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A Turbulence Training workout
Just as an example of where I’m at in my workout program, here’s the TT workout I did tonight. It comes from Turbulence Training for Fat Loss by Craig Ballantyne, Beginner Level TT, Workout A. Strength training (For each exercise, … Continue reading
Baseline: cardio & strength
History. When I made my permanent dietary changes two years ago, I also began exercising pretty consistently. I started with dancing, because I enjoy it. I would simply stick the earbuds of my iPod in my ear, put on a … Continue reading
Posted in Fat loss, Fitness, Nutrition
Tagged cardio, Concept 2, dancing, grey, Melz history, reset, rowing, strength training, Turbulence Training
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Nearing the end of Week 4
Workouts. I did another Turbulence Training — henceforth TT — workout on Tuesday, which felt pretty intense to me, for all that I am still in the “intro” workouts. There’s one exercise in particular that seems dead easy, that isn’t. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowflex, Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, dumbbells, fitness equipment, March Madness, precision nutrition, progress report (fitness), rowing, rowing challenges, Turbulence Training
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Week 4 begins
I’m calling Feb. 18 this year the start of my fat loss program this year, & as that was a Monday & so is today, that makes this the first day of my 4th week. I don’t know that I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged March Madness, progress report (fitness), rowing, rowing challenges, Turbulence Training
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A progress report
Restart & progress since February 18. I started up again on getting exercise again just two & a half weeks ago, on Monday, February 18, doing about 30 minutes dancing with my iPod each morning before I went to work. … Continue reading
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Tagged March Madness, progress report (fitness), rowing, rowing challenges, Turbulence Training
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Motivation & goals
Because one of the keys to motivation with me is keeping track of what I’m learning & doing & also writing about it (hence this blog), & doing so within a community of other people who are doing the same … Continue reading
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Tagged Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, Melz goals, rowing, Turbulence Training
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Refresher
I started up again on getting exercise again just two & a half weeks ago, on Monday, February 18, doing about 30 minutes each morning before I went to work. Incredible how even that little bitty bit improved things. I … Continue reading
An interval training primer
Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training blog today had part 1 of an interval training primer, entitled “The Best Cardio Intervals For Fat Loss – part 1”. (Full information on Ballantyne’s program is at his main Turbulence Training website.) This is good … Continue reading
Tweaking & optimizing
I was attracted to Precision Nutrition by John Berardi’s discussion at his website of insulin resistance & insulin sensitivity. In my own research on insulin resistance, prediabetes, & Type 2 diabetes, I learned a few months back about how fat … Continue reading
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Tagged Melz stats (health/fitness), precision nutrition, Turbulence Training, tweaking my diet
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Interval training
Wikipedia’s definition of interval training: Interval training is broadly defined as repetitions of high-speed/intensity work followed by periods of rest or low activity. Most of Wikipedia article at this writing is a discussion of interval training as used by long … Continue reading
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Tagged cardio, Craig Ballantyne, interval training, Turbulence Training
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