Tag: fitness
Getting there.
This last year has been crazy. My arms grew from 15.5 to 17 inches. Gained nearly 40lbs and worked out on average 5 times a week. I’ve never been comfortable in my body, but now that’s what I’m really excited about, not the strength but becoming comfortable with me. #fitness #gay #workingout #gaymen #men #flexing...
#oneaday Day 796: Midweek
It's the middle of the week, and I don't have a lot of specific things to talk about right now, so I will just waffle on about some bollocks and hope it fills my self-imposed "minimum" for each post I write here. Let's go! I am having an evening off from exercise. I bought some...
🚀 Decentralised "Strava" on AT Protocol?
Thinking about building a "Strava"-like app on AT Protocol, where users store their activities (runs, rides, etc.) in their own PDS
#oneaday Day 790: Twinge
Last night, I thought, for a change, I would try using some kettlebells I bought ages ago to do some simple exercises. They are quite heavy kettlebells, because I originally bought them feeling like I should buy manly kettlebells, but have just never really got around to using them all that much. I did a...
#oneaday Day 789: Longing for the saddle
One of the things I miss feeling like I am able to do, being the size I am, is cycling. I've never been particularly good at cycling -- memories of coming off my bike and shearing all the skin off my arm as a child are still painfully fresh -- but there's something just altogether...
#oneaday Day 783: Nothing compares 2U
When you are attempting to better yourself -- particularly if you know said process is going to be a long, drawn-out affair -- I have learned, over the years, that one of the worst things I can do is compare myself to others. This may not be universally true -- hence my use of "I"...
A Cadence of Pain
I failed my first Marathon while training on Runna. But it wasn't Runna's fault. At the LA Marathon last year, I did not finish. I stopped after 18 miles. My legs were in pain. My heels were in pain. I was afraid of rhabdomyolysis. But there was a hidden problem I didn't think about... you guessed it: my running cadence (see the title). But more on that later.
F1LO - Fitness Logger
F1LO ist eine selbst entwickelte Fitness-Tracking-App, die im Browser oder als PWA läuft. Sie ermöglicht die Synchronisierung von Trainingsdaten über mehrere Geräte hinweg mittels Firebase und Google Sign-In. F1LO unterstützt das Trainingskonzept 'Grease the Groove' (GTG) mit einem Frühsport-Block u
What Pete Hegseth’s Kettlebell Swings Tell Us About MAGA Ideology
MAGA is built on a fundamental lack of the internal protective quality that warns us when we are debasing ourselves.
I enjoy Fitness+ more than Apple does
Even though the service doesn’t seem to deliver the results Apple is expecting, I enjoy using Apple Fitness+ nearly every day and really don’t want to miss it. Today, I had some fun (and sweat) with my kickboxing workout 🫠
Running a Mile with LLMs
Couch Recovery
Fitness is something I keep coming back to again and again since my wet healing ended. That's the phase where I had a goopy lil hole in my back and I was in a gentle cloud of morphine that a 19th century writer would have called a Tuesday. Now I'm in the dry healing phase where my hole is only goopy when I slather it up with some Aveeno. Sorry, my writing is just going to be like this sometimes. Why do you think my housemate has a mad look in her eyes most of the time? She's had to deal with this nonsense in person for seven months.
Schweinehund ausgedribbelt
Ich habe jahrelang brav meine Sportsachen mit auf Businesstripps genommen, nur um sie in den meisten Fällen dann unbenutzt wieder Zuhause auszupacken. Neben einem meist sehr eng getakteten Kalender hat der innere Schweinehund meist so getan als würde er den Fitnessraum nicht finden, oder die notwendige Zeit für das Umziehen und in den 18. Stock fahren nicht ausreicht. Jetzt lasse ich das Sportzeug immer Zuhause, spare mir das zusätzliche Gewicht und mach in der Früh Apple Fitness+ an. Irgendein HIIT oder Kickboxing-Training tut es meist und geht sogar im kleinsten Hotelzimmer. Nimm das Schweinehund!
2024 in review
2024 went fast, and this post looks back at some of the things that featured in another far too busy year. Work Life at Google has not got any less challenging or busy during 2024, but I'm proud of the things my team and I have achieved. Everything that ends up on web.dev or developer.chrome.com...
11 years
Facebook reminds me that it's been 11 years since I went for an ill-advised run in the snow, fell, and shattered my elbow. I've had four surgeries since—the initial one to reconstruct it, with a bunch of metal. Two to remove the metal, and one in 2016 to scrape out scar tissue. The final procedure...
Looking Forward to 2023
Let's wrap up 2022 and see what's on the horizon for 2023!