by Marty Coleman | May 6, 2014 | The 'While Coffee Brews' Exercise Plan |
Last December I did a series illustrating my morning workout regimen. I have added some exercises that I do somewhat regularly since then and wanted to update the series to include them.
Butt Lift and Kicks
The big craze the past few years has been planking. I never planked until I did this exercise. It’s simple enough. You lay on your back, lift your butt of the ground and hold the pose. You really have to work to push your butt up in the air so you body is in a straight line, you can really feel it in your hip flexor and quadricep muscles. It was boring to me to just stay in that pose so I started kicking up high with one leg while maintaining the straight body line. It’s harder than planking if you ask me. I did 20 kicks on each leg.
Flutter Kicks
While I am down on the ground it’s easy to move to the next exercise. I simply lower my butt back to the ground and lift my legs so they are off the ground by a foot or so. This can also be a held plank position of course but once again I like action instead of just holding a pose so I scissor my legs as wide as I can. I mean REALLY wide, then bring them together and cross them, and then back wide again. This is great for strengthening your lower back since your legs are off the ground. It’s fantastic for your glutes and your hips, opening them up and stretching all the small muscles that go deep into your groin.
Because I am so unlimber and stretching is critical for me, I sometimes will lower my legs and use my ottoman and my coffee table to hold my legs wide open. It hurts but it also really helps me avoid really tight hip and groin muscles when I run long distances.
It usually takes about 15 minutes to do 3 circuits of the exercises. Just enough time to let the coffee brew.
The rest of the series is linked here: The ‘While Coffee Brews’ Workout Series. Scroll down once on that page to go from newest to oldest in the series.
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Drawing and exercise plan by Marty Coleman
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by Marty Coleman | May 5, 2014 | Being Alone - 2014, Blaise Pascal, Frederic Dard, Julien De Valckenaere, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther |
Hello Napkin Kin! Have you been wondering all weekend what the theme of last week’s ‘Unnamed Series’ is? Well, wait no longer, here is the answer: Being Alone
I started it because a dear friend of mine who is going through a divorce is now living on her own in a condo. She is learning how to be alone for the first time in many years. It’s hard enough to be alone when things are going right, but when your world has imploded and all seems lost, being alone can be devastating. These drawing and quotes were a result of my exploration of the idea of ‘being alone’.
Here they are from first to last, with the quotes written in.
Being Alone #1 – from the series formerly known as ‘Unnamed’
Being Alone #2 – from the series formerly known as ‘Unnamed’
Being Alone #3 – from the series formerly known as ‘Unnamed’
Being Alone #4 – from the series formerly known as ‘Unnamed’
Being Alone #5 – from the series formerly known as ‘Unnamed’
So, now that you know, what do you think? Do the drawings make sense now? Do the quotes fit the drawings? Come on, let me know. I want to do another series like this, it was a lot of fun and there was more than average interaction with the Napkin Kin and your feedback will help make the next series even better.
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Drawings by Marty Coleman
Quotes by the following:
#1 – Frederic Dard, 1921-2000, French author
#2 – Julien De Valckenaere, 1898-1958, Dutch writer
#3 – Martin Luther, 1483-1546, German monk, religious rabble rouser
#4 – Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962, American actress
#5 – Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662, French mathematician and philosopher
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by Marty Coleman | May 2, 2014 | The Unnamed Series - 2014 |
Here is my final drawing in the ‘Unnamed Series’. The prior 4 images are below it. See if all 5 give you an idea as to the theme I am trying to illustrate and post your idea in the comments. Next week I will repost them all with quotes included and the series title. But before then, see if you can guess!
The Unnamed Series #5
The Unnamed Series #4
The Unnamed Series #3
The Unnamed Series #2
The Unnamed Series #1
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by Marty Coleman | May 1, 2014 | The Unnamed Series - 2014 |
Here is another installment in my experiment to see if my Napkin Kin can figure out the series theme for the week from just seeing the drawings – no quotes, no commentary, no series title.
This is #4. 1-3 are below it. What do these drawings have in common, anything you can discern? What do you think the theme of the series is?
The Unnamed Series #4
The Unnamed Series #3
The Unnamed Series #2
The Unnamed Series #1
I will do one more and then next week I will post them all again with the quotes and series title included.
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by Marty Coleman | Apr 29, 2014 | The Unnamed Series - 2014 |
As most of you know by now, I am doing an ‘Unnamed Series’. I am only showing you the drawing, not the series theme nor the individual quotes for each napkin. I am doing it as an experiment to see if anyone can figure out what my series theme is. I will post these again all at once next week with the theme and quotes included. All three images I have drawn so far are in this post so you can see them all easily and see if a pattern emerges. Let me know in the comments what your guess is!
Unnamed Series #3
The Unnamed Series #2
The Unnamed Series #1
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