Healthy Coder

Finished my first week of P90X doubles.  I think the hardest part about the doubles program – is not the extra cardio – but rather the time needed to do it.  Yah, doing the extra cardio is a bit more demanding but really – where I found it difficult was squeezing in two plus hours [...]

So I finished my first day of P90X doubles today.  It feels good, damn good actually.  Started off the day bright and early at 7:30 with another monster omelet, some cottage cheese, and a cappuccino.
I did a 5 mile run around 9:30 in the morning, it was a nice cool morning – great day for [...]

Wrapped up the first month of P90X today.  I’m pretty stoked.  I’ve lost about 10 lbs in the month, but I’m not that surprised.  My eating before I started P90X was very carbohydrate heavy.  This resulted in me probably eating more than I should have to feel satiated.  Also, I didn’t eat nearly enough protein [...]

Week three is done.  The chin-up bar is hung.  Next week is the last week of phase one where everything changes up.  YogaX twice in one week makes me a little bit sad…
The only thing sore today is my butt – but aside from that life is peachy.  I’ve lot six pounds since starting P90X [...]

Eleven weeks to go.
This week was pretty good.  The big aches I felt on various days last week were mostly gone.  This week I just felt enough to remind me that I had been working.  So it does get better…
Also, my wife has started joining me on some days.  She’s not doing the nutrition portion [...]

So week one of P90X is done.  Let me assure you this is not a scam.  From the way I feel after one week of this – I can understand how a person can have the advertised results.  It’s a great workout, and it covers your whole body.  I’ve summarized my first week here for [...]

I seem to have been a bit ambitious in wanting to get a treadmill desk up and running over the last weekend =).  My goal here is to “try before I buy” so to speak.  I want to get a functional treadmill environment setup without spending a lot of money – I need to know [...]

I’m thinking I’m going to try the P90X bandwagon.  I first looked at P90X when I first started changing up my life.  Unfortunately, the way it was marketed – just made it seem like such a scam.  My parents-in-law picked up a copy and so did my sister-in-law.  They both quit, saying its too hard.  [...]

Is your office chair killing you?  This article has inspired me to research alternatives to my Aeron chair.  Perhaps a walking desk could work for developers?  I’m very interested to see how walking 1-2 mph all day would affect my heart rate and overall fitness…
I’m going to research and attempt a prototype this weekend. 
I’ll [...]

This is a whole lot of awesome.  Page Brooks has written a series of posts explaining how to control an Image 15.0Q treadmill with Silverlight.   This treadmill is controlled using audio signals and a 1/8” audio jack.  Interesting interface… 
Now I’m totally wanting a better treadmill that I can control programmatically…that would be an awesome [...]