Author: Steve Ainslie

My kitchen sink had been backing when I ran the disposal for months. This happened before so I knew what to do. I spent an afternoon disassembling the drain pipes under the sink. Then I cleaned out the grease and muck that had coagulated inside them. It helped a lot. But I was still having…

The forecasters are predicting a (potentially) major winter storm will hit us this weekend. Temperatures will drop into the teens. We could get up to 3″ of snow and/or sleet that would shut the city for several days until it warms up enough melt. I’m not the least bit concerned for myself. Now that I…

Spending several weeks testing different spreadsheet apps for my new workout logs has been a fun, albeit somewhat frustrating, endeavor. I tried using Apple Numbers – it was kludgy and required too many work-arounds for basic functions. Next, I tried LibreOffice – it offered all the functionality I needed but is not very intuitive to…

Today, MLK Day, was the first national holiday that had absolutely no impact on me whatsoever since I moved here in 2019. This year, since I recently quit swimming I didn’t have to think about backup pools, school kids taking up lanes or amateurs slowing down traffic. it was a nonevent for me altogether. Other…

When I stopped going to the pool a few weeks ago, I also stopped shaving my head and face every other day. I hadn’t planned to do this. What happened that first week was that I let both go a few extra days because I knew I wasn’t going to be seeing anyone. Quite literally…

After resetting my expectations for recovering from my shoulder and lower back injuries, things have been going pretty well. I’m slowly getting accustomed to my new workouts. My strength has noticeably increased. My coordination and flow have improved. My injuries, though still painful, seem to be getting a little better everyday. Until yesterday. Whatever I…

My project to design a new fitness routine has led to many realizations than I had not anticipated. I am uncovering weaknesses, strengths, values, beliefs and other significant life impacting lessons every day. Yesterday, as I was reading one of the old books I relied on when I first learned about functional training, I discovered…

I have been relying on AI more every week. I use Perplexity and Google AI search summaries every single day. I like that both give links to sources which I can drill down on to assess their validity. I get better search results from AI than Google 95% of the time. AI searches also build…

An unexpected bonus from switching my workout routine is that my workouts now require a higher level of focus. First, I need to focus because I’m relearning exercise I haven’t done in 8 years. Second, I’m “on the clock” doing HIIT interval routines like 30:30s (work for 30 seconds, rest for 30 second, move to…

My Rogue Echo AirBike arrived this week. I got it to replace swimming for my cardio workouts. Since starting my new workout routine, I’ve purposely cut way down on cardio. Instead of swimming for an hour every day, I’ve been doing a short hill hike of 30 minutes after my strength workouts. Now that I…