I’ve fallen of my workout routine so badly. From doing 20-30 pushups daily to none for a looong long time. While I want to just beat myself up about it, I’m just going to do this: 3 slow, mindful pushups. That doesn’t feel like much. That’s never going to make me buff. That’s not going … Read more
I’ve been practicing Zone 2 training for just about 2 weeks now. 65 minutes on the elliptical every day, and I’ve been doing 6 days per week. Oct 2: 65 minutes. I always keep breathing through my nose. I set the elliptical to level 10, and yesterday I set it to level 11 for the … Read more
Firas Zahabi, head trainer at Tristar Gym is someone that I trust when it comes to getting in shape and losing weight. The best way to lose weight according to him is to simply stick to 1 meal per day. This is specially true if you’re not a very active person. If you’re on some … Read more
Here’s one thing that I needed to really learn about working out: It’s not something that you do to a certain point where you’ve accomplished a certain goal, and then you stop. The only real killer workout is the one that you forever bake into your life, and you never stop doing it. Just like … Read more
Sometimes you just need a little nudge to push you over the edge of comfort. Something that lessons the gravity of not exercising, so you get your ass in motion. You need a good bit of pre-workout motivation! Here are some pre-workout motivation videos, ranked by the ones I find work best for me personally. … Read more
In his latest blog post, Seth Godin wrote that “if someone knows how to do something, that means, with sufficient effort, you could probably learn it too.” – Learnable The same is true for fitness. If other people have gotten fit, so can you. Now yes, there are limitations to this. If you’re 37 years … Read more
I have failed. I went from being in the range of 70-73 kg to now being at 80-79. And it’s not muscle. In fact, I lost some muscle mass because I did very little strength training for the past year. There’s a part of me that says: “Don’t be so hard on yourself. Even in … Read more
Now I definitely do like yogurt. And the fact that it’s supposed to be good for your gut bacteria is something I often justify to eating another bowl of yogurt. But the yogurt that’s beneficial for you isn’t sweet: Yogurt is not supposed to be sweet. When it’s natural, it has a tasty sour tang, … Read more
I watched this video with Arnold Schwarzenegger today where he shared some of his thoughts on working out. And there’s one thing that really resonated with me: You can watch the entire interview (it’s well worth it) or just skip forward to the section where he talks about this at 7 minutes 30 seconds into … Read more
Workout: none Food: Chicken rice curry at 2am (airplane food) Longan tea milk Wonton soup Soy milk soft ice cream soymilk Wonton soup, vegetables, fish soup Dinner (shared): bamboo salad, fried lotus stems, grilled pepper pork, chicken pineapple soup, chicken stew Mango bingsu (about 1/3 of this)
