For an overview of this series, see the debut post on my morning routine. Background Recently, I wrote about how I form my habits. In light of that post, I thought I’d write about my evening routine since it helps to reinforce the habits that I have been working to form. I wrote about my…
I am in the middle of a fairly significant lifestyle change. As part of my plan to retire in ten years, one of the things I wanted to do was get myself back into shape. When I retire, I want to be healthy and active. Being in good mental and physical shape are big part…
I am in close to the worst shape (if not the worst) that I can ever remember being in. It has nothing to do with weight, although I have been hovering around my peak weight of 151 pounds for a while now. I have low energy. I have little flex or real strength. And when…
I just completed my 4th run in seven days and my 6th in 2 weeks. It was probably the easiest run to-date. A few more of these and I will definitely be ready to begin extending it a bit. Still not timing myself but I am definitely under 10 minutes for a mile, and likely…
Just back from my run. I went a little later than usual, when it was dark, but still very nice out. It was a good run. I don’t know if it’s the fact that I had a bowl of pasta about 2 hours ago, or psychological, but I felt like I had a lot of…
I was supposed to run yesterday, as I’m trying to do this cardio thing three times a week for starters, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, but as circumstances would have it, I didn’t get home until late yesterday and was too tired. So I am back from my second run this week and this one felt…
I beta tested my cardio play list a little while ago when I went for a one mile walk, followed by a one mile run. It was the first cardio exercise I’ve done since last summer. I managed the entire mile without having to stop, although I jogged at a very slow pace. The music…
I’ve put together a cariod workout playlist, which I plan to beta test as part of my new cardio routine beginning tomorrow. The list is below. I’m open to suggestions of songs that you’ve found work well in your own workouts. (Note: I list them in their default order, but I always play the list…
I’m back to 90 pushups tonight, and my shoulder is feeling much better. Still a little sore, but not when I was doing the pushups. It felt good. I’m also at a new peak weight of 65 kg.
After slacking off somewhat over the weekend, I’m back up to my 90 pushups tonight, three sets 40/30/20.
I finally did it. My goal all along has been to gradually work up to a total of 90 pushups a night, spread over three sets of 40/30/20. I just completed a full compliment of all three sets for the first time tonight. And you know what, it felt pretty good. Here on out it’s…
I’m up to 80 pushups as of tonight. I did 3 sets: 40/30/10. Ten more nights and I’ll be at my full three sets of 90 (40/30/20). Once there, I’ll probably start adding in more weights during the week. And at some point, some cardio.