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Category: workout

  • My Workout Adjustments

    More Rest Days As follows every 1-2 week near-full vacation from working out, I feel better, healthier and stronger, and look better than ever while I torture myself. I am going to attempt to keep myself away from the gym and out of my running shoes for 2-3 days per week. More Warm Up and…

  • How to Train for 100 Consecutive Push Ups

    I started Phase 2 of this plan 45 days ago, doing sets of 20 push ups. Now, I can do sets of 44 push ups. I expect to be able to do 100 consecutive push ups in 45 more days. From 20 to 100 consecutive push ups in 90 days sounds good to me. Workouts…

  • Runner’s Advanced Workout for Knee Health

    Tonight was a knee-focused workout to strengthen my knees and supporting muscle groups. Keep the weights and repetitions low to start. Increase repetitions gradually from about 6 to about 12 then increase weight and drop the repetitions back down to 6, repeat. I’ve grouped some of the lifts into super sets to increase the cardio…

  • My first Bikram Yoga class!

    It’s 3:30pm and I’m crouched over my toilet contemplating relieving my stomach of it’s biscuits and gravy contents. I can’t decide whether a full stomach or throat sore from bile would be more unpleasant while contorting my body for 90 minutes in a crowded, 105 degree sauna. I kneel over the toilet with an “I’m…