October 2009

Finding my hero…

by Chris October 19, 2009

As many of you know, I have recently taken up indoor cycling as an amazing way to crank up my cardiovascular training. Things were getting a bit boring on the elliptical machine at the gym, so I went to a spinning class, and got hooked instantly. I wrote about it in a recent blogpost, and [...]

It is what it is.

by Chris October 9, 2009

I’ve taken a bit of a break from running in the past two weeks. I did my 5km run and am still feeling incredible about my accomplishment. But, the weather has been crappy, and life has been a bit nutty. My landlord decided to put the house up for sale, so for the whole of [...]

Defeat and Determination

by Rick October 6, 2009

Exerpt from this post … All the people in the diet world strive for the following situation: “Man, those chips look good. I’d like to eat those…. wait… wait… I don’t need these. I’m not that hungry. This will not help me lose weight, and I won’t feel any better.” And you move on without [...]

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That’s Going To Leave A Mark

by Ron October 2, 2009

I woke up early today with the intention of going to the gym and having the rest of my day fall into place. Instead, I lounged around for two hours and slacked on getting ready. At one point, I was convinced that I was going to flake out and skip today. I mean, I skipped [...]

Waisting Time

by Ron October 1, 2009

When we last spoke, I was mired in some deep financial issues that prevented me from going to the gym. My gym membership was a few payments late which temporarily put things on hold. As quickly as that had started, I was able to climb out of that hole and keep my membership in good [...]