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Workout motivation FAIL

Workout motivation FAIL = Telling your wife she runs like a fat guy.
Here’s the story … I came home from my workout the other day, on a complete workout high and proud of myself that I was able to jog non-stop for over 30 minutes, and made the unknowing mistake of sharing my exciting information.
After [...]

C25K can kiss it

Ok, the C25K program doesn’t have to kiss it, but I was able to complete a 30 minute plus jog without getting through the entire program.
Truth is, I started getting bored with only adding a minute to the length of my run each week. So, today at the gym I just went for it.
I felt [...]

Can I please have a Nintendo? C’mon, I said please …

Electronic Arts announced today that their EA Sports Active for the Nintendo Wii is now available to buy in North America. The rest of the world will have to wait a few days, until May 22, to get their hands on it.
Though it’s been out for a few years now, this is the first time [...]

Off and running…

So, I finally got through Week 5 of Couch to 5K and I’m happily onto Week 6. It took me a little longer than expected, but with the way I’ve been progressing that shouldn’t be such a surprise.
I took a few days off because my heel started bothering me after each time I ran. I’m [...]

How to work from home and not get fat tip #4: Falling hurts, but you gotta get back on

About two weeks ago I fell … fell right off the horse.
No, it’s nothing like what happened to Madonna, but this fall was big enough to keep me off the treadmill for about two weeks.
I could blame it on preparing for our recent trip to Vancouver, (very nice, by the way) and recovering from our [...]

How to work from home and not get fat tip #3: Stick with the program

I’ve made it all the way to Week 5 of the Couch to 5K running program and haven’t left a single update on how it’s going. Seriously, what a slacker.
Surprisingly, I’ve found the first workout of Week 5 to be one of the easiest and I think I may be getting a hang of this [...]