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I read an interesting and well researched article about treadmill running vs. outdoor running... The 1% Incline Treadmill Myth, and I certainly agree with the conclusion that air resistance has little or no effect on a runner at relatively low speeds (compared to world-class runners that is). I do f […]

In September of last year I signed up for the 20/20 program at the Pro Club, a 25 week weight-loss program that includes personal training, dietitian appointments and even group therapy (yay!). Well, I'm pretty much wrapped up on the program, and a few weeks ago they had me in to take measurements a […]

Back in the summer I jumped back into fitness by signing up for the 20/20 program at the Pro Club. 20/20 is a serious weight loss program that involves both diet change (I'd characterize it as South Beach in style) and five workouts a week (including three with a personal trainer). Well, it has been […]

My previous post about the Nike+ system left me searching for a similar solution for non-iPod users... without a lot of luck, but Mark let me know about http://www.sportsdo.net, which is very cool. This site/software uses any GPS enabled Windows Mobile device to produce some useful info about y […]

If you know me, or read my blog much, you'll probably gather that I've fully bought into the WMA/WMV world. I've always been a bit annoyed at the iPod model of things as well... I mean, seriously, you can only use iTunes with iPods and iPods with iTunes... talk about crazy... people need choice, who […]

Having finished my first week in the 20/20 weight loss program, and having lost 5lbs (or 2.7% of my weight, to put it in more relative terms), they've graciously allowed me to add veggies back in. Not too much of course, but a couple of cups of lettuce go a long ways towards making a chicken breast […]

I've talked about losing weight before, and I managed to lose a fair bit via the South Beach diet about a year and a half ago, but my weight recently started creeping up again and I decided to do something 'big' to get on the right track (which is something I've considered before). So, on Tuesday o […]

Last year I managed to go from 205-ish down to around 175 … just by following the South Beach Diet and working out more consistently (shooting for 5 days a week, generally hit 4 at least)… but then I switched jobs to work on a new project (http://on10.net, a site that has featured Chris a few times) […]

I was surprised early to hear that God of War II was a PS2 game... and now this? I think it just the price that is scaring developers... scary to develop for a console that seems out of the price range of your target audience. I say "seems" because despite my own (biased) negative thoughts about the […]

Yesterday my segment on Heart Rate Monitors went up onto on10.net, featuring a new monitor from Polar and the cool EnterTrainer product... check out the video to learn more! Oh, and unlike some of the comments suggested, lifting up my shirt on camera is embarassing... and yet, I did it twice on came […]

When my brother took me to buy running shoes a few years ago, he made a point of showing me a couple of ways to lace them up based on the fit I needed... but over time I forgot, and now I have new shoes... luckily for me, the web saves the day (like usual) and I found this on the new balance site: L […]

I used to get knee pain all the time, just walking down stairs would cause quite an ache, but after I dropped some weight that went away... now it seems that pounding my legs onto the pavement over and over again is firing it back up again, and it is getting bad enough that I'm feeling reluctant to […]

Back at the start of April, I signed up for a group fitness class at the pro club, the "Boot Camp" ... a twice-weekly (for two months) running-focused outdoor workout that was supposedly modeled after real military training. Well, it wasn't anything like what I remembered from going through basic […]

And I'm not trying to be casual... stupid thing is, I went for a run on Monday as part of a "Boot Camp" group fitness program, and it was probably my longest run in the last 12 years... and now my foot is just killing me when I put on my normal shoes. Turns out, when I put my running shoes back on […]

I was searching the web for details on how best to take all the various body measurements that is a standard part of any personal training program, when my search brought me to this essay. […]

When I first came down to the US, I had to pick a doctor and go in for a physical, and when the doctor was done with all the various procedures he needed to perform, he asked me if I had any particular health concerns. I really only had one, but I didn't see the point in mentioning it, I didn't […]