Tag: exercise

exercise: i GuEsS tHiS iS GoOd FoR mE

September 24, 2025

aPpArEnTLy ExErCiSe iS GoOd FoR mE oR SoMeThIng :p I did a ~3 mile bike ride yesterday morning. I’d have gone farther, except the path I took was flooded by the river and I wasn’t wearing the right gear to cycle through however far that went on. (more on this later) It was EXTREMELY BIZARRE, though, because between the sunrise in front of me, the resulting tree shadows, and my polarized sunglasses, at first glance it genuinely looked as if the path simply plummeted off a cliff into darkness. It’s…

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exercise: omg ded

September 21, 2025

Project Whup Dan: Dan is in no danger of being whupped. 😂 I did get back on the bike yesterday and to my surprise/relief it seems that a week OFF from cycling hadn’t been enough time for my sit bones to forget that I’d BEEN cycling, so I did a little zoom around the neighborhood yesterday to see if that would cause me significant Bike Butt today, with the intention of going on a slightly longer ride today if not. Again to my surprise, it was ‘if not’, so I…

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exercise: good news/bad news

September 17, 2025

Good news/bad news on the Project ‘Whup Dan’ front: Good news is, the bike shop got the gear shifts on my bike working properly so it now goes through the entire range of gears without dropping the chain, and also actually shifts IN to third, which it had never previously done. It’s a cheap bike and it’s the 3rd time I’ve brought it in to try to get this fixed, so I guess 3rd time is the charm. Bad news is, it took a week so I probably have to…

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the very slow exercise roll

September 9, 2025

Stage One of “whup Friend at the pool” is complete: I have conquered Bike Butt and can now cycle to work/begin taking longer bike rides. I mean, by the time I actually manage to get fit enough to swim AFTER biking to the gym, Friend is going to be swimming two miles a day and it’ll take me months to catch him, but dammit, at least I’ve gotten started! I’ve also put the front and tail lights on the bike, found the biking gloves and the bike lock, and put…

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I Have A Plan.

November 21, 2019

I have a post-Thanksgiving plan. It does not involve eating sensibly, because let’s face it, we’re heading into the time of year where I basically survive on fudge and Christmas oranges, and that doesn’t seem super likely to change. o.o It does involve pilates and yoga. My goal is just to gain more core strength than I currently have. That shouldn’t be hard, because at the moment I possess the approximate core strength of an un-set bowl of Jello. I have a whole set of Exercises (wow, it took me…

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