Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It’s day eight of the Get Fit Slowly one hundred pushup challenge. Word has it that week three day one was hard, but it sounds like many of you were able to struggle through it. Here’s the schedule for [...]

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The pushups just keep on coming. Many of you are starting the third week of the one hundred pushup challenge. Others (like me) will be doing the second week. (If you’re starting or repeating the first week, go here.)
Here’s the schedule for those of you in the third week. Remember to pick the column based [...]

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Pushups and running, running and pushups. Sometimes I feel like that’s all we’re writing about here lately. Fear not! We have no intention of letting the site become so mono-thematic (or duo-thematic, as the case may be). There’s lots of good stuff coming up that has nothing whatsoever to do with running or pushups.
But right [...]

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One month ago today, I ran my first 10k. That run was a mess and I injured myself. I’ve slowly been recovering. I’ve been biking. I’ve been stretching. I saw a doctor. Today I had my first-ever massage (with an emphasis on the IT band) — not frugal, but wow! And this afternoon, exactly one [...]

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Are you ready for the fifth day of the Get Fit Slowly one hundred pushup challenge? Monday went well for me — I maxed out at ten pushups in the last set despite resting only 30 seconds between sets (because I can’t follow directions). I have high hopes that today’s results will be just as [...]

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I took Pam’s new Garmin forerunner out for its first test run today. It was a tough run–5.1 miles on hilly terrain around my house–and I was longing for the Lazy River course about 10 minutes into it! When I came home, I told Pam that I thought I was destined to be [...]

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For the past month, I’ve been unable to run. An injury to my IT band has made even walking painful sometimes. But after a visit to a sports injury doctor last week, I was cleared to return to marathon training on Saturday. Naturally I was very excited.
I’ve been biking moderate distances (12 to 20 miles) [...]

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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 seconds between each set. It’s fine to rest longer if needed.
I’m not actually moving on to [...]

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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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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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