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Category: Non-Running
March 26, 2014
Warhammer!
Here’s another definitely non-running post. In a post a long time ago, I mused about a photo showing the proportions of the fictional Adeptus Astartes from the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. In a celebration of passing my PMP, I downloaded a new game for my PS3: Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team. I like that it’s in this universe. The game is a little repetitive, but oh well. It reminded me that I used to be quite interested in the whole Warhammer 40k universe, including painting and playing with the tabletop miniatures. By a long time ago, I mean like 17 years ago![…continue reading]
March 18, 2014
New Home Gym
My most successful season was the spring of 2012. I went back through my records trying to understand what made that season so successful. One of the things that I noticed was I did weight training 3 times a week in that period. Now that the Chilly Half-Marathon is behind me, I have the flexibility to do more strength training and cross-training. Just after Christmas, I got the stationary bike I had been musing about for a while. I was so busy with PMP studying I hadn’t had time to use it until recently. It isn’t anything amazing, but serves its purpose for[…continue reading]
March 5, 2014
Splits
I identify that I’m painfully inflexible, particularly in my hamstrings. I came across this post on Tumblr several weeks ago and it intrigued me. With discipline and care, could do enough stretching to eventually do the splits? I’ve re-assembled the original post here to make it a little more readable: Stretch 1 – Try not to let the front knee come beyond the toes. Having your toes on your back leg curled under will make it slightly easier for beginners. Stretch 2 – Stand up with your legs apart and just get as low as you can go! Stretch[…continue reading]
