@kyleforrester87 Nice work and good call on the donuts mate, sounds like good fuel.
@ralphdibny Keep going, it sounds like you are making some good progress and finding modifications to make things easier while you get started is always a good plan.
I've been getting out on the bike a bit more over the past few weekends as my knee hasn't been great for running longer distances. I did about 50 miles over a few days last weekend with 500 - 800m climb so glad I can still put a some miles in even though I haven't been riding a lot lately. I managed less this weekend what with doing a few shorter runs and spending time with the family but still hoping to build up more distance again.
I managed my longest run ever yesterday at 16k and that was on top of a couple of 7k runs in the week.
I just wish there was somewhere around where I live where I could do a flat route if I wanted to! I did about 220m climbing on my long run, and that was making a (failed) attempt at doing too many hills.
@render Those are some pretty good distances for yourself there! And keep up the good work @ralphdibny !
I’ve decided to start interval training along with my daily commutes and almost consistent weekend long rides.
The mission is 30 seconds of flat out 100% cycling like a nutter, 30 seconds of relaxed peddling for total 5 minutes. Then 5 minutes of relaxed pedalling to cool down and repeat 2 more times. I’m going to aim to do it 3 times a week, near my house after my commute and see if I feel stronger after 4 weeks.
I started tonight, managed to find a decent stretch of cycle path but only managed to repeat it twice, I struggled to time myself properly in my head.
Next attempt I’ll bring my cycle computer with a stopwatch and do it properly 💪🏻
@render cheers, nice one on the cycling to keep you going while you have a bum knee! I cut my hair yesterday instead of exercising and just taking one day off sapped my motivation for today. I did do a yoga tape in the end though and I am going to get out for a long walk tomorrow!
@Thrillho cheers! Nice one on the 16k! That is quite some distance!
@kyleforrester87 sounds like a good idea to start that interval training regularly, it's gotta increase your fitness level right? You'll be smashing the hill climbs in that sportive after 3 months of intervals... probably, I actually have no idea what I'm talking about lol. The area is beautiful though, it's going to be a really nice ride, scenery wise!
I never really got into interval training with running as I like to try to keep as steady a pace as possible but I guess it’s great cardio as well as helping improve your stamina for the same overall length run/cycle.
@Thrillho while it is fun to just get out for a ride it’s easy to fall into a routine* and not really benefit from what you’re doing (I guess that’s the same for running, too)
It’s all well and good me doing 60 miles of commuting a week but I don’t think it’s doing anything but maintenance now. Hopefully intervals will give some bang for their buck, given the relatively short amount of time you need to spend doing them. They are bloody awful, though.
*I say “easy” to fall into a routine, it’s not that easy to fall into any fitness routine really is it lol. But it easy to stop pushing yourself I guess.
@kyleforrester87 Yeah, that’s why I enjoy some of the hilly sections I do as they’re always going to make me work harder than the flat.
I’ve just either tried to steadily increase my overall pace on normal routes or slightly up the distance on longer routes instead. I might have to give intervals more of a go at some point though.
Went for a 7.5 mile walk today, did the ring pull ups after about 2 miles of that. I managed 2 sets of 11 and 1 set of 10. I wonder why I struggle so much with the pull ups but I'll keep going, hopefully I can get my reps up.
Managed 3 sets of 35 wall push ups last night too. I seem to be able to add more reps to the wall push ups more easily than I can add them to the ring pull ups.
Also, I think I've lost 11lbs since Xmas - 6 and half of those lbs since I started doing the walking regularly a few weeks ago. I weren't really going to update my weight until I made it into the overweight criteria of BMI but I thought I would anyway in case I forget my progress. Currently BMI is 31.6 according to the generic NHS calculator. Need to lose another stone to become "overweight".
Got the same yoga tape tomorrow as the one that made me dizzy the other day, hopefully I manage it ok!
@Thrillho cheers! The 6 and a half pounds is a definite because I changed the battery in the scale before I weighed myself a few weeks ago. I'm not positive about the 11lbs though because the scale was running out of battery at Christmas and I am not sure if I was reading it properly (who decimalises an imperial measurement?! 😂)
I think I've done OK sticking to a regular amount of food too. I've been eating whatever is provided to me for dinner and then one or two additional "meals" either before or after dinner or both after dinner depending on what time I wake up/go to sleep. These are normally either toast with Peanutbutter, Nutella or marmite or cereal like Shredded Wheat, coco pops or corn flakes. I'll occasionally snack on a yoghurt, banana and less frequently a chocolate, fruit toast or hot cross bun if I need something sweet or if I'm feeling low on energy. Generally I've been having less caffeine too, normally a coffee or two in the afternoon and occasionally a Pepsi Max which is normally my go to drink that I've been resisting to help get me to sleep earlier! I've had a few juices and squashes instead, maybe Robinson's orange and pineapple, Sarsaparilla or Tropicana orange juice.
Had a bit of a crap yoga on Wednesday, it's that below the belt video which still makes me quite dizzy with its up and down. It also includes aeroplane crunches which I just don't have the space to do because you do one aeroplane crunch followed by a broken table crunch and so forth so you need space on two axes and I only have it on one.
However, that night I managed 3 sets of 50 wall push ups for the first time! That's the goal before moving on to the window ledge push ups but I need to be able to do it comfortably before moving on so I will stick with the wall push ups for a couple more sessions at least. About to do some now but I'm feeling a bit weak so hopefully I can get to 50x3 again!
I didn't sleep on Wednesday night at all because I ended up doing a double bill of BvS and JL Snyder Cut. Thursday I went out for a 5 mile walk after a relatively big lunch and I did my ring pull ups right at the beginning of the walk. Hard to say whether it was the big lunch or doing it early in the walk that helped but I managed 3 sets of 20 which is the most I've ever done. The goal on this is 3x30 before moving the rings from chest height to waist height so I have some way to go yet.
@kyleforrester87 nice one! That's some time in the saddle, I bet you did some pummeling with Theragun after that if you weren't too sore already!
@Thrillho well done on the new PB, good to see you are making progress! I just about managed another 3 sets of 50 wall push ups on Friday but it was a lot harder that time. I also managed one set of 25 ring pull ups and 2 sets of 20 ring pull ups Saturday so some progress there. It's really hard to imagine that I could actually be able to do a single pull up in maybe a couple of months or something as I've always had notoriously weak arms. I won't get ahead of myself though, it's a total maybe! I know to temper my optimism and only count my chickens for reference and not expectation!
No yoga this weekend, went out for a 9 and a bit mile walk yesterday and a 5 and a bit mile walk today so almost 15 miles across the weekend. I think I put on one lb when I weighed myself last week so I was quite keen to get out and do some walking as it seems to be the heavy hitter in the weight loss department.
I got that sucky "below the belt" video tomorrow (had to add the apostrophes or that sentence would have sounded wrong 😂). Just going to get it out the way, I don't think I'll ever see the true benefit from that tape due to its space requirements and frequent and dizzying up and down movements but whatever (does this still sound wrong? 😅). I'm only 4 weeks off finishing the programme so I am keen to just get through it before I start working out what I am going to do next.
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