Live Fit and Sore

Category: Fitness/Exercise

  • Notable News

    Burger King reeling under Mimosa hangover. Child advocacy and alcohol groups are crying foul over the company's introduction of a pretend alcohol beverage. Fast food stores, such as Burger King, are favorite destinations for children and teenagers, they say. And for the restaurant chain to serve something even remotely connected with alcohol is “disastrous,” says…

  • Double Unders

    I have been frustrated with the fact that I have not yet nailed the double under jump rope skill. I am going to make it a habit of practicing regularly so I can get it. Here is a great video for how to build up to a double under if you want to try it…

  • Thursday & the dreaded lunges

    Plumbline Training: Warmup x 2: high knees lunges heel to butt sprints Core x 2 general stretching planks good mornings (lean over and then jump up) 50 push-ups workout: 1 mile run 15,12,10,9,6,3 box push-ups x 2 25db lunges (aka HELL) 65lb OH push press 45lb sandbag dead lifts x 2 My run time today…

  • I am good enough. People like me…

    Plumbline Workout: Warmup: 2 min jump rope Core: general stretching 2 rounds: Stability Ball crunches ball scissor twists ball 83s – ball between your legs, legs straight. When you do the sit up, bend your knees with the ball and touch the sides of your ankles. 2 rounds: reverse crunch on your stomach stomach back…

  • Report says school food making kids unfit to serve

    WASHINGTON -Too fat to fight? Many American children are so overweight from being fed french fries, pizza and other unhealthy foods at school lunchrooms that they cannot handle the physical rigors of being in the military, a group of retired officers say in a new report. In a report released Tuesday, the group says that…

  • Notable News

    FDA plans to limit amount of salt allowed in processed foods for health reasons. I have never been one to pay attention to the salt content in things. My blood pressure isn’t high, my heart is healthy. I am not known to add salt to my food on a regular basis.  But if you stop…

  • Boot camp – as usual.

    Plumbline Training workout: Warmup x 2 shuffle pushups checkpoints skip jumps Core x 2 partner ball toss 14lb partner situps 25 reverse high 5 pushups workout 20,16,14,12,10 65lb split jerks  (since my foot is still bruised and sore, I modified this today and did push presses) 100 jump rope wall ball squats 200m run 25lb…

  • Weighing the Evidence on Exercise

    Weighing the Evidence on Exercise – NYTimes.com. How exercise affects body weight is one of the more intriguing and vexing issues in physiology. Exercise burns calories, no one doubts that, and so it should, in theory, produce weight loss, a fact that has prompted countless people to undertake exercise programs to shed pounds. Without significantly…

  • Chilly Morning Surprises

    It was again chilly this AM and we lost some soldiers in the camp because of it. The beginning and end of the outside boot camp seasons tend to be tough. It’s damn cold outside an at 530AM – it really is the last thing you want to deal with. Plumbline Workout: warm-up rockette kicks…

  • A crisp day for a run!

    As much as I wanted to sleep in today – I had made plans to meet a co-worker/friend of mine James who started running 3 weeks ago. He is doing a 5k next week and has been running to get ready for it. We met on the W&OD trail. If you remember, I told my…