Yesterday was the first day in about three weeks that I felt close to fully-functional. So of course I went to the gym and worked myself about one set away from my puke threshold. I did real freeweight squats for
But one way or another, you’ll do something
Adjustments had to be made. For most of the first part of this year, I had no gym habit, nor really any exercise habit. Part of it was the depths to which I submerged myself in finishing the novel, another
Latent Mode
So I have a gym membership once again – I had only been to the gym once this year, over a month ago; and had not visited much in the weeks prior to that. Last week I activated the new
Breakdown
When I was nine years old I would jog with my father. He was an avid jogger who even finished a marathon back when we lived in Cincinnati. I never went great distances with him, and I’m sure I slowed
This was predictable
I have constantly praised the power of habits in the context of my efforts to get into better physical shape. So what happens when a major source of my daily habits is forcibly-removed? Since I left the day job a
Easy answer: Work harder
My weight has been effectively stable since about August. At the peak of performing in Odd Couple and Dracula, the sweat-off had me down a pound or two. During the holidays, the gorging and travel had me up a pound
Reasons and Excuses look the same from far enough away
I thought about going to the gym this morning. The last time I went was the 4th of July. I haven’t gained any weight, although I think what little conditioning had developed in my arms and upper body has slipped.
Achievement Unlocked: The New Normal
My weight from January 15th to today. Graph made on skinnyr.com I was getting to be fat. I wasn’t just a guy with an average build plus a belly anymore, or a guy finding his extra chin in his 30’s,
Say it with confidence
I returned to the gym this morning, and none of my limbs have fallen into disrepair during the couple of weeks away. Even while I was away I didn’t stop losing weight, thanks to sticking (for the most part) to
The other side of the math coin
“Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.” — Wikipedia Quetelet is elsewhere referred to as a polymath – a common catchall for ancient geniuses who worked across disciplines