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A Week of Workouts.
If you want glamor . . . you’re gonna have to look elsewhere. This week’s workouts weren’t impressive, but they got the job done — and they got me in a better working groove than I’ve been in for the...
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Fitness: A Progress Report.
First, let’s have the visual results speak for themselves. Here are two pics of me from this week: The one on the left was taken in the locker room at work, just after a hard chest workout (note the...
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The Hardest Squat Workout of My Life.
At least, I’m pretty sure it was. Here’s what I did: 20 x 45# 10 x 95# 8 x 125# 8 x 155# 4 x 15 x 175# In a word, mind-blowing. ~ (Image by Syncharmony.)
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2010 in Retrospect.
One of the hardest years of my life, actually, for many reasons that (a) wouldn’t be obvious to outside observers, and (b) I don’t intend to explore publicly. I am grateful — profoundly so — for the...
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Two days, two workouts.
Last night I skimmed through the 2010 entries my fitness log. The log isn’t perfect, for example because I’m lacking details on sets and reps for a couple of weight workouts, but it’s pretty nearly...
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44 days, 19 workouts.
At the beginning of this year, I set the goal of working out 200 times in 2011. For the sake of catchiness, I’m upping that to 211 workouts. (All going according to plan, I can then do 212 workouts in...
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Quick update on workouts.
Earlier this year, I proclaimed my goal to get in 211 workouts during 2011. As of today, I’ve done 156 workouts, leaving me with 55 to do in the remaining 69 days of the year. (Side note: where the...
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211 Workouts.
This morning I set a new personal record in the deadlift. That workout was #211 of the year, meaning that I met the goal I set for myself earlier this year. Three things I’ve figured out from this:...
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My first half-marathon experience.
Let me start with a confession: this whole premise is a lie. I did not, in fact, participate in the Zooma half-marathon, held yesterday in the hinterlands of Austin. I registered for it, got my race...
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The return of #beastmode.
I love lifting weights, but I’ve let it slip from my schedule. Not anymore, though. For the past few weeks, I’ve been reincorporating deadlifts and bench presses into my schedule, bit by bit, using the...
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Over the past several months I’ve become a Fitocracy devotee. I find that the combination of workout tracking and social reinforcement there is good for my motivation as I pursue my fitness. As I’ve...
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In work as in weightlifting: compound movements first.
Serious weightlifters follow a fundamental principle: compound movements first. A compound movement is one that exercises multiple muscle groups rather than just one. In the picture, for example, the...
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My Home-Office Circuit Workout
Do you spend a lot of time stuck at your desk? Do you work from home? I do, and I like to kill two birds with one stone by doing dumbbell circuit workouts right in my home office. Bird 1 is my need for...
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