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Day 1

Posted by Matthew on February 5, 2007
Posted in: Workout and Fitness. 1 comment

Day 1 is usually the hardest. Then Day 2, and so on and so on.

Good workout today. I’m following the strength training section of the Bowflex Xtreme2 manual to the letter. The only thing I will be (temporarily) skipping are the leg exercises. I know they are terribly important, and due to the size of the muscles in legs they burn more calories. However, I’ve been a bit hampered by a knee injury and I don’t feel like blowing that out completely.

In due time I will add them back slowly to really have a complete workout.

It is time for a serious change

Posted by Matthew on February 5, 2007
Posted in: General Nonsense, Workout and Fitness. 2 comments

Most people hate change. Some people welcome it. I tend to be 50/50 on the subject. Sometimes it is good, sometimes it is bad. But I need change.

I’m really lazy. I have been for a long time. I like to procrastinate on things. “Taking care of myself” is just another item in the list. The time has come where I have to stop being so lazy and start taking care of myself.

For years my weight has gone up and down. The down was easily, I just starved myself. I was and still am more thickheaded then smart. When it comes to overall health, that’s not a good idea. The time is now!

I was going to create a separate exercise/health blog, but I changed my mind. There is no need to do double the work. If you aren’t interested, come back tomorrow when I post something else. It is that easy.

I don’t have a whole lot of specifics yet, mainly because I am still working on them. Most of my efforts will center around weight training with my Bowflex. I have used it off and on since I bought it, but I always take a break. Once I start a break, it was too hard to get things started again. No longer! I am mentally ready for this, and the physical part will come only with time.

Please feel free to post a comment. I know usually no one does, but encouragement can do nothing but help.

We have Atlanta’s number

Posted by Matthew on February 3, 2007
Posted in: AHL, NHL, The Flyers. Leave a Comment

Well we all know the Flyers really, really, really, suck this year, but for some reason they have the Atlanta Thrashers this season. The orange and black have won their last 5 games over the Thrashers, with 3 of them this season.

It also turns out that it has been quite the Finnish goalie battle. All games have pitted Flyers goalie Antero Niittymaki versus the Thrashers Kari Lehtonen. Both goalies are from Finland.

Better still is that Lehtonen was the main net minder for the Chicago Wolves and Niittymaki was the goalie for the Phantoms when they won the cup two seasons ago. They did, by the way, win the final cup series by sweeping the Wolves four to zip.