Booze, the ideal post workout drink


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After workout (1094 cal Max hr 95%, av hr 80%) drink creation which is so tasty I had to document it.

Some pomegranate concentrate (ooooh, say, 1-2 T)
Some red cherry juice (ooh, say, 1/2 c. or so)
Some vodka (oooh, say, a shot or two)
A lot of soda water (like a cup or 1.5 c.)
A lot of ice.

It’s really super delish! And, actually, quite healthy! Why?

Well, firstly, alcohol has been shown to make the antioxidants in fruits more bioavailable to the body.

Pomegranate juice has been clinically proven to reduce high blood pressure when taken long term (2 oz/day) up to about 10 points. Also, good for reducing LDL cholesterol and maybe high blood triglyceride levels. (I’m not sure about that last part and am too hungry to look it up.)

Tart Cherry juice has been shown to reduce muscle fatigue, and speed muscle recovery after workouts. It totally works. Now, I’ll get sore for a day rather than three days. You need a cup a day…at least, that’s what I use since that’s what was used in some study.

That’s enough good stuff right there, but a drink (or two, if you’re male) a day is also good for reducing LDL, tryglyceride levels and stress levels (ie. cortisol levels) all by itself!

The perfect post workout drink, and I didn’t even mention the high potassium levels!

Debian Workout


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Kapil Paranjape leading the workout

Musical Workout…


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Decided to give my iTunes library a workout:

Modded the AlbumArt Widget to autosave artwork into songs, loaded up iEatBrainz, primed PearLyrics, and set NeedleDrop at 25 secs, and left the machine in full screen coverflow, and ignored the pleas from last.fm to not listen to music so fast.

I’ll check in the morning to see how wrong it got. I subscribe to the any art is better than none school of thought.

So far Amazon is trying to get "the best of the Mad lads" or "the Macc lads anthology" for The Lads

Post Workout Nutrition


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Post workout nutrition in the form of a rocky road protein shake by Optimum Nutrition and a handful of freshly picked (today) home grown strawberries.

Taken on My Blackberry.

Today’s Track Workout.


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Same workout as on January 20, 2008 but the fast interval is now 600m at 36 minute 10km pace and the rest interval is 800m at 80% goal pace.

I knew this was an ambitious work out since I haven’t been on the track for several weeks. Feetnlegs were eager to prove they still got it (and took the pace out for 41s in the first 200m instead of the target pace of 43-44s. But heartnlungs found the reduced rest interval a bit of a challenge, and I stopped the workout short after going through the first 200m of the 7th interval in 49s.

Heat workout


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Heat workout!

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Workout For Your Life – Southcott Pines, Grand Bend

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Workout For Your Life – Southcott Pines, Grand Bend

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Workout For Your Life – Southcott Pines, Grand Bend

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Workout For Your Life – Southcott Pines, Grand Bend