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My #ActiveAugust goals have hit a snag. I'm injured. I've learned the hard way that I need to be careful, and I'll likely be sidelined for a few days healing. Durnit! AndysActiveAugust Metric: 10 for 11, or 0.91. :{<

Sundays are the nemesis of my #ActiveAugust goals. It's a busy day with church and usually some sort of family activites thereafter. Last Sunday, 2 Aug, was the only day thus far I hadn't exercised. So this Sunday I was more than a little concerned. Christy wasn't feeling well, so we didn't get to church. Since Christy hadn't slept well the night ...

It's been a couple days since I last blogged. In between a couple long days at work, installing Windows 7 on the Red XPS laptop, and Riley's birthday cookout; I managed to exercise both days. My #ActiveAugust goals revolve around making exercise a habit. I want to work up to a challenging (for me) routine. My thinking is: If I can do this for a ...

Today was also close. After staying up too late last night due to work (and being old - old people don't need sleep), my #ActiveAugust aspirations were nearly dashed by sleeping in until after 6:00 AM again for the second day in a row. In addition, it rained here most of last night - making it too wet to walk here near the ...

Today was close. After being inspired by Tim Benninghoff's post about Dynamic SQL (and writing one of my own), I stayed up too late last night. The alarm is set for 5:30 AM to give me enough time to get up and stirring before heading to the gym at 6:00. I hit snooze a few times and didn't get up until about 6:30. That didn't leave enough time to ...

I did something today I haven't done in weeks - I made it to the gym for the second day in a row, Maybe it's all psychosomatic (or just plain psycho), but I felt better today. I did 1.5 miles on the treadmill - enough to get a minimum good cardio workout for 20 minutes - and then started on the weights. In keeping with not hurting myself and ...

As suspected, Sunday proved to be a challenge to my plans for an #ActiveAugust. But this morning - Monday, 3 Aug 2009, which also happens to be Riley's 2nd birthday (Happy Birthday Boof!) - I dragged my tired self out of bed earlier than I had been and hit the gym. I did 25 minutes total on the treadmill - barely qualifying as a useful workout. ...

1 Aug 2009: Today's cardio was mowing. About half of the three acres we (and the mortgage company) own is covered with grass - the kind that insists on growing. It's been a couple weeks since I gave it all a good mow. My neighbors were shaming me with their mowed lawns, and I'm a sucker for peer pressure (as I mentioned in my previous post). We ...

I'm going to participate in #ActiveAugust for a couple reasons: A bunch of my Twitter friends are doing it. I really need to be more active. My plans are to go cardio each day. For me, doing something that gets my heart rate into workout range every day for 31 days would be astounding - and very good for me. Most studies say it takes 21 days ...