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Essential Abs: Week 5 Day 2

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With all the excitement surrounding the Hundred Push Ups plan, I haven’t really had time to mention the six week Essential Abs program I’m also following at the moment.
Tonight was […]


Hundred Push Ups: Week 2 Day 2

With an eight mile run behind me, it was time to rehydrate and get stuck in to the push ups plan; Week 2 Day 2 already.
On paper the required 16, 13, 11, 11, at least 15 looked more daunting than the workout a couple of days ago, but at least I could do the […]


Legs Trashed At Mount Trashmore

After yesterday’s steady seven mile run which I hoped would be a good recovery run, I decided to mix things up a bit and do something of a hill workout today.
After work, with temperatures in the 70’s, I headed to Mount Trashmore, one of only a few places in Virginia Beach that features any kind […]


Monday Afternoon 5 Miler

Managed to get out and back from a five miler before darkness set in this afternoon. It was still very cold (high 20’s) but at least the wind wasn’t too strong tonight. My goal was to run for five miles total with a couple of faster miles thrown in for good measure.
The first mile […]


Essential Abs: Weeks 5 & 6

Some time over the weekend I’ll be starting Level 3 of the 6-Week Essential Abs Program. Weeks 3 and 4 turned out to be quite challenging in the end - the number of abdominal exercises increased from three to six and a more advanced lower back exercise was introduced.
Level 3 (Weeks 5 and […]


Triple Bike/Run & The End Of Essential Abs Week 4

Wednesday evening means a midweek bike/run workout, so I decided to do a similar workout to last week - 10 minutes on the bike, followed by 10 minutes on the treadmill, repeated three times. The only thing I did different was incorporate alternate minutes of standing on the bike - great for the quads and […]