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<p>They’d be reading me my last rites if I tried to do 15 burpees non-stop!</p>
<p>“literally saw stars at one point”</p>
<p>CJane!</p>
Yeah- including the two of you on this thread!
<p>Every so often I check out TED Talks to see if there’s anything new and interesting. Most recently, I noticed there’s a Jane McGonigal talk that was added and is getting a lot of views. She’s talking about / promoting a game she designed called SuperBetter. Should you choose to watch the TED Talk, note there’s an easy skip ahead to 11:04 button if you only want to spend so much time on it. I was curious if anyone here had tried the app and, if so, what you thought of it. I won’t likely be trying it anytime soon – no devices here that use apps. :D</p>
<p>70 more kb swings because Bromfield, idad and hops_scout made me…</p>
<p>Back to the basement for another New Rules of Lifting workout. I’m going back to some old favorites that have been on the shelf since the move. Interesting to see how they are after a layoff. </p>
<p>Chinups have fallen off a cliff. I could only manage 3 or 4 in a set after I had built them up to 5. I bet they come back pretty quickly.</p>
<p>Did the single leg squats, standing on the weight bench, one leg dangling in air, squatting down to a stool and back on one leg. With the right leg, I was better than I had ever been. With the left leg, shaky. All in all, not too bad. That’s what I found with the rear foot elevated split squats yesterday.</p>
<p>Fantastic podcast to entertain me during my workout. </p>
<p>[Podcast</a> link](<a href=“http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes/6488/594-stanford-diet-researcher-dr-christopher-gardner-still-touting-atkins-diet-as-best]Podcast”>http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes/6488/594-stanford-diet-researcher-dr-christopher-gardner-still-touting-atkins-diet-as-best)</p>
<p>One of the more popular nutrition podcasts on iTunes is the Livin’ La Vida Low Carb show, now approaching 600 episodes. The quality of the guests varies, as you can imagine. Some are borderline quacks (both sides of the line!), but some are the top researchers in the field. This week’s guest was Christopher Gardner, the Stanford PhD who did the A to Z Diet study comparing four popular fat loss diets. He’s a terrific interview. Entertaining and good insight into what we know and don’t know about this whole fat loss thing. Anyone trying to lose or maintain weight will get something out of this one.</p>
<p>I love that title - does it have the appropriate music?</p>
<p>4 miles, 8:52 pace. Weights and static stretching in the morning. I was hungry during the run and really hungry and a little weak after the run. I guess I need just a few more calories before my run. Did the oatmeal at lunch thing - it wasn’t enough.</p>
One of those rest days that has me chomping at the bit…
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<p>I knocked out another 100 today. I thought I’d really test myself. I alternated hands doing single arm swings. Did all 100 without setting down the 'bell. Then I did a little bit of shoulder stability work with the 'bell and finished off with some loaded lunges…</p>
<p>I went and did my usual gym routine (45 minutes of machines or free weights and pullups plus the New Rules warm up routine and 30 minutes of elliptical), then came home and did Kettlebells once an hour till I got my 100 in.</p>
<p>It was a good day, an old geezer said I looked 16.</p>
<p>mathmom, the old geezer was coming on to you! Enjoy the attention!</p>
<p>24 mins. Sighting: mama duck and six baby ducklings crossing the path! </p>
<p>My joints loved the shorter run last week, so I went for a repeat today. 
The only thing is the extra energy boost, that ahhh feeling, doesn’t usually kick in for me these days until more like 28-30 mins, so when I stop at 24 I miss out on that.</p>
<p>Oh he’s a terrible flirter, but an interesting guy. He’s 65ish, grew up in Hell’s Kitchen. Black guy who spent his teen years flirting with the Irish girls. I’m sure I remind him of them.</p>
<p>Re #18814, do you guys have a point where you feel like your system switches over to the second tank? Is that pretty typical?</p>
<p>Well, at this point I’m not sure I would call it a second tank as much as that I get past the engine is sputtering stage! My early morning first mile(s) are really awful feeling. Yesterday I hadn’t even turned on my music and didn’t even realize it! By 2 miles I’m doing better. That’s why I always tell myself “just get out there and if you can’t stand it you can turn around at 2 miles.” I never do.</p>
<p>I have initial sputtering, too, MOWC. Of course my total run time (jog in my case) is a lot shorter than yours, so it looks quite a bit different. The first 5 minutes of jogging, after warmup stretches and walking, is what I think of as fake it until you make it time. :-)</p>
Deborah T–I don’t think I HAVE a second tank. When I run out of gas, that’s it. If I walk for a while, I can recover, but I’m really better off if I don’t go too fast out of the starting gate.
And I can’t WAIT for the weather to clear up here after the storms are over. Right now it’s about 94 and so humid you need gills to survive out there. Really, I think it’s dangerously humid!
<p>The problem with that free sauna is that the on/off switch wasn’t included in the package and nobody yet has figured out exactly how the timer works. ;-)</p>