exercise – Pulpconnection https://www.pulpconnection.net Addicted to Passions and Pulp Tue, 16 Sep 2014 06:57:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.pulpconnection.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cropped-20080503-lime.jpeg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 exercise – Pulpconnection https://www.pulpconnection.net 32 32 1069961 A Good Bike Is Hard to Find https://www.pulpconnection.net/2010/04/a-good-bike-is-hard-to-find/ Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:18 +0000 https://www.pulpconnection.net/?p=9286 So I didn’t need my HMSA Healthpass appointment to tell me what my tight pants was already screaming, I can afford to lose a pound or two… or 15.  To help with this and boost up my good cholesterol levels, more cardio exercising is in order.

With space at a premium in my home gym aka the garage, I wanted a small footprint so decided to get an upright exercise bike.  Now finding one in Hawaii isn’t as easy as you’d think.  I started at Sports Authority which luckily had a sale on all exercise equipment.  But no luck, they’ve been out of stock of top-rated Schwinn uprights for some time.  Well, the huge Ward location has been out of stock as well as the Waikele location.

Sears didn’t carry the Schwinns either and while available online at sears.com, shipping to Hawaii was killer.  Same for Sports Authority online.  Amazon doesn’t even ship these items to Hawaii or Alaska.  Fortunately, the Kapolei Sports Authority did have a Schwinn upright in stock.  It wasn’t the 140 model as I hoped, but the similar 120.  Good enough since I don’t think you can even get the Schwinn 140 anywhere in Hawaii.  A good bike is hard to find.

]]> 9286 Exercise Urban Unrest a Success! https://www.pulpconnection.net/2006/09/exercise-urban-unrest-a-success/ Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:26:00 +0000 http://www.pulpconnection.com/2006/09/exercise-urban-unrest-a-success/ Wow, what an absolutely astounding success Exercise Urban Unrest was! This no-notice exercise kicked off yesterday afternoon with a traffic incident causing the shutdown of one of Oahu’s main traffic corridors. The exercise tested the capabilities and response of Emergency Support Functions 1 (Transportation) and 3 (Public Works and Engineering) simulating major evacuations of island residents during times of natural disasters or potential on-island terrorist incidents.

ESF1 and ESF3 did as superb jobs as possible, rerouting traffic and demolishing the damaged pedestrian walkway overnight. Scott Ishikawa, Department of Transportation spokesman, and Jason Yotsuda of the Honolulu Traffic Management Center should be commended for giving the stranded motorists constant information and updates of the situation.

Businesses and dining facilities in the downtown area also saw a huge economic windfall as many decided to wait for the H1 freeway to reopen before going on the road. This business increase will be noted and captured in after action reports.

Exercise Urban Unrest was initiated by an Army vehicle transporting heavy equipment to Schofield Barracks hitting a pedestrian walkway spanning the H1 Freeway. The damage made the walkway unsafe for crossing pedestrians and freeway drivers as debris continually dropped to the roadways below.

Okay, okay, Exercise Urban Unrest is totally fake cause the Army can’t make a mistake like that, can they?

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