Wolf's Personal Blog

Blogging or training?

A few weeks ago I realised that I should treat my body much better. Even though my daily diet is quite healthy I could see and feel the results of not working out properly. My body-mass index, too embarrassing for me to mention, provided the facts to act upon.

I started working out by myself at one of those large fitness clubs which I had to drive to by car. I found it boring and too crowded, though. I also felt that I didn’t use the right technique.

Consequently I found and engaged a personal trainer at a small studio in walking distance from my home. Jamie is a fantastic and experienced guy. He started out with helping me improve on my posture which went similar to what my mother told me in my youth: “Chest out, stand upright and breathe better.” This worked very well and gave me the confidence to let Jamie help me with strengthening my muscular system.

One of his many exercises is boxing, using a special method. On my way to work I’ve seen people in the park boxing and was almost laughing at what I saw - now I know, they did the right thing. Boxing exhausts you positively and really improves on your body strength.

Writing this, I now sit more health considerate on my chair in front of the computer, take intermediate short breaks to practice walking and stretching and consequently I feel much better and surely perform better on my job. 

To answer the theme of this post, it’s not blogging or training, it’s both. Blogging helps me train my memory and writing skills and physical training helps me to keep up and improve on my health. After both exercises I generally feel more relaxed.

I forgot to mention that I wouldn’t have started any of these things without my lovely wife’s initiative and frequent reminders.  

Best, Wolf

My first tumblelog post

Hi, Wolf Schumacher here. This is my first personal blog entry. I have already some experience with blogging, as I started our company blog “Schumacher Partners BizTech Blog” in September 2006 and still write most of its posts. Click the link above and select the tab BizTech Blog if you would like to know what we do at Schumacher Partners. The BizTech Blog is built with minimal tool support, which I like, because it gives you the opportunity to explore all the great things of the internet by yourself. I am particularly fond of what the new web (aka Web 2.0) has to offer, such as great collaboration tools, desktop lookalike features (aka Ajax), Widgets and a raft of tools and gadgets which make blogging such a fun experience.  

Now I’ve found the Web 2.0 designed Tumblr and I hope it fulfils my dreams of easy editing and other great features for my personal musings. When you see a second post in the near future, I’ve decided that I like this tool and that I will stick with it. I’ve tried a number of the other well known blogging tools before Tumblr but I didn’t like most of them (too cumbersome, too clunky, and other lame excuses of not wanting to learn another tool). In comparison, Tumblr appears so easy to use that I can see myself using it forever. We’ll see. Best, Wolf