The Rose Bowl

by | Sports

Well, my predictions about the Rose Bowl were close, but wrong. USC scored four times, not three, and Texas score twice as much as I thought that they would for a final score of 41-38. The final spread was what I thought it would be, though (albeit from the opposite...

Review: PowerBar ProteinPlus Bars

by | Food & Beverage, Reviews

I have been eating the PowerBar ProteinPlus High Protein Bars after my workouts for the three weeks to a month or so, and have decided that I like them. I did not like them very much at all, at first, because their consistency is not that much different than a normal...

Rose Bowl: First Half

by | Sports

I just finished watching the first half of the Rose Bowl; Texas is beating Southern California 16 to 10. The game is not going nearly the way that I was expecting it to. Texas is around where I thought they would be, maybe a few points up, but I thought that USC would...

Tips for beginner exercisers

by | Fitness

The St Louis Post – Dispatch has a list of tips for beginner exercisers. Get a full physical and your doctor’s blessing before you begin. Remember, what’s important is that you get moving, even if you look silly doing it. Try different things until...

3 Day a Week Wrap-Up

by | Fitness

I just finished a month and a half of my 3 days a week workout regimen. All in all, I was fairly happy with Monday and Wednesday workouts, but the Friday workouts left me a little stale. I probably should have worked some deadlifts in there, as Scott suggested. I...

Workout Tip: Loosen your watch band

by | Fitness, Workout Tips

Pay attention to how tight your watch is while you are working out. If it is too loose, it can spin around on your wrist or fall off. Or, it could just be an annoyance. It is fairly easy to tell when you watch is too loose. Something that I have noticed, though, is...