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Saturday, August 1: <\/strong>A week of no exercise was all it took to make last month’s half marathon<\/a> feel like both a distant memory and an impossible task. I did work days and evenings last week, but I\u00a0could have found the time to exercise once or twice if I had really applied myself. On the bright side, it felt great to be back in the gym working up a sweat. Just cardio tonight (29 minutes worth while watching World War Z<\/em> on the treadmill’s TV) as I was a little short on time:<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 2: <\/strong>Today, I completed my 800th cardio session since record keeping began back in late 2009!<\/p>\n

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Monday, August 3 – Friday, August 7: <\/strong>Too busy to exercise due to a kids camp during the day and evening classes. The evening classes ended Thursday night (with an arm wrestle believe it or not), so I hope to be back in the gym soon.<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 8: <\/strong>Finally back in the gym with a back, lats, biceps, and calves workout followed by a short, sharp cardio session:<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, August 11:<\/strong> I’m still struggling to return to my regular exercise routine due to long hours at work and several overlapping work-related and not-so-work-related projects, but I did manage to make it to the gym tonight for a quick cardio session which ended with a 13 kph dash:<\/p>\n

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Friday, August 14:<\/strong> I tried to make it to the gym on Wednesday and Thursday, but I was denied. I kind of made up for that on Friday night with an 18-minute cardio session:<\/p>\n

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Sunday, August 16:<\/strong> I dearly wanted to exercise yesterday, but the gym closed early due to the national holiday. Totally not my fault. Hence, I had to wait a day for a much-needed chest, shoulders, triceps, traps, calves, and forearms workout. It’s been a while since I’ve worked those muscles. Too long in fact. I ended the session with quick burst of speed on the treadmill reaching a top speed of 15.7 kph:<\/p>\n

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Monday, August 17:<\/strong> Another late-night cardio session. A little longer this time, and I again finished with a burst of speed to get the heart rate up:<\/p>\n

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Thursday, August 20: <\/strong>Cardio tonight to help me sleep. Tomorrow is a big day. Definitely one for the memoirs. And oops, I missed a number a couple of months back, so here’s the real cardio workout photo number 805:<\/p>\n

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Saturday, August 22:\u00a0<\/strong>Another\u00a0long-overdue\u00a0weights session: back, lats, biceps, and calves.<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 23: <\/strong>Cardio again as there wasn’t time for much else:<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, August 25:<\/strong> Another short weights session: chest, shoulders, triceps, traps, and calves.<\/p>\n

Thursday, August 27:<\/strong> A 45-minute weights session \u00a0today: back, lats, biceps, calves, sides, and forearms.<\/p>\n

Friday, August 28:<\/strong> A wee cardio session to mark the end of the summer vacation, not that I had a vacation:<\/p>\n

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Saturday, August 29: <\/strong>Another not-very-long cardio session:<\/p>\n

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Monday, August 31: <\/strong>I ended August (and the summer vacation) with a solid almost-all-body weights workout: chest, shoulders, triceps, thighs, calves, hamstrings, traps, and a little lower back.<\/p>\n

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