Category: Fitness
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Walking is underrated
by Jay Hiller, September 14, 2022 I started taking walks when I was 15 because there wasn’t much else to do. Over the years, it’s been a great practice. I tend to undervalue it because of some of the very things that make it great. It’s not strenuous. It’s easy to fit a few minutes…
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Rut buster: a Labor Day bike ride
by Jay Hiller, September 6, 2022 Before we left for our bike ride, I told my husband, only half-joking. “I’m not sure I remember how to ride a bike.” It had been a long time. We were excited to try out a new trail system that we thought would be good because it was paved…
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Maybe you just need more sleep
by Jay Hiller, September 4, 2022 I forgot to take my dog, Tessy to the vet this afternoon. I got all wound up about some banking I needed to do. I was excited about seeing a friend this afternoon. And I only got a little over 5 hours of sleep last night. That last thing…
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When the only real barrier is yourself
by Jay Hiller, August 29, 2022 Someone I know used to dream that there was a door in her house she couldn’t go past. She was afraid of this barrier and in her dream she avoided the door, though she knew it was there. A few weeks after she left an unhappy relationship she dreamed…
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Adjustable weights, great for a home gym
by Jay Hiller, August 28, 2022 Before the pandemic, I wanted to buy a kettlebell, but I couldn’t decide what size to get. I didn’t want to have to go back in a few months and get a larger size and I didn’t want to optimistically buy something that was too heavy for me. Adjustable…
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What do you get when you combine an overactive mind with an underactive body?
by Jay Hiller, August 26, 2022 Yesterday, after work I kept delaying my workout. I was pretty wound up from a full day of stuff and then after we walked the dogs I got a letter that I felt I needed to deal with. My mind was circling around the same set of problems and…
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Got a foam roller and don’t know what to do with it?
by Jay Hiller, August 24, 2022 It’s not unusual for people who come to the foam roller class I teach to tell me that they have a foam roller and don’t know how to use it. That’s pretty easy to take care of here, because I have two great YouTubes to recommend to you. The…
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It’s going slowly and I’ll get there.
by Jay Hiller, August 23, 2022 About 5 years ago, I mentioned to my hair dresser that I wanted to learn to do a pull up. When she gave me a link to an Instagram account with someone showing an on-ramp exercise to the pull up, it made me realize it was something I could…
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Strong A.F. is a relative term
by Jay Hiller, August 20, 2022 Last year, one of my friends went through three serious health crises, one after the other. One day I was sitting with her in her front room. She was collecting herself to walk the length of her front hallway, about 4 yards. This was extremely demanding for her physically…
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Does it matter what my smart watch thinks of me?
by Jay Hiller, August 17, 2022 When a friend of mine, texted me the message above a few days ago, I laughed out loud because I’m having issues with my smart watch. When my body complains to me about this and that, I think of it as a disgruntled office worker. My watch, on the…