Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Wow! We’re into the second week of the one hundred pushup challenge. I can’t believe I’m committed to this, but I am! For those who are moving onto the second week, here’s today’s routine:

Remember to rest at least 60 [...]

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This morning, I hit another magical 10 pound increment. Since November 1, I’ve managed to drop 30 pounds. That’s 31 weeks and 30 pounds for those of you counting. And even though I complain a lot, I really couldn’t be much happier. I’m fitter, lighter, and healthier than I was 8 [...]

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Today is day three of the Get Fit Slowly one hundred pushup challenge. It may be a tough one for me. If I do have trouble, I’ll repeat the week before moving on.
Wednesday’s session was a little difficult for me in part because I did my upper-body lifting on Tuesday. I’m going to be smarter [...]

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I don’t know why I’ve been thinking about kids and fitness so much lately. Maybe it’s because I spend the majority of my time either parenting, exercising, eating, or trying to find ways to get out of this darn writing funk that I’ve been in for so long.
Some may read this post and think [...]

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It’s no secret that Americans are fat. We like to eat and we live in a society where large amounts of food are readily available. During the 20th Century, the average weight of the college age male rose from 133 pounds to 166 pounds. When I graduated from college in 1996, I [...]

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It’s the second day of the Get Fit Slowly one hundred pushup challenge. I suspect that today’s session will be even more challenging for me than Monday’s. For one thing, I’m sore, not just from the first day of pushups, but also from my subsequent upper-body weight lifting session. But I’m going to do my [...]

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Today I finally went to see the doctor. It’s been three weeks since I injured myself during my first-ever 10k run. Last Monday, after waiting in vain for the pain to go away completely, I gave up my Roth stubbornness and made an appointment with a sports doctor at a nearby clinic. Over the past [...]

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I was shocked by how many of you were interested in joining me for the one hundred pushup challenge. Because so many of us have the same goal, I’m going to post a a short reminder every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I know that some of you have already started the program, and that others [...]

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It seems that all the time spent running in May had some deleterious effects on my muscle strength. Early in May, I set a mileage goal and a weight training goal; I was only able to complete the mileage however. In fact, I think I only lifted 3 or 4 times in [...]

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I’ve always had a strange body. When I was in high school, I could lift tremendous weights with my lower body, but could barely bench press the bar. As I’ve grown older, my lower body strength has declined somewhat, but it’s always remained greater than it ought to be. Meanwhile, I was still barely able [...]

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