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Noraly Schoenmaker returns in season 3 of Itchy Boots on YouTube
Noraly AKA Itchy Boots is my favorite person on planet earth and she's back for season three of her video travelogue today!
Kofuzi AKA Michael Ko made me proud to be a non elite runner
Michael Ko, AKA Kofuzi, is the coolest kid. He's a self-descrived non-elite YouTube running and running shoe review blogger. And he's super-cool. He makes anything look cool: running, being a dad, living in Chicago, and even running through cornfields when he's hanging out with his inlaws.
I've joined the cult of British non elite runner and shoe-reviewer Edd Bud
I discovered Edd Bud, the Beast, his torpedo feet and slight frame via Kofuzi; though, Ed Budd stands alone, from his charming kindness to his cheeky bugger to his Musical Interludes. Yes, he also runs and reviews running shoes.
My favorite running vlogger is Seth James DeMoor
Every day, Seth James DeMoor publishes his daily vlog on YouTube at 7AM my time and every day I am there to watch it at 7:02 AM.
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.
Website Load Time Statistics: Why Speed Matters in 2020
Using the latest research and statistics, the guide delves into the factors that affect website speed, the difference between mobile and desktop browsing & buying, how web speed impacts online business purchasing & optimisation, as well as what is required to improve it featuring digital expert contributors.
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.
The Ultimate Guide To Coping If Pandemic Redundancy Looms
The pandemic of 2019/2020 will go down as a historic moment that will define our generation. Covid-19 hasn’t just brought health issues with it, but it has also made the world venture into an uncertain economic time like never before. The world has shifted immeasurably. Just six short months ago, you would have been looking forward to the dawn of a new year with optimism and lots of plans. Now, you are more concerned about keeping your job, paying the mortgage, and having savings in the bank.
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.
Security Matters
The past few years have proven to be a sensational and enlightening as far as breaches of data on a massive scale involving huge companies are concerned. For that reason, we're going to say right from the outset that in today's smartphone-centric world it's always wise to be especially conscious of your online security.
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
5 Important Life Lessons For Retail Investors From A Professional Cryptocurrency Investor
The life’s purpose of someone who is investing in crypto should be to minimize the risks at all costs. Like any other aspect of life, you cannot eliminate the risks
Data Privacy and Security in The Financial Industry: What You Need to Know
While experts peg the number of losses from data breaches to cross the $1 Trillion mark in 2020, there is not a lot, which they are doing. Blockchain technology can be a fast, effective, concrete, and affordable solution to the problem. Data privacy is going to be the number one priority for companies, governments, and consumers in the following years to come.
Top 5 Reasons Why Investing In Real Estate Is Not A Good Idea Anymore
Real Estate has historically been a great area of investment. However, in recent times, there are other far safer and more promising areas of investments, which one should look at. Investing in precious metals or cryptocurrencies like Bitcoins is something most economic experts are suggesting.
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.
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