<p>Oh, no, BC, not the cold! It was nasty and made our winter break somewhat less enjoyable. I’m sure planes full of college students returning to their classes in Boston carried the bug across the country. Rest and lots of liquids will help.</p>
<p>[Female</a> Power, Beauty, Grace: Primal Kettlebell Splits - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>I want to see idad give this one a shot! ;)</p>
<p>Great workout, hops. I hate it when my workout partners bail on me! There should be some kind of punishment for that.
Loved the kb splits-- never in a million years could I do what she was doing, but I agree, idad should give it a try and report back :)</p>
<p>Good work, ararab. Sounds like a great combo of strength and cardio.</p>
<p>Hope you beat the bug, BC. I managed (fingers crossed) to be the only one in the household to stave off an annoying virus that made the rounds.</p>
<p>The folks in the office typically coordinate workouts with IM or email as something can always come up like a meeting that runs over.</p>
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<p>I would… and I’m sure the ol’ (formerly) fat guy’s legs would just love doing splits like that… but, darn, I just don’t have any kettlebells! :)</p>
<p>I managed to almost knock myself out during the endless moving process yesterday. Stood up fast and hit my forehead on the edge of the mantle. Saw stars, felt nauseous. No one was particularly concerned, so I carried on. Have a bruise/bump, but I guess nothing worse. </p>
<p>Got up this morning to get the run done, and found it was 50 degrees. I expected low 30s, so that was a surprise. What wasn’t so nice was the gale force south winds with brought rain about 2 miles into my run. It wasn’t a hard rain, but it wasn’t pleasant and the temp dropped a little. I made it, and I’m done for the day with 4 miles. Not eating well and need to make some corrections there. It’s easy to slip into bad habits with all the disarray of moving etc.</p>
<p>For those that shop at Zappos - they were hacked. Looks like some information on 24 million customers were affected. I’ve never bought anything there though I have looked around at their website for comparison shopping.</p>
<p>It was about 3 degrees here when I checked early this morning. Just a bit chilly. We have one more trip to the deep freeze on Wednesday and freezing rain tomorrow morning but the overall day-temps should be decent for the rest of the week.</p>
<p>I had to take a couple of days off from my training plan, I’m not feeling back to normal yet. Whatever virus I had really me down. I think I’ll try mixing the treadmill with some elliptical before I head out for any more long runs.</p>
<p>Thanks, BC! I got emails from both Zappos and their clearance site 6PM. The database containing cc numbers and scrambled pw was not breached, per Zappos. Still, it is not good. I remember years ago TJMaxx/Marshalls had even a bigger problem.</p>
<p>Cold and lots of snow on the ground. My buses are hopelessly late.</p>
<p>Cold here but no snow. Want to go to the gym before I take D to the dentist then back to Bellingham. Trying to think of what I should have in the car in case I get stuck.
Didn’t get an email from zappos- wonder what that means.</p>
<p>Ek, check your spam folder. The email might have gone in there.</p>
<p>NY Times article I came across…stretching is good for your arteries too!</p>
<p>[Phys</a> Ed: Can Touching Your Toes Test Your Arteries? - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/phys-ed-can-touching-your-toes-test-your-arteries/]Phys”>Phys Ed: Can Touching Your Toes Test Your Arteries? - The New York Times)</p>
<p>I’m telling DH, who uses cold weather as an excuse to not go for a walk. He can jolly well get off his rear end and at least do some stretching! :D</p>
<p>hops–loved the kettlebell splits demo. Of course, she’s a trained gymnast. The rest of us should not try this at home!</p>
<p>I also did not get the Zappos email.</p>
<p>One man’s successful program:</p>
<p>[Caramel</a> lover shapes up on a dare to run a 5K race - USATODAY.com](<a href=“USA TODAY - Breaking News and Latest News Today”>USA TODAY - Breaking News and Latest News Today)</p>
<p>Im not going to call them- and I noticed that the website says it might take 30 min for resent emails to arrive.
grr because I needed another problem.</p>
<p>Mommusic – Thanks for that. I’d seen another report on the “touch your toes” study, but the last part of the column suggesting that stretching could itself improve arterial flexibility I’d not seen. H is stiff as a board and has the ear crease as well – maybe this will be some inducement for him to start a mild stretching program. (He does strength training, but not with much amount of variance, and steady-state treadmill. Probably for the same reason that he’s not likely to trade me in on a newer model, he is very set in his ways. This is the same guy who was deeply, deeply upset when Adidas quit making the “Iowa” shoe back in the seventies.)</p>
<p>I feel so much better after stretching for about 7 minutes in the morning - but I’m almost always under pressure to be somewhere or do something so it often gets skipped. The other problem is that it is so cold in the basement (where I stretch and lift) at this time of the year that it makes it even easier to skip doing things in the morning. I don’t want to do the video upstairs as it will wake others up.</p>
<p>I can only get my fingers to about 6 inches to my toes if I stretch about three times per week.</p>
<p>Note that I do a bunch of static stretches before running and tennis and sometimes after running and tennis. That static stretching alone results in me getting tighter overall - I need my videos three or four days a week to actually improve flexibility.</p>
<p>Gotta love the fitness tip offered by Madonna to the reporters at the Golden Globes. “The best thing for your bum is dancing.” LOL.</p>
I don’t know. The guy has been trying to lose weight for three years now, running four days a week and competing in two half marathons… and still has only lost 35 pounds. That’s not really that impressive for an old fat guy spending that much time exercising.
Of course, I’m not a huge fan of the Subway sandwich diet!