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		<title>Wicked Busy, But Still Keeping Fit</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2011/08/wicked-busy-but-still-keeping-fit.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2011/08/wicked-busy-but-still-keeping-fit.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it&#8217;s been a while since I last wrote an article here. Life has gotten hectic and is about to get even more hectic as my wife and I are expecting a baby in October (yikes!). Despite the hectic schedule lately, fitness continues to be a prime interest mine. Although to be honest, I haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Simple Bodyweight Workouts That Can be Done While Watching the World Cup</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2010/07/a-few-simple-bodyweight-workouts-that-can-be-done-while-watching-the-world-cup.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2010/07/a-few-simple-bodyweight-workouts-that-can-be-done-while-watching-the-world-cup.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you only have so much free time, right? And that free time is going to be use watching the final World Cup games. That leaves no time for exercise. Any normal person may decide that this semi-legitimate excuse is enough to rationalize not working out (and possibly drinking beer instead), but much to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burn Calories with the Lunge</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2010/06/burn-calories-with-the-lunge.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2010/06/burn-calories-with-the-lunge.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lunge. I can&#8217;t emphasize enough how amazing this simple exercise is. One of the most difficult workouts that I have ever done (barely at that) was 400 meters of lunges. Just body weight. For my leg size, that equates to about 400 lunges. It seems like a lot, no doubt, but I had no [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Make the Most of your Box Jump</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2010/02/make-the-most-of-your-box-jump.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2010/02/make-the-most-of-your-box-jump.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fit tip]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Box jumps &#8211; one heck of a plyometric exercise that can be added into virtually any circuit or interval workout. However, technique plays a huge role in affecting the level of effectiveness of this wonderful (and wonderfully simple) exercise. Many people who do box jumps cheat a little bit. One of the fundamental components of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Some Exercises are Just a Waste of Time</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2009/11/some-exercises-are-just-a-waste-of-time.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2009/11/some-exercises-are-just-a-waste-of-time.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[curls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrist curls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefitblog.net/?p=426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I try not to let things that bother me get to me.  In fact, for the most part I try to keep completely ambivalent about what other people are doing when those things would otherwise fire me up.  But at the gym, it&#8217;s a different story.  I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s due to a chemical [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Top 15 Online Fitness Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2009/02/the-top-15-online-fitness-resources.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2009/02/the-top-15-online-fitness-resources.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fitness Websites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Crossfit.com Crossfit popularity has exploded over the last year.  Dozens of affiliates seem to be opening on a monthly basis and the community is expanding faster than a sub 2 minute Fran.  But it&#8217;s no surprise &#8211; Crossfit runs under an &#8220;open source&#8221; mantra and provides a seriously massive wealth of information.  Every day, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hang Clean Lunge Combo</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2009/02/hang-power-clean-lunge-combo.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2009/02/hang-power-clean-lunge-combo.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Combining a hang power clean and two lunges to create an awesome exercise.]]></description>
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		<title>Cops Get Fit in The Fit Stop, Courtesy of ParticiPACTION</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2009/01/cops-get-fit-in-the-fit-stop-courtesy-of-participaction.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2009/01/cops-get-fit-in-the-fit-stop-courtesy-of-participaction.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found a great library of fitness related clips from the CBC radio and television archives, here. The best, by far, has to be the 1975 Cops Get Fit clip, where Constable Andy McLellan gives his boys a run through an exercise routine. Starting at 1:23 is was literally laugh out loud. View the video clip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pull-up, the Pull-up Bar (and how to build one cheap)</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2008/11/the-pull-up-the-pull-up-bar-and-how-to-build-one-cheap.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2008/11/the-pull-up-the-pull-up-bar-and-how-to-build-one-cheap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crossfit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homemade pull-up bar]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefitblog.net/?p=248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an old joke that goes something like this: a man walks into a bar and asks the bartender why his head hurts.  The bartender responds, well you just walked into a bar. Ok &#8211; not a real joke &#8211; I just made that one up (as if you couldn&#8217;t tell).  But let me now [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Moving Towards Strength Training</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/11/moving-towards-strength-training.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/11/moving-towards-strength-training.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crossfit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this month&#8217;s issue of Men&#8217;s Health, Joe Kita writes a great article about the strength training approach of Coach Dos Remedios, or the College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita California and his take on getting bigger, stronger and leaner. Coach Dos&#8217;s training consists of relatively short, high intensity compound resistance exercise, regularly changed up. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Killer Biceps with the Concentration Curl</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/11/killer-biceps-with-the-concentration-curl.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/11/killer-biceps-with-the-concentration-curl.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Curls &#8211; one of the seemingly preferred exercises at the gym.  Pretty much at any given moment at your local gym, there&#8217;s likely at least one guy on the dumbbells, machines or barbells doing curls of one form or another.  Probably preacher curls or hammer curls with obnoxiously large amounts of weight and form that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maintain Your Healthy Body Weight by Breaking a Sweat</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/11/maintain-your-healthy-body-weight-by-breaking-a-sweat.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/11/maintain-your-healthy-body-weight-by-breaking-a-sweat.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Seems obvious, but a recent study at Northwestern University which analyzed the BMI from over 2600 participants over the course of 20 whole years found that those who managed to get about 30 minutes of moderate to high intensity exercise per day between the age of 20 and middle age were more likely to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small, Inexpensive yet Useful &#8211; Exercise Bands</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/10/small-inexpensive-yet-useful-exercise-bands.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/10/small-inexpensive-yet-useful-exercise-bands.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/10/small-inexpensive-yet-useful-exercise-bands.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While a barbell and some weights are all you really need to get in a good workout at home, there are other elements that can also be good for a home gym setup or to supplement your weight lifting. One great addition to your arsenal that is not only useful but is both inexpensive and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Thrusters</title>
		<link>http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/10/thrusters.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefitblog.net/2007/10/thrusters.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crossfit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A great way to do double duty at the gym is to combine a couple of otherwise very different exercises into a single movement. Hanging leg raise to pull-up would be one example of a single gut-busting, lat-straining exercise. Another really super great combo is the squat to shoulder press movement, otherwise known as a [...]]]></description>
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