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January 5th, 2009 Workout - Balance/Core

Today I did a new kind of workout, focusing on strengthening my balance and core muscles to improve my snowboarding.  I used a few pieces of equipment for this workout:

Home made balance board - instructions here:  http://www.surfstuff.eu/balance-boards/make-a-balance-board
Exercise ball
Pull up bar

I’ve had the pull up bar for a while, but I just built the balance board [...]

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21 days

I was in a bad mood early this morning and it put me into a bad state for pretty much the whole day.  The reason was because I was going through my goals and realized just how much I’ve been slacking the past few months.  I’ve gained a bit of weight back and now I’m [...]

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December 19th, 2008 Workout - Snowboarding

Went out after work in the middle of Snowmageddon for my 4th snowday of the year!
What should have been a 15 minute drive in normal conditions took 90 minutes.  The roads were horrendous and it was rare to actually see any asphalt under all the muck.  I stopped for food on the way there and [...]

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December 15th, 2008 Workout - Misc

Did a body weight workout at home today.  All together I did 100 push ups, 100 squats and 25 pull ups.  After that a bunch of core work.  I’m going to start researching balance boards so I can improve my balance and coordination as well.
All the hills are finally starting to open full time now, [...]

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December 8th, 2008 Workout - Muay Thai

I finally made it back into Muay Thai class.  It’s been way too long and I’ve missed it so much.  I’m gonna stick to beginner classes again for a little while until I get back into it.  Gotta get my basics refreshed!
We did our normal warmup and then did different variations of a cross fighting [...]

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December 4th, 2008 Workout - Yoga

Today I had my first Yoga session.  A friend of mine proposed that we trade off once a week - he’s going to show me some Yoga and I’m going to show him some Muay Thai.  I’ve done a bit of Yoga before and I know it’s really good for energy levels, core strength and [...]

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December 3rd, 2008 Workout - Misc

Got another workout in at home - did a warm up, then multiple sets of push ups and pull ups.  After that I did some stretching, then did a bunch of thai kicks and squats.  For the kicks and squats I followed the pattern of 1 rear right kick, 1 squat, 1 rear left kick, [...]

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November 27th, 2008 Workout - Misc

Had a lot of things to do so I did my workout at home yesterday.  Did a quick warm up of some shadowboxing, then did a lot of push ups, squats and core work.  I’m headed up north for the weekend so I won’t get back to the gym until Sunday night.  I’m going to [...]

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November 25th, 2008 Workout - Weights

Got out to the gym tonight and did a weight training workout.  It’s been a while so I started off a bit slow.   Did 10 minutes of HIIT as a warmup on the eliptical and then did a full body circuit on the machines with 1 warmup set and 1 work set at each station.
I’ll [...]

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November 18th, 2008 Workout - Cardio

Today’s workout was mostly on the heavy bag.  I did a couple hundred jumping jacks and stride jumps as a warmup, then some stretching to loosen up.  On the bag I did ten two minute rounds with a minute of rest in between.  I started with just single jabs and worked my way up to [...]

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