How do you use a dumbbell? November 19, 2008
Posted by hardly Bar, Cycle, Dumbbell, Pullups, Row, Run
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Today was a bunch of rope climbs. Kinda fun… I think I made it up there 4 times, which is a bit of a record for me!
Warmup:
- 300M Row
- 10 Overhead Squats @ 65#
- 30 Push-presses @ 65#
Workout:
- 40 Split Jumps
- 40 Knee-ups w/20#
- 3X:
- Deadlifts (sorta… devolved into bodyweight squats due to sore back)
- Overhead Squats @ 65#
- 200 M Run
- Time: 12:34
- Kipping Practice
- 4x Rope Climb
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 11/19/2008
- Time: 09:46:01
Ooh, a great story about taco-ing July 8, 2008
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I’ve been away from the gym for the last several days, and I just had to share this post w/y’all.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I rode my bike. A lot. And, I knew a lot of words about bicycling that are not part of normal speech. Like this one: Taco. What I know about this term is that it usually occurs to the front wheel when the erstwhile rider does not perform as they should when they and their bicycle pull away from the Earth, and then attempt re-entry. Like they say, what goes up, must come down, and if you do this with a LOT of weight on the front wheel, there’s a good chance you’ll encounter a taco.
But, I’ve never heard of a taco happening like this!
Do The Test March 18, 2008
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http://www.dothetest.co.uk/
Bicycling February 24, 2008
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Once upon a time, before I decided to start my own business, I commuted to work by bike (and buss). I loved it, mostly. Every day after work when I threw my leg over, I was instantly transported back to 4th Grade, leaving school, and off to find some trails to ride. The only thing that would break me out of this mind set was drivers that were trying to kill me, or pedestrians that were doing goofy things. There’s a wild story about riding my bike home on 9/11, but we’ll save that for another time!
Now, I work out of my home office, and find little opportunity to bike. Or, so I had come to believe.
I was thinking about my drive to my M-W-F workouts, and have come to realize a number of things about it:
- It’s all of 2 miles to the gym.
- My marvy4-Runner doesn’t get warmed up by the time I get to the gym, which is bad for gas consumption and wear & tear on the engine.
- There is a lot of construction on our road, and too often we get stuck behind a sign-holder while we wait for various heavy-construction implements to get out of the way.
So, I’m thinking it’s time to ride to the gym and back. The one downside is that we live on a long, steep hill. So, even w/gears, it’s going to be a drag to fight against gravity some more at the end of a workout.
I’m going to take a look at the bike today and make sure things are adjusted, air in tires, etc., etc. so I can give this a shot on Monday. I’m a little worried about the cell-phone talking drivers, but I’m hoping that the very short distance that I’m actually on the road will reduce my risk substantially (mainly, I’d be taking trails to the gym).
