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Overtraining is real and requires sufficient recovery

Overtraining is real and requires sufficient recovery

I rode every weekday last week and through Thursday of this week. My friends have been so motivational that I almost kept my 6:30 pm ride this evening—but I just can't! 

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My messy CBreeze hack on my Model C Concept2 rowing ergometer to make it work best for me

My messy CBreeze hack on my Model C Concept2 rowing ergometer to make it work best for me

I was having a terrible time keeping my CBreeze on the fan so I glued sloppy please rails on either side of my Concept2 Model C's fan. Really messy. Used a silicon glue. The paracord rails aren't going anywhere. No more struggling with the placement of the elastic cords. 

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Spin is a spoon full of sugar to help the high intensity workout go down

Spin is a spoon full of sugar to help the high intensity workout go down

Most indoor cycling spin classes like my home studio CYCLEBAR on Columbia Pike are a spoon full of sugar. They help the medicine go down. If you don't get the workout you need, you aren't pushing herself hard enough.

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The 7 things I don't do at indoor cycling class at my spin studio

The 7 things I don't do at indoor cycling class at my spin studio

I am a very non-compliant rider. I really take the spinning ethos of "ride your own ride" very seriously.

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My new Garmin HRM-Dual heart rate monitor chest strap review

My new Garmin HRM-Dual heart rate monitor chest strap review

I just received my new Garmin HRM-Dual heart rate monitor chest strap from Amazon today and took it directly to spin class at CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike. I love it! It's exactly what I needed.

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The 12 things I've learned indoor cycling at a spin studio

The 12 things I've learned indoor cycling at a spin studio

I have personally learned quite a lot of things over the course of the months I have committed to riding at Biker Barre and, now, at CYCLEBAR, Columbia Pike, though I am still a neophyte and am neither an expert nor am I remotely fit and trim.

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Spinning every weekday

Spinning every weekday

How in the world can just 45-minutes of pedaling a stationary bike take my body to its physical limits?

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Starting the Tour de SkiErg Challenge Today

Starting the Tour de SkiErg Challenge Today

I spent the last month cycling at Spin class at CYCLEBAR on Columbia Pike instead of indoor rowing for either Team Blue Wave or the Potomac Boat Club (only put in a paltry 35,424m out of the amazing 641,820m that the rest of the team rowed).

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Trying Riding Everyday at CYCLEBAR

Trying Riding Everyday at CYCLEBAR

After an awesome ride at CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike over the weekend, the co-owner, John Ryan, mentioned that some riders at the studio ride three sequential rides—three rides in a row—and I thought, "maybe I can ride every day."

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The Airex Balance Pad Elite is Perfect for Standing Desks

The Airex Balance Pad Elite is Perfect for Standing Desks

Sometimes you are barefoot and don't want to walk on your treadmill desk. Standing at a desk all day can be hell on your knees and feet. There's a solution to this. 

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My Week at Cyclebar Columbia Pike

My Week at Cyclebar Columbia Pike

Today's my spin day. Tonight at 7:15--15-minutes early, as I always try to be--I'll be joining a new instructor, Sam, for a 7:30 ride called The After Party.

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CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike Review

CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike Review

I drove and walked past the new CYCLEBAR on Columbia Pike a dozen times. It's so nice, I was intimated.

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Cycling with Shane at CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike

Cycling with Shane at CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike

Riding with Shane during Wednesday night Wine Down Wednesday was a thrill. He's got excellent pacing and I performed well.

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Second Week, First Day, at CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike: Huzzah!

Second Week, First Day, at CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike: Huzzah!

I have finally had quite a lot of fun at my CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike spin class on Monday night. I felt exuberant during the sprints and I felt strong during the out-of-saddle uphills.

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End of My 1st Week 3rd Ride at CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike

End of My 1st Week 3rd Ride at CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike

I got to walking to the gym early enough that I got there in plenty of time to get into my SPD shoes and put in earplugs against all the awesome-but-loud pop, rock, and house:

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Screw Your Running Shoes This Winter Season With 36 1/2" Sheet Metal Screws

Screw Your Running Shoes This Winter Season With 36 1/2" Sheet Metal Screws

I subscribe to StrideBox and I found this postcard in the box that I wanted to share with you. If you plan to run all Winter long, you can make it through the snow and the ice with aplomb with just 36 1/2" sheet metal screws.

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Invest In The Sailors Not The Boat; Invest In The Workers Not The Company

Invest In The Sailors Not The Boat; Invest In The Workers Not The Company

When you buy into a company or a project, either via the stock market or a crypto exchange, you should focus more on who’s in the boat rather than the boat.

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Second Spin at CYCLEBAR

Second Spin at CYCLEBAR

I took the advice given in the book Bike Shorts: arrive 15-minutes early. So I left at like 5 til 7 and walked the mile to class.

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Day One of Becoming a Spin Goddess at CycleBar

Day One of Becoming a Spin Goddess at CycleBar

I started walking at ten-til 7 PM because I remembered that there was a little over a mile between me and CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike by foot, walking.

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Forget Pump and Dump, Pimp and Hodl

Forget Pump and Dump, Pimp and Hodl

If you’re invested in a company or business, wouldn’t you want that organization to thrive?

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The History, Present, and Future of Mobile Apps

The History, Present, and Future of Mobile Apps

The app store has come a long way; though, in some ways, it hasn’t changed at all.

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I think I finally have a feasible fitness plan for 2019

I think I finally have a feasible fitness plan for 2019

349 pounds snuck up on me. The last time I had checked, I was 312, which was still 100 pounds too heavy. Now I am 150 pounds overweight. I could blame the season or blame the stress and sitting required to launch an online magazine, but I know the blame is on me.

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Decentralized Autonomous Organizations are Perfect Online Stores

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations are Perfect Online Stores

A DAO–decentralized autonomous organization–is a revolutionary an Internet innovation as are cryptocurrency and blockchain.

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Becoming a Spin Goddess in 2019

Becoming a Spin Goddess in 2019

Okay, a couple of months ago I joined CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike with guns blazing and worked so hard too quickly and got a killer cold that grounded me for weeks.

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Security Tokens Change the Game for eStores and Agencies

Security Tokens Change the Game for eStores and Agencies

Blockchain can offer true egalitarianism when it comes to the fair compensation of talent.

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Blockchain is the Lovechild of a Committed 30-Year-Old Community

Blockchain is the Lovechild of a Committed 30-Year-Old Community

The community has more to do with the continued success of cryptocurrency than anything else. Many of the founders of cryptocurrency were libertarian, many were cypherpunks, some were both.

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Still a Blockchain Romantic into 2019 and Beyond

Still a Blockchain Romantic into 2019 and Beyond

Look deeper and beyond the Bitcoin Bros. Bros used to just stay on Wall Street and now Silicon Valley and ICO offices around the world are infested with them. Maybe they’ve taken over the head of the crypto revolution but they have yet to win its heart.

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Santa Claus is Satoshi Nakamoto

Santa Claus is Satoshi Nakamoto

There are two reasons why it was Santa Claus who invented and developed Bitcoin: protection against counterfeiting and a source of revenue for all the new expensive tech toys kids demand nowadays.

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