<p>I love the internal monologue, MOWC!!</p>
<p>You and me both bceagle.
The people passing me, aren’t only heading the other direction!</p>
<p>Way to punch the clock, MOWC!</p>
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<p>This is the first morning in two weeks that I haven’t felt like my joints are all stiff and creaky in the morning. It’s a pretty vivid demonstration of how beneficial the whole dynamic warmup, mobility, core, movement components of my workouts are to my ol’ (formerly) fat geezer body.</p>
<p>Absolutely gorgeous day in New Hampshire! Bright blue sky, low humidity. Supposed to be a high of 80. I’m going to go explore some new “hilly” walk/jog routes.</p>
Are you in NH now?
Do you get to enjoy the tax-free experience (assuming that you work at home a lot)?
Yep. Live Free or Die, baby!
<p>Or, as some people like to call it, The Granite State.</p>
Great post, MOWC.
Interesting observation, idad, on how NOT working out made things hurt. I haven’t ever experienced this, but my mother, who is in her mid-60s, and has been running for the last couple of years, says her bones start to hurt when she skips several days of runs or vigorous walking. In her case, she says it isn’t her joints, but an acheing that feels like it is deep in her bones and immediatley feels better when she runs/power walks.
For me, last day of class in this particular gym for the moment. Probably will end up at CrossFit for the month of June – have a coupon and a workout partner who wants to do CrossFit. I will miss the gorgeous showers and sauna, where I spent 25 minutes doing my meditation app post-workout today.
Last workout of the month:
2 rounds -2 minutes of mountain climbers and box jumps
3 rounds - 2 minutes on. 1 minute rest
push press 35# bb
goblet squats 12 kg KB
KB swings
plyo split squats
<p>1:20 tennis practice. Both of us have knee injuries so we did a practice session instead of playing a match. In practice, you let balls go that would take a lot of effort or risk injury. Racquet still felt too light so it appears that I need to do the full lead package on it. I wish that I had my other frame so that I could compare the two - the other frame plays perfectly; the current one - I’m not sure exactly what I did to it but I’m pretty sure that I can fix it.</p>
<p>My new MotoROKR headset arrived today. It’s a newer design and it looks and feels quite a bit different. I hope that it’s better at being waterproof than the previous pair that I have and still use. This one has a MicroUSB charging port compared to the previous generation that used MiniUSB. I ordered a MicroUSB to USB cable with it but it was actually for another device. So I can charge both of these without having to bring two different cables. I’m going to leave the AC charger in the office so I can charge either device in the office without having to carry a charger in my bag.</p>
<p>I feel pretty good after the workout but the knee is probably going to need another three to five days to recover. I’ll keep the runs short too.</p>
<p>Still moving things around in the basement tonight. I called my mother and offered her one of our digital pianos and she is accepting it so tonight I have to get it out of its space in the basement, clean it off (ton of dust), verify that it works, take it apart and try to get it in the car. I was able to fit it in my previous car and I think that my current one is bigger. The keyboard part of the piano is full-size and weighs about 60 pounds. The only place it would fit is the back seat. I can take the stand apart (three pieces) and put the pieces in the trunk. We have another digital piano upstairs that my daughter and wife use.</p>
<p>This is the health thread so I thought that I would mention that I stopped at the opticians today to get fitted for tri-focals. At the office, I use two pairs - one computer glasses and the other a bifocal with distance and reading. It’s a real pain switching so I’m going to try all-in-one. The impetus was the use of the iPod Touch - I need at least reading glasses to use it and can’t walk around wearing only reading glasses.</p>
<p>Well, well, well, I’m back in the walk/jog game. Went out for a nice 3.5 miles this afternoon. Doing my usual jog til my heart rate hits 90%, walk for a while, and do another jogging interval. 90% is a nice number because it’s good and winded, but not crazy high. </p>
<p>Took a route that I thought would probably prove to be just so-so to some conservation land along a pond with some hiking trails. The trails weren’t really exciting enough to be a destination and the road to and from had a bit too much traffic. All of my brightly colored shirts are going to come in handy for some of these routes.</p>
<p>I’m am really spoiled doing my walk/jogs on a private road through an Episcopalian retreat and a state park on a river. Still, all in all, this is a pretty nice area. I knew I was in New Hampshire when I saw a mailbox duct-taped to the post. :)</p>
<p>Next up is exploring miles and miles of tiny residential streets with little or no traffic. </p>
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<p>On the nutrition front, I fired up the Weber for the first cookout at the new place – did an awesome boneless pork roast that I’ll gnaw on for couple of days and probably freeze a slice or two. That’s some good eating for less than the price of ground beef.</p>
<p>I need to get down to some serious unpacking. I’ve been ditzing around unpacking lamps and slowly putting some stuff away in the kitchen. I’m intentionally not trying to rush that, but rather cook for a few days and get a feel for what kind of organization is going to work (tiny, tiny kitchen) before I just slam stuff in cupboards.</p>
<p>^^ I know lots of people who have gone to that Episcopalian retreat! It sounds wonderful, but I know you will find some good routes in your new 'hood.</p>
<p>“I knew I was in New Hampshire when I saw a mailbox duct-taped to the post.”</p>
<p>Wait, are you sure you weren’t in my neck of the woods? 'Cause we’ve got plenty of them :)</p>
<p>MOfWC, you rock! I needed just the right motivator to get my stagnant butt moving. Thank you for writing that post. Off I go!</p>
New Hampshire has some of the most incredibly beautiful summer hiking – lakes and mountains – and all of the really great areas are within 30 to 90 minutes of my front door. I’m gonna pick up a day pack and start exploring. There’s a Audubon Society center with about 5 miles of trails along a lake that’s only 10 miles from here.
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<p>For jog-walks I aim for early, well before the arrival of the stroller brigade. </p>
<p>It’s pretty where I take longer walks, lots of trees, but farther away and much more hilly.</p>
Great workout today–did 40 minutes on a new elliptical machine (it was much harder than the one in my gym) followed by squats, lunges, plank, KB swings, and plank.
Good post, MOWC.
IDad–enjoy the great hiking in New Hampshire. My youngest D spent many, many summers at a Y Camp in Freedom, NH. We’d go hiking every year when we went to bring her home. It’s really beautiful up there.
<p>National Doughnut Day is on the first Friday of June each year, succeeding the Doughnut Day event created by The Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I.[1] The holiday celebrates the doughnut (a.k.a. “donut”) — an edible, torus-shaped piece of dough which is deep-fried and sweetened. Many American doughnut stores offer free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day. In 2009, both independent doughnut shops[2] and large national franchises offered free doughnuts in the United States.[3][4][5]</p>
<p>I could use a donut this morning, free or not. Cupboard’s bare of chocolate. :eek:</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip, BC.</p>
<p>“Mmm, donuts.”</p>
<p>[The</a> Simpsons - Donut Hell - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>Ah, the glazed jelly donut. Quite possibly the single worst food in the world from an obesity standpoint.</p>
<p>In a new article this week, [The</a> Diet Debacle](<a href=“http://www.project-syndicate.org/print/the-diet-debacle]The”>http://www.project-syndicate.org/print/the-diet-debacle), Dr. Robert Lustig theorizes that our nutrition went haywire when we started consuming carbohydrates and fat together in the same foods:</p>
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<p>He pinpoints fatty liver as a key factor associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome:</p>
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<p>But, wait, the donut is a triple whammy, high in carbs, high in fat, and loaded with sugar:</p>
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<p>So, I think I’m going to take a pass on dropping by Dunkin Donuts for a free sample on National Donut Day, because my ol’ (formerly) fat liver doesn’t need the triple play!</p>
We had free donuts and cupcakes at the office this morning.
I’m going to my mothers’ in two hours to drop off the digital piano. That should make for a good workout - I think that she’s going to want it on the second floor. Those 80 pound side-pulls are good for this kind of work. I can carry the thing under my left arm but not for an extended period of time. I just need someone to hold the doors open. Getting it up the stairs should be interesting - I may need to use two arms for that.
I’m trying to get someone lined up for a practice hit tomorrow - if not, then I may join in on doubles in the morning - I would prefer to practice though. I moved the weights over to the space vacated by the Digital Piano. I need to drop five pounds off the barbell - I’ve lost strength for the military press over the moving saga.