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Archive for January, 2006


World Marathon Majors

A new marathon racing series, the World Marathon Majors, has been announced, with scoring from five of the largest marathons in the world as well as the Olympics and world championships going into the competition. Organizers of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City marathons said Monday that the World Marathon Majors series [...]

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The NFL playoffs were not very exciting this year

Maybe it was just me, but the NFL playoffs this year just were not very exciting. Most of the games seemed like foregone conclusions fairly early into them, despite some of them being the opposite of what was expected. The Giants and Jacksonville may as well not even have been there. The Bengals went home [...]

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Workout Tip: Warm up cold bars in your home gym

Many people with a home gym have them in their garage or in their basements. Garages and basements tend not to be quite as well insulated as the rest of the home. The result of this? Metal dumbbells and barbells that are really cold, which can make your muscles cramp when you are trying to [...]

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Stabilicers: An equipment review

Running (or walking) outside in the winter can be both difficult and dangerous. When the ground is slick, it can be easy to lose your footing and difficult to change directions if necessary. If you enjoy running across frozen lakes and ponds (as I do) then you have to try to stay where the snow [...]

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How To: Prone Leg Curl

How to perform a prone leg curl using both legs at the same time.

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This just in: Breaking your neck not recommended

Ever have one of those weekends that things just don’t seem to go right? My team lost, my apartment is barely breaking 60 degrees fahrenheit, and the first thing I did on my birthday was sit up in and bed and listen to a loud crack as my neck decided it didn’t want to do [...]

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Get out and enjoy the weather

Whenever possible, get outside and enjoy the weather. It can do wonders for clearing your head, especially in the winter time when we spend most of our time indoors. When I lived in Florida, I used to set up my weight bench in the car port to my workout. I hate running inside, so most [...]

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New weight program for the missus (Part II)

For some of the same reasons that I’ve been a bit missing over the past week or so, we did not get the second workout in for missus until last night. Here is what she did after warming up with some yoga:

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