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One Hundred Push-Ups

June 12, 2008

I’ve always had a strange body. When I was in high school, I could lift tremendous weights with my lower body, but could barely bench press the bar. As I’ve grown older, my lower body strength has declined somewhat, but it’s always remained greater than it ought to be. Meanwhile, I was still barely able [...]

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Learning to Use Heart Rate Zones for Exercise

May 27, 2008

“One of the things you’ll love about running,” Pam told me when I started in April, “are the statistics you generate. You can track as many numbers as you want.” She knows from years of friendship that I’m, well, obsessive about this sort of thing. In 1997 and 1998, when I was biking most of [...]

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The Best Whole Wheat Bread, Part Two

March 7, 2008

After sharing my bread research on Monday, several readers encouraged me not to be so dismissive of Trader Joe’s. Heeding their advice, I made a trip to the nearest store (a 20-minute drive) to check out their bread selection. You folks were right. Trader Joe’s does have good prices. I found my favorite bread — [...]

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Which Whole Wheat Bread is Best?

March 3, 2008

I eat too much bread. I like honey toast, PB&J, and the occasional tuna sandwich. But I know most bread is processed crap — it’s not a good addition to my diet. I’m particularly wary of the high-fructose corn syrup most commercial breads contain. Because I’m that kind of guy, I recently decided to find [...]

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The Dangers of Diet Soda

February 12, 2008

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. On Sunday, I went over to a friend’s house for a marathon board-gaming session. I ate too much home-made chili (Will is from Texas) and drank too much ginger ale. “Do you have any diet coke?” I asked before choosing the soda. [...]

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