May 2013
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Women Know More About Finances Than They Get... →
Research shows that men and women are more alike than the conventional wisdom suggests when dealing with money matters.
Making a Hard Choice for a Soft Landing →
If I had to change — and it was clear that something had to give — I wanted to become someone who could love and be loved, for the long haul.
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My Workout For Saturday May 18
I earned 602 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Elliptical Trainer +454 pts 1:00:00 || Moderate (+454 pts) Push-Up +148 pts 25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped hundreds of thousands level up their fitness. Start your fitness transformation today! Now...
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My Workout For Friday May 17
I earned 300 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Running (treadmill) +178 pts 0:20:00 || 2 mi (+178 pts) Chin-Up +38 pts 17 reps || assisted || 85 lb (+38 pts) Dips - Triceps Version +61 pts 15 reps || assisted || 55 lb (+61 pts) Walking (treadmill) +23 pts 0:10:00 || 0.67 mi (+23 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has...
Marathon Training, Minus the Long Run →
When I got to the marathon starting line earlier this month, I knew that my 18 weeks of training would come down to the next five hours. That training? Some would say unconventional, even controversial.
Why Basketball Won’t Leave Phil Jackson Alone →
There is no such thing as life after basketball for the 13-time N.B.A. champion. Life is basketball.
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My Workout For Thursday May 16
I earned 475 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Elliptical Trainer +327 pts 1:00:00 || Broke a Sweat (+327 pts) Push-Up +148 pts 25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped hundreds of thousands level up their fitness. Start your fitness transformation today! Now...
Focaccia With Sweet Onion and Caper Topping →
A focaccia inspired by a Provençal pizza.
Focaccia With Tomatoes and Rosemary →
If you can get good tomatoes, this focaccia is a beautiful foretaste of summer.
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My Workout For Tuesday May 14
I earned 328 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Elliptical Trainer +180 pts 0:45:00 || Easy (+180 pts) Push-Up +148 pts 25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped hundreds of thousands level up their fitness. Start your fitness transformation today! Now available...
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My Workout For Monday May 13
I earned 404 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Running (Intervals/Sprints) +255 pts 600 sec || 1760 yd || 6 mph || jog (+119 pts)60 sec || 176 yd || run (+11 pts)120 sec || 352 yd || jog (+23 pts)60 sec || 176 yd || run (+11 pts)120 sec || 352 yd || jog (+23 pts)60 sec || 176 yd || run (+11 pts)120 sec || 352 yd || jog (+23 pts)60 sec || 176 yd || run (+11 pts)120 sec || 352 yd || jog ...
Seth Meyers to Succeed Fallon on NBC’s ‘Late... →
Mr. Meyers, the longtime head writer on “Saturday Night Live,” will succeed Jimmy Fallon, who is to take over NBC’s “Tonight Show.”
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My Workout For Sunday May 12
I earned 352 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Push-Up +148 pts 25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts) Running (treadmill) +181 pts 0:20:00 || 2 mi || 6 mph || 1 % (+181 pts) Walking (treadmill) +23 pts 0:10:00 || 0.67 mi || 4 mph || 1 % (+23 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped...
When Helping Hurts →
Certain forms of help can dilute the recipients’ sense of accountability for their own success. Support, don’t substitute.
Overfed on a Mother’s Affection →
My mother fed me so well, there was no room for my wife’s cooking.
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My Workout For Saturday May 11
I earned 454 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Elliptical Trainer +454 pts 1:00:00 || Moderate (+454 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped hundreds of thousands level up their fitness. Start your fitness transformation today! Now available for free on both iPhone and Android!
Turning a Smartphone Into a Workout Buddy →
If your body is not all it should be, there is help available digitally, much of it free.
At a Brooklyn School, the Cool Crowd Pushes the... →
Chess dominates the culture at Intermediate School 318, where most students come from families with incomes below the federal poverty level.
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Fitbit Step Goal for this month
Primary May Goal: 418,500 steps (an average of 13,500 a day) Left to go - 314,608 So far, I’m 96.20% of my monthly target or 4,108 steps behind schedule Steps Yesterday - 11,250 Days over step goal this month: 5 or 62.50% MTD Total - 103,892 (MTD Average 12,986.50 ) YTD Total - 1,567,773 (YTD Average 12,248.23 ) Lifetime Total - 9,959,206 (Lifetime Average 11,912.93 )
The Scientific 7-Minute Workout →
In 12 exercises deploying only body weight, a chair and a wall, it fulfills the latest mandates for high-intensity effort, which essentially combines a long run and a visit to the weight room into about seven minutes of steady discomfort — all of it based on science.
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My Workout For Wednesday May 08
I earned 496 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Running (treadmill) +139 pts 0:15:00 || 1.5 mi || 6.2 mph || 1 % (+139 pts) Chin-Up +38 pts 17 reps || assisted || 85 lb (+38 pts) Dips - Triceps Version +61 pts 15 reps || assisted || 55 lb (+61 pts) Walking (treadmill) +26 pts 0:10:00 || 0.7 mi || 4 mph || 1 % (+26 pts) Push-Up +148 pts 25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37...
Charles Ramsey, Amanda Berry rescuer, becomes... →
The Troubling Viral Trend of the “Hilarious” Black Neighbor. What does this say about race, culture and our society?
Are 'Hot Hands' in Sports a Real Thing? →
Winning streaks in sports may be real and not merely magical thinking, several new studies suggest.
Yes, Healthful Fast Food Is Possible. But Edible? →
Time to supersize your bean burger and sweet potato fries.
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Fitbit Step goal for May
Last month, I averaged 13,400 steps a day. This month, my goal is 13,500.
Primary May Goal: 418,500 steps (an average of 13,500 a day) Left to go - 339,495
So far, I’m 97.54% of my monthly target or 1,995 steps behind schedule Steps Yesterday - 13,559 MTD Total - 79,005 (MTD Average 13,167.50 ) Days over step goal this month: 4 or 66.67%
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My Workout For Tuesday May 07
I earned 245 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Elliptical Trainer +245 pts 0:45:00 || Broke a Sweat (+245 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped hundreds of thousands level up their fitness. Start your fitness transformation today! Now available for free on both iPhone and Android!
Zen to Fitness – The 2 Minute Workout →
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My Workout For Monday May 06
I earned 498 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Running (Intervals/Sprints) +255 pts 600 sec || 1760 yd || 6 mph || jog (+119 pts)60 sec || 176 yd || run (+11 pts)120 sec || 352 yd || jog (+23 pts)60 sec || 176 yd || run (+11 pts)120 sec || 352 yd || jog (+23 pts)60 sec || 176 yd || run (+11 pts)120 sec || 352 yd || jog (+23 pts)60 sec || 176 yd || run (+11 pts)120 sec || 352 yd || jog ...
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A Crash Course in Playing the Numbers →
In “Naked Statistics,” Charles Wheelan shows how health has nothing in common with the laws of physics and everything in common with lottery cards, mutual funds and tomorrow’s weather forecast.
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Why Distance Runners Need Interval Training |... →
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Yoga After 50 →
Yoga teachers are responding to the growing number of longtime practitioners who are raising questions about the best way to continue a yoga practice into midlife and beyond.
When the Doctor Is Overweight →
Patients see overweight doctors as less credible than “normal weight” doctors, a new study by Yale University researchers found.
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Love, Light, Strength (and Glue) →
When a mantra no longer helps to put the pieces back together, time and patience do.
How to Find Your Weaknesses as a Runner and Avoid... →
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Beyond the Code of the Streets →
Among young black men who’ve made it, the Code of the Streets still exerts a pull.
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My Workout For Saturday May 04
I earned 526 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Elliptical Trainer +378 pts 0:50:00 || Moderate (+378 pts) Push-Up +148 pts 25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts)25 reps (+37 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped hundreds of thousands level up their fitness. Start your fitness transformation today! Now...
“Are You Better Off?” | Parks And Recreation | TV... →
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My Workout For Friday May 03
I earned 337 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Running (treadmill) +139 pts 0:15:00 || 1.5 mi || 6.2 mph || 1 % (+139 pts) Chin-Up +30 pts 15 reps || assisted || 85 lb (+30 pts) Dips - Triceps Version +55 pts 15 reps || assisted || 55 lb (+55 pts) Elliptical Trainer +113 pts 0:15:00 || Moderate (+113 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social...
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My Workout For Thursday May 02
I earned 378 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Elliptical Trainer +378 pts 0:50:00 || Moderate (+378 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped hundreds of thousands level up their fitness. Start your fitness transformation today! Now available for free on both iPhone and Android!
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Fitbit: April results and May Goals
My primary April Fitbit Goal: 405,000 steps (an average of 13,500 a day)
Close, but no cigar - I fell short by 3,007 steps.
For April, I had 401,993 steps or 99.26% of my monthly target (Average 13,399.77 )
I am sticking with the same step goal for May: 418,500 steps for an an average of 13,500 a day.
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My Workout For Wednesday May 01
I earned 262 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Running (treadmill) +139 pts 0:15:00 || 1.5 mi || 6.2 mph || 1 % (+139 pts) Chin-Up +30 pts 15 reps || assisted || 85 lb (+30 pts) Dips - Triceps Version +55 pts 15 reps || assisted || 55 lb (+55 pts) Walking (treadmill) +38 pts 0:15:00 || 1.0 mi || 4 mph || 1 % (+38 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? ...
April 2013
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My Workout For Monday April 29
I earned 337 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Running (treadmill) +139 pts 0:15:00 || 1.5 mi || 6.2 mph || 1 % (+139 pts) Chin-Up +30 pts 15 reps || assisted || 85 lb (+30 pts) Dips - Triceps Version +55 pts 15 reps || assisted || 55 lb (+55 pts) Elliptical Trainer +113 pts 0:15:00 || Moderate (+113 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social...
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Dick Cavett: With Winters Gone, Can We Be Far... →
Jonathan Winters was in no known comic tradition, in no familiar style, in no pre-existing category of humor.
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My Workout For Sunday April 28
I earned 327 points for my workout on Fitocracy! Elliptical Trainer +327 pts 1:00:00 || Broke a Sweat (+327 pts) Think you can beat me, or want to comment? Fitocracy is the social fitness community that has helped hundreds of thousands level up their fitness. Start your fitness transformation today! Now available for free on both iPhone and Android!
