Keeping Pace » Core and Strength http://keeping-pace.com the journey continues... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:56:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 pump it up http://keeping-pace.com/2010/07/29/pump-it-up/ http://keeping-pace.com/2010/07/29/pump-it-up/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:00:03 +0000 Juls http://keeping-pace.com/?p=6344 In addition to my scheduled marathon training, I’m motivated to work on strengthening everything from my arms to my core. Although I do have a high school reunion coming up, my motivation has nothing to do with looking good in a new dress.  I am motivated for another reason: Half Dome.

After opting to swim instead of strengthen my muscles on Tuesday night, I could not let another day pass without pumping it up. So, after dinner and dishes, I headed to the garage with my collection of dumbbells. About an hour later, I moved inside to grunt and tug on my neglected pull-up bar.

NOW my arms are shaking and I’m sufficiently humbled. You could say that I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me.

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I now have a new strength routine to (hopefully) rejuvenate my enthusiasm for strength and core.  I only hope that I can remember all of the combos in each of the supersets that my friend showed me.

I’d really like the idea of getting a good strength and cross training routine going before launching into marathon training once again.  Ideally, I’d like to drop a few pounds too.

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