Officially starting my crosstraining program up this week. I will be loosely following the principles set forth in the book Runner’s World Run Less, Run Faster. The basic concept is to run 3 key runs a week along with 2-3 crosstraining sessions. My new bike trainer is going to get a lot of use. You [...]
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Today on DailyMile people shared their before running and after photos. So many people had incredible transformations. It was so motivational and inspiring. Some of them have lost over a 100 pounds and are now great runners. It really made me think of all the changes I’ve made in my life over the past two [...]
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A few months ago I wrote a post about buying a bike and 3 weeks ago I finally bought one. I chose this bike because it is versatile, light and fast but I can still ride it on the gravel trail close to our house. I’ve taken it out on a few 1 hour rides [...]
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Woke up this morning and weighed myself like I do everyday. I do this just to keep myself on track. Sometimes the daily fluctuations drive me crazy but it gives me a general idea of how what I eat and how active I am affect my weight. Over the past year losing weight has been [...]
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I’ve been doing very little strength training lately. No weights though, mostly just body weight things combined with the stability ball exercises which can really be a great workout. I was talking to one of the ladies at the gym (who really knows her stuff) and she told me I should be doing some weights [...]
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The gym I go to has two different kinds of indoor cycling classes. I did not realize that RPM was so different until I attended. RPM is a pre-choreographed cycling class based on outdoor riding. The instructors are given a program and must memorize and teach it exactly as written. At first the RPM [...]
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Some of you may not know it, but not to long ago I was pretty fat. I have lost fifty pounds since I started my “journey to fitness”. It didn’t happen quickly, I worked out, ate less and the pounds came off slowly. So far this has been the most successful weight loss I have [...]
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When I arrived at my gym today, I saw some ladies bringing spin bikes outside and I realized we would be spinning outdoors. This was a first for me, but not really surprising since somebody told me they sometimes do this. It was a very nice day out and the room we usually spin in [...]
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Over the weekend I purchased some cycling shoes for spin class. I put off buying them for a little while to make sure I was actually going to continue spinning, since they are not exactly cheap. I ended up going to REI. We have quite a few small bike shops here, but I did not [...]
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Since today was a no running day, I decided I would add in a spinning class to get the blood flowing in my legs and prevent them from stiffening up. For the past two weeks the normal spin instructor has been ill, so every time I have gone there has been a sub. Today the [...]
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