8 Tips on Working Out in Below Freezing Temperatures

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A few weeks ago, I had a calisthenic day in 19 F degree weather. On my last run I felt like I got hit on my forehead with an aluminum bat. My ears burned. And my feet were so numb, [...]

Working Against the Elements

It rained two days out of last week. Nobody shows up on the track or the workout mat when it rains, snows, or its too cold; well at times one or two people may try their hand at burning off last night’s pasta, but they usually don’t return until the summer season or when the [...]

The Turkey Dilemma, L-Arginine, NO, and Viagra

I started disliking turkey when apricots got out of season earlier this year, as blended apricots give turkey that tangy zest that made me look forward to eating it on Thursdays. Without that flavor my wife had recommended we stopped eating turkey for dinner. The taste made me consider not buying turkey the next week; [...]

Protein Rich pre-Pre-Workout Snack

Today I ran my wind sprint sets without drinking my protein rich pre-pre-workout kefir snack - 1/2 cup of Lifeway kefir, 1/2 a teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil; Lifeway doesn’t have the unsweetened flavor that I drink on their site, so here are the specs of this mini protein drink:
1/2 a cup of [...]

Hector Lavoe Movie Music Gets Me Through Workout!

I watched the Hector Lavoe Movie, “El Cantante,” on Saturday, and I couldn’t sleep because I had this song, “Aguanile,” in my head from like 6 am when my son woke me. I had it looping in my head while I ran my 4×400, 3×200, 3×100 meter wind sprints on Sunday on less than five [...]