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Catching up from the weekend

March 9, 2010 By Grant Gannon

Well, not exactly catching up from the weekend because I didn’t really do anything. Unless you count hours of walking around Michigan Ave. which should count for something. Yesterday was 34 minutes on the treadmill. This morning’s swim was: W/U: 200sw/200pu 6X100 on the 1:50 50 drill 6×100 on the 1:50 C/D: 100 pu Weights [...]

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Seven workouts this week!

March 5, 2010 By Grant Gannon

I have to keep this up, but I’ve now worked out seven times this week! Total I got in: Three treadmill workouts, three pool workouts and a weight session. Pool workout this morning was: W/U – 200sw, 200pull Set – 12x100y on the 1:50 C/D – 50 pull I added two more 100s to the [...]

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Channeling Jason Lezak

March 4, 2010 By Grant Gannon
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 [...]

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Pool work this morning

March 2, 2010 By Grant Gannon

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.

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Strong morning workout

February 28, 2010 By Grant Gannon

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 [...]

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$80/month to be fat or to get skinny

February 26, 2010 By Grant Gannon

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 [...]

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I will get back in shape

February 1, 2010 By Grant Gannon

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 [...]

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