Monthly Archives: January 2017

Hurting, body and soul

Posted on January 31, 2017 by G

I’m not recovering well. There’s a laundry list of things that hurt– my hands, my wrists, my feet, my shoulders, my hip/hamstring, my lower back– and it seems like no matter how little I do in my workouts, I’m still … Continue reading →

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Who’s fit for resistance

Posted on January 30, 2017 by G

Just a little yogas today. I tried something new, and I’m actually not sure it’s yoga. We’ll say it counts. Has anyone out there tried Somatic Yoga? It might just be this guy making it up. Anyway, after he shilled … Continue reading →

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Again?

Posted on January 29, 2017 by G

Does protesting and marching and yelling for 3 hours against Islamophobia and discrimination count as a workout? I’m going to say that it does, based on how tired I am afterward. At the rate that this administration keeps doing terrible, … Continue reading →

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Small improvements

Posted on January 27, 2017 by G

This morning the soreness had subsided to the point where I felt good to get back into the weight room again, so I did. It was the same upper body lifts as Tuesday, with an extra dose of weighted crunches … Continue reading →

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Still breathing

Posted on January 25, 2017 by G

I didn’t get to spend as long as I wanted at the gym this morning. Late train, early meeting (again). But I did hard intervals on the elliptical for 25 minutes while raging at CNN. Oh yeah, and 2 sets … Continue reading →

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Half-rest

Posted on January 24, 2017 by G

What do you do if you want a workout but you want to rest everything in the legs? Upper body lifting. Will I be able to lift my arms tomorrow? Not sure. Bench – 5x(115, 120, 125, 125, 115) lb … Continue reading →

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Hamstrings have had enough

Posted on January 23, 2017 by G

After today’s yoga practice (short sequence of shoulder openers; I was pleasantly surprised how much my range of motion there had improved since yesterday) I found myself googling “yoga for hamstring injury”. I think I’ve finally decided, after tormenting myself … Continue reading →

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Moving with Intention

Posted on January 22, 2017 by G

Things got busy, and I took a little break from Yoga January on Friday and Saturday, but I’m back doing lap 2 with Jessamyn today, shoulder openers. The break didn’t seem to help my angry hamstring at all. I was … Continue reading →

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Yoga for cranky hamstrings

Posted on January 19, 2017 by G

This morning’s workout was very slightly half-assed: 2 miles on the treadmill followed by some quality time with the foam roller. As usual, foam roller time was both the best and the worst. A highlight was lying on it on … Continue reading →

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A dolphin tale

Posted on January 18, 2017 by G

This morning’s workout: 2 rounds of barbell complexes with 55lb, followed by some biceps and triceps and weighted ball crunches. My arms and shoulders and hands are tired, and this evening that wasn’t helped by…   Yep, a practice of … Continue reading →

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