve been back from our cruise for about a week now.  The trip was amazing, we had a wonderful time, and we saw some of the most beautiful places in the world during our 2 week cruise.
I also ate some of the most amazing food while we were gone.  The [...]

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100 Pushup Challenge: Week 3(x3), Day 1 (again)

August 18, 2008

Week 3 once again
Today I restarted week 3 of the 100 pushup challenge – again. Lately it seems that every time I try to restart this whole thing we get busy, have nights out and I just can’t find the time to get my workouts in. I think I may start having to get [...]

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100 Pushup Challenge: Week 5, Day 1

August 1, 2008

Week 5 looks tough!
Well last night was day one of week 5 in my 100 pushup challenge.   How did it go?
FAIL!
Ok, it wasn’t all that bad.  It was a pretty tough week and I wasn’t sure I’d even be able to make it through the first 2 or 3 sets.  After day one it gets [...]

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100 Pushup Challenge: Week 4 Exhaustion Test

July 28, 2008

Week 4 – what column will I be doing in week 5?
This morning I was waiting around for some workers to finish fixing a crack in my foundation. While I waited around I decided to do my exhaustion test for week 4.

If you perform 30 or less pushups you go back to week [...]

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