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A step after a step after a step is power.
The Power of Walking This is an incredibly good essay, and points out how, when we make a decision to lead a healthier life, that this decision affects the world around us as well as ourselves. I’m not...
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Walk Of the Day for Sunday, 3/10/2013
Here’s my plan for today. Start by lunch at Tops in Canoga Park, a really good and healthy place. Then walk from there to Balboa Blvd, walk into Beilenson Park, do once around Lake Balboa, and end the...
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Pressing on…
OK, I made a personal record tonight for my fastest mile. 17:38, and this was walking, not jogging or running. Feels good. Wiped out, though. Going to turn in early.
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It’s been a while since I posted
Anyway, my battles with scale weight continue. My scale weight is going back up again, and it’s not like I’m binge eating or slacking off on my walking. The one thing that has changed is the fact that...
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Catching up here…
On Sunday, I did my longest walk yet. 11.85 miles. This is according to my GPS watch. If I was to go by the results on my Fitbit, this was a day when I walked the equivalent of a half-Marathon. This is...
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Big damn Ciclavia, sir!
15.8 miles. 5 hours. A route from La Placita Square in Downtown LA all the way to the ocean at Venice Beach. What could possibly go wrong? I wanted to go the whole distance, but it became clear that...
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Slowly but surely, progress is being made.
Yesterday I did an orientation class at a local Crossfit studio. I have 10 classes at Golden State Crossfit North in Sherman Oaks, which hopefully will bridge me up until the new gym in Panorama City,...
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Sending out an SOS…
Yesterday I attempted to do another long-distance walk (my goal was 13.1 miles, a half-Marathon) and had to cut the walk short, this time because of moderate but alarming leg pain. Today, waking up, my...
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Yes, here I am at Crossfit Fundamentals Class!
That’s me, on the left, towards the bottom left corner.
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So you think you’re too old?
Think again. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/14/elderly-man-breaks-weightlifting-record/2422467/
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Weight Training vs. Metabolic Syndrome
Good news: new research suggests that weight training may help stave off Metabolic Syndrome. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121023124404.htm
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Map My Walk sent me a report card…
WORKOUT SUMMARY for 01/01/2013 – 06/30/2013 83 workouts 4 routes 288.4 total dist. (miles) 235.1 hours 77,142 kCal burned Pretty cool, no? I basically feed information from Fitbit.Com to Map My Walk,...
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Back to Crossfit!
I am most definitely hurting today, but it’s a good hurt. My first WOD in a couple of months. No excuses, but a bit of explanation: my allergy-related coughing jags, plus this relatively new Plantar...
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Home WOD, 08142013
Home WOD at the Geeklair There’s no place like home To thoroughly bust your butt Yes, I got this, folks. Warmup: 20 alternating lunges 20 pushups 20 air squats 10 min jog in place WOD: Buy-in: 10...
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Home WOD: Planks and deadlifts and steps oh my!
I can do anything Just give me a minute, please Ali is right on target. Home WOD 11:15 to 12:00, Thursday August 29th Plank, held 1 minute Speed Skaters, AMRAP 4 rounds 0:30 on 0:30 off Deadlift 60#...
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“What you should fear is being old and weak.”
This, in a nutshell, is why I’ve gone whole-hog for weight training. I’m almost 50. I have observed my grandmothers and my great aunts as they aged and died. Most had osteoporosis to some extent or...
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Monster WOD…a little too much for me today.
I only got through one set before realizing that I was totally wiped out by this WOD. Will have to work up to this…deceptively difficult. “Ali” WOD Based on Ali Vincent’s motto, “I can do anything for...
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Exercise Discovery--Finding Your Fun
Reblogged from The Fat Chick Sings: Naturally a lot of people ask me what I do. And very often when I tell them, they say, "Oh I hate to exercise." And if they seem happy with the idea that they...
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Keeping my promise, sort of…
Last year at this time, I mentioned my intent to walk across the San Fernando Valley in honor of my late husband and to raise funds for the International Myeloma Foundation. Richie was given his...
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Ride across the San Fernando Valley, 12/26/2013
Ride across the San Fernando Valley, 12/26/2013, a set on Flickr. I actually did it! 18.6 miles! I feel really good, although I imagine I’m going to feel sore tomorrow. No problem…it’s a rest day.
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