Long days, even longer evenings, and the end result is that I sometimes end up doing cardio after the gym closes. Luckily, the weather has been cooperating and Wednesday night’s cardio was a walk/run interval session through the quiet streets. Just a quick half-hour, but cold enough outside (6 Celsius) that 10 steps out the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Weather’
Drowned Rat. Times Two.
Posted: June 24, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Canada, Cardio, Elliptical Trainer, Treadmill, Ultimate Fitness, Weather
I had planned to get started on re-landscaping my mom’s front yard today. I’m only here until the second of July, so knowing that I’m pressed for time, I worked out a timetable that would accommodate everything I need to do. Unfortunately, the weather is just not co-operating. It’s raining again… but the revised forecast [...]
Hail, hail, the gang’s all here … oh, and Leg Day.
Posted: March 11, 2010 in Cardio, Gym, Personal Training, Running, Texas, Treadmill, Weight TrainingTags: Cardio, Gym, Mike, Personal Trainer, Texas, Treadmill, Weather, Weight Training
Wednesday March 10/10 As I write this, it is 67 degrees and sunny, and the sky is a beautiful shade of blue. It would be impossible to tell that mere hours ago, we were in the midst of a violent thunder storm complete with lightning, wind and, oh lord, hail. Hail is never a welcome [...]
Saturday, in the gym… I know it’s not the Fourth of July…
Posted: January 10, 2010 in Cardio, Flexibility, Goals, Gym, Stepmill, Treadmill, Weight LossTags: Cardio, Flexibility, Goals, Gym, Stepmill, Treadmill, Weather, Weight Loss
… because it has been so cold here lately, I’ve been having flashbacks* to winters in Canada. With temperatures dropping into the teens, and days on end of bright, cold weather, it seems so like a northern winter – minus the snow, of course. The pool pump drones on and on and the sound has [...]
Friday Morning Freeze-out. December 10 Workout.
Posted: December 12, 2009 in Cardio, Gym, Heart Rate Training, Personal Training, Running, Treadmill, Weight TrainingTags: Cardio, Goals, Gym, Heart Rate Training, Mike, Personal Trainer, Running, Treadmill, Weather, Weight Training
Okay, enough is enough. I know it’s December, but we live in the south, and I do not like the cold. To quote my four-year-old nice: I NOT happy!!! Just to prove how cold it’s been, here’s a photo of my garden… No more tomatoes… So obviously, I’m not running outside in this weather. And [...]
