Health & Fitness

On the First Day of the Newbie Running Program, I Showed Up and Did Something Resembling Running

August 18, 2010

Yesterday was the first day of the my 10-week Newbie Program for people new to this whole running thing. It’s a modified version of the 8-week Couch to 5K program and led by the locally-owned Red Coyote Running and Fitness. It was not my typical idea of fun, but I’m glad I signed up for [...]

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Well, I’ve Put Off This Exercising Thing Long Enough, So Instead of Just Running Off at the Mouth, I’ll Actually Be Running…Eventually…Kinda

August 5, 2010

Time to get back at it. I haven’t done anything since I wrecked my scooter and broke 2 ribs three months ago. I’m mostly healed now, but occasionally my right side hurts when I move just right. I imagine this is what Jackie Chan’s stunt coordinators must feel like on a good day. Anyway, I [...]

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Give Yourself One Hour A Day…Or, At Least, 60 Minutes

June 14, 2009

Last month, Todd and I ran across this article (via Consumerist) about how Charlie Munger, the Vice-Chairman of Warren Buffett’s investment company Berkshire Hathaway, used to set aside one hour each day to work on personal side-projects for himself. I like this idea for a couple of reasons: One hour is about all the time [...]

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Tattoos, Anyone?

November 18, 2007

Okay, I don’t have any tattoos, but l know lots of people who do. I’ve thought about getting one, but I’m afraid that whatever I get, I’ll be bored with it soon, and wish I would have gotten some other design instead. So, here’s some questions for you guys: Do you have any tattoos, how [...]

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The Psychology of Dinner Plates

June 14, 2006

Let me be the first here to say that, yes, size matters. A couple of weeks ago I was on a drive from Tulsa to Houston. The Trailblazer I was driving had XM Radio, and during Air America’s commercial breaks, there was a health tip (brought to you by Maxim…or Men’s Health or somebody) that [...]

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Yoga

March 9, 2006

I did my first yoga session in the living room today with Cindy. She wasn’t impressed with the DVD, but it is called Yoga for Weight Loss (or something), so I imagine that if you’re doing it to lose weight, you probably haven’t been doing much of it to begin with. And since she’s been [...]

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Circuit Straining Training

January 11, 2006

Today was my first full all-out complete circuit workout on the new FitLinxx-equipped machines, which now have a cam-wheel-thingie that you can adjust to work different muscle groups. This new bit of technology makes the workouts as painful as using free weights. With four machines to go, I started getting really light-headed, and had to [...]

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THIS ENTRY WILL CHANGE

January 8, 2006

TIffany suggested getting a weight ticker, so why not? This is the starting point, the first weight ticker in a series of I-Don’t-Know-How-Many. Tomorrow, I go back to the Y for Fitlinxx re-orientation because over the holidays the Y replaced all the old machines with new shiny ones. Ticker #1 – COMPLETED on Wednesday, June [...]

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Weight and See

January 3, 2006

I just reviewed some of the Weighing In posts from last year, and it’s a sad collection with only four entries. By the time I stopped going to the gym, I had lost 10 lbs., which isn’t much. Still, I’d rather not have them than have them. For the most part, the 2005 Regular Exercise [...]

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A Walk in the Park

September 8, 2005

Just for fun, Cindy and I have been walking the trail that leads from the public library to a small park on the other side of the highway. Going under the highway with all the cars and trucks rattling overhead is the scariest part of the trail, by the way. Today, we thought we’d take [...]

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