<p>There’s a lot of markup in frames. I recall my wife getting prescription glasses in Singapore many years ago. Maybe $30 Singapore - no insurance needed (that would have been about $15 US).</p>
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<p>Boyle hits it out of the park with that article:</p>
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<p>I think that a lot of us rapidly approaching “middle age” can see the wisdom in what he’s getting at. Gotta work on fitness, but gotta be smart about it.</p>
Glad to hear that your back is holding up, NMINN. The tortoise has the right approach for strength training. Slow and steady progress wins the race, at least for us older folk.
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<p>Isn’t that why we all buy Under Armour, Nike, and adidas apparel? 
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<p>I ran/walked two miles again tonight. Ran 4 minutes; walked 1 and repeat…</p>
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<p>I’m not kidding when I say that it’s a major accomplishment for me to not fall down on the high knees skipping and the carioca. It’s just ridiculously funny to see me trying to do that stuff. But, I figure that if I do it three times a week for several months, I’ll probably get better at it and end up a little more coordinated and little more athletic. Plus, it definitely gets the heart rate up. That stuff is really tiring.</p>
<p>The one that is killing me is the knee hug into walking lunge. My single leg balance is still really shaky on that one.</p>
<p>I’ll tell you what, these Romanian Deadlifts are kicking my butt… Both times I’ve done them lately my hamstrings are really sore the next day! Just gotta keep working on it…</p>
<p>Yeah. I’ve been a little sore in the glutes myself. I’m not used to the high # of reps in the first phase of NROL4LIFE. I’m doing single leg romanian deadlifts one day and trap bar romanian deadlifts the next. Fifteen reps with a 140 pound trap bar is getting my attention.</p>
<p>Is this idad pictured in there, engaged in a prohibited activity? </p>
<p>[No</a> lunging allowed!](<a href=“Dropout - Independent, ad-free, uncensored comedy | Dropout”>Dropout - Independent, ad-free, uncensored comedy | Dropout)</p>
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<p>interesteddad–the lunge exercise is the kind of thing I would have attempted when I still had competent knees, but no more. It also looks like the kind of thing that will take down perfectly competent knees. Wow.</p>
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<p>Now, that’s funnny! If I had come across that sign, I would have been compelled to do exactly the same thing…</p>
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<p>Surprisingly, it will make the knees better. The basic movement is a great knee exercise. However, the forward lunge and especially the walking lunge is an advanced version. Putting those in the workouts was my biggest complaint about iPod nazi’s first workout program. Much better to start in a simple stationary split squat, even if you can’t go all the way down or even if you have to hang on to a rope or something to “unweight” it. There’s not much point in going on to the forward lunge version until you can touch the back knee to the ground in the stationary split squat version. The forward lunge adds an element of braking momentum on each lunge that requires a lot more strength and stability.</p>
<p>The knee hug version adds a hip flexion component and a single-leg balance challenge that is the tough part for us ol’ (formerly) fat guys!</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpCaCQjTe9YHigh”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpCaCQjTe9YHigh</a> knee walking lunges</p>
<p>I’m lousy at this stuff, but I’ll just keep chipping away at it three times a week this summer while I’ve got the weather to do it outdoors.</p>
<p>I think if done correctly lunges shouldn’t be harmful to knees. I like the high knee/lunge combo and don’t have any flexibility issues with that movement or standing on one leg. Anything involving hamstrings-- forget it – and my balance on one leg while gliding – not great at all.</p>
<p>Doing this:
<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube;
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<p>Warm up
3 minutes jump rope</p>
<p>2 rounds
5 seal push ups
a bunch of walking lunges and hamstring stretches
15 good mornings with kb
10 v-ups</p>
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21 – 15 – 9 Reps</p>
<p>75lb Deadlifts
Handstand Push Ups</p>
<p>lower back feeling tight due to my increased lifting, so I went way light on the deadlifts. Had to modify the handstand push ups and use a box.</p>
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50-40-30-20-10
Double-Unders
Abmat Sit-ups</p>
<p>love that pic, BB and that is EXACTLY what I would expect idad to do given the burpees on the National Mall…</p>
<p>CJane, the slide board video makes me think of the Los Angeles T-birds. :-)</p>
<p>I wanna try this one! lol</p>
<p>[Hockey</a> Training-Split Squat-to-Slideboard - YouTube](<a href=“Hockey Training-Split Squat-to-Slideboard - YouTube”>Hockey Training-Split Squat-to-Slideboard - YouTube)</p>
<p>I haven’t tried the slide board. I’m pretty sure that I would end up on my butt. I know that Mike Boyle does a ton of slide board stuff at his place.</p>
<p>BTW, here’s a link that isn’t screwed up to the high knee walking lunges:</p>
<p>[High</a> knee walking lunges](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>I finally have some coffee and lunch in me. Annual physical time, so I was fasting for the blood work.</p>
<p>For those who can ice or rollerskate/blade, the slideboard is apparently a blast. Not being able to do either, I find it terrifying.</p>
I picked up my trifocals this afternoon and am using them at home on my computer after driving home with them.
It is a rather interesting experience as I have to tilt my head about 20 degrees higher to get the terminal distance band on my monitors. My monitors are about six inches from the desk so it might help if I lowered them several inches. It is nice in that I can look at my keyboard if I need to and look up and be able to see the rest of the room.
These things feel like they would be perfect with a laptop because the laptop sits right on the desk.
They are nice in the car because I can see the things on the dash and console more clearly. I could see things well enough with distance glasses but it is nice to get things sharp. So the next thing will be to lower the height of my monitors at home to see if that makes things a bit easier. Alternately I could increase the height of my chair.
Before I had two terminal glasses. I left one at my desk at home and one at my desk in the office. If I was working remotely, I’d take one with me. Sometimes I would forget and have to use my bifocals which are reading/distance so I’d have to get a lot closer to the screen to see it.
The trifocals mean that I can leave the terminal glasses at my two desks and that I don’t need to bring them with me when I’m working remotely. They should also be more useful for things like shopping where you may be two and a half feet away too look at the selection and then pick something up to examine closely. I don’t think that there’s a perfect solution for all cases. I could have chosen a wider terminal band but then it would edge into the distance band which would mean that it’s not as good for driving.
At any rate, this thing gives me more options.
I also have a pair of prescription reading glasses which I leave upstairs and two pairs of cheap, drugstore readers; I usually leave one of those pairs around an iPad.
<p>Punched the clock with my fifth NROL for LIFE workout today. Actually, better than punch the clock, but I’m starting to get into a routine with these.</p>
<p>I was really self-conscious with my outdoor bits – one kid on rollerblades shooting into a street hockey net and another neighbor grillin’ and chillin’. I just did my thing. The carioca and the lateral shuffles felt really good today. I’m definitely getting into the groove and picking up speed (which means I’ll probably fall and bust my butt here shortly!)</p>
<p>Power was box jumps up to my weight bench. I missed one in the second set – hooked a toe. No harm, no foul. Just klutz.</p>
<p>Strength was goblet squats (15 reps with 30 pounds was probably a little too easy) and inverted rows. And, single leg deadlifts and alternating bench press. I did the bench press with 30 lb DBs – hold both up, lower and raise one, lower and raise the other. That was right at my limit for 15 reps per arm. I was struggling with the last couple of reps.</p>
<p>Granny smith apple, proscuitto, walnut, parmeggiano reggiano, and spring mix salad for dinner. A variation on a Mario Batali recipe, if I recall. Basically, all kinds of really great stuff with a side of lettuce!</p>
<p>6 miles, 4 @ 9:03, 2 @ 9:20. I didn’t find it particularly hard and was originally planning about 3.5 miles.</p>
<p>Nike got clobbered today on the retail sales numbers which show weakening discretionary spending. Maybe I should rotate into TJX.</p>