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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…

  • 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…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22

    Why gamers are a great fit at the gym – CNN http://t.co/1qI1GtOo Bacon, deli meat may raise pancreatic cancer risk – CBC News http://t.co/iFY6Iowy Tim Hortons’ extra-large coffee to get even larger – The Globe and Mail http://t.co/JPSSpjLQ 10 Foods for a Longer Life – http://t.co/sxFnJXQ5 50 Ways to Lose 10 Pounds – Prevention http://t.co/ZXiTssLj…

  • 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)…

  • 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…

  • Workout for January 18, 2012

    earned 620 points for: Machine Chest Fly (Pec Deck): 44 lb x 10 reps (+5 pts) 44 lb x 10 reps (+5 pts) 44 lb x 10 reps (+5 pts) 44 lb x 10 reps (+5 pts) 44 lb x 10 reps (+5 pts) Barbell Bench Press: 85 lb x 10 reps (+45 pts) 85…

  • Workout for January 15, 2012

    earned 484 points for: EZ-Bar Curl: 60 lb x 5 reps (+10 pts) 60 lb x 5 reps (+10 pts) 60 lb x 5 reps (+10 pts) 60 lb x 5 reps (+10 pts) 60 lb x 5 reps (+10 pts) Machine Chest Fly (Pec Deck): 66 lb x 6 reps (+7 pts) 66 lb…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15

    burned 306 calories doing 26 minutes of “Manual treadmill (with HRM and calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 01/08/2012 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal Tips to Burn More Fat on the Treadmill – http://t.co/KP0nuFIw Just in time for doomed New Year Resolutions, Costco’s got a lots of diet supplements…

  • Workout for January 11, 2012

    earned 380 points for: EZ-Bar Curl: 60 lb x 10 reps (+12 pts) 60 lb x 10 reps (+12 pts) 60 lb x 10 reps (+12 pts) 60 lb x 10 reps (+12 pts) 60 lb x 10 reps (+12 pts) Machine Bench Press: 121 lb x 10 reps (+40 pts) 121 lb x 10…