Lorna Has Completed Three-Peaks Challenge; Home Stretch to Land’s End – BionicOldGuy
Fellow blogger, triathlete, and ultrarunner Lorna Cullen has finished the 3 peaks part of her Jogle run, with 1537.68 km run so far and 317.44 km to go. She is averaging 38 km a day, or just under a marathon, and has been for over 40 days. I ran 3 marathons back in my running days, and […]
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My First KOM Attempt – BionicOldGuy
I recently signed up for Strava premium which lets you compare efforts with others in your same age group. Strava tracks “Kings of Mountain” (KOMs) and “Queens of Mountain” (QOMs) for various routes. A convenient local challenge for me is climbing Llagas road, which is only 15 minutes away by bike. The climb currently takes […]
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Upper Body Workout Then Local Rural Tour – BionicOldGuy
I did an upper body workout with resistance bands, body weight, and dumbbells yesterday. I’ve especially been enjoying heavyhands walking, simulating cross-country skiing double poling with hand weights, and simulating kayaking with resistance bands. I followed this up with a pleasant tour of local rural roads and trails on my Vado, which has pretty fat […]
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Strength Training and Weight Loss – BionicOldGuy
https://www.eatthis.com/strength-training-habits-that-slow-aging-science/ Clarence Bass covered the results of a meta-analysis of many studies on the benefits of strength training for weight loss in his column this month [1]. Not surprisingly, it helps. In my opinion, far and away the most significant effect is that it preserves or even adds to your lean muscle mass while losing […]
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Climb to Coe – BionicOldGuy
The climb up to Henry Coe State park east of Morgan Hill is one of our big local climbs. It’s about 12 miles from the base of the hill on E Dunne ave. to park headquarters, with 2700 ft elevation gain. I did it yesterday with a group starting in Morgan Hill. Our route was […]
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I Tried a 30-Day Squat Challenge — Here’s How It Went
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What Caused the Obesity Epidemic? – BionicOldGuy
What caused the obesity epidemic? What are the consequences? HOUSTON – When it comes to the childhood obesity epidemic, the prevailing narrative is that overweight children — and their parents — lack the collective will power to put down the potato chips, pick up a jump rope and work at losing weight. “… doctors specializing […]
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Long Recumbent Outing – BionicOldGuy
The Bay Area recumbent group I occasionally ride with did a ride down at my end so I joined them yesterday. They rode the Coyote Creek Trail from South San Jose to Morgan Hill for a lunch stop, then rode back. I rode up to meet them on a different route so I wouldn’t traverse […]
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60 Years in the Saddle – BionicOldGuy
The title of this book caught my eye because I’ve been riding bikes for a little over 60 years if you go back to my first 20″ kid’s bike. But Bill Logan’s 60 years included many years of performing well at both road and track racing, going back to the old days of cycling in […]
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Up In The Hills On A Nice Day – BionicOldGuy
We had a record-setting heat wave last week, then our first rain of the season (I hope it keeps up). But yesterday was sunny and pleasant, so my riding group headed to the hills west of town for a nice 30-mile outing. It felt like autumn is finally just around the corner. Looking out on […]
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