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Health First
Bicycling, jogging, backpacking and day‑hiking are simple ways to become and stay fit, just as a five‑hour dance practice shows how much time can be devoted to training. If you…
Fitness
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#0662
The Incredible Truth About Jogging In Winter
I tested jogging in 34‑24 °F weather over two days and found it more comfortable than summer runs; the author cites Stanford biologists’ temperature‑control experiments and…
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#0490
Slow 10K vs. Shuffle Dancing: And The Winner Is Shuffle Dancing
I recently compared an hour of shuffle dancing to a slow 10 K run—what I called a “Cold Turkey” because I jumped straight into jogging without prior warm‑up—and found the dance…
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Endurance Workouts: Clarification, Dehydration, And Gyration
The post opens with a parable of a young warrior who repeatedly leaps over a growing corn stalk until it becomes higher than his head—illustrating that true endurance is built by…
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A Workout That Will Work Out
The post outlines a comprehensive plan for heavy people to improve health through exercise and dietary changes. It starts by suggesting simple routine shifts—removing kitchen…
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#0179
A Little Rainy Day
On a rainy morning that still felt like a workout, I set out to jog along Ford Road, braving the sudden downpours that first dripped onto my head and then drenched me fully—yet I…
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The Practice of Strength
The post celebrates self‑challenge as a deliberate, stepwise practice that builds strength and enlightenment over time. It likens this process to running marathons: each long run…
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Athletic Endurance
The post explains how endurance—whether in speech, memory, language learning, or physical workouts—develops through gradual practice and incremental difficulty. It uses dancing…
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#0156
Blogging About Jogging
I woke up at five, felt alive, and left the house at 5:42, still smelling dew as the sun rose over brown clouds. Running like Superman with weights in each hand, I tackled…
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#0115
Gradually Increasing Endurance
The post argues that claims of being stronger or faster are meaningless without solid endurance; endurance is essential for athletes across disciplines—running, bodybuilding,…
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#0113
The Snack Bar
I run each day, and every now and then a tiny bird (or fly) appears in my lane, watches me from the trees, then darts past me at a speed that seems almost playful—first I thought…
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A Couple Of Sandwiches Shy Of A Picnic
The author presents jogging as a symbolic practice that blends physical effort with creative expression, urging readers to approach each run with enthusiasm rather than laziness;…
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The Trainer
The post outlines a simple yet disciplined jogging routine that blends movement with mental focus: you take two steps forward and one back each day, treating jogs as an art form…
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#0087
Caturday Run
The post is a lyrical recounting of the author’s daily run as dusk falls: his legs feel heavy like “potatoes” yet he keeps going, spotting familiar faces from town and gym along…
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#0085
My Little Day
I spent the day resting, went for a jog that left me exhausted but still motivated to finish my poem; I also worked on some simple art programs, started early at six in the…
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Holy Guacamole
In the post, the author introduces a new workout program called “Holy Molly,” humorously predicting it will turn out to be another folly yet still propel him to jog fast like…
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#0074
Let Mother Nature Schedule Your Rest
The narrator spends a rainy, gray‑skied day sleeping and feeling refreshed before heading out, then describes their week of endurance training: after a warm‑up week they sprinted…
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The Jogger
The post celebrates jogging as an empowering exercise that blends rhythm, rest, and personal confidence: it suggests starting with short jogs of one minute followed by two…
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#0043
Amazing Diet
The author logs a successful Quarantine diet, celebrating weight loss by mixing various fruit jams and spices into simple salads.
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#0026
Make Each Day Count
**Summary:** In this one‑paragraph log entry dated Day Twenty‑One, the writer describes a moment of renewed vitality during quarantine: birdsong and sunshine greet them after…