Tag: exercise

  • Exercise II—Tenement or Temple?

    A bottle of 50 200mg Advil caplets

    #17 on The List: Reclaim body from a year of neglect and failed exercise programs.

    Not so much yet.

    It’s not entirely my fault.  I didn’t overdo—I thought.  My plan called for a mix of the basics: pushups, sit-ups, chin-ups, and a short run.  The whole thing was designed to take maybe 30 minutes per day.  Totally doable. (more…)

  • Exercise

    I have pain.

    I spent several hours over the past two days cutting back the climbing rose arch that covers the front of our house.  It was #7-C on The List, so it felt good to get it done.  A real sense of accomplishment comes with reducing 30 ft. of diseased and bug-ridden plant life to two bins of wanna-be compost.

    But now, the pain. (more…)