Author Archives: bryanbig

Sorry so quiet

By bryanbig | Published: April 14, 2010
I’ll have more this week – I was off on vacation in Florida for a week which killed some time. Also working on some side projects which is sucking up a good amount of time. I have a pretty cool gadget I bought that I’ll review tomorrow/this weekend – it’s helped with two of my [...]
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WOD – puppy-style

By bryanbig | Published: March 22, 2010
Here’s an example of a Cross Fit workout, scaled to a new-guy like myself: 10-8-6-4-2 reps of the triplet: pull-ups Box jump, 12-15 inch box Sit-ups This means 10 pullups, 10 jumps, 10 situps, 8 pullups (no rest in between), 8 jumps, etc… Now, I did this at home tonight while Tracy was out with the girls at basketball. I have [...]
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Training for Chicago Marathon is On Like Donkey Kong!

By bryanbig | Published: March 15, 2010
Sorry for the sparse level of updates lately.  I’ve been very busy.  In short, here’s what’s been up: 1) After seeing how quickly my summer has filled up with some awesome life experience items + my motivation to ride my bike hours at a time has remained tragically low, I’ve come to the conclusion I’m not [...]
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Bison Jerky Recipe

By bryanbig | Published: January 24, 2010
I’ve made my fourth batch of bison jerky this year, and they’ve all been pretty good. This was the first one I made where I used my own marinade. (I’m trying to cut down on my MSG intake, thanks). 1 lb ground bison 1.5 cups soy sauce (oh, I so non-paleo – I’ll turn in my card [...]
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Installing the Zoom 5900 Skype Adapator on Windows Home Server

By bryanbig | Published: January 23, 2010
I’ve been playing around with replacing my landline with either Magic Jack or Skype. It’s silly to pay the $35/month for a phone we really never use. Both my wife and I have cell phones. The only reason we have a land-line is so the sitter has a line when taking care [...]
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Buffalo Jerky!

By bryanbig | Published: December 27, 2009
Look at one of my favorite gifts from Christmas: This was my first batch of bison jerky. As I set up my goals for 2010, I know I need to change my body composition. The more I read about it, the easier it seems. More veggies, more fruits, more lean animal food, less [...]
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Flu no fun

By bryanbig | Published: October 26, 2009
I’ve got some cool projects I’m working on, and would have finished by now if not for the flu. Ugh. Stay tuned – I have some Computrainer file generators for you to use, and am working on an awesome deal on compression socks – we’re talking 50% below what some name-brands are charging. But [...]
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Ironman Race Report – Part II

By bryanbig | Published: October 1, 2009
Sunday Morning – I had planned on drinking my shake at 2am, and then getting up at 4am.  I made a gametime decision at midnight and ate then – I figured there was a chance I’d fall asleep and didn’t want to kill it by getting up again in 2 hours.  That didin’t happen:) At 4am, [...]
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One Week After – My Ironman Wisconsin 2009 Race Report Part 1

By bryanbig | Published: September 20, 2009
Now that my body feels pretty much healed up and my head seems to be screwed on straight, I feel like I can give a race report to the rest of the world that won’t make me sound like a whiney little biatch. Trying to look at it objectively, I did okay for my first [...]
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Ironman is fun

By bryanbig | Published: September 14, 2009
This will be quick because I’m exhausted, I’m typing on my crackberry and I’m off to bed. I’ll have much more detail later. My quick thoughts were my swim was WAAAY too fast for my fitness, I burned too many bike matches in the second hour which then made me shift from a goal-time [...]
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