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Tag Archives: exercise
Questing for Immersiveness in MMOs
The Pink Pigtail Inn has a post a while back: Questing for Immersiveness in MMOs. Elnia argues that MMOs are not about immersing yourself in the story. The story is told in so many fragments and with so many interruptions … Continue reading
Couch to 5k Complete!
I finished the Couch to 5k Running Program this morning. It’s a program intended to move you from not running at all to running 5 km or about 3 miles. I have been wanting to try this out for a … Continue reading
Perfect Push Ups Workout Guide
Perfect Push Ups Workout Guide: 35+ Exercises shows a LOT of push up variations. Some of these are almost scary to look at – the level of fitness implied by these push ups is amazing. If you’re looking for a … Continue reading
99.95 percent versus 99.5 percent
What difference does 0.45-percent make? On a daily basis, none. On a yearly basis, it’s a lot. I was listening to Scientific American’s rebroadcast of their interview with Dr. Atul Gawande, Atul Gawande Redux. He describes sitting in with one … Continue reading
The Trash Caps – Warriors
Assuming I remember to make a trash tanking set, knowing The Trash Caps for Warriors will be invaluable. Actually, making a trash tanking set would probably be a good exercise for me.
Enjoying Life
I ran across this story while searching for the strawberry story for an earlier post. The key idea of the story is: Whatever you do you must enjoy, or you may not do it. No matter what it is, if … Continue reading
The Chain Breaks
Well, I made it 201 days of doing about 20 minutes of dedicated exercise per day. I went from June 10 to December 27, 2008. What broke the chain was discouragement. With the holidays here my regular routine has been … Continue reading
Vacation’s Over
Well, my long-anticipated vacation is now over. There seems to be something about taking a vacation that causes big chunks of money to disappear. I took Thursday off, and my motherboard decided to die Thursday night and take the CPU … Continue reading
Project Euler
Project Euler Exercises Your Mind with Mathematical Problems looks like something I’d like to check out. Heinlein once suggested mathematics as a great way to fill empty hours. I don’t have so many of those any more, but I have … Continue reading
Push ups Two Weeks In
I’m making progress on my push ups. I’m up to 31 now. Only 69 to go!
Headed for 100
My daily workout program has been going well. I’ve stuck with it for over 18 weeks now without missing a day. For a change of pace, I’m going to do hundred pushups program for my strength workout. My initial test … Continue reading
Minimalist Fitness II
The exercise options out there fascinate me. Zen Habits has another post on Minimalist Fitness II. I haven’t changed the weights part of my exercise routine yet, but when I look at doing so I may try out Crossfit.
How to Get In Lean Shape With Little or No Equipment
Zen Habits has a post on Minimalist Fitness: How to Get In Lean Shape With Little or No Equipment. About ten years ago I was stuck in Ghana with a lot of free time on my hands. I decided to … Continue reading
Why Do I Exercise?
I’ve been doing some form of regular exercise since my early teens. Sometimes it’s been very regular and structured, sometimes it’s been very minimal. Why do I do it? I don’t do it to be visibly physically fit. Pick any … Continue reading
The Best Tech Tools and Fitness Plans to Get in Shape
Lifehacker has a post on The Best Tech Tools and Fitness Plans to Get in Shape. I’m particularly intrigued by shovelgloving. I think that it may be time for me to vary the weights part of my exercises and it … Continue reading
Exercising Daily for 4 Weeks
I managed to hit my goal of doing 4 weeks of about 20 minutes of exercise every day (excluding stuff like cycling to work, wrestling with the kids, and so on). I’ve been doing the Slow Burn exercises with weights … Continue reading
Why Do I Raid Lead?
Why do I raid lead? Because I enjoy it. End of entry, close your browser and go home. Okay then, why do I enjoy raid leading? The first reason I enjoy raid leading is because I’m raiding with a great … Continue reading
Warrior Frustration
My warrior, Tristam, is falling behind the group I play with. I missed an instance due to tanking it on my paladin instead, I had bad luck with a couple of drop quests and I’ve fallen behind by half a … Continue reading
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Farming and Meditation
I recently decided that I needed two schematics that drop with low frequency off of mobs in Netherstorm. I hate mindless grinding. Without that “Ding” to push me on, I’m really reluctant to go slaughtering innocent mobs. Debi: You’re a … Continue reading