June 2008

100 Pushup Challenge: Week 2, Day 1

Monday evening I began my second week in the 100 pushup challenge.    Week 1 was tough, but not exceedingly hard. After doing my reps for day 1 of week 2,  I felt pretty good after I finished.  At the end of the sets I was able to max out my pushups with 15 pushups, which [...]

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Building a basic home gym doesn’t have to be expensive!

photo credit: mrflip A few years ago I decided that I wanted to build a home gym in one of our extra bedrooms, so that I could stop paying my high monthly fees to the gym we belonged to, and just start working out at home. I wasn’t sure how expensive it was going to [...]

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100 Pushup Challenge: Week 1, Day 3

Saturday was day 3 of week 1 for my 100 pushup challenge. I didn’t get to my pushups yesterday because I was entertaining, and people showed up early. So I performed my pushups this morning. Day three was a bit harder than day 2. Once again the reps on each set of pushups was slightly [...]

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100 Pushup Challenge: Week 1, Day 2

Wednesday was day 2 of week 1 for me in the 100 pushup challenge. Tonight I’ll be performing the day 3 routine. But first, how did day two go? Day two was similar to day one, but the reps for the number of pushups you performed were slightly increased. If you wanted the rest period [...]

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100 Pushup Challenge: Week 1, Day 1

Last week I decided that I was going to start getting back in shape by joining in the 100 Push-Up Challenge that several other bloggers have been talking about the last coule of weeks. J.D. over at GetFitSlowly.com started the trend last week by asking who else would join in the program. I decided to [...]

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Free online resources for losing weight and getting fit

Over the past few days I’ve been putting together a list of some free online resources that helped me in losing weight last year, and I’m sure that can help you as well. A caveat I should put here – I’m a firm believer that there is no big secret to weight loss. Any successful [...]

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Welcome to Quick to Fit!

Hello everyone, this is the inaugural post for QuicktoFit.com!  I started this blog as a way to keep myself accountable for my fitness life, in a similar way that my other blog, BibleMoneyMatters.com has helped me to remain accountable in my personal financial life.  Blogging about the subject means that I have to think about [...]

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