A Simple Life of Luxury

Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means

Category: Fitness

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Fitness / Windsurfing

Exercise Regime Continues

You may have noticed a lack of entries about my new fitness regime for a few days… Don’t worry, I haven’t given up on it before the end of January. I decided to take a few days off running after a little groin strain last Wednesday, but did have a fairly active windsurfing session on...

iSmart Train 28

Fitness / Technology

Mac Training Software Review

I’ve recently decided to try to get a little fitter again, so as well as buying some gadgets I wanted some software to track my progress (or lack of progress as it may turn out to be). I’ve been looking at various applications for the Mac and evaluating them so thought I’d share my thoughts...

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Fitness

Getting fit is bad for you!

I thought getting fit was supposed to be good for you, but it only seems to hurt! Running on the roads hurts my knees, running on the sand hurts my Achilles tendons. I went for a nice run yesterday along the beach. Nothing too strenuous as I was trying to keep my heart rate down...

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Cycling / Fitness / MTB / Play / Running / Sports / Technology / Triathlon

Fitness Training For Geeks

As you know my latest gadget which arrived yesterday is a Garmin Forerunner 305, which is a GPS enable Heart Rate Monitor training device. The idea is that when you are out running, cycling or doing any other outdoor activity it tracks your precise position and speed using the GPS and records your heart rate...