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5 Practical Tips to Improve Your Health Long-Term: Everyone knows how important their health is. But, that doesn’t mean they all actually put the time and effort into it. There’ll be plenty of reasons for this, from not having enough time to not knowing what to do. You could be in that position, but you’ll still want to improve your health.
8: A Collaborative Hypernarrative Fiction: Collaborative Hyperfiction written between 02-SEP-97 and 31-AUG-1998
9Round is for everyone -- I need to remember that: I had been under the weather for upwards of two months with Sinusitis. Even before that, I had been suffering from some sciatica and lumbago back pain. As a result. I started to avoid 9Round.
A Qualitative Study of Treadmill Desk Use When Working from Home: I participated in a "treadmill desk" study and all I got was this thingamabob! Pretty cool, though.
An erging a day keeps the orthos away: The only thing that soothes my sore, stiff, and sometimes painful knees is at least ten minutes of easy rowing on my Model C Concept2 indoor rower—my erg.
Atlas Shape Fitness Tracker Review: The Atlas Shape, by Austin-based Atlas Wearables, is a legit fitness tracker, including steps, sleep, personal-training, training programs--but for me, it's only a half-solution to me.
Daily death march might need to be an every-other-daily death march: I could have walked all day yesterday, even in the heat and humidity; today, however, I am pretty spent. I guess I need to listen to my body.
Daily Practices for a Healthier, More Balanced Life: In a world where demands and distractions are constant, maintaining well-being can feel overwhelming. Yet, by integrating thoughtful practices into your daily life, you can cultivate a sense of balance and fulfillment.
End of week report: overeating, missing spin, returning to 19:5 diet: The biggest news this week is that I am going to rededicate myself to restricting my diet by both tracking calories on MyFitnessPal and by following a strict 19:5 IF diet—intermittent fasting!
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.
Failed but won't fall: The pledge I made in my last post lasted only a couple hours until I both drank and ate chicken! Oy vey!
FitBit Surge gypped me on steps so I added a Zip: I do most of all of my daily steps on my LifeSpan Treadmill Desk DT-5. Since I am working on this desk all day, I am oftentimes leaning over a little, putting pressure on the built-in arms pads with my arms, and typing, typing, typing, isolating my movements so that I can focus on writing emails, contracts, proposals and hours client service work.
Getting Psyched for Concept2's Holiday Challenge: Starting tomorrow, I'll endeavor to row 200,000 meters on my Concept2 between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. It's called the 2015 Concept2 Holiday Challenge.
Got the OK to Spin, Row, and Run!: I had to beg and I had to plead but I got the OK to run, to Spin, and to get back on the Erg. This Fat Erger will pull a Fat Ergo again!
HIIT: 3 minutes of anything is hard: Historically, I have been Mr. Steady State Cardio.
I finally got my feet into a pair of Atreyu running shoes: Ever since I first heard of Atreyu, from Kofuzi or Seth James DeMoor, I have been trying to get a pair on my size-13 medium feet. Until last week, no luck. They were always sold out. Now, I not only have a pair of Standard Issue Colorway #2 but I will get a replacement pair every two months until I ask them to pause or stop their unique $55/pair subscription service. Brilliant!
I have worked remotely since 1996: I have worked remotely since 1996, first because I was backpacking around the world as a photographer but, later, as I transitioned from photography to technology as an open-source developer, later called LAMP, and now called Full-Stack.
I just walked across the African Continent: So, I had been really slowing down on steps in my constant war towards defeating sedentarism towards my 10,000 steps-per-day but I blame my FitBit Surge.
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.
I'm swinging a kettlebell for 90-seconds every 60-minutes: I mentioned that I had become obsessed with Don Fitch's deceptively easy Get Fit, Get Fierce with Kettlebell Swings ebook back in October of last year, right after I realized that swinging a kettlebell for 90-seconds every 60-minutes can very well be punishing if you go from cold to hot without ever warming up and cooling down.
I've been doing the Cliff Young Ultra Shuffle: I just discovered Cliffy Young via Amazon Video today. At 61, he ran 500 miles from Sydney to Melbourne, Australia.
I've replaced treadmill walking with daily humping schlepping rucking with all my weight and all my gear: People poo-poo walking as exercise, teasing all of us with our pedometers and Fitbits and our obsession with steps. New Yorkers, San Franciscans, and the French, mostly keep themselves fit for life by walking outside and negotiating hills and stairs on a daily basis. And they're skinny.
In praise of social media mediocrity: Social media rewards consistency, persistence, and attention, even if it isn't super-service or if you take a full 24-hours to respond to a query or concern.
Initial impressions of the TomTom Adventurer Outdoor GPS Watch: It’s simple, it’s a fitness watch first and a GPS adventure watch second, at least that’s how I am using it for now.
JLRacing ErgTrou are the ultimate trou: At first, I thought that the polypro unisex ErgTrou by JLRacing was a gimmick. All I could see that was any different at first blush was that gimmicky alternative logo of a stick figure little unisex person on a Concept2 indoor rower and a slit pocket at the small of the back in which you can stow your smartphone or MP3 player while you're doing all the meters on your erg.
Longevity Through Slow Movement: A Sustainable Path to Health and Fitness: At 54, my focus has shifted from pursuing intense fitness milestones to cultivating a balanced, sustainable routine that supports long-term health.
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.
My favorite indoor rowing trou shorts just arrived from Concept2: UPDATE: I have indeed blown through a pair of these cotton rowing trou, just as I had feared. They blew out when I was sitting down for an indoor row.
My first impressions of the new Mizuno Wave Sonic slow jogging shoes: OK, the new Mizuno Wave Sonic running shoes are made as racing flats and not as slow jogging shoes. But as slow jogging shoes I intend to use them. And also as erging shoes and as kettlebell swinging shoes and even as gym shoes and for 9Round kick boxing.
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.
My giant wallet could be giving me sciatica!: Not long after I started this blog I pinched my sciatic nerve and then wrote Fighting sciatica and fascial adhesion with a massage stick.
My new year's resolutions: Happy new year everyone! It’s 2018 and I am actually putting together a list of my own personal new year’s resolutions: slow jog, slow row, kick box, bell-swing, push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and, finally, some weight-training.
My pad's a weight room: A plumber came by my pad to fix my tub and he told me that I live in a prison weight room. Okay, he didn't say "prison" but it was all in the tone. It's true.
My personal keto diet mistake: overeating my calorie deficit: Rule One of the Ketogenic Diet: if you want to lose weight: absolutely only eat when actually hungry (don't let thirst fool you). I've been messing this one up every day so far (I started keto 16-days ago).
No 2nd chance to make a 1st impression: Lynch of CrossFit South Arlington had me at hello. If you want to reel in a new member of your CrossFit gym, it really does come down to harnessing your inner Conor Lynch.
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.
Out of the frying pan onto water: Remember when I was running 5ks? It seems like only yesterday I was literally kicking ass and taking names at 9Round Penrose and doing Pacers-sponsored 5k races. Well, that took a break.
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!
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.
Roger Wolfson on Fitness and Moderation: I was in my 20s when I met Roger Wolfson. He has always had a vision for his life even when he was in his young 30s. He's always nourished his mind, body, and spirit, and has never gained an ounce of fat (only muscle) while keeping a positive attitude even while the planet is burning around us. Think globally but act locally personified.
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
RowVigor drives me harder than I can myself: I own a Concept2 Model C indoor rower and I love it . . . though I only seem to be using it during official Concept2 Online Challenges.
Sedentary lifestyle injuries are infinitely worse than sports injuries: I remember the days when I was so fit that a sports injury was always looming but it was only temporary. My fitness and wellness aided and accelerated my recovery every time--even if it took just a little help from a doc or surgeon.
Shop healthy, cook healthy, eat healthy, be healthy: I lost my way back in October and gained a lot of weight instead of losing it. I may well be above 300 pounds, which I plan to check this evening (I just ate lunch).
Slow jogging, slow rowing, and the slow walking of the treadmill desk owner: I think I have a mantra: slowness. I've always been strong and slow. Even my stroke when I am slow rowing is always slow.
Slow steady extended exercise is actually a type of breathing therapy: I have always been a terrible breather. I am a breath holder. I blame growing up in Hawaii and spending all my extra time freediving. That said, I have been thinking about oxygenation since the age of Coronavirus and since I started using a home ventilator, called a CPAP, and I think slow, steady, aerobic, exercise is another form of therapeutic breathing.
Some great books for slow jogging, slow running, and heart rate aerobic training: While it all started with my discovery of Slow Jogging by Hiroaki Tanaka, it's expanded to Slow Running by Chris Bore and The Maffetone Method by Dr. Philip Maffetone. And, of course, there is also the incredibly-useful book, Row Daily, Breathe Deeper, Live Better, by Dustin Ordway, which also suggests consistent, persistent, daily exercise with a twist: there's no such thing as too slow as long as you do it every day.
Spinning every weekday: How in the world can just 45-minutes of pedaling a stationary bike take my body to its physical limits?
Takinging it slow with my Concept2 SkiErg: When I bought a Concept2 SkiErg, I thought I would spend so much time using it. But the SkiErg is extremely unique.
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.
The best treadmills for runners, joggers, and walkers at home: I just received an email from Mei telling me about an article that she wrote for Reviews.com about the best treadmills after reading my article on this site, Hiit: 3 Minutes Of Anything Is Hard.
The biggest health mistake I ever make in a day is not rowing: I used to be a daily rower. Once, on the water, on the Potomac; then, on my Model C Concept2 Indoor Rower AKA the erg. My business partner, Dan Krueger, asked me if I had been rowing. I admitted that I had not. He re-lit my rowing pilot light. God bless that guy! I am back in the sliding saddle again! I have gotten out of the habit and have started up again today, no matter what else I have on the docket. Even if I walk, run, ruck, swing, ride, or spin, I need to get that slow 5,000 meters in every single day.
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.
Three-hundred-and-twelve-pounds! When did that happen?: As I have begun to share over in shop healthy, cook healthy, eat healthy, be healthy, I really let myself go.
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.
Walking really is the absolutely perfect adaptive exercise for us heavy people!: Everyone wants to think that running or jogging or even a spin bike or the elliptical is the way to get back in shape after waking up one day and realizing you're 350 pounds—or more.
Why I prefer the Hoka One One Bondi 3: I did a lot of research before I bought my first pair of Hokas and I bought them from Pacers Running's Alexandria location for around $140.
Working against laziness and business every single day to fight my natural quarantine sedentarism: I have been working so hard to fight malaise in Winter plus Quarantine plus Coronavirus so it is important for me to be as active as possible.

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