I went for about a month without exercising. In that month, I gained ten pounds, probably because my eating habits were careless. My muscles atrophied a bit in that time, so I also have to go through the muscle soreness thing again, which I had forgotten about ( Read more... )

Well, I started commuting by bike regularly in late May of this year, been doing it fairly regularly except a couple days when I had any special errands or was travelling or whatever. In total about 4500 miles over 4 or 5 months, which is enough to have biked from Seattle to New York and then down to Miami (according to google maps it would be ( Read more... )

EnglishEsperantonon-fluent Chinese They have free classes now at the Gym, and my flexibility is poor, so I went to a Yoga class. I still enjoy this type of exercise, but I've decided that I just can't stand the mystical banter any more. PS, death to auto-formatting.

There's an article in the times that says the typical stretching routine is junk. Basically if you do static stretches for 30 seconds, that just weakens your muscles which results in a poorer athletic performance (of particular interest in weight training, where maximal exertion may be desired). Instead, you should just warm up 5 to 10 minutes ( ( Read more... )

With the beginning of this month I can do the gym thing for free (paid for by work). A pretty unassuming gym, which is fine except for having to bring my own towel and stuff.

If I time my workout right, I can watch the sunset over the water while loosening up afterwards on the treadmill.