Posts Tagged ‘LGN’
Inside: A culture of fitness – old school & new school; What am I training for?; The kids are alright; Body image issues — it isn’t just for women; Liquid calories; A question for the runners out there When’s the last time you ran? I mean, all out run as as fast as you can. [...]
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Inside: Mud/obstacle race competition; Reasons to do it This is for the Underground Athlete people who are hearing a lot about Tough Mudder and are thinking of doing it, but also not wanting to do it. Not that I want to encourage Jeanie :P but I have to reluctantly admit that it’s a good time. [...]
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LGN 44: Tough Mudder (Epilogue)
Inside: There will probably be some cursing; Post-game analysis; McDavid Hexpad; Don’t ask me if I’m doing it again; Callipygian I’ve written about this a lot so it’s only fair that I write a recap now that the event that’s been stressing me out for the past 6 months has come and gone. HERE’S THE [...]
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LGN 43.5: Tough Mudder Class
Okay. It’s still hard to explain when people ask me how I’ve been preparing for Tough Mudder. As I sit here trying to figure out how to handle the logistics of this weekend, I’ll write this while it’s fresh in my mind. When you say “strength training” or “functional strength training” people picture weight lifting. [...]
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Tags: fitness journey, functional strength training, LGN, mental toughness, tough mudder, underground athlete
Inside: Brutal training for a brutal event; Emotional eating and spending; No can swim; If I die before I wake… OUCH MY BODY My legs are friggin’ killing me. I thought I was pretty strong. Justin had a new cycle for me that can only be described as an assault on the legs. I haven’t [...]
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LGN 42: Drop Dead Healthy
Inside: “Drop Dead Healthy” by A.J. Jacobs; Tough Mudder approaches; Not losing; Fat Acceptance Drop Dead Healthy I read “Drop Dead Healthy” this past weekend. You’ll be hearing about it soon if you haven’t already.
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LGN 41: Have you peaked?
Inside: These trees are straight up tryin’ to kill me; Eating to live — I need advice; there’s a whole kettlebell world; photographing a kettlebell competition; have you peaked? Eating in the Face of Death You may know by now that I have relatives who have had serious, life threatening illnesses and procedures. I could [...]
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LGN 39: Fitness Anniversary
Inside: Keepin’ it real; A yearly update; Hot, sweaty yoga action; A year ago, this week; Slippin’; Mental blockage – progress and regress; What’s wrong with me? Ladies and gentlemen, A year ago this upcoming week, I started training at Underground Athlete with Justin Case. A year ago, Feb. 9th, I started yoga at PIES [...]
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LGN 38: Why so angry?
Inside: We’re all kind of crazy. I ate a Milk Bone. Writing without pissing people off is something I don’t do well. Passion. More Tough Mudder whinging. Processing the Rage of Ronald McDonald It seems like our society or culture is becoming one of pure freedom of expression. And then the reciprocal free expression in [...]
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LGN 37: How am I still alive?
Inside: Sh*t I used to eat. Dongle. Offending people with my personals ads. Paula Deen. Some droning on. Offensive
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