Music, Books, & Fitness!
Here’s an inspirational anecdote from Joe Satriani about playing the chorus arpeggio’s from “Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing” from his Flying in a Blue Dream (1989) album. I remember first hearing …
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Wednesday, August 1: After a great day with my young students and a crazy day over all, I made it to the gym for just a 10-minute run. These are …
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CONTINUED FROM JULY Wednesday (August 1): Breakfast was camp lunch, and it was consumed just under 17 hours since last night’s last food. Wednesday/Thursday (July 1 & 2): A naughty …
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MAY TO AUGUST On the first day of May, I finished reading The Unwomanly Face of War (1985) by Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich. They were so young – younger than my …
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Monday, July 2: July’s fitness campaign kicked off with a 7 am, pre-breakfast 75-minute weights session: back, biceps, lats, abs, calves, thighs, hamstrings, and forearms. Tuesday, July 3: Thirty-three cardio …
Read More CONTINUED FROM JUNE Sunday, July 1: It’s 11:10 am and 14 hours since last night’s last night’s Mum’s 80th birthday dinner ended. I certainly ate more than usual, but it wasn’t …
Read More After gaining a little weight over the past year, I recently decided to give this intermittent fasting thing a go. It seems to boil down to “skipping breakfast”, and when …
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Due to a bit a cold/cough and being quite busy, June’s fitness campaign didn’t kick off until the anniversary of D-Day. The good news, however, is that I have been …
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