Last Friday through Sunday is what we would call a DIET FAIL. I was upset on Friday (I'll spare you the details) and I used it as an excuse to being... Read more
As promised I weighed myself today. Drum roll..........135 pounds. I am up 10 pounds since December; however, I am 94 days smoke free so I attribute... Read more
Two day ago I wrote about my desire to return to a healthy lifestyle. I wasn't quite sure my plan of attack. I think I've finally figures out that I... Read more
It has probably been about 2 years since I let my healthy habits fade away. As you can see from my blog entries (all 3 of them including this one) ab... Read more
I haven't done measurements but my weight is down to 105.4lbs. I'll follow-up with measurements next week and see how things are progressing.
I h... Read more
So trying to put everything into perspective and reach some and put some goals into place. Main focus for the next 10 days will be losing some inches.... Read more
So accountability has always been key for me, and as of late I feel as if I am going through the motions. Main reason is because I am not being accoun... Read more
The year 2013 has not been off to a good start. I have had some persistent pain in my left knee. While KBs don't seem to make things worse, they do s... Read more
Give me 33 weeks of intense training and I'll give you a one-handed pull-up. Maybe. Maybe it will take a year. Regardless, I have a plan. A seriou... Read more
Goodbye to 2012! The year saw 15,078 swings, 6078 snatches, and 249 Turkish get-ups completed in 39.1 hours. I had some goods and some bads in my ke... Read more
For the past two days, I have had some pain in my right trapezius that runs from my neck to my deltoid. If I was 20 years younger, I would rub it up... Read more
Some progress, some regress this month.
Pull-ups. Level 7, uneven close pull-ups. 1 set of 5 and 1 set of 3.
Leg raises. Level 9, partial stra... Read more
November was another good month. I put up 1564 swings, 1448 snatches, and 40 get-ups in 4.75 hours. I logged an hour more than I did in October, and... Read more
I haven't snatched for the past week. Today seemed pretty hard--about 10 minutes into it I was dragging. I finished a half hour ago and still feel p... Read more
So far, so good. Today's workout comes on the heels of kettlebell complexes on Tuesday and Thursday, each of which featured 8 x 10 snatches.
T... Read more
I love taking back-steps!
My workout schedule today called for shaving 3 minutes off my cardio conditioning workout. Last week 25 minutes, this... Read more
Today I worked out by not working out.
Really, I've done nothing all day. I have been laying in bed, reading. I am enjoying some black beans... Read more
I hit a milestone--300.
There is nothing inherently special about 300. It is a nice round number--it ends with a few zeroes. When I first start... Read more
I was shooting for > 2000 swings and > 600 snatches in September. I was quite pleased with my results: 3260 swings, 1040 snatches, and 11 get-u... Read more
More progress this month.
Pull-ups. Level 7, close pull-ups. 5 sets of 1 (without counterweight!)
Leg raises. Level 9, partial straight leg r... Read more
There was no week 11 cardio conditioning. I was in Philadelphia and Superstorm Sandy took out my flight. After some scrambling, I secured a rental c... Read more
There was no week 9 cardio conditioning. My cardio conditioning day is Sunday, and Saturday I had 4 hours of sleep, followed by 24 hours of awake tra... Read more
My progress has slowed down quite a bit, despite staying with the program consistently.
Pull-ups. Level 7, close pull-ups. 1 set 5 (with -40 coun... Read more
I have been practicing good form and building up my work capacity with kettlebells, and feel ready to move to doing complexes. You know, one exercise... Read more
I dropped my snatches (12 kg) down to 17 minutes for this week for 204 reps. It was a nice break after last week's 240 reps, and I can definitely fee... Read more
This morning I did 13 minutes of swings, working on a routine I call Job's Wall. I set my timer, and start off with a few sets of 1 part work, 3 part... Read more
I was dreading this workout. I felt like last week's 18 minute workout was close to my limit, so I was sure I would hit the wall this week. Moreover... Read more
I just returned from a session of heavy deadlifting. I can't think of a better whole-body strength training exercise, so I only do it once a week and... Read more
I spent some time hanging out at the gym today. Literally.
I am currently trying to progress to one-handed pull-ups. From where I am today, the... Read more
I graduated from my 35 lb plate last week. This week I strapped on the 45 lb plate and went to work, right at step 1 of my pull-up progression progra... Read more
Last week I snatched the 15:15 protocol for 16 minutes. This week, it was 18 minutes, 216 snatches. And they were good again--I was consistently able... Read more
In general I have been rocking the pull-ups. I can do pull-ups for high reps, and I am making solid progress with weighted pull-ups. But I have just... Read more
Last week I snatched the 15:15 protocol for 14 minutes. This week, it was 16 minutes, 192 snatches. And they were good--no bruises on my forearms, n... Read more
Last week I snatched the 15:15 protocol for 12 minutes. This week, it was 14 minutes, 168 snatches.
I don't know why this keeps surprising me,... Read more
It has been a wacky month with my convict conditioning program.
I am progressing on some fronts:
Pull-ups. Level 6, close pull-ups. 2 sets... Read more
August was a good month. It is the first month I have been able to put up some pre-surgery (March 2012) numbers.
I logged 4.25 hours of kettlebe... Read more
Over the past three weeks, I have been making excellent progress with my pull-up progressions following the add-a-rep program (blogged about in August... Read more
I am continuing with my progress of 12 kg kettlebell snatches once per week.
Last week I snatched the 15:15 protocol for 10 minutes. The workout... Read more
The thing with snatches--it is easy to overdo it. The lift is technical and exacting, and the shoulders can easily get beaten up with too many snatch... Read more
This morning I have crossed the rubicon. The two-handed swing sits at the center of my kettlebell universe. I have been content to set a timer and s... Read more
If people only ate when they felt true hunger, few of us would struggle with our weight. So why (and where) are we eating so much, and what can we do about it? Start here.
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