Troy Pesola, Author at Cube Dweller Fitness

Troy Pesola

Troy is the founder of Cube.Dweller.Fitness. He's an innovation catalyst in several areas of life including business, marketing, and process improvement. Outside of work he's actively involved in fitness, health, and living vibrantly in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

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Meet my new friends, 24kg and 28kg

Mar

2011

There are many reasons that I love kettlebells. They attack your body with both intense cardio and weight training at the same time. They work, period. Then add how compact they are and it just adds to the goodness. We finally ditched the old school bench press we had in the house and I used ...

Tuesday’s Tip|Weight loss and Vitamin C|Improve Cholesterol

Mar

2011

These two tips seem like no-brainers to me. I was surprised they even made the list from my doctor. I was given a list of ten tips to reduce my cholesterol and improve my heart health, this is part 4 of the series. (See cholesterol tags for more of the tips.) Weight Loss This seemed ...

Fitness Poll|What kills your fitness?

Mar

2011

Reasons, excuses, justification – whatever we call them there are things we blame when we don’t stay physically fit. What are they? Working in a cube, or office job, means sitting all day. Cube Dwellers have unique health challenges. Employers offering free donuts for every occasion and unlimited coffee do not help. Now add in ...

Squats|Swings|Burpees|Oh my!

Mar

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...