For your interest:
- Be Sure Exercise Is All You Get at the Gym: Skin Infections Can Spread Like Wildfire – NYTimes http://t.co/WjR8VqQO - via @melanie_ching
- My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Police (2), Gorillaz (2) & The Beatles (2) #mm http://t.co/DCYjnDnR
- burned 1139 calories doing 124 minutes of “Weight training” #myfitnesspal
- completed his food and exercise diary for 04/09/2012 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal
- burned 720 calories doing 78 minutes of “Weight training” #myfitnesspal
- burned 771 calories doing 87 minutes of “Weight training” #myfitnesspal
- completed his food and exercise diary for 04/12/2012 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal
- burned 101 calories doing 9 minutes of “Walking, 5.0 mph” #myfitnesspal
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Apr 12
14
Workout for April 14, 2012
Tracked a workout for 467 pts
- Chin-Up:
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 12 reps (+81 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 8 reps (+48 pts)
- Day off. Kinda sorta.
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Three weeks ago I e-mailed Fitness Depot Canada’s corporate office to offer my feedback and a suggestion. I have not received an acknowledgement, nor a reply. Here is what I wrote:
Dear Fitness Depot:
If I could make one suggestion to your chain, it would be this:
(1.) Make everything on your website for sale, especially plates, and make them shippable to the closest store to your customer, corporate or not, at low/no extra cost.
Why?
My local store (Ottawa) is not corporate owned, and it’s a sad experience to shop there. I’ve been trying (on and off) to buy 10 pound Olympic plates since Christmas, and they can’t keep them on the floor for some reason. The excuse on the phone and in person is “They’re our most popular plate,” to which I reply, “So why can”t you order sufficient quantities to keep some on the floor?”
After 3 months of the same nonsense, I’ve given up. I’ve ordered from a great competitor, and started posting my own Wanted ads around the web to buy other people’s used equipment. Sure, it doesn’t match what I have, but then trying to get additional matching plates for my existing Fitness Depot plates is impossible too, seeing as the selection is so limited (and usually out of stock).
My suggestion above would correct a few things:
- Preserve chain loyalty — I want to know that at least corporate will commit to shipping me what I want, when I want it. Otherwise, why wouldn’t I order from somewhere else? (Like I had to….)
- Provide incentive for non-corporate stores to tow the line — If the satellite stores knew that I could go to HQ anytime they failed to deliver, maybe they’d work a little harder at maintaining inventory.
- Promote uniform pricing — The Ottawa Fitness Depot store jacks the prices up on everything… an extra 20 cents a pound on plates, an extra 10 to 30+ dollars on bars… My Fitness Instructor drove to Montreal just to save on Kettlebells. She told my whole class not to shop at the Ottawa Fitness Depot! I nodded to everyone else because I understood her frustration.
The Ottawa store’s excuse for pricing: “We’re not corporate.”
Anyway, sad to say I’ve lost my loyalty since buying my 300 lb Olympic weight set—which Ottawa doesn’t offer as a set (“We’re not corporate!”) and had to “custom assemble” with 3 different styles of mismatched plates. I could excuse it then because it was near Christmas, but the result would be no better today (and still wouldn’t have 10 lb plates!)
Because of this, I have ordered many Olympic items from FitnessAvenue.ca… an EZ-Curl Combo bar (solid), a Tricep bar (solid), two 20″ dumbbell handles (solid! 13lbs each) and a P90X chin/pullup bar. Even with the shipping costs it was a better deal, arrived fast (2-4 days), and was always in stock.
I’m thinking about getting a Power Rack next. Probably another sale to FitnessAvenue.
I hope you’ve read this, and that you’re inclined to change things. If I wasn’t so annoyed with you, I wouldn’t bother writing, but here it is: Ottawa deserves better. Make it better, or alienate more customers. The Ottawa store (and Kanata’s Fitness Depot, based on my 2 calls to it) doesn’t reflect well on you, and I can’t recommend shopping here in any more than my Instructor did. And honestly, people have started asking me. Lifting ever other day since Christmas has wrought a lot of change.
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Apr 12
13
Workout for April 13, 2012
Tracked a workout for 3,416 pts
- Running:
- 0:07:22.3 || 0.467 mi || 15:46 min/mi || light hills (+20 pts)
- 0:06:03.7 || 0.52 mi || 11:38.9 min/mi || light hills (+34 pts)
- Jumping Jacks:
- 60 jumping jacks (+18 pts)
- 60 jumping jacks (+18 pts)
- 60 jumping jacks (+18 pts)
- Barbell Squat:
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
- 210 lb x 5 reps (+95 pts)
- 215 lb x 5 reps (+99 pts)
- 220 lb x 5 reps (+102 pts)
- 225 lb x 5 reps (+106 pts)
- 230 lb x 5 reps (+109 pts)
- 235 lb x 5 reps (+113 pts)
- 240 lb x 5 reps (+117 pts)
- 245 lb x 5 reps (+121 pts)
- 250 lb x 5 reps (+125 pts)
- 255 lb x 5 reps (+129 pts)
- 260 lb x 5 reps (+134 pts)
- 265 lb x 5 reps (+138 pts)
- 270 lb x 5 reps (+143 pts)
- 275 lb x 5 reps (+148 pts)
- 280 lb x 5 reps (+153 pts)
- 285 lb x 5 reps (+158 pts)
- 290 lb x 5 reps (+164 pts)
- 295 lb x 5 reps (+169 pts)
- 300 lb x 5 reps (+175 pts)
- Chin-Up:
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 12 reps (+81 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 12 reps (+81 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 12 reps (+81 pts)
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Apr 12
12
Workout for April 12, 2012
Tracked a workout for 4,144 pts
- Chin-Up:
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 6 reps (+33 pts)
- Seated Barbell Shoulder Press:
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+43 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- 81 lb x 5 reps (+40 pts)
- Barbell Bench Press:
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- 91 lb x 5 reps (+49 pts)
- Barbell Shrug:
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- 141 lb x 5 reps (+25 pts)
- Barbell Deadlift:
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- 141 lb x 1 reps (+33 pts)
- Dumbbell Squat:
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- Dumbbell Shrug:
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
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Apr 12
10
Workout for April 10, 2012
Tracked a workout for 3,272 pts
- Chin-Up:
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 8 reps (+48 pts)
- 9 reps (+56 pts)
- 8 reps (+48 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 12 reps (+81 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 10 reps (+64 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 12 reps (+81 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 11 reps (+73 pts)
- 15 reps (+109 pts)
- My abs feel better again! I am stronger than Io, by Jupiter!
- Barbell Squat:
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
- 215 lb x 5 reps (+99 pts)
- 215 lb x 5 reps (+99 pts)
- 215 lb x 5 reps (+99 pts)
- 215 lb x 5 reps (+99 pts)
- 215 lb x 5 reps (+99 pts)
- 210 lb x 5 reps (+95 pts)
- 210 lb x 5 reps (+95 pts)
- 210 lb x 5 reps (+95 pts)
- 210 lb x 5 reps (+95 pts)
- 210 lb x 5 reps (+95 pts)
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
- 205 lb x 5 reps (+92 pts)
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Apr 12
9
Workout for April 9, 2012
Tracked a workout for 2,554 pts
- Jumping Jacks:
- 60 jumping jacks (+18 pts)
- 60 jumping jacks (+18 pts)
- 60 jumping jacks (+18 pts)
- Seated Barbell Shoulder Press:
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- 71 lb x 5 reps (+37 pts)
- Barbell Shrug Behind The Back:
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+14 pts)
- Barbell Shrug:
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- 120 lb x 5 reps (+22 pts)
- Dumbbell Shrug:
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+19 pts)
- Dumbbell Squat:
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
- 53 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)
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Apr 12
8
The Real Magic of Holidays
It’s Easter Sunday and I consider myself extraordinarily fortunate to have an 8 year old child that still believes in the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and Santa Claus. The future may try to prove me wrong, but I think it’s better to preserve Magic in children’s lives for as long as possible. There is plenty of time for them to discover the truth, but they should be old enough to understand what that truth is, and their parents should be wise enough to assist them to grasp it. But as a parent, do you know how to explain to your child that there is no Easter Bunny, at least in the terms that they understand it? How do you justify the white lie you’ve been telling them since before they harnessed language?
- There really is Magic in the world, and it comes from all of us, but more importantly, it exists specifically within acts of selflessness where the value of making others happy is predominant over the necessity to claim personal credit.
- There really is an Easter Bunny, a Tooth Fairy, and a Santa (and Mrs. Claus). They are your parents and loved ones; the people that loved you so much that they wanted to teach you about the Magic by making it a part of your life.
- Magic lives and flows through the world through kindness. Doing good creates the Magic, creates goodness in the world, and brings goodness back to us.
- Even as adults who understand the true nature of Magic, we can still experience the joy that comes from creating unexpected good in the lives of others, and reaping unanticipated good within our own lives, particularly when it is given or received anonymously.
- Understanding the Magic is a first step into adulthood. By discovering that the Magic begins within us, we understand the power we have to create Magic in the lives of others… and that is powerful knowledge indeed.
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- burned 944 calories doing 119 minutes of “Weight training” #myfitnesspal
- burned 675 calories doing 72 minutes of “Weight training” #myfitnesspal
- completed his food and exercise diary for 04/03/2012 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal
- burned 201 calories doing 18 minutes of “Walking, 5.0 mph” #myfitnesspal
- completed his food and exercise diary for 04/04/2012 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal
- burned 1290 calories doing 156 minutes of “Weight training” #myfitnesspal
- completed his food and exercise diary for 04/07/2012 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal
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Apr 12
8
Mini-Workout for April 8, 2012
Tracked a workout for 165 pts
- Toe Touches:
- 50 reps (+5 pts)
- 50 reps (+5 pts)
- 50 reps (+5 pts)
- 50 reps (+5 pts)
- Hiding eggs in my yard. Yes, 200 eggs. 5 baskets worth… it’s a chocolate fiesta.
- Chin-Up:
- 4 reps (+19 pts)
- 5 reps (+26 pts)
- 5 reps (+26 pts)
- 5 reps (+26 pts)
- 8 reps (+48 pts)
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