My Fitness Journey Use it or lose it! My 11-year fitness journey in a nutshell. 2011 – Got a GPS watch and an old mountain bike and began riding on the road. 2012 – Continued riding the bike longer distances, started doing Couch to 5k (running) and did a complicated weightlifting workout program in my …
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There are a few books you read and when you are done you think… Life-Changing! I’ve had Dumping Iron by P. D. Mangan (a guy I found on Twitter) on my reading list for a long time. Christopher Smith (another guy I found on Twitter) recently prompted me to move it to the top of …
A year ago, I decided to start lifting weights. I’m assessing where I’m at right now, what I’ve learned this year, and what my goals are for the coming year. This is where I’m at now: Start (12/6/19) Now (12/12/20) Workouts 0 73 Body Weight 173 (@ 5’ 9”) 190 (@ 5’ 9”) Squat …
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Several years ago, as I was approaching the Big 4-0 I realized I needed to make some changes. All my fitness measures were as bad as they had ever been in my life and going in the wrong direction. So, my Fitness Journey began! After some fits and starts and 8 years later I am …
I have ridden so many miles on the Harpeth River Greenway. It is #7 on my favorite Nashville park list but it isn’t really a park at all; it’s a greenway. It is an awesome one too. It runs along the Harpeth River from Edwin Warner Park out to Bellevue. I ride my bike on …
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It is no secret looking at my Dad bod that fitness has never really been a strong point for me. I am 1) short, 2) weak, 3) unathletic, 4) uncoordinated, and 5) generally a mess in the genetically gifted department. On top of having all this going for me (?!?) add in the fact that …
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