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  • The Daily Prompt – No. 334

    The Daily Prompt – No. 334

    Share a hobby you’ve picked up recently — what got you into it?

    I’ve recently gotten back into running. I was looking for a way to shed extra pounds from my frame. I was running with a club that meets monthly but lately I’ve added extra runs into my fitness routine.

    I got into it more when someone I met at the club told me about Strava. I had seen the app before but I wasn’t able to use it because I had an old phone that was filled to the brim.

    Anyway, I downloaded it. When I saw that I could track my runs and incorporate the outputs and exercise into my other fitness apps, I became more motivated to run. It gave me numbers to hit and strive for. I wanted to see how much I could do and how many calories I was burning. Let me tell you, it was a revelation.

    Now, I’m not necessarily a running enthusiast, but I’m picking up the habit again from 6 years ago. Back then everything was closed, including the gyms. I was at my lowest weight ever and quite possibly my fittest since I discovered the Insanity home workout program.

    Can I beat 2020 me?

  • 1% Better

    Remember this?

    Yearly Goal

    Well, yesterday I got better. I learned a new workout from my gym colleague.

    • 30 minutes on the Stairmaster (I did levels 11 through 13.)
    • 1,000 jumps with the weighted rope
    • 3 sets of 15 hanging leg raises.

    I was sore as heck after finishing, but I got a good sweat out of it. I definitely felt like I got better.

  • Improving Stamina – Update No. 2

    Improving Stamina

    Update: I did this workout 2x this past week and got some decent results. This morning I ran at 10 mph for most of the working sets (6 of 8). The last two, I ran at 10.5 and 11 mph. I broke a sweat after my regular workout. I’ll report back with the 11.0 mph and see how that goes.

  • The Daily Prompt – No. 39

    What’s the most fun way to exercise?

    This answer may be based on the fact that I play basketball a lot but a good challenging game of 5 on 5 is a great workout. There’s nothing like jumping, cutting, shooting, shuffling, running, and sprinting, etc., all to put an orange ball through a hoop. I always tend to loose like 1 or 2 lbs from the cardio that I get from several games. Not that losing weight is a great metric of fitness but, man, it is a thrill and sometimes an exhausting feeling.