Exercise ⁽²⁷⁾

Brian Bilbrey December 14, 2014

Year Winding Down

We're about two weeks out, and at 36"+, just a little under eight inches shy on precipitation compared to annual normal. Of course, the tree abutting the deck has put on some bulk in the last couple of years, and it's entirely possible that the current siting of my rain gauge is in tree shadow part of the time. I'm thinking of re-siting it (or even getting a more comprehensive weather thing) in the next year. But that's a project for another day (month?). But this year certainly has flown by. * * * If you saw what I was…

Brian Bilbrey October 17, 2014

Progress Elliptical

Elliptical progress That's the highest single-session stride count I've done to date. That plus 96 sit-ups, 48 push-ups, and assorted stretches filled up my late afternoon between arriving home and feeding the dog. Not too shabby.

Brian Bilbrey September 8, 2014

A Good Day

Work was work. But the workout was good. After a bit of stretch, I put in 60 sit ups, 21 push ups, and this: My UP app (from Jawbone, same as the UP24 I wear) tells me I've done a million monitored steps since I first put on the device on 31 May. A significant percentage, more than half I'd guess, was done on the elliptical. Go me!

Brian Bilbrey August 20, 2014

Back in the Groove

After several weeks of very intermittent exercise, and some backsliding on the dietary controls, I'm back in the groove, I think ... Good exercise days - two days running at almost precisely the same pace. Excellent! * * * I use OpenSSH for nearly all of my computing platform access, except for that OS from Redmond. Secure access to commandline environments meets about 90% (a made up number, gut check says "true") of my requirements. It'd be more, but I access a lot of monitoring services via a browser. But close to 100% of actual work is done via commandline…

Brian Bilbrey May 30, 2014

A Lovely Day for an Anniversary

Yep. Sixteen wonderful years I've been married to Marcia. To celebrate, she worked on a t-shirt quilt for a customer, while I ... went to work. But this evening, on the way home ... She seems to like them. She also got a sewing thing accessory as a pressie, while I've got a set of E. E. "Doc" Smith paperbacks headed my way. We're so romantical. We'll go out to supper to complete our celebration one of these days. * * * Marcia got a FitBit thing a while back, and she likes it very much. It helps her keep…