Harold’s Blog (Running ,Fitness,Jokes and more)

There are many new pieces of equipment to help work your abs, but I find a combination of abdominal exercises and running a great way to get the midsection in shape. There is no substitute for hard work. Here is a video showing the proper way to an abdominal crunch. I do one hundred of these a day.

 

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• Instead of milk and cookies, leave him a salad, and a note explaining that you think he could stand to lose a few pounds.
• While he’s in the house, go find his sleigh and write him a speeding ticket.
• Leave him a note, explaining that you’ve gone away for the holidays. Ask if he would mind watering your plants.
• While he’s in the house, replace all his reindeer with exact replicas. Then wait and see what happens when he tries to get them to fly.
• Keep an angry bull in your living room. If you think a bull goes crazy when he sees a little red cape, wait until he sees that big, red Santa suit!
• Build an army of mean-looking snowmen on the roof, holding signs that say “We hate Christmas,” and “Go away Santa”
• Leave a note by the telephone, telling Santa that Mrs. Claus called and wanted to remind him to pick up some milk and a loaf of bread on his way home.
• Set a bear trap at the bottom of the chimney. Wait for Santa to get caught in it, and then explain that you’re sorry, but from a distance, he looked like a bear.
• While he’s in the house, find the sleigh and sit in it. As soon as he comes back and sees you, tell him that he shouldn’t have missed that last payment, and take off.

Run tall: Good Posture while you run creates good habits like natural extension of stride, better breathing,  and knee lift.

Run relaxed: Tension saps energy and causes fatigue to set in earlier

Run naturally: Develop your own running style, while still employing employing the principles of good running mechanics and techniques.

Most of all have fun.

1. I will have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my PAPER newspaper like I used to, before the Web.
2. I will eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing.
3. I will get dressed before noon.
4. I will make an attempt to clean the house, wash clothes, and plan dinner before even thinking of the Web.
5. I will sit down and write a letter to those unfortunate few friends and family that are Web-deprived.
6. I will call someone on the phone who I cannot contact via the Web.
7. I will read a book… if I still remember how.
8. I will listen to those around me about their needs and stop telling them to turn the TV down so I can hear the music on the Web.
9. I will not be tempted during TV commercials to check for email.
10. I will try and get out of the house at least once a week, if it is necessary or not.
11. I will remember that my bank is not forgiving if I forget to balance my checkbook because I was too busy on the Web.
12. Last, but not least, I will remember that I must go to bed sometime… and the Web will always be there tomorrow!

Signs That You Are Discriminated At Work Due To Your Age:

• At your sales meeting, everyone else gets water, you are given Ensure.
• Your desk gets moved next to the washroom door.
• Your phone is the only one in the office with a volume control.
• They assign you the “Granny” parking place.
• The younger members join the company health club, while you get to join the prescription chat room.
• The other workers laugh at you when you take a nap during lunchtime.
• The computer monitors are so bright for you that you have to wear UV sunglasses.
• Also, they take away your computer and give you a TWX machine, multikey adding machine with handle (non-electric) and an IBM Selectric Typewriter.
• They won’t give you your own closet to store your walker.
• 1The bosses won’t let you celebrate Grandparent’s Day in the office, and a birthday cake for you is forbidden because when lit, it sets off the sprinkling units on the floor.

Help the Marines support charity by making a donation to the Marine team from Marine Corps Base Quantico with the Polar Bear Plunge.  You can get more information from my daughters blog.  We should support all of Military personnel in whatever way we can.  This is also challenge to all you Marines to show your Esprit De Corps and support your fellow Marines as they plunge into the Chesapeake Bay in January.

I have been asked lately why I do Pullups on a Pullup bar versus just doing them on the total gym.  I do both because they both work for me.  Pullups on a pullup bar are much more difficult that pullups on the total gym.  While they both work the same areas, the standard pullup requires more control and strength as you don’t have the total gym platform to stabalize your core.  On the other hand with the Total Gym I can do more repititions.

I have included two videos to show both types.

 

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• I know how to please a woman. …then please leave me alone
• You look like a dream. …go back to sleep.
• What’s it like being the most beautiful girl in the bar? …what’s it like being the biggest liar in the world?
• I can tell that you want me. …yes, I want you to leave.
• I’d go through anything for you. …let’s start with your bank account.
• May I have the last dance? …you’ve just had it.
• Your place or mine? …both. You go to your place and I’ll go to mine.
• Your body is like a temple. …sorry, there are no services today.
• Is this seat empty? …yes, and this one will be too if you sit down.
• Haven’t I seen you someplace before? …yeah, that’s why I don’t go there anymore.

The Thanksgiving meal was great, but I did over indulge.  The solution, get out and tack a few more miles on the run today.  It is easy to say that moderation should have been the key the yesterday, but with good food and friends, it didn’t happen.  It is easier to get out and do a few more miles.  Now, if only can I figure out what to do with the leftovers.

As we enter the Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year season …

… I think that it is important for everyone to take a step back and remember that we can all have fun without getting dangerous. I’ve attached a rather graphic picture of an overdose victim, not for it’s shock value, but in the hope that everyone remains aware of his or her limits. When you look at this picture, remember that this did not have to happen.