I don’t have to tell you exercise is important right? One of my favorite forms of exercise is pull ups. I love them because they require no weights, they are really quick even at advanced levels, and I’m rewarded for being thin. I’ve used a lot of training methods over the years, but with my [...]
As you may have heard, it’s Bike-to-Work Week, and May in general is National Bike Month. For some of you, it may be impossible to bike to work this week, so People for Bikes is also calling this week Bike-to-Anywhere Week. According to Tim Blumenthal, executive director of People for Bikes, nearly 50 percent of [...]
Streak running is a task in insanity. I first heard of the idea from the second part of pod cast from The Story called Running Together where a son and his mother run every single day for 2 years straight. I then looked into the idea and found the United States Streak Running Association where [...]
The Marine Daily 16 is a set of calisthenics exercises that Marines “lovingly” refer to as PT (emphasis on the P) which is short for physical training. I’m writing a series of posts about this training program in this series I’ll walk you through the Daily 16 describing each exercise sharing my personal preferences and [...]
I found an interesting site you should check out called 100 push ups. While I don’t often link to exercise websites, this one of fun and entertaining. I promise. The site contains information about push ups and a program to get anyone to 100 push ups. The main purpose of the site is to advertise [...]
Everyone knows vegan’s are 120 lbs due to the lack of protein, iron, and calcium in our diets. Recently a National Hockey League tough guy, George Laroque, has gone vegan to make a political statement against animal abuse. He serves as a wakeup call to many ignorant sports fans who equate eating meat with athletics. [...]
This morning Kristen found Tim VanOrden’s Running Raw on YouTube. Tim is an amazing runner who eats and promotes a raw food, vegan diet to athletes on his blog Running Raw. Tim is a persuasive speaker and his blog is marvelously entertaining and educational. Tim proves that an amazing athlete can thrive on a raw [...]
Kristen has recently become inspired to take up serious running. However, reading books about running and how to train for running is like reading propaganda for the meat and dairy industry. Professional runners obviously live in the same toxic food culture that we all do. Yet, reading about trainers and runners who eat protein powder, [...]
Those of you who have read my exercise story know that I enjoy exercise. To motivate you about exercise I am sharing with you some of the benefits regular excise. By focusing on the value of vigorous exercise it is easier to stay motivated and committed to a training regimen. The benefits of regular exercise: [...]
I have been a weightlifter on and off for the past five years and a runner for the past two. I am neither very talented, nor exceptionally motivated. I try to make it to the gym four days a week because of the wonderful benefits of exercise. Yet, as a graduate student and web developer, [...]