I talked a bit about 2011 in my last post. This post is going to be devoted to 2012.
I will consider this a very successful year if by the end of the year I will have:
Now how the heck am I going to accomplish this? [Read more...]
A lot happened in 2011. I got engaged in January and then married in August, something which I am still amazed at. I also moved houses in January, to a wonderful home in Belmont, CA. My life now is completely different than it was just 12 months ago. However, my health isn’t, which is both good and bad. [Read more...]
I talked about these Valeo Adjustable Ankle or Wrist Weights
So, I’ve been trying them out for a couple of weeks now and I’ve come up with some mixed results.
I was hoping that I could use these while walking or hiking in order to change those activities from a light cardio workout into a mixed cardio and weights. In other words, I was hoping to turn every step into a weightlifting exercise. That’s not possible, at least not for me. The weight of these items and their placement around my ankles means that my stride is way off. Sure, I could walk long distance in these but I think I’d be doing serious damage to my feet and especially to my ankles, and that’s not something I’m willing to do.
The other bad news is that wearing them around my wrists while doing work is also impossible. They get in the way too much plus there’s no way to hide the fact that I’m wearing these giant wrist cuffs around my hands. Therefore, I can’t really wear them to work where I spend much of my day. I can wear them at home and I’ve done so a bit but they get in the way too much when they’re on my wrists.
So, not looking so good for the weights…
The good news is that wearing them on my ankles during work and at home is awesome! They can easily be hidden under a pair of jeans or slacks (unless you’re wearing skinny jeans or any kind of tights, which I don’t). Also, while they may not be useful for long walks, wearing them at work does provide a nice workout. Just think about all the times you move your legs during work.
My wife and I are spending our first Xmas together and she’s asked me what to get me as a present. I do have an Amazon wishlist but it’s a pretty boring one consisting mostly of books. She wants to get me something more meaningful (women!) and so I’m spending some time thinking about what I could possibly want this holiday season. I’ve come up with a list of items, some of which are related to health. I’ll post the healthy items here and for the rest… well, I’ll publish those just to my wife [Read more...]
As you can see from the other posts in this series, I’m basically changing my lifestyle to match that of the Tim Ferriss 4 hour body diet (reviewed here). I’ve made one minor modification to the diet, the addition of slightly more fruit than Tim recommends, but I’m sticking pretty close to it otherwise. I’m finding the diet to be difficult in some ways but easy in others and I thought I’d detail them here for those people who are thinking about this as a permanent life style. [Read more...]
I used to believe that anyone who wanted to lose weight and get healthier needed only to “eat less, move more.” In other words, just stop eating as much calories as you are right now and start exercising and you’ll see some great results. My experiments over the past few months have revealed to me a slight (or maybe not so slight) error in my thinking. [Read more...]
I’ve been making some minor changes to my life over the past six weeks and I feel like things are finally falling into place. So, here’s the way I intend to live the rest of my life, and yes, I am very serious about that. If you’re making any health changes that you’re not willing to live with for the rest of your life, you may as well forget about them right now. Temporary changes make for temporary results. [Read more...]
