4/4 lifting sessions 3/2 runs — 16.6 km total Average steps: 9,945/day Average weight: 134.8 lbs Average calories: ~2,417/day (Saturday estimated) Target: 2,485 cals · 155P · 275C · 85F Six weeks into this training block, and this week was a reminder that consistency doesn’t require perfection. Training felt good. I completed all four lifts … More WEEK 6/15 — Consistency Isn’t Perfection
4/4 lifting sessions2/2 runs — 13 km totalAverage steps: 10,114/dayAverage weight: 135.7 lbsAverage calories: 2,560/day Target: 2,485 cals · 155P · 275C · 85F This week was a reminder that how we feel about our bodies doesn’t always reflect what’s actually happening with them. My mood and energy were particularly low this week. I started … More WEEK 5/15 — Progress & Perspective
4/4 lifting sessions2/2 runs · 21 km totalAverage steps: 10,269/dayAverage weight: 135.2 lbsAverage calories: 2,630/day Target: 2,485 cals · 155P · 275C · 85F This week I did my first follow-up InBody assessment since starting this 15-week hypertrophy project. My initial results suggested a decrease in skeletal muscle mass and an increase in body fat … More WEEK 4/15 — Putting the data into perspective.
What if the purpose of health isn’t simply to live longer, but to live more fully? In The Well-Lived Life by Dr. Gladys McGarey, there’s a passage from the opening pages that has stayed with me. After nearly eight decades in medicine, McGarey reflects on patients who became so consumed with finding the perfect diet … More Are We Thriving, or Merely Surviving?
4/4 lifting days 2/2 runs · 17 km total Average steps: 9,636/day Average weight: 135.6 lbs Average calories: 2,597/day Target: 2,485 cals · 155P · 275C · 85F I lifted heavier this week, and my runs are feeling stronger with consistent strength training. Energy was steady, soreness was low, and I got all my sessions … More WEEK 3/15
4/4 lifting days2/2 runs · 19 km totalAverage steps: 10,350/dayAverage weight: 134.1 lbsAverage calories: 2,586/day Target: 2,485 cals · 155P · 275C · 85F I’m getting reacquainted with lifting heavier—and letting my legs feel it. When running was the priority, I held back on lower-body lifts. Now I’m getting a feel for pushing closer to … More WEEK 2/15
WEEK 1 RECAP 4/4 lifting days2/2 runsAverage steps: 11,380/dayAverage weight: 135.1 lbsAverage calories: 2,619/day Target: 2,485 cals · 155P · 275C · 85F Week one was mostly about establishing the baseline. Training got done. I felt strong in my lifts, recovery was good, sleep was good, and averaging over 11,000 steps a day meant there … More WEEK 1/15
The Goal: Build measurable lean muscle while maintaining aerobic capacity—without accumulating so much training fatigue that sleep, work, or consistency suffers. I ran more this past spring and summer than I have in years, purely for the enjoyment of it. I loved the high and the simplicity of it—get up, tie your shoes, and go. I … More Wanna Watch Me Get Jacked?
My Ruby, Today, you are 10. My girl, lordy, are you ever headstrong. When you make up your mind about something, convincing you there might be another way requires evidence, witnesses, several rounds of negotiations, and occasionally divine intervention. I think this will be something that benefits you greatly and also has the potential to … More Ruby is 10
For the last few years, I’ve planned a physically and mentally challenging activity for us to do as a family. In years past, it’s been hikes (Mount Louie and Ambler in Grande Cache, Lake Louise Tea House, Sulphur Mountain in Banff), but this year, with Ruby’s new bike-riding skills, we decided to bike the Legacy … More WHEN DID DISCOMFORT BECOME BAD PARENTING?
