Cube Dweller Fitness - Page 30 of 33 - for life outside the box.

Squats|Swings|Burpees|Oh my!

Mar

18

2011

Today I did a perfect Cube Dweller workout. It was straight and to the point, focused and efficient fitness. The workout is really pretty simple. Just do as many rounds as possible (AMRAP) of the exercises in 15 minutes. The exercises are: 15 Air Squats 10 24kg Kettlebell two-hand swings 5 Burpees I managed to ...

Survey Said, … not sure Cholesterol is any better.

Mar

17

2011

After three months of following tips to reduce my cholesterol levels, I got a blood cholesterol screening done. The results, not good and not convincing. The screening is a finger prick blood test that takes 5 minutes to determine total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. I should have walked away after the first ...

Fasting, The Only Reason to Skip Breakfast

Mar

16

2011

I’ve been following 9 out of 10 recommendations to lower my cholesterol for three months. This morning I get my blood drawn to check the numbers but to prepare for that test I needed to fast for 12 hours. Oh my gosh am I hungry. My system is very used to getting fed and fed ...

Tuesday’s Tip|Flaxseed and High Fiber|Improve Cholesterol

Mar

15

2011

Flaxseed and high-fiber diet/supplements are claimed to help improve your cholesterol. This is part 3 of my series on Cholesterol and You where I continue to explore recommendations I’ve received to improve my cholesterol levels. What are they? what affect do they have? And do I really have to … Flaxseed My doctor suggested that ...

Kettlebell Hand Care

Mar

14

2011

I’ve had several people talk about how hard using kettlebells are on your hands, but with a few tips most can be avoided. I have had problems with callus build-up, but I get it more from doing pull ups. There are really just three tips: file hands, file kettlebells, and loosen up. File Hands This ...

GVT – day 12 – Dang – the workout that wasn’t

Mar

14

2011

Today’s workout … wasn’t. There are days when something happens and the workout just doesn’t go well. Today was one of those days. I’ve learned that I just need to listen to my body. Recall that I’m a Cube Dweller, not a professional athlete. The risk of pushing through possible injury outweighs the reality that ...

Getting more Kettlebells

Mar

13

2011

I’m excited to pick up two more kettlebells this week to add to my home gym. I started out buying nine kettlebells hoping to that others would join my addiction; didn’t happen. I bought all of my kettlebells from NPTI Trainer and Phil Ray has been very helpful. I’m trading up some of my smaller ...

What’s in your … Home Gym?

Mar

11

2011

if you workout at home, what’s in your home gym? I’ve tried many types of equipment through the years. I’ve been worked out in different settings: belonged to different gyms, done martial arts, and had several different setups in my home gym. So .. What’s in your home gym? My Home Gym In time I’ll ...

Why workout?

Mar

10

2011

Life is busy, very busy. We spend hours sitting, living in a cube. So why bother working out. It is hard work and requires some of our limited and precious time. You’ve no doubt encountered a disinterest; or even strong opposition to working out while at work. I had a coworker who expressed it like ...