Exercise ⁽²⁷⁾

Brian Bilbrey May 29, 2016

29 May 2016

Exercise this weekend was due entirely to yard work. The Fitbit reports that I managed nearly 32,000 steps in the two days, and based on activity, gave me nearly an hour of heart rate + activity actual exercise time each day. So that counts. The garden itself has really appreciated a week of sun and warmer temperatures. I lost a couple of squashes and all of the cantaloupe to the month of rain and lower-than-normal temperatures. The cantaloupe I replaced today, but here's a snap from yesterday afternoon: The tomatoes have gained a lot of ground in the last week…

Brian Bilbrey May 25, 2016

25 May 2016

Monday: 40 sit-ups, 20 squats, 12 push-ups, assorted stretches, and 3600 strides on the elliptical in 30 minutes. Tuesday: 40 sit-ups, 20 squats, 12 push-ups, assorted stretches, and 4000 strides on the elliptical in 33 minutes. Wednesday: 60 sit-ups, 30 squats, 18 push-ups, assorted stretches, and 4350 strides on the elliptical in 35 minutes. Being more public about my workouts might help with my consistency in such activities, so thanks for observing.

Brian Bilbrey April 5, 2015

Pushing harder

First, exercise. I've been pushing a lot harder the last couple of weeks. I'll do 20-30 minutes of alternating stretches and exercise (squats, sit-ups, push-ups), followed by 45+ minutes on the elliptical. My "best" day of the week was yesterday: I managed 60 minutes, 8200 strides, 1000+ calories burned on the machine. I probably pushed too hard - it hurt when I did a normal workout today. But overall, I feel better, and I sleep better. Those are both good things. I skipped a day on Wednesday. The body was demanding a short break, and the UP24 was mis-behaving. Taken…

Brian Bilbrey March 29, 2015

Staying Busy

It's a long list of small-ish chores that got done this weekend, too dull to enumerate. But lots got done, which is good. We're hopeful that by next weekend, Marcia will have the sewing room and fabric room reassembled and nice enough to show y'all a picture or two of how it came out. But right now it's a slice of Hell for the compulsive tidier... It was pretty cold this weekend - hovering around freezing. So, no yard work (not that I had time for any). On the exercise front, I'm back in full swing, however. According to my…

Brian Bilbrey December 21, 2014

Welcome to Winter

I'm thinking of Jerry Pournelle a lot these days, and wishing for him a speedy and complete recovery from his recent "small" stroke. What I *want* is for Jerry to keep defying odds, and keep putting out first rate science fiction (selfish of me, I know), and for Jerry to keep enjoying life. Not much to ask, is it? * * * Just another busy weekend for me, though. Much of yesterday I was in the woodshop, and repeated that again today. Among other things, I dismantled an old humidifier that was wasting space. Most of it is now in…