Archive for the ‘Fitness’ Category
By Koufie July 28th, 2008
· Old fashioned sit-ups. This provides a lot of stress on the lower back and increases your chances of injury. They mostly work your hip flexor muscles and hardly work your abs at all. It makes it worse when you have your hands behind your head and pull. · Straight leg lifts for your lower [...]
Tags: flatten your stomach, lose weight, Trim your waist
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By Koufie July 5th, 2008
It’s actually very easy to lose weight for the average person. All they need to do is burn more calories than they consume on a daily basis. That is obviously easier said than done from the statistics the news and magazines show about the obese individuals that exist in the United States. Let’s [...]
Tags: burn calories, how many calories to burn, how to lose weight
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By Koufie July 3rd, 2008
Ok, people busted my chops about my hamburgers made from scratch. I claimed I used 16 pounds of chopped meat and stated they were 6 ounces per patty. Well, the God Damned mathematicians broke out their programmable calculators and tried to correct me that my burgers were supposed to weigh more because of all the [...]
Tags: barbecue, Hamburger recipe
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By Koufie July 2nd, 2008
Are you going to have a cookout this weekend for the 4th of July? I know there’ll be one at my house, rain or shine. I hope the weather will behave however, because the kids will be crazy wanting to go in the pool. I’ve been watching the weather for the last few days and [...]
Tags: barbeque, Hamburger recipe
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By Koufie June 27th, 2008
Summer is finally here. Did you lose weight like you said you would? I’m sure everyone has made that same promise of losing those pesky pounds in January that they gained over the holidays. Did you know the average weight gain over the holidays in only about one pound. Why do I feel like I [...]
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By Koufie June 26th, 2008
George Carlin on aging! (Absolutely Brilliant) George Carlin’s Views on Aging Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions. ‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and [...]
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By Koufie June 21st, 2008
Would you hire a personal trainer (PT) if he/she were out of shape? I know I wouldn’t. I have a motto that I use: “I don’t take advice from anyone that’s in worse shape than I am.” The personal trainer I’m referring to actually works at the gym I belong to. He’s actually a very [...]
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By Koufie June 20th, 2008
I had a lengthy discussion with a distance runner at the gym the other day. The guy can run effortlessly for 8 to 10 miles. He just runs at a pace of 8-10 mph with great form at a constant rate without a sip of water. He sweats like a pig, mind you. Listen, I’m [...]
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By Koufie June 6th, 2008
In my previous post I mentioned about my portable hard drive I used for my backups. Well that crapped out and I went out and purchased an even more portable, USB powered, drive. My last drive was a 500 GB drive that required a power supply to power it. The new one has an additional [...]
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By Koufie June 1st, 2008
For those of you who read this blog, you must be interested in either getting into shape, losing weight, building muscle, running faster/longer, etc. If that’s the case, logon and make a post to The Fitnesspaige Forum. You have nothing to lose (except some unwanted pounds). Then come follow me on Twitter, as this is [...]
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