Anyone want to shape up in 2018? A continuing journey.......

mcgruff10

rgambs said:

Is there a consensus on what constitutes non-stop push-ups?  Are any pauses in push-up position allowed at all?  Only pauses 2 seconds or less seems like a fair compromise to me.

100 with no pauses is my goal, so far I'm at 60 with 2 or 3 two second pauses.

Yeah I would say a 2 second pause is a ok.  

markymark550

Yeah, I agree with mcgruff10. A short pause in position is ok to me. You're doing this to better yourself, so who cares? It's not like you're stopping to sit down or anything like that.

markymark550

Oh and good job curmudgeoness. Those feet elevated pushups are difficult. It's the bodyweight equivalent of incline bench press. When I had a trainer, one of them liked to end a workout with them. You really feel the burn doing them as a finisher.

ConorKavanagh

I go for a stroll every morning, and try not to eat anything after 6p.m in the evening. I slowly have lost a stone and a half over the past year or so. The hardest part of shaping up for me is the lifestyle choices. It's so difficult for me not to just eat junk every day of the week. Lots of fruit nowadays.

mcgruff10

markymark550 said:

Yeah, I agree with mcgruff10. A short pause in position is ok to me. You're doing this to better yourself, so who cares? It's not like you're stopping to sit down or anything like that.

I don't see gambs cheating in any way.  
What to do today? I'm still under the weather so I'm thinking a run is out.

I was talking to my Uncle yesterday; in his younger years he was one hell of a runner.  He told me his personal bests were 14:24 for a 5k and 4:10 for the mile!  Damn that is fast!

FoxyRedLa

ConorKavanagh said:

I go for a stroll every morning, and try not to eat anything after 6p.m in the evening. I slowly have lost a stone and a half over the past year or so. The hardest part of shaping up for me is the lifestyle choices. It's so difficult for me not to just eat junk every day of the week. Lots of fruit nowadays.

Fruit can be tricky! Awesome job!

ConorKavanagh

How do you mean fruit can be tricky? I find that I get sugar crashes some days if I eat too much of it. Strange to crash from that sort of sugar really.

Bentleyspop

ConorKavanagh said:

How do you mean fruit can be tricky? I find that I get sugar crashes some days if I eat too much of it. Strange to crash from that sort of sugar really.

Lots of sugar, naturally occurring sugar, in fruit.
So, like everything else, eat it in moderation and spread out over time not eaten all at once.

rgambs

I'm going to start tracking my push-ups, I've got 110 in so far today. Two 30s, two 20's and a 10 before my run, and I plan on peppering some sets throughout the day.

oftenreading

ConorKavanagh said:

I go for a stroll every morning, and try not to eat anything after 6p.m in the evening. I slowly have lost a stone and a half over the past year or so. The hardest part of shaping up for me is the lifestyle choices. It's so difficult for me not to just eat junk every day of the week. Lots of fruit nowadays.

Fresh fruit is always better for you than “junk”, even though it has sugar in it, so enjoy! 

curmudgeoness

I read this article yesterday, and I thought it was interesting enough to share here:

http://https//www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/middle-age-is-not-too-late-to-increase-cardiac-fitness-studies-show/2018/01/25/2708d116-faeb-11e7-ad8c-ecbb62019393_story.html?utm_term=.b85e7189d651  

Best line in the article:
“Exercise is so important that people should think of it as part of their personal hygiene, like brushing their teeth.”

FoxyRedLa

Nice article curm!

And yes I agree with the above. Sugar. Even tho it's natural. But I'm strictly speaking from a losing weight perspective. Nothing more nothing less. Can be tricky when weight loss is the goal. Now maintaining a healthy diet, great!

rgambs

Plugging along through the week!  Don't feel great, but I feel good.  I feel like if I got 7 hours of sleep I'd be Superman.
Only 8.25 miles so far for the week, but 650 push-ups so far.  I did a set of 50 without a single pause today, so that's progress.
22.5 miles for the month so far.  That puts me pretty close to the 100/month pace, so we will see how it goes.  The month is just getting started.

Ms. Haiku

rgambs said:

Plugging along through the week!  Don't feel great, but I feel good.  I feel like if I got 7 hours of sleep I'd be Superman.
Only 8.25 miles so far for the week, but 650 push-ups so far.  I did a set of 50 without a single pause today, so that's progress.
22.5 miles for the month so far.  That puts me pretty close to the 100/month pace, so we will see how it goes.  The month is just getting started.

Excellent start to your monthly goal, rgambs!

Miss.Snowdrop

ConorKavanagh said:

I go for a stroll every morning, and try not to eat anything after 6p.m in the evening. I slowly have lost a stone and a half over the past year or so. The hardest part of shaping up for me is the lifestyle choices. It's so difficult for me not to just eat junk every day of the week. Lots of fruit nowadays.

I am in a similar situation... due to an endocrine disorder and a bad case of the lazies I have gained an unhealthy amount of weight over the past 15 years. Now I am trying to make healthy life style changes, like saying no to pizza, cake and all that, which can be so hard, esp. when living with other people who do not care or keep forgetting that you're trying to be healthy. 
Instead I am counting calories and I started working out most days. 
Good on you for keeping it up and losing so much, I know it's not easy! What helps me a lot at the moment are youtube videos that talk about nutrition and weight loss. I know there is a lot of nonsense and contradicting opinions out there. I simply settled on one particular youtuber, whose videos make the most sense to me. Maybe there's a youtuber out there, that can help you staying motivated. 

rgambs

In 5 hours and 45 minutes I'm gonna stagger out of bed and get ready to head to the gym for my 13th straight day to finish this "week".  

I'm going to test my max rep push-up again after a run, and then lift legs and do somewhat more than 150 push-ups to get beyond 1000 for the week.  

rgambs

5 hours now, booo!
Children.

rgambs

I didn't make it, 3.75 hours was not sufficient.  Oh well, off day today instead of tomorrow.

rgambs

Workout week is over.
Did 500 push-ups in 2 hours today, and wrecked my legs.
Totals for the week:
21.25 miles...not bad not great, just barely on pace for 100 miles for the month
1,350 push-ups...nice total, but I need to get my sets higher.
Weight is steady but fat is slowly melting off and being replaced with muscle.

FoxyRedLa

U da man gambs