What is your go-to workout?

I think 2000 or so is the norm. Our club has 20 plus, mostly youngsters.

 

Sorry I have been absent for a while. RL has been super busy. Not bad, just lots of living going on. I am starting to get back in shape after the hernia repair laid me out for a few months.

I am reading:

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle. It is a discussion about how people interact with themselves and others. The concept of self-reflection and presence in the moment are presented along with simple exercises for the achievement of its principles.

Next is

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon
One of the most influential works of social psychology in history, The Crowd was highly instrumental in creating this field of study by analyzing, in detail, mass behavior. The book had a profound impact not only on Freud but also on such twentieth-century masters of crowd control as Hitler and Mussolini — both of whom may have used its observations as a guide to stirring up popular passions. In the author's words, "The masses have never thirsted after the truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim. "Although the volume focuses on crowd psychology, it is also brilliantly instructive on the effects of the generally accepted beliefs of a nation's citizenry on the processes of history. Among the topics covered here are general characteristics and mental unity of the crowd; the crowd's sentiments and morality; its ideas, reasoning power, and imagination; opinions and beliefs of crowds and the means used by leaders to persuade; classification of crowds, including criminal and electrical assemblages, as well as the functioning of criminal juries and parliamentary assemblies. A must-read volume for students of history, sociology, law, and psychology, The Crowd will also be invaluable to politicians, statesmen, investors, and marketing managers. "Any study of crowd behavior, popular psychology, fascism, etc. would do well to begin with Le Bon's work." — Anson Rabinbach, Professor of History, Princeton University

 

Wow! That's awesome. I didn't realize it was such a big thing.

 

Hi @Zimmy ! I'm glad that you're okay and happy that you're here. I was getting ready to check-in with you. Thank you for sharing the books that you're reading. I might try reading "The Power of Now" again. I know that I attempted it back when I was in highschool, but got a little lost. Lately, I have been into learning about spirituality, philosophy, mindset, and resilience. The Crowd sounds really interesting too.

Hope you will continue healing and feeling better every day.

 

Hi Everyone! I started Week #7/10 and am feeling good. Jogging has restored so much joy in my life (even just 20 minutes is such a morale boost.) It has gotten to the point where I spend most of my strength training workout looking forward to the jog afterwards.) I think I started jogging because one of my best friends who is a cardiologist / Internal Medicine doctor has been doing lots of long distance endurance runs (in Sweden) and she really inspired me. I started in July and dedicate these jogs to my Dad (who passed last July, my friend, and all of you.

I'm currently reading:
"Slow Jogging: Lose weight, stay healthy, and have fun with science based natural running" by Dr. Hiroaki Tanaka
Running is America’s most popular participatory sport, yet more than half of those who identify as runners get injured every year. Falling prey to injuries from overtraining, faulty form, poor eating, and improper footwear, many runners eventually, and reluctantly, abandon the sport for a less strenuous pastime. But for the first time in the United States, Hiroaki Tanaka’s Slow Jogging demonstrates that there is an efficient, healthier, and pain-free approach to running for all ages and lifestyles.

Tanaka’s method of easy running, or “slow jogging,” is an injury-free approach to running that helps participants burn calories, lose weight, and even reverse the effects of Type-2 diabetes. With easy-to-follow steps and colorful charts, Slow Jogging teaches runners to enjoy injury-free activity
• Maintaining a smiling, or niko niko in Japanese, pace that is both easy and enjoyable
• Landing on mid-foot, instead of on the heel
• Choosing shoes with thin, flexible soles and no oversized heel
• Aiming for a pace of 180 steps per minute
• And trying to find time for activity every day

Accessible to runners of all fitness levels and ages, Slow Jogging will inspire thousands more Americans to take up running and will change the way that avid runners hit the pavement.

I'm rereading it and read it for the first time in November of 2020 when my Godfather passed away. He was my Dad's younger brother, diabetic, and had been on dialysis for over a decade. I read this book and dedicated my daily jogs to him. Back then I set a goal to at least slow jog for 40 minutes.

Since I have a handful of daily training, dance, writing, and yoga goals, I haven't set a daily jogging goal, but I am trying to do it at least 3 times a week. I won't be upset if it turns into more, but I don't want to over train.

What are you currently reading or listening to? Lately, I have been reading contemperary lit and books that are supposed to be page-turners, but they're just not doing it for me so it might be time for me to start reading classics and great books again.

Hope you will all have a wonderful week!

 

Today is pull-up day which makes it my most challenging workout of the week. I am procrastinating and feeling like I'm not really getting better at them, but I also know that quitting or skipping won't help either. Let's get it done!

 

Today I did core work and gentler workouts. Spent the night in my geodesic dome for the first time and it was so amazing and peaceful. Proud of the fact that we built that starting with raw land... The new neighbor has basically been indirectly threatening us with his guns the entire time that we've lived in the new place and that's stressful and takes a toll.
Hope you are all having a wonderful week!

 

Well, I won my first match 3 to 0. I made a dumb mistake in match 2 and lost but, I wore the fella out and he couldn’t make it to match 3. Oops. I’d die before I quit but that’s just me. lol.

 

I went hiking in State parks on Saturday and Sunday. The Texas hill country is fairly hilly but not impressive for mountain folks.

My legs were tight and burning! I even broke a good sweat and the Texas summers don't usually do that to me because of all the sauna time.