Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It is Sunday. I am exhausted. But I don’t mind. Yesterday I exercised more than I ever have before in my life.
In 1997 and 1998, I would make long bike rides, but never longer than fifty miles. These rides […]

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Last week, we were out of town again. Just like with Hawaii, being out of my home element was difficult on the fitness and diet fronts. On Thursday after preschool, we jumped in the van and headed south to Pam’s parents house in Lincoln, CA.
I had a very active week: I played […]

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Driving home from this morning’s workout, I craved cereal. Sugared cereal.
I don’t keep sugared cereal in the house. That’s dangerous. In fact, the only thing we have that’s close is Trader Joe’s “blueberry morning” instant oatmeal. Blueberry morning instant oatmeal is a poor substitute for Lucky Charms. So although I knew I shouldn’t, I […]

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Yesterday was lower-body day at the gym. I did leg extensions, leg presses, leg curls, seated knee raises, and more. The workout felt good. I had taken the day off from my last lower-body workout because I felt like I was overworking my legs, so it was nice to do some more exercise.
When I got […]

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Greenman2001 sent me e-mail the other day:
We haven’t heard much about your workouts in the blog lately, and I’m curious how they’re going.
I haven’t written much about my workouts recently because I’m trying to “mix it up”. I think a blog full of workout reports would be boring, so I also write about pouring salt […]

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At her personal site, Mac’s wife — Coach Pam — has the story of her recent 20-mile race. She’s a life-long runner. Reading her story gives me insight into the mind of a veteran. I particularly like her approach to the end of the race, where she keeps telling herself she can walk in a […]

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I received this email from J.D. yesterday morning:
Yikes. I just got up. It’s my swimming day, but I do *not* feel like going. Is it wrong to skip a workout? I’m not sick — just lazy. I could always go for a run in the afternoon…
–j.d.

My first thought after reading this it was: “Why […]

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Just to be clear, not everything in my current fitness regimen is peaches and cream. My exercise program has been going very well indeed, but like Mac, I’m beginning to have food issues. Maybe that’s stating it too strongly. What I should say is that last weekend was difficult for me.
Most of the time, […]

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It was “lower body day” at the gym this morning. Methodically, I worked my way through the major muscle groups:

Quad: Leg extensions (from 12×50 to 6×80, with a peak at 12×70) and leg press (12×180)
Hamstrings: Lying leg curls (from 12×40 to 6×80, with a peak at 12×50) and straight-leg deadlifts (12×25)
Calves: Seated calf raises (from […]

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Kris and I recently spent a long weekend in San Francisco. I was worried about how I’d handle my fitness regimen while away from home. Turns out I had mixed success.
On the down side, I didn’t get any regular exercise in at all. I didn’t have time. My three days were scheduled from start to […]

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