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I’m hungry.

Monday, May 31st, 2010

After reading about Eat Stop Eat on Stronglifts.com, I decided to try Intermittent Fasting over the summer, starting today. Twice a week I'll go a full 24 hours without eating. The following things are supposed to happen as a result: increase in growth hormone 25% (actually 2/7 = 28%) drop in calories ...

Abandoned? Nope.

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Kind of looked that way, huh? While I haven't posted here in months, I've been doing Stronglifts 5x5 since February and making steady progress. The idea of cross-posting my training log on the Stronglifts forum and here doesn't really appeal to me, but it won't hurt to check in from ...

Bodyweight squats are boring.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

I just completed Day 3 of Week 3. I could call it taking more than 1 day of rest, but instead I'll call it what it is: I just didn't follow the protocol so far. However, I did just complete a workout, and that's better than giving it up entirely. ...

inertia

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

The theme for the last few days seems to have been "inertia." It has taken an awful lot to get anything done...not just exercise, which I've managed to blow off for 2 days. I just did Day 2 of 200 Squats, two days late...finishing with 34, the minimum required, because ...

That’s a start.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

I did the first official day of 200 Squats: column 3, week 3, finishing with 35 for the last set. Foam rolling my lateral thighs beforehand was pretty painful, but they haven't had much attention for some time, so I expected that. I'll have to gradually work in a sort of ...

Two Hundred Squats?

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Two hundred squats. I overheard a coworker talking about this program the other day. I was already familiar with the One Hundred Pushups program, which I half-heartedly began and never followed through. Wow, nearly a year has passed since my last post, when I announced I'd be doing the pushups program. This ...

The Hundred Push Ups Training Program

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

  [caption id="attachment_73" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="hundredpushups.com"][/caption] The training program at hundredpushups.com caught my attention, and I chose it as a way to reintroduce myself to strength training after a long hiatus. I took the initial exhaustion test on Saturday. The 6 pushups I managed to eke out were a little disappointing, but not ...

Learn Anatomy With GetBodySmart

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Scott Sheffield has created GetBodySmart, an interactive tool that should help demystify anatomy and the vocabulary used by doctors, physical therapists, and bodyworkers. By the author's own admission, it's not yet complete, but what's there so far could be very useful. It's free to use. Check it ...

Incompetent Yoga Teachers

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

The subtitle of this article is "Inexperienced teachers and overeager students behind rise in injuries", and that's exactly the combination that left me with an injury in my left hamstring that has persisted for almost 3 years now. I tried out the Beginner class at the Madison Yoga Co-Op back in ...