Category Archives: Exercise

One Muscle Group Workout

By Andy | Published January 12, 2011

This is a pretty awesome way to get in shape, and it doesn’t take up much time.

Imagine if you go to the gym every day and do a full workout, it will take a hell of a lot of time. But if you only work one muscle group per day, you can get it over with [...]

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Micro Exercises for the Lazy

By Andy | Published November 28, 2009

You know what it’s like when you desperately need to do some exercise but lack motivation for a workout? Well I think I have a solution

The idea is to decide on a muscle group to target on it’s own. So it will take you just a few minutes.

For example, today I decided to work on [...]

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Dodging Rain

By Andy | Published November 21, 2009

Today I wanted to do a short run but the weather was closing in with rain clouds looming.

The night before I had consumed a delicious small bag of Cashew Nuts so I really needed to compensate for this with a 30 minute run.

As I headed out, within about 1 minute the rain was starting so I [...]

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Running Progress

By Andy | Published November 20, 2009

Over the last 11 days I have been running a lot and doing a few simple exercise routines. The result has been 4 kg of weight loss which is 4% down from my starting weight.

Doing the running has boosted my fitness level so I can now run 10 km in about 1 hour. The first time [...]

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Adding Variety to Your Training

By Andy | Published August 6, 2009

Aerobic training takes time like 30 minutes plus to perform so it can get boring if you do the same thing each time.

Here are some of the ways that I varied my training recently:

reversed the direction of my run/walk route
took a detour out of curiosity down a path on the top of a hill that provided [...]

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Tracking Walks with iPhone and GPS

By Andy | Published July 19, 2009

The new iPhone has a GPS unit inside it so there are applications to help you track your walks.

The application I am using is RunKeeper. This allows you to log all your activities and they get synced with your online account on the web. There you can view your weekly activity and see maps of the [...]

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Velocity Weight Loss Diet

By Andy | Published June 29, 2009

I came across the velocity diet which has given me some ideas for further weight loss.

Since damaging my knee, I found it uncomfortable to go for runs, but this diet recommends avoiding running and doing daily fast-paced walks instead. This I can do. The problem with running is that you may lose muscle mass when you [...]

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Home Pull Up Bar

By Andy | Published October 19, 2008

Here is a home pull up bar that I constructed from some floor boards that were hanging around my home and I purchased 2 meters of steel tube and cut it back to a suitable length.

Home Pull Up Bars from Amazon

The wood is about an inch thick so it does not flex easily and the bar [...]

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Pumpkin Weight Loss Workout

By Andy | Published October 17, 2008

To create a stir in the diet and exercise market place, people are turning to some bizarre methods. The latest crazy idea is to use a pumpkin as exercise equipment.

What next? Here are some ideas:

Use a baby. Do arm curls as you watch your baby smile at you. Lie on your back and push the baby [...]

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Tips for doing more Push-Ups

By Andy | Published October 14, 2008

I’m no fitness expert/coach, but I am working my way through the 100 Push-up challenge. Here is what I found helps:

I noticed that a lot of people entering week 3 from week 2 can’t actually do it. I think the main reason is lack of rest from the test at the end of week 2.

In my [...]

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Push Ups Video

By Andy | Published October 9, 2008

Here I am doing the test to see how many push-ups I can do after completing week 2 of the 100 push-up challenge program.

Looking at the video, my friend pointed out that my arms were probably too far apart and my feet are not at 90 degrees, making it harder. So I will try and improve [...]

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Real Push Ups

By Andy | Published October 6, 2008

As regular readers will know, I am participating in the 100 Push Up Challenge where I follow a training regime aiming to result in being able to perform 100 consecutive push ups after 6 weeks.

My current weight is about 94Kgs and if I had a very athletic body, it would be more like 84Kgs as it [...]

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100 Push Ups Progress Report

By Andy | Published September 26, 2008

So far I have completed 2 days of the hundred pushup challenge. After the first one I had some muscle ache in the chest area but after a day of rest, it was minimal and I was able to complete day 2 of the challenge.

The first day I did a set of 10, 12, 7, 7 [...]

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100 Press Up Challenge

By Andy | Published September 23, 2008

I came across an interesting website that aims to help you achieve the aim of performing 100 consecutive press-ups after 6 weeks of training.

The training involves doing sets of press-ups 3 times a week that get progressively harder. It is aimed at any fitness level as long as your doctor gives you the OK to proceed. [...]

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