Trying a kettlebell class tonite........hope i don't clunk myself in the head!!!
I'm afraid of this ^^^ P90x has a workout where you are in a lunge stance and move your arms like you're running, Tony yells, "faster! faster!" so I go faster...I'm afraid I'm gonna clunk myself in the face one of these days... :?
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1.5 mile swim (108 laps)
10 of those laps being done with flotation dumbells
always feels nice during and after
i am grateful i can swim
and thankful my parents made me swim when i was very young
i feel sorry for folks who cannot swim a stroke and are terrified of water
Spinning is getting a bit tiresome so I'm going to take up boxing in a professional boxing gym here in the Palm Beaches.
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.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
i think next weekend i'll try a 15 miler... it'd be cool to work up to a 50k (or more). although my weight room gains are going to vanish with all that running. :?
Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (reps)
Bench Press - Body weight - 190
Power Clean - 75% of Body Weight - 145
Pull up
(not part of the plan, but i finished with another 9 reps on the bench because i can bench all day long!)
very minimal rest... finished in about 14 minutes. HOOOOOZA!
15 minutes of abs.
15 minutes on the arc trainer.
Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
3 hour skate ski yesterday. 6 days til 50K marathon
what kind of training schedule have you done to prepare for the 50k?
I train about 6 days a week on average and try to get at least one distance workout in on the weekend (i.e. 2.5 - 3.5 hrs easy pace). About a week ago I did a 30 K race as a warm up for the upcoming 50K and a week before that did a 35 mile ski on a snow machine winter trail. I also try to mix in some shorter races to build up the endurance and speed in preparation for the big one. During the week my average skis are usually 1-2 hrs with one threshold day, one hill workout day, and a couple low intensity days. I'm always working on my technique as well to improve efficiency. In the mornings I do core and shoulders, arms at home. Arms and shoulders probably more important for skiing than running but sounds like you spend a lot of time in the gym anyways.
I've never done a long running race, ran cross country 6th grade through senior year of high school, but those were all 5k races. Done a lot of long runs, but not long races. Training for a running marathon is a little different though. I think you need to taper a lot sooner before the big race. I've heard two to three weeks before the event.
3 hour skate ski yesterday. 6 days til 50K marathon
what kind of training schedule have you done to prepare for the 50k?
I train about 6 days a week on average and try to get at least one distance workout in on the weekend (i.e. 2.5 - 3.5 hrs easy pace). About a week ago I did a 30 K race as a warm up for the upcoming 50K and a week before that did a 35 mile ski on a snow machine winter trail. I also try to mix in some shorter races to build up the endurance and speed in preparation for the big one. During the week my average skis are usually 1-2 hrs with one threshold day, one hill workout day, and a couple low intensity days. I'm always working on my technique as well to improve efficiency. In the mornings I do core and shoulders, arms at home. Arms and shoulders probably more important for skiing than running but sounds like you spend a lot of time in the gym anyways.
I've never done a long running race, ran cross country 6th grade through senior year of high school, but those were all 5k races. Done a lot of long runs, but not long races. Training for a running marathon is a little different though. I think you need to taper a lot sooner before the big race. I've heard two to three weeks before the event.
AHHHH i thought you were training for a running marathon!
but, i think that your routine is very similar to a good long-distance running routine. when i was training for a marathon last fall it would look something like this;
Mon: 3-5 miles of hills, fast pace
Tues: long run, anywhere from 7 - 18 miles, slow
Wed: rest
Thur: medium distance, 5 - 12 miles, race pace
Fri: rest
Sat: sprints (400m * 8... usually about 70 - 75 seconds each) followed by a 3 mile jog, slow
Sun: rest
in addition i'd lift 3 to 4 times per week before work. you're right about the taper... you're supposed to run your longest training run 2 or 3 weeks before the race. a lot of people work up to 20 - 24 miles or even do a 26.2 mile training run, but most of my running friends say that 18 is definitely sufficient. anything more than that you want to hold back for the race, because it doesn't really help you any to train that far. it just makes it more likely that you'll get injured.
anyway, good luck with your skiing!
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22 min treadmill, brisk walk
10 min bike
lat pull down 3x15 @ 90
shoulder press 3x15 @ 50
15 min cross trainer
tricep extension 3x15 @ 60
standing fly's 3x15 @ 40
30 sit ups
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I run 2 to 3.5 mi 4 or 5 days a week. Lift weights 3 or 4 days a week.
Before April 2011 I weighed 270 lbs. Today I am holding steady at around 175 lbs. Still eating healthy and working out a lot.
I ran the Spartan Sprint race (5k mud/obstacle race) this last Spring. I have been riding my mountain bike a lot this Summer. Getting ready for a few hikes this fall. And, can't wait for ski season this Winter!
I did a 60 minute Turbo fire (kickboxing) session today. It's fun! And it builds in some HIIT workouts. I do some similar type workout 5 days a week and throw in some strength 3 days a week.
"I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
When I don't go to the gym for 2 or 3 days, I really miss it. My body misses it. After the first workout of the week I feel so much better. Anyone else feel the same way?
When I don't go to the gym for 2 or 3 days, I really miss it. My body misses it. After the first workout of the week I feel so much better. Anyone else feel the same way?
yes.
And that is fantastic what you have done...You going to Montana??
So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
When I don't go to the gym for 2 or 3 days, I really miss it. My body misses it. After the first workout of the week I feel so much better. Anyone else feel the same way?
yes.
And that is fantastic what you have done...You going to Montana??
Thanks!
No, not going to Montana...waiting for the new record next year and a tour after that.
I am going to run my very first 5K race next month...I'm excited for that.
When I don't go to the gym for 2 or 3 days, I really miss it. My body misses it. After the first workout of the week I feel so much better. Anyone else feel the same way?
I hear ya. It's usually a mental battle with myself just to get to the gym, but I'm always happy once I get there.
30 mins on the eliptical 6 days a week
mon wed fri- bi's, tris
tues, thurs- back shoulders chest
sweat is just your fat crying
Awesome that you're starting a new workout program David, good luck!! :thumbup: What gym are you going to? I ask because I used to go to Xsport and they offered this free bootcamp class leading up to summer that was GREAT...really kicked me into shape. Ask your gym if they have anything like that!
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thanks! :thumbup:
I'm afraid of this ^^^ P90x has a workout where you are in a lunge stance and move your arms like you're running, Tony yells, "faster! faster!" so I go faster...I'm afraid I'm gonna clunk myself in the face one of these days... :?
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thinking about doing crossfit tonight. I do some crossfit stuff on my own but I've never been to a class.
honestly.... I think I'm *above* them
10 of those laps being done with flotation dumbells
always feels nice during and after
i am grateful i can swim
and thankful my parents made me swim when i was very young
i feel sorry for folks who cannot swim a stroke and are terrified of water
"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
But today, I finished it off with 100 walking lunges with 80 lbs on my back. OOOF!
walking up stairs is almost impossible!
i can't walk today. :wtf:
Don't forget to stretch ....
yeah, at the gym today I'll be stretching between sets. I need to get limbered up because I'm running fartleks tonight!
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
got home and ran 5 miles at an 8:30/mile pace.
slept like a freakin' baby.
Wrapping up practice for the Crossfit Games Open..
3 rep Max weight Bear Complex
155#, failed at 165 twice
12 minute AMRAP
30 double unders
20 air squats
10 push jerk 135#
5 full rounds +15 squats done
wide grip pull ups -into- windshield wipers (4 sets)
row machine - plank pikes (4)
bent over rows - sit ups (3)
back machine - crunches (3)
chin ups - ab crunch machine (3)
tonight i run... maybe...
i think next weekend i'll try a 15 miler... it'd be cool to work up to a 50k (or more). although my weight room gains are going to vanish with all that running. :?
what kind of training schedule have you done to prepare for the 50k?
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (reps)
Bench Press - Body weight - 190
Power Clean - 75% of Body Weight - 145
Pull up
(not part of the plan, but i finished with another 9 reps on the bench because i can bench all day long!)
very minimal rest... finished in about 14 minutes. HOOOOOZA!
15 minutes of abs.
15 minutes on the arc trainer.
I train about 6 days a week on average and try to get at least one distance workout in on the weekend (i.e. 2.5 - 3.5 hrs easy pace). About a week ago I did a 30 K race as a warm up for the upcoming 50K and a week before that did a 35 mile ski on a snow machine winter trail. I also try to mix in some shorter races to build up the endurance and speed in preparation for the big one. During the week my average skis are usually 1-2 hrs with one threshold day, one hill workout day, and a couple low intensity days. I'm always working on my technique as well to improve efficiency. In the mornings I do core and shoulders, arms at home. Arms and shoulders probably more important for skiing than running but sounds like you spend a lot of time in the gym anyways.
I've never done a long running race, ran cross country 6th grade through senior year of high school, but those were all 5k races. Done a lot of long runs, but not long races. Training for a running marathon is a little different though. I think you need to taper a lot sooner before the big race. I've heard two to three weeks before the event.
AHHHH i thought you were training for a running marathon!
but, i think that your routine is very similar to a good long-distance running routine. when i was training for a marathon last fall it would look something like this;
Mon: 3-5 miles of hills, fast pace
Tues: long run, anywhere from 7 - 18 miles, slow
Wed: rest
Thur: medium distance, 5 - 12 miles, race pace
Fri: rest
Sat: sprints (400m * 8... usually about 70 - 75 seconds each) followed by a 3 mile jog, slow
Sun: rest
in addition i'd lift 3 to 4 times per week before work. you're right about the taper... you're supposed to run your longest training run 2 or 3 weeks before the race. a lot of people work up to 20 - 24 miles or even do a 26.2 mile training run, but most of my running friends say that 18 is definitely sufficient. anything more than that you want to hold back for the race, because it doesn't really help you any to train that far. it just makes it more likely that you'll get injured.
anyway, good luck with your skiing!
10 min bike
lat pull down 3x15 @ 90
shoulder press 3x15 @ 50
15 min cross trainer
tricep extension 3x15 @ 60
standing fly's 3x15 @ 40
30 sit ups
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
rocked 4 miles of fartleks today. then ate sandwiches
Before April 2011 I weighed 270 lbs. Today I am holding steady at around 175 lbs. Still eating healthy and working out a lot.
I ran the Spartan Sprint race (5k mud/obstacle race) this last Spring. I have been riding my mountain bike a lot this Summer. Getting ready for a few hikes this fall. And, can't wait for ski season this Winter!
Stay fit and healthy , Ten Clubbers!!
"I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
"I need your strength for me to be strong...I need your love to feel loved"
yes.
And that is fantastic what you have done...You going to Montana??
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
No, not going to Montana...waiting for the new record next year and a tour after that.
I am going to run my very first 5K race next month...I'm excited for that.
I hear ya. It's usually a mental battle with myself just to get to the gym, but I'm always happy once I get there.
mon wed fri- bi's, tris
tues, thurs- back shoulders chest
sweat is just your fat crying
Awesome that you're starting a new workout program David, good luck!! :thumbup: What gym are you going to? I ask because I used to go to Xsport and they offered this free bootcamp class leading up to summer that was GREAT...really kicked me into shape. Ask your gym if they have anything like that!