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Monday Night Workout

Monday July 13, 2009

‘Twas a painfully brutal session at the gym tonight with @kbakst. It’s been several months since we finished the Velocity Diet, and we’re both in pretty damn good shape, but we’re still lifting weights as if morbid obesity was knocking at the door. I’ve been more focused on keeping the rest time between [...]

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The Velocity Diet – Week Three

Wednesday April 15, 2009

This is day three of my fourth week on the Velocity Diet and at this point I am feeling pretty damn good about it. By this time next week I will be deep into Phase II of the program, during which I will get to consume a glorious healthy solid meal every single day. [...]

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Friday Five: Bally’s Encino

Friday April 10, 2009

Things That Currently Suck at the Encino Bally’s Total Fitness

They refuse to post a sign at the front desk alerting members when there is no hot water in the locker room showers, which happens several times each week.
When I joined a year ago there were multiple sets of complete ranges of free-weights. Recently, though, [...]

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The Velocity Diet – Week Two

Wednesday April 8, 2009

We’re now two-and-a-half days into Week Three of the Velocity Diet, so I suppose I should post my update about Week Two. I’m not going to lie to you: Week Two was pretty rough. The workouts get much more gruesome and the desire to consume something other than protein shakes becomes brutal. [...]

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The Velocity Diet – Week One

Tuesday March 31, 2009

At this point Kelly and I are now officially through the first week of the Velocity Diet, and I have to be honest with you: It’s been tough. It is unbelievably surprising just how much I sincerely miss chewing food. I’ve now had forty-three protein shakes — 39 chocolate and 4 strawberry — [...]

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On Saturday I met Kelly around 10 o’clock in the morning, deep in the Valley, to get our body fat analysis done before we embark upon the Velocity Diet. The good folks at Fitness Wave have a mobile testing unit that travels throughout Southern California. It’s basically a 28′ truck converted into a [...]

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The Velocity Diet

Friday March 20, 2009

My buddy Kelly and I have been going to the gym for about a year now. I have always been in pretty good shape — I have run the LA Marathon three times; I rowed for Florida Crew in college; and I have been lifting weights pretty regularly for more than a decade — [...]

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Post-Workout Power Shake

Thursday February 26, 2009

And now, for your fitness fix, here is the recipe for the mega-awesome shake I had after the gym tonight:

4 ice cubes
1 cup 2% milk
2 cups water
1 banana
1 4oz Häagen-Dazs Coffee Ice Cream
1 raw egg
2 scoops Cytosport Chocolate Muscle Milk

Throw everything into a blender. Hit the ice-crusher button. Pour into chilled beer mug. [...]

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Bally’s Total Fitness Account Update

Thursday February 12, 2009

Dealing with my hacked checking account has been a major pain in the ass. I have had to update dozens of companies who were automatically debiting my checkcard. The fine people at Bally’s Total Fitness allow you to pay your bill online, but for some reason it is near impossible to determine how [...]

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Catch-Up

Thursday January 8, 2009

I only managed 6.7 miles, today, and since I skipped my 5-miler on Wednesday, that means I’m a little bit under par for the year so far. But the Gators won their second BCS Championship tonight (in three years) so I’m cutting myself some slack. Go Gators!

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