Did you exercise today?
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First week of run training in the books!
Ran 2 mid-week 5k's and a long run of 10k today. All at a nice easy pace.
Added in 5 x 60 minute sessions of yoga and pilates mid week to balance things out.
The goal is to increase total running time by max 10 minutes each week and not be worried about the distance of each run. I won't be doing any speed workouts, since my achilles is wonky and I need to reduce the risk of any injury during training. So fingers crossed that all goes smoothly and by the time end of April comes around I'll be able to run 2 hours each weekend and 34km on the actual race day. And then hop on a bike and ride 2up along the California coast for a few days
If anyone is interested in run training and wants a simple program, I'm happy to share mine.
Ran 2 mid-week 5k's and a long run of 10k today. All at a nice easy pace.
Added in 5 x 60 minute sessions of yoga and pilates mid week to balance things out.
The goal is to increase total running time by max 10 minutes each week and not be worried about the distance of each run. I won't be doing any speed workouts, since my achilles is wonky and I need to reduce the risk of any injury during training. So fingers crossed that all goes smoothly and by the time end of April comes around I'll be able to run 2 hours each weekend and 34km on the actual race day. And then hop on a bike and ride 2up along the California coast for a few days
If anyone is interested in run training and wants a simple program, I'm happy to share mine.
bigpoppa
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Nice ,the marathon is in California?First week of run training in the books!
Ran 2 mid-week 5k's and a long run of 10k today. All at a nice easy pace.
Added in 5 x 60 minute sessions of yoga and pilates mid week to balance things out.
The goal is to increase total running time by max 10 minutes each week and not be worried about the distance of each run. I won't be doing any speed workouts, since my achilles is wonky and I need to reduce the risk of any injury during training. So fingers crossed that all goes smoothly and by the time end of April comes around I'll be able to run 2 hours each weekend and 34km on the actual race day. And then hop on a bike and ride 2up along the California coast for a few days
If anyone is interested in run training and wants a simple program, I'm happy to share mine.
What does your diet look like? Do you consume anything for joint health? I’m assuming since your vegetarian, fish oil or similar supplements are out?
I read long ago that exercising in the morning is the best for two reasons.
1- You get it done first thing and don't spend half the day dreading it or making up excuses to miss it
2- It's actually better for your body. Can't remember exactly why but it was something about the body being fully rested and having higher cortisol levels.
1- You get it done first thing and don't spend half the day dreading it or making up excuses to miss it
2- It's actually better for your body. Can't remember exactly why but it was something about the body being fully rested and having higher cortisol levels.
Yes marathon is in Cali - it’s the Big Sur Marathon.
For my diet, I’m not quite vegan, but am getting closer to removing all animal products from my diet. I still eat dairy based chocolate and cheese, but there are some really good vegan chocolate and cheeses now too.
For joint health and asides from smoking joints, I just try to eat healthy and eat a balanced diet. Any supplements that have anything to do with animals is out for me, and since I’m inherently lazy I don’t think I would take supplements consistently anyways.
Up to 40 pushups today, and because y'all are saying you're working out I'm in the throes of my next 5x5 set of weights....
When I was working my FIFO job for 2.5 years I loved doing this.
Shift was 6am-5pm, and at the end of it the gym was full, and I was dead.
Wake up at 3am, gym 3:30-5am, shower, go to work, and then pass out at 8pm. Rinse and repeat for 17 days.
I loved it.
Night shift...just hit the gym when I woke up. Since it sucked to do night shifts, I'd live off 3-4hrs of sleep and just hit the gym when I woke up.
bigpoppa
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Wherever it hurts and aches is a good start.
For me it’s the starting that’s the hardest part.
Doesn’t matter where or what you start. Just start.
Stretching, walking, running, weights, or yoga…just start.
I have no excuse beside laziness. My gym is 2ft behind my WFH setup. I changed my Teams background so my barbell isn’t so obvious.
Hell if my kid falls asleep before 9pm I’m off for a 4km walk. But won’t happen tonight.
Tomorrow is scouts and if it doesn’t rain, I’ll walk the 5km during their gathering.
Does pushing your new snowblower around (that you've been wanting to try out) for 5 minutes, even though there was so little snow that it barely made sense to even use it, count?
If so, yes, I worked out today lol.
If so, yes, I worked out today lol.
If it's a pull start then yes.
If it's electric start then no.
What did you get? If you put a plow on the spyder, you and @Wingboy can play in the snow.
Did you really think I'd buy something that burns gas?
I bought the older version of this blower, used from FB marketplace. I was already kind of invested in the 40v Ryobi world with the mower and leaf blower, so it made sense.
/thread derailed lol
bigpoppa
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Part of it might be people think a workout HAS to be hard and grueling or time consuming...
Even an easy or short workout counts. And once you get the ball rolling and momentum build, it wont be so hard to start anymore, and it will become routine.
Its actually better this way.
I used to get injured very easily doing cardio...then I realized the mistake I was making was trying to relive my youth, and going full usain bolt on the first try and that was causing the problems...
So I went REALLY easy, almost comically easy for like 3 or 4 sessions(we're talking grandma level intensity), and after started building up and going harder. Sure enough, once your body gets used to something, it gets strong, and you can start pushing harder and harder. (Thanks joe rogan)
This!!!!
But that's why his starting strength program is good, its usually 3-4 moves, 3 sets of 5 and done.
As you progress through the weights sure you need more "down time" but it's never a super long, always struggling type of deal.
Hours and hours of easy and i mean eaaaaasy cardio/endurance work will benefit your fitness greatly. One big problem is that people in general make their "easy" too hard, and their "hard" too easy.
Setting pace zones, or HR zones (or even power zones on the bike) can make a huge difference in capping your effort. A general rule of 80/20 with 80% of the work you do in easy mode and 20% in moderate to high intensity is a good rule of thumb for people.
this 100%. The SS is my quick way to get back to where I stopped. Body remembers and quickly adjusts.
Once I get to a weight where I need further recovery, I transition to more focused / detailed work.
It's a process that works for me personally. Obviously everyone is different. But it's something that's always worked for me.
Once i get there, I'll just work on maintenance instead of trying to up and up more and more weights until failure. I'm not entering any Mr. Olympia championships, so why bother?
Maintenance, and long term health are my goals.
I had the original one and took it back it was so bad. The power part was good but the handle was flimsy it was hard to control. The switch was in fail mode from the first run. I called Ryobi and they gave me two options. One was to return it for repair but the rep warned my I might not see it back for months. The other option was to return it to HD for credit. I picked option 2.Did you really think I'd buy something that burns gas?
I bought the older version of this blower, used from FB marketplace. I was already kind of invested in the 40v Ryobi world with the mower and leaf blower, so it made sense.
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/thread derailed lol
The next generation looks better designed.
Pretty sure the one I got is the one with the problem handle, but I'm pretty handy and it didn't take long online to find some easy DIY fixes for the worst of it.
If I'd paid full price for it and it came like that, yeah, I'd have returned it too, but I paid less than half of the original new price (or current price of the newer model), with one of the giant 7ah batteries included, so meh, all good.
