Ran sprints this morning – 8 sprints of about 12-15 seconds. 5 were up a small hill. I did the a similar sprinting workout Sunday morning when down in Rochester at my mom’s house. Both time started with about half mile jog to a school (its funny we both live on streets with...

A friend made the statement this past weekend that “you burn more calories power-walking than running”. I vaguely remembered having heard similar claims, but doubting the validity of them. So, I challenged that calories burned is a matter of moving mass over distance, so whether you...

Work up before the alarm this morning (6:40am), the sun was shining, it looked like a great day. I tried a new yoga program I downloaded – Yoga for Cyclists (20 minute). It was a good stretch for legs, but is meant to do after a ride, so not the best for first thing in the morning. It will...

2 new things to try tomorrow at the gym: Pallof Press Pull-Throughs

It is 10:20am and I am already eating my morning snack of almonds and dried cranberries. I wanted to eat it an hour ago so really that isn’t bad. Got up at 6:30am, after the usual routine of feeding the cats and weighing myself (138.0) I did some yoga – today’s class was Hip Opening Flow...

Just read Kevin Larrabee’s 9 things I learned in 2009 and had to post this squat video so I don’t forget to try it out.