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Pinch, Punch, Zip, Zapped
1 March 2022 These next two weeks will be the most intense of my short preparation for my "Welcome to being 55" meet in 31 days. Today...
Mar 1, 20221 min read


IMs and Miles to go before I sleep
27 February 2022 I've been ramping both my volume and intensity up over the last few weeks as I get ready to race in 5 weeks. I wrapped...
Feb 27, 20222 min read


Nada a Dressel, Half a Ledecky (set)
11 February 2022 Noone will ever walk by a weight room and mistake me for Caleb Dressel, not with this massive weightlifting routine I...
Feb 11, 20222 min read


Don't Stop Believin' ...
10 February 2022 ... I can get back in shape. Back at LA Fitness this morning with a different test set, one I believe I haven't done in...
Feb 10, 20221 min read


Once More Unto the Breach
9 February 2022 After I returned home to Ontario from Panama in early January, I came back to another COVID lockdown, with the three...
Feb 9, 20222 min read


I'd rather be (inside) swimming
28 November 2021 I live in a place that is literally called "Snow Valley," so I shouldn't be surprised when it is almost December and the...
Nov 28, 20213 min read


Reframing the hothouse
9 November 2021 Lately, I've been trying to apply cognitive reframing to certain areas of my life, to see if a simple shift in my...
Nov 9, 20212 min read


Throwback challenge set
17 October 2021 Looking back again to 2011, I found a set that my eldest daughter, Maia, had given me ahead of a business trip I had done...
Oct 17, 20211 min read


10 years and 2 days = 6% decline
16 October 2021 With what appears to be a commitment (& success!) in Ontario to keeping our fitness facilities open, I'm getting...
Oct 17, 20212 min read


Papaya Jam
28 September 2021 Many swimmers, especially solo-training Masters Swimmers, trade sets and workouts like DJs trade song samples, ripping...
Sep 28, 20211 min read
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