Finding Radiance

Don’t forget the Maple Syrup Giveaway ends on Friday!
Yahoo!  The end of my work week!  But, I should back up to the start of the day.
Since it has finally stopped raining and was to be warm today, I wanted to run outside, so that meant the early breakfast and planting my butt to work early.  [...]

I totally rocked the weights today!  I puffy heart lifting and I missed it last week, but my muscles were glad for the break.

Today I tried some pyramids with a couple of the exercises.  That involves increasing the weight on each set while decreasing the reps.  Hard!

Chinups: 1 set of 2, 2 sets of 1
Barbell [...]

The cruise was very nice and we would probably do another one at some point.  We did one 10 years ago, so I guess in another 10?   One of the things that was very different on this cruise versus 10 years ago was the fitness system available on the ship.  I [...]

Tuesday was Chinese buffet – today was an exercise buffet!
The start of my weekend (other than 2 hours of mandatory overtime to be done whenever), so I was not in any hurry to get back from the Y. So I sampled a bit of everything!15 minutes of swimming (appry 400 yards).15 minutes of jogging.
Weights:Barbell squats: [...]

Seems like the American College of Sports Medicine just gave us new guidelines recently, didn’t they? Well now they have upped the ante. Instead of 30 minutes a day 5 days a week, we should be getting in 50 minutes a day, particularly if you want to lose weight. And not exercise [...]

I was googling some information on calorie distribution for runners. Since I am running about 10 miles a week, which is a good amount – but certainly not elite LOL. I came across this article, which says a good ratio is 50/25/25, about what I am trying to follow! That is good to know.
Funny [...]

Geez, it is hot and humid here. 95 degrees and muggy. Yuck. Got up early to get my jog in, and it was already 80 degrees. I was soaked in sweat when I got back. No way would I have done any exercise later in the day. We don’t have central air in the house [...]

It’s so good to be back in my own routine again. The conference was good, but I don’t like my personal schedule messed with LOL!
Hit the bowflex today, and did Cardio Overdrive. Tired, though. Geez, I am still tired. Going to take a few days to catch up on sleep, which will be hard enough [...]

Did a bit too much exercise today. I did my back/legs workout on the bowflex, then did Cardio Overdrive (The Firm). That would have been plenty of exercise for the day, but we went biking this evening. I went a different way, and ended up having to go up one really big hill, then a [...]

There are those times when the weather forecaster could not be more wrong! We were supposed to have a dreary, rainy day in the upper 50s. Well, it turned out sunny, gorgeous and about 64 degrees!Went out for a long walk, and then took the bikes out again. DH rode a different bike, so he [...]