Talking with a friend about my workout philosophy I tried to explain that I’m about every day functional fitness. It confused her, as I’d just bragged about Monday’s workout.
“What is there in your life that resembles deadlifting 120#?”
A LOT! My bad-hipped dog Katy need picking up and lifting into the car. Katy is about 65#- [...]
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I mentioned a couple weeks ago that January was going to be a month of unstable workouts. Well, I’m scrappin it. It’s not that I don’t enjoy these -they are whole lot of my favorite workouts. Rather a couple things coincided to make me change my mind about the focus for the near term.
#1. My [...]
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(three posts in a week? I’d like to take this as a sign that my new meds are starting to work. All together now, YAY!)
This is starting as just a little brag, but I’m hoping that as I get the words on the page it grows to something more than just a self-indulgent [...]
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I’ve had a couple great workouts this weekend. Worked hard, tied a couple personal bests, hit the locker room all sweaty, slept like a dog at night. Thought I’d share the workouts and some notes.
-20-30 minutes of cardio. November is my treadmill month (I’m a little sad to see it go); the machine is set [...]
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This week I had ‘THAT TALK” with myself. The talk I’ve known was coming; the talk I’ve been fighting against all year.
You see, back in January when I hit my “target weight” I had worked long and hard to get there. I had reached a point where the very words “weight loss” or “body fat [...]
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Two or three times a week I do interval training for my cardio. It’s killer good for me: gets me nice and sweaty (which was always sign of success when I worked with Guido) and acts like a turbo-boost for my mood. Go in grumpy, unfocused and anxious; come out all sunshine and [...]
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It’s always easier for me to state my goals out loud and then check back to see if I’ve accomplished what I wanted. Writing things down is the secret for me.
That said, here’s what I want/need to work on this week:
1. Sunday: balance/stability workout. steady-rate cardio.
Monday: strength workout and hiit cardio.
Wednesday: workout with Adam. [...]
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I thought the time I took off to heal my shoulder, then the time I’ve cut back because of a medical issue, wouldn’t have any great effect upon my strength. (silly me!).
I thought that when it felt like working hard, even though I had cut back on my weight, it was just me being careful.
The [...]
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I have a bit of tightness in my right ITB. It mainly hurts when I kneel (and hit that bit of excess fluid), but I find it annoying. I’ve had it off and and for years and everyone has always recommended stretching to treat it. I have trouble stretching this band which frustrated me no-end. [...]
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Wow, I wrote this post yesterday. It completely got lost somewhere.
I went to the gym last Wednesday and did a nice full-body strength workout. Felt fabulous when I was done; felt fried when I got home. Hadn’t made it to the gym since til this morning. That’s five days.
I didn’t miss it.
I had the bag [...]
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