Category: Fitness
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Old Man Walking
How often do you walk or run? Every day I go for a morning walk to one of two different coffee shops and order an Americano and listen to a podcast or whatever audiobook I am currently on. Since the pandemic I have tried to ride my bike or walk…
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Observations From the Reformer (the first and probably the last): Crash & Burn & Embarrassment
Besides left-wing politics, writing, reading, and the two original subjects of this blog: scooters and Sacramento area hamburgers, this blog has sometimes seemed more like a blog on yoga than anything else. My interest in yoga lasted about seven and a half years. This blog has featured about 80 posts…
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An update from an old post about my weight, diet, and yoga practice
On March 19, 2017, I posted a 192-word blurb about the struggle I was going through at the time: laziness and overeating vs. practicing yoga and eating healthier. Unfortunately, I gave the post the uninspiring title “Battle Royale.” Also, I was unaware that the title is from a book that…
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Returning to the mat
There are several unique styles of yoga that exist and they can be quite different from each other. While starting out, it might seem like “yoga” is one practice or style, but students quickly discover that there are numerous forms of this practice to explore. While each style has similarities…
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Running Backwards: Me, Fitness, & Weight Loss
Con-vic-tion /kan’vikSH(e)n/noun2a : a strong persuasion or belief X \’eks\5: an unknown quantity It was on a mid-October Sunday afternoon when I came up with the hair-brain idea. I texted my wife, who…
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Battle Royale
via Daily Prompt: Conquer I’ve been practicing yoga for more than three years. It started as an Rx by a physical therapist who said there’s no cure for my degenerative disk disease, but keeping limber will keep me off ibuprofen and the occasional opioid. She was right–barring the stiffness from binge-watching…
BURGER SCOOT 