Fitness

I’ve been playing some co-ed rec soccer recently. It’s been a lot of fun, and also a reminder that I’ve gotten out of shape and I’m getting older (I’m now 34, and everyone else on my team is in their 20s). But I’m enjoying it nonetheless. Anyways, I thought I’d share my current soccer kit — the gear I use when I play soccer. My Cardio Workout First, I have to call out the “John Terry Treadmill Workout”, because it’s what’s been most helpful in (slowly) getting me back into soccer shape. It’s brutal, but effective. As this Reddit post clarifies: ...

I’m trying to put together a basic home gym in our basement apartment. Mainly, I’m interested in doing squats for now. Then, I’ll expand to deadlifts and benchpress. Our ceilings are too low for overhead presses, however. Anyways, I just ordered the Valor Fitness BD-9 squat rack from Amazon. I still need a decent Olympic bar and Olympic plates.

Last night, the scale read 192.4. I’d really like it to read 180 or less. So, in lieu of how effective putting money on the line via StickK has been for my daily writing habit these past two weeks, I’ve decided to put money on the line as motivation to stick to the Slow Carb Diet for a month. For my writing habit, I’ve committed to writing 500 words toward my dissertation every day for 8 weeks. For every week I’m unsuccessful, $35 goes to the NRA. (I’m a pacifist. I do not like the NRA.) ...

(DISCLAIMER: You are, of course, more than welcome to try rucking, even if you also love running.) Rucking > Running It took me a long time to “fall in love” with running. It did not take me nearly as long to fall out of love with running! And yet, even though I’ve long enjoyed doing kettlebell swings and doing the 5×5 weight-lifing workout, I did begin to miss the benefits of cardio training. ...

I love books. Books, however, do not like my back. Can you relate? Maybe it’s not sitting around reading books all day, but I imagine plenty of you out there suffer from back pain/fatigue. Let me share a time-saving solution I’ve recently found: two-handed kettlebell swings. Our small kettlebell family How can these cannonballs with handles help your back? Well, the kettlebell swing is one of the many exercises out there that activates your posterior chain – the muscles along the back of your body. ...