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Yoga

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

OK, I admit it. I practice Yoga. If you asked me 10 years ago if I thought Yoga was a good workout, I probably would have laughed at you being a weight lifting, running and hockey playing kind of guy. No more. I first tried it out about a year ago [...]

Home Office Workout

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Over the past year, I have really come to enjoy working from home. One of the things that has helped me transition is the simple home office workout that I have developed.  First and foremost, I believe fitness needs to be integrated into your daily lives.  Going to the gym for 30 minutes [...]

Cycling, Sports and Drugs

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Here’s a thought on ending doping, etc. in sports, especially cycling and other “team” sports that feature individual performances:
If anyone on the team gets caught, the whole team is punished just the same as the individual.  Peer pressure is making the individuals do the drugs in the first place, peer pressure will make them stop.  [...]

Fighting the Decay

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

You Can Stop “Normal” Aging | PARADE Magazine is an interesting article on what defines aging versus “decaying”. Chances are if you look around on any given day at people at the mall or the gym or wherever, there is a good chance many of them are “decaying”. Simply put, they are [...]

The 20 Minute Run

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Was talking to a friend the other day who has started running and it made me think of when I first started running. I felt back then, and I still do now, that the key to getting into and enjoying running is to build up so that you can run for 20 minutes without [...]

More Running, Better Running

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

My does it feel good to run! As I reported earlier, I have been slowly building back up my running base after being off for a long time due to a couple of surgeries. I know it is going to be a long process to build back up to doing my 20-40 miles [...]

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