Category: Health
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Workout for February 1, 2012
Earned 777 points for: Jumping Jacks: 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5…
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The Hacker’s Diet – January 2012
The math doesn’t lie—it was a good month! On the last day of December I was 197.6 pounds, and on January 31 I’d dropped to 186.8, for 10.8 pounds lost for the month and 35.2 lost overall since November 3, 2011! In December I lost slightly less (9 pounds), so what did I do to…
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Workout for January 29, 2012
Earned 390 points for: Weighted Crunch: 20 lb x 10 reps (+12 pts) 20 lb x 10 reps (+12 pts) 20 lb x 10 reps (+12 pts) Russian Twist: 10 reps (+5 pts) 10 reps (+5 pts) 10 reps (+5 pts) 10 reps (+5 pts) 10 reps (+5 pts) 10 reps (+5 pts) Stiff Leg…
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Workout for January 28, 2012
Earned 1889 points for: Jumping Jacks: 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) Push-Up: 10 reps (+15 pts) 10 reps (+15 pts) 10 reps (+15 pts) Barbell Deadlift: 90 lb x 1…
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Workout for January 25, 2012
Earned 780 points for: Jumping Jacks: 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) One-Arm Dumbbell Row: 20 lb x 10 reps (+10 pts) 20 lb x 10 reps (+10 pts) 20 lb…
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The Bargain Basement Home Gym
The plan is this: No health club membership. Other than free-pass visits to friends’ gyms or 1-week promotional specials, you will work at home. Why? Pick a reason. You don’t want to spend entirely too much money each month paying to access a dirty, poorly-maintained club where the profits go straight into building more locations…
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Workout for January 22, 2012
earned 1206 points for: Push-Up: 10 reps (+15 pts) 10 reps (+15 pts) Jumping Jacks: 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 10 jumping jacks (+5 pts) Machine Chest Fly (Pec Deck): 44 lb x 10 reps…
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Workout for January 20, 2012
earned 800 points for: Jumping Jacks: 15 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 15 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 15 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 15 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 15 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 15 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 15 jumping jacks (+5 pts) 15 jumping jacks (+5 pts) Knees-To-Elbows: 15 reps (+15 pts) 15 reps (+15 pts)…
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What’s Happening to Me?
The changes I’m undergoing since beginning this food and fitness regimen are more than just physical. They’re mental. They’re emotional. I don’t recall such a sustained period of high functioning without periods of stress, depression or exhaustion… well, not since before parenthood, anyway. 🙂 It’s not that my circumstances have changed significantly. If anything, life…