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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Heart Rate Zones

Feb

2011

[adrotate banner=”12″] What are training zones and why do they matter? Watching your heart rate as you exercise can help you get the most benefit from the time you take to exercise. Having a heart rate monitor gives you the ability to focus your efforts. I use a Garmin FR60. Training Zones Defined Zone 1 ...

Heart Rate during 7 mile Run

Feb

2011

Running – some people love it; others hate it; others just lay down until the urge passes. Regardless of your own feeling about running it is practical fitness. So many activities I like to do require moving my body under my own power from point a to point b. Running builds that ability and trains ...

GVT Day 4 – 80 Military Presses, 100 Pullups, 30 Turkish Get Ups

Feb

2011

Wow! My arms are still shaking from this workout. I’m on the 4th workout in the German Volume Training (GVT) portion of a 12 week Kettlebell program. The program is from Mike Mahler’s DVD The Kettlebell Solution for Size and Strength. Persistence is paying off. Today was much better than last time I did this ...

Tuesday’s Tip|Skip the Elevator|Hit the Stairs

Feb

2011

Whenever I get the chance I take the stairs. My wife thinks it is some odd quirk of my personality. While that might have some truth it is also part of my desire to find ways to stay fit in the midst of life. So I always skip the elevator and hit the stairs and ...

German Volume Training (GVT) – day 3 – Kettlebell Squats, Swings, and Windmills

Feb

2011

Today was day three of my adventure on Mike Mahler’s GVT section from his DVD training program The Kettlebell Solution for Size and Strength. The workout is one of two that I alternate between every other workout and consists of ten sets of ten kettlebell squats and swings, followed by three sets of kettlebell high/low ...

German Volume Training – day 2

Feb

2011

There are two guys I have consistently turned to for expertise with kettlebells and pushing my fitness: Steve Cotter from IKFF and Mike Mahler. My current workout program is from Mike Mahler’s article about his DVD training program The Kettlebell Solution for Size and Strength this work has been a killer, I love it. With ...

My Biggest Enemy at Work – the chair

Feb

2011

What’s my biggest enemy at work? My chair. Okay that needs more explanation. What’s fighting my fitness and causing excess fat? My chair. What’s affecting my metabolism, slowing it down? My chair. My work requires me to sit much of the day, every day. So this … is my enemy. While I think Herman Miller ...

Whey Protein Gut Bomb – oh my aching stomach

Feb

2011

We got a box of Weider Quick2Sip Whey Protein Singles. I’ve wondered about whey protein so I was excited to give them a try. The result … gut bomb! I’m a gluton for punishment so I had to try it more than once. The reaction was identical, tasted good, then Ca-POW my stomach started to ...

Welcome to Cube Dweller Fitness

Feb

2011

Welcome to CubeDwellerFitness. This is my first official post. That doesn’t mean I have been exploring how to be fit while I spend my hours, days, weeks, and years trapped in four walls of a cube, office, or conference room. Yup, I’m a profession. I’m one of those “white collar” guys who spends time trapped ...