Channeling Jason Lezak

Jason Lezak

One of my favorite swimmers is Jason Lezak. He of the fastest 100 split time ever swam….which just happened to be in the final leg of the 4×100 relay at the 2008 Olympics.  When I decided to start lifting weights a few months ago I went and found a workout used by Lezak for sprint [...]

It’s a treadmill that hooks up to your IPhone!

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Okay, I may be a little behind on this, but I think it’s really cool. The new gym has treadmills that…….woop, quick diversion…yes…I am wayyy behind on this..2007? Really?…..you plug your ipod/iphone into. While this isn’t exactly startling new technology, I found it to be new to me. What’s better is you can play videos [...]

Pool work this morning

Quick workout in the pool. Gotta get to work! 200y slow W/U 10x100y on the 1:50 50y C/D My heart rate was fine throughout, my muscles were still a little sore from Sunday’s work however.

The Workout That Started It All

Workouts continued today at the Galter Life Center with a fun workout. When I first started my first workout regimen some three years ago in Dallas. When I joined the Landry Fitness Center I took a fitness test (F) and the personal trainer hooked me up with a beginner plan for cutting fat and increasing [...]

Strong morning workout

It has been a long time since I woke up and got in a workout before noon. I had set out to work out 14 times during February…I made it to the gym 3 times. Meh…win some lose some. Today’s work out: W/U 200 swim/200 pull 5×100 on the 1:50 100 pull, 100 IM 5X100 [...]

$80/month to be fat or to get skinny

I can come up with 1000 reasons why I haven’t worked out in the last five months. The one about wedding and honeymoon doesn’t fly anymore however. So today I signed on at the Galter Life Center at Swedish Covenant Hospital. It’s four whole blocks from the house. It’s on the way home, parking is [...]

New Cheeseburger Recipe

Chili bleu cheeseburger

The wife changed our non-plan evening plans tonight to head out with a friend, so I got to be a little creative cooking for one. We’ve recently taken up boiled and broiled potatoes as our side of choice for the time being, so I whipped those up and stuck them in our new toaster oven [...]

I will get back in shape

About this time three years ago I decided to get back in shape after 10 years of general unhealthy living. I accomplished that after hooking up a triathlon training group in Dallas. I managed to lose about 30 pounds and complete a handful of 5K and 10K races as well as two triathlons and a [...]

Wall-Mounted Computer

Wall mounted computer

This is something I could see going to mass market in the future. I was cooking last night while basketball was on in the other room. I have a sling box but didn’t want to bring my laptop in the kitchen because it would only get in the way. What if I had a Sling [...]

The 31 Places to go in 2010

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The New York Times published a list of 31 can’t miss travel destinations today. Sadly I have been to none of these 31 places..not even Vegas! Unfortunately my one travel destination planned for the year, Cancun, is not listed. Now that my life is somewhat settled hopefully I can start traveling a little more before [...]