December 2011
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No exercise today... too busy. Travel allllll day...
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luct0r-et-emerg0 asked: What is the six week six pack? I can't afford to buy it. Could you tell us what the levels consist of?
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Just finished level 1 of the 6 Week Six-Pack. I thought I’d tried it before, but apparently not. Pretty good routine - got my heart rate up a lot. All the plank work in a row really ends up hurting my wrists though. I really, really suck at side planks.
Other than that… finishing up work before I head out of town. Deciding what to say “fuck it” to and what needs to get...
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Soooo… I have a 3 day work week this week, and I managed to do NOTHING today. NOTHING, I tell you.
Not a good idea.
I’m not sure if it’s self-sabotage, testing my limits (what limits?), burnout or something else, but it’s dumb. Work is most enjoyable when you can be in the infamous flow state, and procrastinating all but virtually eliminates the possibility...
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Farewell To "Paleo"
Interesting. Funny enough, I found this link just via Mark’s Daily Apple in the “Sites Mark Visits” section.
I have experimented with eating a so-called “paleo” diet for at least 14 years. Although I had confidence enough in the concept to invest in self-publishing a book on putting it into practice, over this time I have endured increasing cognitive dissonance because the...
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Oh, hello.
I might do more later, but so far I’ve done:
On the Ball Pilates Workout for Beginners (quite easy though my ball is huge so I wonder if that propped me up more than it should; the instructor was kind of annoying though she cued well)
Fat Free Yoga (Kundalini yoga with Ana Brett & Ravi Singh - they are weird, but all the breath work is interesting and the routines...
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Decided to take today as basically a rest day since apparently I did not get enough sleep and am exhausted, though we did walk over 8 miles doing errands today. Chafed my thighs wearing unlined wool pants. Owwie.
Back on the horse tomorrow.
Looking at:
benchpressabear’s Stability Ball Routine (since I found the plug to my stability ball and blew that sucker up with my mouth since part of...
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The Spartan Warrior: Stop Talking About Bodyfat →
“What’s your body fat dude?”
“What’s my body fat at?”
“So what bodyfat should I get to?”
This has got to go!!
Be it if you are trying to compete in a bodybuilding show, gain the notoriety from the opposite sex, or just look good for your upcoming vacation. Nobody is going to look at you, point and say “WOW! Check out his 5.62934% bodyfat!” Truth is you are either in shape or not, and aiming...
Goddamnit. I just read my blog name as "Fitter...
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I remembered the other thing I was going to say… Other than my obliques being a little tender the past few days I haven’t been sore in a while. Like at all. I thought that I was going to have trouble sitting down after the Pop Pilates routine I did yesterday, but nope, I’m just fine.
I don’t know if:
a) I’m not pushing myself hard enough (I do have to remind myself...
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Went a little crazy tonight:
POP Pilates: Inner Thigh Insanity
POP Pilates: Saddlebag Shaver (dance thing at the beginning was very Tracy Anderson)
Get Ripped with Jori Love (Canada’s answer to Denise Richards - the music is god awful (seriously, I really wish these producers would make an instruction only version - instead they have music only versions??) but the workout was OK. Very...
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From what I can tell, 99% of ("healthy") UGWs are...
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I do not understand all these “I’m working on getting to 100 lbs - the healthy way!” blogs. Dude, if you are not under 5’ tall, you should not be 100 pounds. You are lying to yourself and just because you eat something does not mean you are not being unhealthy.
Actually, reminds me - after my best friend from Junior High and I drifted apart, she started working out...
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Apparently today was the day to do a bunch of videos with stupid names (though so many workouts do - they’re all “totally ripped beach six pack buns bod blah blah blah”):
Corset Workout for a Slim Waist (went by fast!)
Beyonce Bootylicious Bum Butt Badonkadonk Bonanza (dear god, the name, but ow my fucking thighs/ass)
Beach Bod Yoga for Balance (my balance sucks)
I also tried...
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Got much more sleep last night, but I think I’m still hungover from the last couple days of not nearly enough sleep. At least today I have my balance back - yesterday was ridiculous.
I ended up only doing the Tara Stiles series I posted in the morning yesterday plus about a 2 mile round trip walk to get milk. I thought about doing something else, but honestly I was completely off balance...
It’s a Wednesday that feels like a Friday that feels like a Thursday. I’m not sure how to feel about this.
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Reasons you feel terrible →
paleoinmalaysia:
1. You’re trying to do too much.
You’re an animal. Your body and mind are designed to run, walk, swim, design simple tools and talk to people. Imagine how little time you would have spent thinking if you were living 10,000 years ago. How many words you would think each day. Now contrast that to the thousands of words you think, read, watch and hear each day. If you can’t do...
Strength Holds
healthyisclassy:
To be done for 1 minute or 30 seconds
Hollow hold arms up
Hollow hold arms down
Mermaid arms in front
Mermaid arms behind
Side hollow hold L & R sides
Side elbow hold L & R sides
Side arm hold arms straight L & R sides
Side arm hold 1 arm straight 1 arm bent L & R sides
Front support
Rear support
Front elbow support Rear...
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Tried to do Tara Stiles’ Strength Building series - kind of tough! I did manage to do the “less scary” wall handstand, which was pretty cool - not something I’d tried before. I was definitely not able to do the non-wall or backflip wall ones - partially because I don’t have a ton of open wall space but also I don’t really have the control. Other than that, went...
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My abs are actually sore from pilates yesterday (damn you Cassey!) and today has been rough at work to say the least, so I decided to just do a bunch of Tara Stiles videos instead of something major on less than 5 hours sleep.
Breakdown:
Chill Out: Upper Back and Shoulder Tension
Chill Out: Hips, Hammies, and Low Back
Chill Out: Very Boring but Useful Meditation (which was actually pretty cool...
