New Gym, Old Mistakes
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My little independent gym closed two months ago. I had been a gym member for 9 of its 13 years. It wasn't fancy, but it was convenient. I could walk across the street and be there. And it rarely got...
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Are Martial Arts the new CrossFit?
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If we dive back into the archives of this site, you will see that I am a long-time skeptic and critic of CrossFit. - Help Me Understand CrossFit - Responding to a CrossFit Enthusiast - CrossFit...
Read more →Low Intensity, Low Volume Strength Training
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I mentioned in an earlier post that I got a hernia in July. Between that time and my surgery on September 20th, I didn't feel comfortable exercising. Not pain. Just discomfort. Some men are easily...
Read more →I Got a Hernia
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About 3 weeks ago, I felt off, but I didn't know why. I suspected I may have gotten a hernia, but I had no knowledge of the topic, so I did some online research and visual inspection. I decided I...
Read more →My Fitness Results 2022
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In March, I posted My 2022 Fitness Plan. How well did I stick to the plan? Mostly pretty well, but I had an injury that slowed my progress. I did return to the gym and most weeks I went 3 times,...
Read more →Approaching Weight Lifting Like An Investor
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Back in 2013, I posted Approaching Nutrition From An Investor’s Mindset. It was a very popular post where I framed some of the nutritional debates as an investor would. We can also use an investing...
Read more →Understanding My Bias Against Cardio
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One of my favorite podcasts is Masters In Business from Bloomberg by Barry Ritholtz. The show is a collection of interviews with some of the brightest and most successful people in finance. (side...
Read more →An Update on My Knee Pain - Plus Tips You Can Use
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My last update related to my knee pain was in January. For months, I have had nothing new to share. I was making no progress with physical therapy. Then I found a video that provided a clue, which...
Read more →My Bizarre Injury - 4 Months Later
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In November, I posted on My Bizarre Injury. The short version: - During some light stretching in September, I strained my hamstring. - Then a month or so later, I began feeling knee pain in both...
Read more →The 3 Types of Fitness Conversations
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The other day, I was thinking about the endless number of fitness articles and conversations that I've been exposed to over the last 20+ years. I believe that they all can fall into just 3...
Read more →Nutrition for Injuries
Thanks to a tip from Pauline, I read the latest book by Lyle McDonald titled Optimal Nutrition for Injury Recovery. !Optimal Nutrition for Injury Optimal Nutrition for Injury Recovery This was an...
Read more →My Bizarre Injury
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Early in the morning of September 19th, I was doing some light stretching. For a few months, I had been doing light yoga maybe 3-5 times a week. I would go to YouTube and look for videos related to...
Read more →Left Knee Update
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On my list of topics to revisit, I included a left knee update. This story took a lot longer than I expected. I think it is boring, but maybe someone can learn something from my experience. Here...
Read more →Use Ghost Reps To Reduce Injury Rate
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Today in the gym I watched a lady doing "squats". I use quotes because her form was atrocious. It wasn't really a squat, but more like a good morning where the knees give out at the last minute. Her...
Read more →SilverSneakers - Young Trainers Teaching Old Timers Bad Lifting Form
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The gym I go to has a lot of older adults because they participate in the SilverSneakers program. The program connects those over 65 years old to a gym and it works with their health insurance. It is...
Read more →Returning to Glitter...Already!
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It has only been one month since I stopped going to the gym, but I signed back up today. In the post Stepping Away From the Glitter...Again! I ranted about how hot my glitter gym was and how I...
Read more →My Left Knee is Bumming Me Out
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My left knee hasn't been 100% since spring. I don't know what happened to make it sore, but it has been bumming me out for months now. It gets better and then it gets worse. Just when I think it is...
Read more →I No Longer Give a Squat About The Squat
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Last year I said my goodbyes to the classic weight lifting exercise the bench press in the post My Bench Press Sucks and I Don’t Care. In that post, I listed 5 reasons why I no longer do the bench...
Read more →Standing Desk - Ghetto Edition
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I haven't been motivated by the recent health scare stories that equate sitting at a desk as a health risk equal to smoking. I've worked in offices. I know the variations in people. I'm a wiggly...
Read more →Fat Loss and the Case For Less Exercise
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This is the third part of my series about exercise and fat loss. Part one was the post Walking Didn't Lean Me Out, where I showed how all my fat loss was a result of diet and how exercise played no...
Read more →Getting Hit By a Car
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On Saturday evening I was walking across a street in Capitol Hill inside the pedestrian walkway. A large white SUV came up from the side street towards me. It appeared the car was slowing as there...
Read more →My Miraculous Back Injury Recovery
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Last week I posted about how I injured my back in the gym. It was a serious injury. It was the kind of injury that would have taken a few weeks to fully recover from in the past. I was 90% recovered...
Read more →My First REAL HIT Injury
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In May I was certain that I got injured during a High Intensity Workout, but it turned out to be nothing. However, there is no mistake that I messed up my back yesterday. When I get back pain, I now...
Read more →My First HIT Injury?
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Today I strained my back attempting a Max Contraction exercise in the gym. It was just last week that I read and reviewed the High Intensity weight training protocol of Max Contraction Training. Even...
Read more →The 4-Hour Body
Finally finished reading it. !The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and...
Read more →8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back
I heard some good things about this book, so I decided to check it out. !8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot (Remember...
Read more →The Fall
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If you are wondering how I have been able to read so many books in the past month, it is because I injured myself three weeks ago. Laying on a heating pad recovering is perfect for reading. When...
Read more →Primal Movements and Weight Training
Last week I went back and read How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy! for a second time. I gave a positive review to Paul Chek's book back in October 2008. I rarely read the same book twice, but I got an...
Read more →Glitter Interrupted
My Glitter Gym membership expires today. I have decided to not renew at this time. The things I need to do to improve my fitness level don't require a gym. In fact, getting away from the heavy...
Read more →Happy Anniversary Pain
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I wasn't even holding any weight when I felt the spasm today. Despite a week of back pain, I slammed some espresso and went to the gym this morning. My old nemesis - the back spasm - grabbed me hard....
Read more →Flashbacks on a Dead Lift Gone Wrong
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Back in April 2007, I reported how I injured my back doing a dead lift. It was and still is (by far) the worst pain I've ever experienced. There hasn't been a single gym visit since that I haven't...
Read more →The Day After (the Dead-lift)
I'm slowly recovering from my accident from yesterday. Last night the pain became unbearable and I couldn't get back to bed, so I slept the remainder of the night in my Lazy-Boy recliner. Shortly...
Read more →No More Morning Dead-lifts
I completely threw out my back today after doing a warm-up set of dead-lifts at the gym. After 3 hours and 3 Vicodin, I still can't move. This is the worst pain I've ever experienced. No more morning...
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