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  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    This thread is a good motivator.

    I was just gonna slack off today, and say that the walk I took with the stroller was good enough...but then I saw this and thought I'd better get my ass on the bike. :D Plus I need to do abs today.


    "Die, Nazi spin bitch!" - (Fever Pitch)

    thought of you and this scene :D
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,369
    I'm a runner with a small stride. What cross-training do you do to upgrade your stride to a more comfortable length? I know I can go faster I'm just so used to taking-it-easy. Any suggestions?

    Hills make me unhappy. What motivates you as you go up hills?
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    I'm a runner with a small stride. What cross-training do you do to upgrade your stride to a more comfortable length? I know I can go faster I'm just so used to taking-it-easy. Any suggestions?

    Hills make me unhappy. What motivates you as you go up hills?

    think of like "powering" up the hills. feel it in your calves.

    making your stride longer is just practice. if you have to use a treadmill for a bit do so. I used to have a very short "jogger" stride from years of running laps around a soccer field in formation with 18 other girls. just concentrate on it, and as I said it might be easier on a treadmill. and just concentrate on opening up and LOOSENING up. Just let your legs and arms kind of go.
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    I've been running on an indoor track...trying to keep it consistant in climate, pace, everything, until I build up some stamina. Of course in doing so I still strained a calf last week and today was not fun. I hate hills and outdoor running with a passion. I have avoided hills at all costs! :D
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Today:

    Together in a circuit:

    Bench Press: 3x10, 185
    Barbell Squats: 3x10, 185 lbs
    Standing calf raises: 3x12, 220 lbs

    Done individually with 60 secs rest between sets:

    "Arnold" Military dumbbell presses: 3x10, 25lbs
    Laying Bent-over barbell rows: 3x10,@65lbs
    Standing pulley tricep pushdowns, 3x10, @120lbs
    Standing dumbbell hammer curls: 3x10, 25lbs
    Seated Lat Pulldown: 3 x 10, 100 lbs

    Wednesday...heavy day!
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    I'm a runner with a small stride. What cross-training do you do to upgrade your stride to a more comfortable length? I know I can go faster I'm just so used to taking-it-easy. Any suggestions?

    Hills make me unhappy. What motivates you as you go up hills?


    As to stride, there are a lot of articles out there telling people to run with a shorter stride. They say the key is "quicker turnover." In other words keep the same stride just do it faster! You might want to try that. I have read that especially at the end of a race when fatigued runners should shorten stride and pick up the turnover. I have tried it and it seems to work. I normally have a long stride, but over the last year or so I have worked at taking shorter strides but moving quicker. It makes for an interesting work out.

    As to hills, just repeat over and over and over (a mantra if you will) "I LOVE HILLS!"
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    i'm just getting back into working out...i hurt both my knees 'cause i'm s.m.r.t and fell up the stairs a couple weeks ago :p but...i went on an awesome run/walk (i've never been very good at running) around the little island that i live on. then some crunches and regular/triangle push ups. starting it back up again slow. i can't wait to do it again!
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I probably work out more, getting up for a piss in the middle of the night, than I do, the rest of the day.
  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    i just finished a medium Tony Packos pizza from vitos tonight...

    sort of a food binge...

    i start working out this week...7 days a week, 1 month.


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    run - 1.7 miles
    bike - 17 minutes


    gettin' there
    I love to turn you on
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    run - 1.7 miles
    bike - 17 minutes


    gettin' there
    I am proud of you for sticking with it.
    :)
    I took an awesome step class today.
    :o I thought it said the class was 30 min...boy was I surprised. :p
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    TODAY:

    40 minutes on recumbent cycle @ 70-75% MHR

    45 minutes lifting (legs/shoulders/abs):
    -barbell squat (5x5)
    -dumbbell side lateral raises (3x10)
    -barbell calf-raises (3x20)
    -decline crunches (3x30)
    -leg extensions (3x10)
    -barbell military press (3x10)
    -leg curls (3x10)
    -reverse crunches (3x30)


    GET TO WORK WIMPS! :)
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I am proud of you for sticking with it.
    :)
    I took an awesome step class today.
    :o I thought it said the class was 30 min...boy was I surprised. :p

    Why thank you! :)

    Never done a step class...but I know they do the job.

    Saturnal - nice!
    I love to turn you on
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    I had another terrible work out today :(.
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    Why thank you! :)

    Never done a step class...but I know they do the job.

    Saturnal - nice!
    Yeah, Saturnal..way to make us feel lazy. :p
    What is a reverse crunch?

    Holy macaroni with the step class. Actually step and sculpt. I thought it said the class was 30 min..not 60. oopsie...
    This woman killed us. But it hurt so good. :)
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Stairs madness with cardic lane sometimes.
    Walking the beach.
    Chopping wood, stacking wood, handeling my wood.
    I do enjoy a good sweaty wood splitting session.
    or a good sweaty wood handling ritual
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Yeah, Saturnal..way to make us feel lazy. :p
    What is a reverse crunch?
    It's a crunch but you raise your legs to squeeze instead of raising your torso like a sit-up. It's for lower abs.
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I had another terrible work out today :(.

    Have you ever had a great "anything"? :)
    Do you remember Rock & Roll Radio?
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    fanch75 wrote:
    Have you ever had a great "anything"? :)

    well I certainly haven't had a great work out in probably over a year. it's so frustrating. today I left the gym without even feeling like I had done anything.
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,369
    3 miles, baby! All indoors on a treadmill, and in the evening. I figured out some things, again.

    a) I like to run more in the evening
    b) I don't like to wake up to run.

    I tried to wake up to run recently so that I would be "conditioned" for the Cherry Blossom Run in April. As I was enjoying my run today I thought Well, I could hate the next two months, or just hate April 6th! No brainer, eh? So, I may struggle with the time on April 6th, but until then I'll run in the evening or afternoon. I just have to wake up early to go to work early, to get off work early, to get on the treadmill before others etc etc etc. Piece of cake, compared to waking up early to run, though.

    What made this run more fun is that for breakfast and lunch I had brownies hmmmmm
    http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q19/Bibliobella/Coffee012908.jpg

    I also squeezed some oranges, and lemons for a pre-run Vitamin C rush. However, brownies are definitely The Day is Good food.

    This is a great place to get inspired. Keep it coming! :)
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird

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