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PUSH.tv: week three

This week I graduated from my first PUSH workout to my second.  I was very curious going into it about how the two would differ.
For one thing, I received these resistance bands in my PUSH package; you know, those long, thin, stretchy sheets of some wonder-material (they always make us think of the movie Ski [...]

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Recent bike rides suggest I’m doing something right

It’s been a good week for cycling around here, and I’m seeing some nice improvements.
Saturday morning Daniel and I did the Cycle for Independence ride on our tandem. 25 miles the previous Saturday was the most we’d done on the tandem, and we’d only logged about 100 miles total on that bike, so I [...]

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I bought the bodybugg “intelligent calorie management system”

Today I finally broke down and bought a bodybugg.
If you’re not familiar with the bodybugg, it’s a nifty little gadget that tracks actual calorie expenditure (or as close to it as you can get outside of a lab setting). There are two parts: an armband that you wear during all waking hours [...]

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My down days may be numbered

I’ve been pretty happy with the Johnson UpDayDownDay Diet so far. It’s surprisingly easy to follow, and I’ve lost some weight in the almost-three-weeks I’ve been doing it (though not as much as I was hoping). I haven’t had any negative symptoms and like the guilt-free feeling I (sometimes) experience while eating yummy [...]

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Working out with PUSH.tv

I’ve now been working out with PUSH.tv for a week, so it’s time to share my first impressions of the actual workout.
The PUSH DVD contains two workouts, one for the first two weeks, and one for the two weeks after that.  There’s also all kinds of extra stuff I haven’t taken the time to explore [...]

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