Take this bike to “Ludicrous Speed”!

Friday, May 15th, 2009 Posted in Cycling, exercise | 1 Comment »

I've been amused lately with the headlines on magazine covers... particularly fitness and bicycling magazines: "Lose that belly fast!" "Fat burning foods" "Ride your fastest Century this summer!" [caption id="attachment_936" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Where's the ... Read more..

More off the bike than on

Monday, May 11th, 2009 Posted in Cycling, exercise | No Comments »

Life is full these days, to the point that I've not gotten back on the bicycle since the May Day Metric, 8 days ago now. It is still the ... Read more..

Workout 4/13/2009

Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in exercise | No Comments »

Kettlebell workout tonight.  After my warm-up of forward lunges, side lunges, crab walks, bear crawls, overhead squats and spiderman stretches, I did: 4 sets: 1 arm kettlebell swings 10 right and left, ... Read more..

Back to boring…

Saturday, April 11th, 2009 Posted in exercise | 1 Comment »

I'm not sure if it was a factor of the change in my workout schedule (moving trainer-day from Satuday to Wednesday night), or just a matter of my old inertia ... Read more..

Both of you are wondering where I am

Thursday, April 9th, 2009 Posted in exercise, Kettlebells | 2 Comments »

If you've ever had a chance to listen to TBTL with Luke Burbank (weeknights on KIRO-FM 97.3), he refers to his listeners as "the tens" (as opposed to the "dozens", ... Read more..

Workout 4/4/2009

Saturday, April 4th, 2009 Posted in exercise, Kettlebells | No Comments »

Great workout today at Hocevar Performance Gym with my trainer Luka and training/cycling friend Lee: Warm-ups: Front/overhead lunges; side lunges; spiderman stretches; squats. 4 sets of: 6 Trap Bar deadlifts 10 Hindu pushups 10 barbell ... Read more..

My metabolism is comatose

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 Posted in exercise | No Comments »

or, "I've been stuck at 230 for a week, and I'm pissed." I have found it useful to track my input (food) vs. output (calories burned) in order to get a ... Read more..