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My best gym and workout towels are from NIcool Sports
I am always on the lookout for the world's best towels. It's probably because of my devotion to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is—but it's my White Whale. My White Towel. The NIcool Sports Cycling Towel on Amazon is currently my very favorite gym and workout towel.
Week two of the Dog Days of Summer challenge hosted by Concept2 Logbook
I have been Zwifting, Zwalking, riding, and swinging this Summer. Now, I am adding my Concept2 indoor rower and SkiErg into the mix. Luckily, Concept2 allows you to do this slowly and powerfully with the Dog Days of Summer individual challenge. Better yet, it is compatible with both my erg and my SkiErg. So, I cycle between them, working hard to build my strength, fitness, and endurance.
Sharing notes from growing up haole in Hawaii in the 80s
Long story short: maybe I was excluded from stuff for being haole in Hawaii, though I never really knew and it never bothered me. But, it's interesting to hear that there might have been parties and birthdays and beach outings and get-togethers that I was just never part of. Could that be true? I'll never know.
Have kettlebell, will tote
I don't have a car—thank god—but I like the idea of bringing a kettlebell outside to do some swings, cleans, presses, and snatches.
My Keiser M3 Water Bottle Hack
The Keiser M3 stationary exercise spin bike is form over function and its water bottle function is terrible so I made some changes.
The two-handed kettlebell swing is the backbone of my fitness regime
I got all my swings in this AM and spent them mostly with my 20kg kettlebell.
I am going to add some calisthenics to the kettlebell swing mix
I am really loving my two-handed, heavy-kettlebell, swing routine but I also plan to add some simple Army-style calisthenics to the mix in addition to slow jogging, indoor cycling, and indoor rowing.
Making myself swing heavier through light kettlebell deletion
I pulled my 12kg and 16kg kettlebells from my daily two-handed swing lineup because I don't want the temptation to swing light.
Today I will be an indoor cat as temperatures in DC will top 100F
Someone on Facebook made fun of me because I am obsessed with urban hiking, something I never thought to call it. But it's true. And I pride myself on my ability to weather the heat and humidity of the mid-Atlantic; however, today I will do all my work and my workouts safely cocooned in my air-conditioned little studio.
I'm a total swinger!
I am doing two-handed kettlebell swings exclusively these days. While I started only a few days ago, I feel like it's both sustainable and enjoyable.
Exercises I am adding to my daily workouts in addition to daily two-handed kettlebell swings
In addition to burning out my posterior chain with daily morning two-handed kettlebell swings, I want to spend my evenings on an erg, on a bike, or slow jogging on the road for at least an hour every evening, even if it's while watching bad TV and movies.
Just swinging seems to be working because I am the only barrier to swinging my kettlebells
I am my own worst enemy—ask anyone! This is only day two, but I think I sorted out how I, Chris Abraham, will habituated a daily regimine of kettlebell swings.
I had been letting tech and logging get in the way of my kettlebell swings
It turns out that one needn't keep track of how many swings you make, how heavy they are, or how often—especially if it gets in the way of swinging the kettlebell
Roger Wolfson: The Gym No Matter What
TL:DR: "Always go to the gym, no matter what. If you decide to hit the happy hours after work and get loaded on apps and drinks, it's especially important that you make it to the gym. Your workout might be garbage but you get to keep your habit, your commitment, and you'll regret having over-indulged immediately as you lift weights and hit the treadmill. Your workout might be garbage but you get to keep your habit, your commitment, and you'll regret having over-indulged immediately as you lift weights and hit the treadmill." —Roger Wolfson
First Slow Jog in Years
I’m finally up to speed to actually start my slow jogging. I had only been walking until now. Just making sure I was fit enough and ready.
On discovering I am an aphant with aphantasia at 50 years old
Until now, I had always believed that the mind's eye was figurative. I've always had vivid dreams but when I close my eyes, my head goes dark. The only sounds I ever hear in my head are through my ears and the only waking visions I have come through my eyes. Counting sheep before bed is 100% counting and 0% sheep.
I have been working remotely full time since the Fall of 2006
During that first try, it was simple because we were just following the ethos of the open-source programming community. Even then, way before offshoring was popular, naturally insular and introverted programmers and developers would collaborate together across timezones, cultures, languages, and even languages (English, is very honestly,m the world's pidgin, the world's patois).
Truth? There is no truth.
People who use "the truth" to argue their points of view are possibly incapable of comprehending the power of belief over the concreteness of fact. On the other side of the same coin, people who are motivated by beliefs cannot conceive of a world where there is anything besides believing in a thing. To wit, the purveyors of facts are just packaging their beliefs in the lab coat of science and peer review.
Love Is Blind on Netflix is a voyeuristic fetish-fest
Extremely male gaze. Extremely voyeuristic. Loved it.
Idido's Coffee and Social House is the perfect Bistro Café
If I could have invented a café utopia, Idido's Coffee and Social House is it.
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house
"Then the personal as the political can begin to illuminate all our choices."
I decided today to take as long a walk as possible
I decided today to take as long a walk as possible. Sadly, today isn't as marvelous and glorious a day as it was yesterday—though who knows, I haven't spend any time outdoors in days as I am in self-quarantine.
History of the Potomac Boat Club on the Potomac River in Washington, DC
After I received some historical information about my local rowing club, the historical Potomac Boat Club (PBC) I wanted to learn more about my club (I'm a Senior Member) and I found this on the site. Enjoy!
Framed history of the Potomac Boat Club dating from the Club's 60th birthday celebrations in 1929
I am a Senior Member of the Potomac boat club, founded in 1869, and am damned proud of it. I really don't know that much about the club, I am sorry to say. But now, thanks to fellow Senior Member Nicholas Woodfield, I discovered the following "framed history dating from the Club's 60th birthday celebrations in 1929." Enjoy! It's both informative and extremely interesting. Sort of a written time capsule and love letter. Enjoy!
2007 Google Apps Case Study: Abraham Harrison manages a successful virtual business using Google Apps Premier Edition
I was doing some searches on Google about Abraham Harrison, my first digital PR agency, and found this amazing old gem from 2007. AH was an earliest adopter of Google Apps and Google wrote a case study about the agency. I was living in Berlin at the time.
Roku Smart Soundbar Review
My last splurge before lung-fishing into the Coronavirus bog is this Roku Smart Soundbar
We at Gerris have returned to the drawing board
During the lull that's happened in the first weeks of the global Coronovirus shutdown, we at Gerris have returned to the drawing board to reconsider who and what we are as a team and an agency.
That time Lori Gottlieb quoted me in the Atlantic about how women are too picky
Back in my 30s, my Renaissance Weekend friend formally interviewed me for an article she was writing for The Atlantic. I felt feelings of both pride and humiliation.
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