Chris Abraham

My Knees, My Spin Bike, and a Morning Routine That Actually Works: Got cranky knees? Dust off your spin bike, ride 15–20 mins every morning super slow, ideally while watching something chill. Combine with intermittent fasting, hydration, and maybe your meds. It’s not exercise—it’s lubrication. Think “warm-up ritual” not “workout.” Your joints will thank you. So will Future You.
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On contradicting my Marine dad's sage health advice: My dad's advice was "if you don't need to run, walk; if you don't need to walk, stand; if you don't need to stand, sit; if you don't need to sit, lie down." I am embracing the diametrically opposite.
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Reviewing Total Fitness After 40: The 7 Life-Changing Foundations You Need for Strength, Health and Motivation in your 40s, 50s, 60s, and Beyond by Nick Swettenham: Nick Swettenham reached out to me to check out his book, Total Fitness After 40, and after dicking around with PDFs, MOBI, and ePUB, I grabbed it as a KindleUnlimited. So, I "bought" it myself. I wanted to have it registered with Goodreads and I wanted to be able grab quotes that I can share. I like reviewing books more by showing and sharing instead of telling.
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My Cardiologist's diet plan for me is a daily 18:6 intermittent fast: While it was a pretty casual, positive, interaction, my cardiology team at Virginia Hospital Center Cardiology Center, led by Dr. Matthew Lucks, has given me a path towards losing a ton of weight.
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Motion is Lotion; Moving is Lubing: There are those who believe that a life of athletics ruin knees and elbows and there are others who believe that keeping active through functional fitness is the path towards a lifetime of easy mobility: motion is lotion. I'll gladly add, cheekily, moving is lubing.
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My fitness rocket has officially successfully launched: Like SpaceX and Blue Origin, I always have a hard time even getting off the launchpad to say nothing of neither exploding nor imploding. This time, however, I think I am off the pad and past the riskiest parts of the launch.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Spartan Launched Dekafit: DEKAFIT is a true modern-day decathlon of fitness for participants of each and every fitness level. It's the very first environment that inspires continuous training and exercise. Putting an emphasis on training with a purpose, DEKAFIT gives you the ability to consistently set goals and challenge yourself.
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