New Project- Open Source Fitness
Have you felt in a rut with your exercise program? Have you recently fallen off the habit of fitness? Want to try something new just to mix it up? I’m going to publish my personal fitness regimen for a 4 day a week program. I want this to be “open source.” This means that I want others to help tweak and add to the idea, and that the idea is “free”. The details are fairly easy to follow. Full Post (In case you can’t see my new expander thingy)The goal of the program is to get back some muscle tone, get my running back into gear, and to lose the almost-20 pounds I’ve thrown on over the last several months. I’m in mediocre shape right now. I’m not couchy, but I’m definitely not last year’s Chris Brogan. So, if you’re in a similar state, you’re probably qualified to follow along. (*blah blah, check with your doctor, etc…not legally libel, etc, blah blah).
The layout of the program will be over four days. I’m going to shoot for M-W-F-SU for my calendar. You can do whatever fits your needs. Because I like full-body programs, I tend to do things where you can work everything nearly daily. If you’re mixing this with some other program, you might have to tinker. Please post any adjustments you come up with, or make suggestions. I want the project to be open source.
Oh, and on these three days, I might want to split some of this into the morning and some into the evening. That’s because fitness should FIT your schedule. Right?
Three of the four days will have calisthenics, stretching, and strength training. I’m going to try like heck to use little or no equipment for this, by the way. I get excited about trying to make do with what you have around. Well, I might suggest things like a stability ball, and I plan to use my bicycle for some of my cardio work, but you could run. But no, you don’t need to buy a Bowflex to do this. : )
The fourth day will be dedicated for a long run. I don’t *really* mean only running. I mean star-dot-cardio thing. It could be your long fastwalk. Your long hike. Your long swim. Whatever gets the heart moving and kicks caloric burn into full gear.
No sign-up necessary. It’s neat to know if you’re “in” or not, or if you want, you can see what I’m doing, and see if you want to jump in. The program will run until Christmas, whether or not anyone jumps in on it.
Monday morning, early, I’ll share the first installment of “Open Source Fitness.” I could use your help. Are you in? Who do you know that might want to check this out? Send them my way. Watch for Monday morning’s post (GMT-5 for you worldwide folks).
Let’s get this thing started.
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Chris;
I’ve been experimenting with crossfit.com, have you checked them out?