I have traps!

So I noticed this morning that I definitely have distinct trapezius muscles behind my neck. This is extremely cool, and marks the second time I’ve noticed clearly improved muscle size or definition (the first being my triceps a month or so ago). Traps are a muscle group that I’ve never really had much luck developing, [...]

Hot 100 Update #2

Well, this was not a terrific week. I broke my streak of compliance on the No-S diet at 40 straight days. Though this is a new personal best, it would be better to now be talking about being on my 45th consecutive day. I also only ran once this week, and even then I didn’t [...]

Hot 100 – Going Out With a Bang!

So often-commenter South Beach Steve is running a contest that encourages you to set some goals for the last 100 days of 2009. While I have talked before about making habits rather than goals, I’d like to jump on this particular bandwagon, due in no small part for the potential for fantastic eats. Steve is [...]

Shovelglove

So I’ve mentioned in a few places that I’ve been doing Shovelglove since the beginning of August. It’s a 14-minute workout where you swing a sledgehammer around to improve your overall functional strength. The most important part of the workout is the time, not the sledgehammer, but let me tell you that swinging a sledge [...]

A Belated Check-in

It’s really been a month? Obviously, I’ve been much, much busier than I thought.
Well, to bring everyone up to speed, I’ve been continuing with the No-S diet, though I did have three failures in the month of August. I’ve taken the September challenge of perfect compliance, and so far so good! I’ve taken to weighing [...]

Measurements and Week Review

So, it’s been a while since I took any measurements, and today being my 11-year anniversary, I figured it was high time.
Some nice progress here, though I was reminded once again of how much better it would be to have someone measuring for me. My partner offered to do it for me, but I demurred [...]