15 Monday Jul 2019
Posted in Bonus Content
Tags
Achievement, Bodybuilding, Cardio, Exercise, healthy living, Persistence, Self-discipline, Weightlifting
My wife and her trophies
11 Thursday Jul 2019
Posted in Workout Routine
Tags
Cardio, Exercise, Focus, habits, healthy living, motivation, workout
20 minutes cardio – broke a good sweat today.
See you at the finish line!!
Dave
02 Tuesday Jul 2019
Posted in Workout Routine
Workout:
Cardio 20 minutes HIIT
See you at the finish line!!
Dave
24 Monday Jun 2019
Posted in Motivation Monday
Tags
Exercise, Insomnia, Learning, My week, Persistence, Reading, Spiritual Work, Writing
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A. Edison
Hello, folks! Happy Monday!
I found this quote and felt it was exactly in alignment with what I wanted to talk about today–persistence. Persistence is what gets you through anything. It helps you when you doubt what you are doing. It helps when the obstacles to your progress pile up. It is supported by faith. The faith that you do have what it takes to succeed. We all have this capability. We just have to stick with what we are doing to get to where we want to go.
I try to keep my life simple. Read daily, write daily, learn daily, exercise daily, and spiritual exercises daily. This is it. Where I have fallen down this year is in the exercise arena. I go, then I don’t go, I start this program and then I stop this program. Today, I’m revamping my exercise routine and starting again. Exercise is important to me and once in a while I’ll lose track of that key point. I’m not into exercising for aesthetic purposes. I don’t care about posting an infinite amount of selfies showing off this or that. For me, it is just about feeling good, sleeping well, and taking care of myself.
For a few weeks, I was going through some horrific insomnia. I couldn’t sleep. One of the primary causes for this insomnia was my lack of consistent exercise. You see, I have always been hyperactive. If I don’t get rid of some energy doing yard work, exercise, and some actual brain work every day, I am not tired at all when I go to bed. I just lay there tossing and turning. I realize some folks suffer a form of insomnia because of worry. I do not fall into this category. My life is pretty calm, without too much drama. I feel for you if you cannot sleep because of excessive worry. This is a horrible place to be.
Ok. This week, we’ll be hitting it hard in the gym (check my workouts on my Workout Routine posts). I’ll be doing some work on my book, continue to post here, and work through an NLP course I signed up for on Udemy. I’ve also got my daily yard work to do, pending the weather. I hope each of you has a terrific week!
Until next time…
Dave
15 Saturday Jun 2019
Posted in Workout Routine
Tags
Achievement, Bodybuilding, Cardio, Exercise, healthy living, motivation, Persistence, Stair Stepper, workout
Today’s workout was interval training. I chose the stair-stepper for this routine’s cardio source.
20 minutes of interval training. 1 minute intense, 2 minutes slow. Great workout and a good sweat!!
See you at the finish line!!
Dave
17 Friday May 2019
Posted in Workout Routine
Tags
Cardio, Ego, Exercise, healthy living, Injuries, Random Program, Treadmill, weight lifting, Workarounds
PM:
Today I wanted to address our limitations in the gym. Each of our bodies is unique. My particular “uniqueness” involves the effects of a lower-back surgery I got in 2003. This surgery helped me decide to retire from the Army in 2005 and resulted in nerve damage to my left sciatic nerve. Occasionally I’ll suffer from numbness in the left leg and a tingling sensation in my left foot. This is what they call neuropathy. I could take medication for it, but prefer to just grin and deal with it. Because of this unique condition I have to avoid certain exercises like deadlifts, squats, and lunges. I don’t have the balance in my left leg and although I can still do deadlifts and squats, I prefer not to. Each time I have incorporated one of these two exercises in my routine I hurt my back. It’s not fun to hurt your back. So, I do other exercises that are easier on my back and still get a decent workout in.
It is really crucial to take care of yourself in the gym. Weight lifting is no joke. I read somewhere that you should check your ego at the door. This is solid advice. I see so many young people lifting weights that are way too heavy for them. The form they use is horrific and they are just asking for a major injury. Ah, youth.
Anyway, this is my contribution today. Do you have any issues with any exercises because of a medical or physical condition? If you do, reply in the comments section with the problem you have and what you do instead.
See you at the finish line…
Dave
14 Tuesday May 2019
Posted in Workout Routine
AM:
Today was a light day on my workout program. They are intermittent. The goal of this program is to hit cardio every other day. Subsequently, some of my cardio routines will coincide with a weight lifting routine and on other days, like today, it’ll be cardio all by itself.
I hope everyone is having a great week so far!
See you at the finish line…
Dave
11 Saturday May 2019
Posted in Workout Routine
Tags
Calf Presses, Crunches, Exercise, Hamstring Curls, healthy living, Leg Press, Leg Raises, Lunges
PM:
Good workout today. Have a great one, folks!
See you at the finish line…
Dave
04 Saturday May 2019
Posted in Workout Routine
AM:
Good morning all! Today was all cardio. For those of you who follow this part of my blog I wanted to explain that I take a day off on Friday. Friday is a fasting day, for religious purposes. Subsequently, I take the day off to conserve energy and relieve myself of the dependable hunger pangs that arise after a good workout.
It was my sister’s birthday yesterday. She’s coming up today to hang out with the family. I look forward to it. We’ll watch some shows on Netflix or Amazon, eat some birthday cake, and have a good time. I hope all of you have a terrific Saturday!
See you at the finish line…
Dave
01 Wednesday May 2019
Posted in Workout Routine
Tags
Ab Crunch, Calf Press, Exercise, healthy living, Leg Curl, Leg Extension, Leg Lift, Leg Press, Weight Training
AM:
Today’s message is about having a backup plan. I went to the gym Cutting Edge and discovered that all the equipment I needed for today’s workout was under maintenance. Luckily, I have a membership at Planet Fitness too. So, I packed up, headed down the road and did my workout at Planet Fitness instead. If you only have one gym membership and you run into the same trouble, have a home workout designed to accommodate your workout. You can’t control what a gym does, you can only adapt to whatever circumstances arise.
That’s it for today, folks!
See you at the finish line…
Dave
