HIIT. Pitches. Cardio and The Rangers. Man, I love Texas.

So here I sit, post-cardio, rosy-cheeked and adrenalin-happy, watching Cliff Lee stymie Tampa Bay. All is right with my world. I had a great workout again tonight, extending the HIIT portion to just over 20 minutes of my 30-minute cardio session, and running at 8 and 9 mph. That’s my best effort in a very [...]

September 21 to September 30. Catch Up.

On Tuesday, September 21, I managed a cardio session during a break from Hospice. I left my mom with both of my aunts, (her sisters), and my cousin, and headed to the gym for a quick 45 minutes. Afterward, I went back to Mom’s to feed the cats, then returned to Hospice. One of my [...]

A little Mike-motivation, cyber-style. And yet another wardrobe malfunction.

Day Two of Shelby’s e-diet plan. It was a reasonably good day. Sometimes during a cut, especially in the early days, I have to drag myself through my workouts. This usually resolves as my body adjusts to its new schedule – but so far, so good. As a preemptive measure, though, I have decided to [...]

Weary Wednesday.

I hit the gym late afternoon today. A new time for me, and it was pretty much empty. Mr. Hollywood was just leaving, and two other men (one on the treadmill, one lifting) were finished long before I was, so it was a pretty quiet cardio session. But I don’t mind that, from time to [...]

Sunday. Wherein I get soaked. Twice.

It has been raining since 3:45  this morning. Or for at least that long, as that’s what time it was when a violent thunder storm woke me… The rain has been intermittent all day long, stopping briefly before once again coming down in violent bursts. Of course, I had to get caught in it at [...]

Cardio & Core. The Concise Version. Tuesday @ The Factory.

Not much to say today. I did my time on the stepmill, followed it with some core and flexibility and made it out of the gym in an hour and a bit. Short, sweet, satisfying. And finished. In the gym. Concisely: Stepmill, Fatburner Level 8, 15 minutes. 1.3 miles Stepmill, Aerobic Level 8, 15 minutes. [...]

Sunday, lonely Sunday…

I got up at 3:30 a.m. today. Seriously. The crazed triathlete was doing his third Disco Tri, the shorter sprint edition this time because he is just coming off the injured list. But the start time was 7:00 a.m., and the venue was Ray Roberts Lake, over an hour north of us. And in order [...]

Sunday Morning @ The Factory…

…and I pulled a shift all on my own. There were a grand total of three other people in the gym during the entire time I was there – a trainer, his client, and one other customer. So it was pretty much like having my own brand new training facility – with a ton of [...]

Home Again. Sort Of.

Home in Texas. Home with my trainer. Home with my training partner. But in a brand-new gym, “The Factory”, which is the replacement gym for “Womack’s”. Maybe it will become “Home”. But just not yet. And oh yeah, forgot to take a photo in the gym, so today’s pic is post-cardio (you can tell by [...]

A Speedy Sunday Session.

Mother’s Day 2010 dawned with SNOW in the Ottawa Valley. And so, once again, I was relegated to my warmer workout clothes. But I had a pretty good session, so that made up for the fact that there was SNOW in May. It had to be a quick session as not only was Sunday the [...]