A recent Time Magazine article describes the power of journaling with weight loss. A study in the August 2008 issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine describes a study where participants were encouraged to use weight-loss maintenance strategies including calorie restriction, weekly group sessions, and moderately intensive exercise. About half of the group was encouraged [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘exercise’
July 31, 2008
Thank You Sir, May I Please Have Another - CrossFit Week #2
I am amazed that the two previous CrossFit posts are now the most read posts on my blog. A lot of people seem interested in this exercise philosophy. So to pad my blog hits with additional CrossFit searches, here is a list of the exercises I did over the ten days.
Monday 7/21/2008 – 400 yard [...]
July 20, 2008
Broken Body - CrossFit Week #1
The first week of CrossFit is complete, and I am very sore! It is amazing how much my muscles have atrophied spending years working in front of a computer. I am in pretty good aerobic shape and have found out that I am in terrible anaerobic shape. Here is a description of the workouts this [...]
July 9, 2008
CrossFit Challenge
My brother, Kevin, has challenged me to give CrossFit a try. Those of you that know my brother, know that our genetic makeup is completely different (Same parents - way different bodies and minds). Kevin has always been a big dude – I am longer and lankier. He was a state champion wrestler in high [...]