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  • G-force
    G-force Posts: 218
    90 minute out of office lunch break - 4 days per week:

    Walk to gym - 5 minutes from desk
    25 minutes free weights, usually 100% dumb bells.
    40 minutes cardio (stairmaster, treadmill, eliptical - mixing it up)
    Shower
    Walk back to office
  • TrixieCat
    TrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    hey guess what i went over today! :)

    1.5 miles run
    10 min bike
    situps

    goofed around on the bench...first time in a LONG time...a couple years at least...
    185 x 8
    205 x 6
    225 x 3
    135 x 10
    can't raise my arms now! need to get back into this convert flab area(s) to what it once was...
    225 pounds??? :eek:

    I am happy you got back there today! :)
    I did 35 min on the treadmill and 20 on the recum bike.
    At home I do situps on my balance ball and did some yoga this morning.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    goofed around on the bench...first time in a LONG time...a couple years at least...
    185 x 8
    205 x 6
    225 x 3
    135 x 10
    can't raise my arms now! need to get back into this convert flab area(s) to what it once was...

    Today I did 205, 3 sets of 6 on bench press. I failed on the 6th rep in the 3rd set...left me trembling. That got me!
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  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    I ate some cheetos. That's it. :(

    But I will be running River to River Relay on Saturday. Saving up for that. :rolleyes:
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    ran 2 miles today :)
    situps
    10 min bike
    goofed around lat pulls 3 x 100
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  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    fanch75 wrote:
    I knew they weren't as good (b/c as you say, they are far easier), but I thought pulldowns were good enough. Then I saw that scene in "I Am Legend" where Will Smith is doing those pullups, and I noticed how much muscles were ripping when he did them. So, I did some research and it turns out you can only develop so much without doing pullups. So I've added them and in two weeks I've seen a marked change in my back. Pullups are good stuff.

    Here's an article on pullups for women. Women struggle with pullups more then men (this isn't sexist, it's just true) but there are ways for women to build up to them.

    http://www.stumptuous.com/cms/displayarticle.php?aid=51

    Good article. I've always wanted to be able to do a pull up, but don't work at it consistently. Plus I get really discouraged because it seems so hard. At my gym there is one of those machines that assist you with pull ups, but I've never got past 14lbs assistance or resistance whatever it is. I need to stick with it and see what happens. Of course losing 10lbs would probably really help.
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    today...

    2.5 miles!!! :D

    It pales in comparison to many and even myself (in my former life). It embarrassing compared the marathoners yesterday. But it's the furthest I've run in years. I'm talking at least 9 years.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    That's quite a run there, Steve! Good job. Are you aiming to get at least 3 days in per week with the cardio?
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  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    fanch75 wrote:
    That's quite a run there, Steve! Good job. Are you aiming to get at least 3 days in per week with the cardio?

    edit - thanks fanch!
    In a perfect world, 3-4 times a week. I need to cardio to kick in to high gear and also creep back into weights. Having the time to do it, well, that's the problem.
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  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    today...

    2.5 miles!!! :D

    It pales in comparison to many and even myself (in my former life). It embarrassing compared the marathoners yesterday. But it's the furthest I've run in years. I'm talking at least 9 years.

    It is not embarrassing. It is something to be proud of! Keep running!
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Back today...I missed Monday, and that was the first day I had missed in several weeks. I had some soreness in some joints that didn't feel muscular, so I took an extra few days off. Today I was all up in there with the normal routine. The goal is to not miss a day (MWF) of weights during all of May, and to run at least 3 nights each week (the harder part).
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  • pearljamjen
    pearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    Yesterday:
    Power walk for 90 minutes
    Spin class for 60 minutes
    Stair master for 10 minutes
    Elliptical for 30
    Exercise ball/stretching for 30 minutes

    Today: Nothing yet but I will get out there soon! :)
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    pearljamjen wrote:
    Yesterday:
    Power walk for 90 minutes
    Spin class for 60 minutes
    Stair master for 10 minutes
    Elliptical for 30
    Exercise ball/stretching for 30 minutes

    Today: Nothing yet but I will get out there soon! :)


    Yikes! You exercised for three and a half hours?!? Do you do this consistantly?
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  • pearljamjen
    pearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    fanch75 wrote:
    Yikes! You exercised for three and a half hours?!? Do you do this consistantly?

    NO I'd be dead! :eek:

    The walking was in 2 sessions: one during lunch and the other during my break

    Then in the evening I did the cardio (spin class, machines), drove home and did the body ball and stretched.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I just read a few convincing articles that state you should run no more than 3 miles at a time, only 3 days a week. Although you may be burning more calories, anything more and you are causing the body more harm than good. It only takes 7 minutes of running to condition the heart and anything more than 24 to 26 minutes of running damages the joints and parts of the heart faster than the body can repair them.

    I'm going to have to change up my workout. I have noticed my knee joints being sore from the 45 minute runs I've been doing lately. It's just the weathers been so nice and the girls are out wearing less and less!

    Good to know that it only takes 7 minutes, 3 times a week to keep the heart conditioned.. I'm still gonna aim for 26 minutes to get the max calorie burn. Gotta do something about all that beer I drink! :D
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I just read a few convincing articles that state you should run no more than 3 miles at a time, only 3 days a week.

    This is exactly what I do (although I just do a 30 minute run and not worry about the distance).
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  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    Well, I got back in the pool this morning after a two week hiatus. I was in a triathlon on April 27, and the swim was disastrous. I was as slow as ever and I have been working so hard. I was contemplating quitting triathlon and swimming. But I got in the pool again this morning. I have already signed up for the Memphis in May Tri on May 18. I may give it one more shot.
    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Riverrunner wrote:
    Well, I got back in the pool this morning after a two week hiatus. I was in a triathlon on April 27, and the swim was disastrous. I was as slow as ever and I have been working so hard. I was contemplating quitting triathlon and swimming. But I got in the pool again this morning. I have already signed up for the Memphis in May Tri on May 18. I may give it one more shot.

    You're on the Ohio River, right? Where about?

    There was a "Pump & Run" biathlon here, but I found out about it too late. They put your body weight on the bench press, and they count how many times you can move it. Then you run 5k, and for every rep you did on the bench press, they deduct 30 seconds from your time. I have good strength and decent cardio, so I would have done very well in this - but I found out too late. :(

    As far as triathlons, I can stay afloat and that's about it. Bike riding scares me, too much speed without a seat belt or anything protecting me, haha. But good for you for doing them!

    I may be out of the game for a bit. I hurt my shoulder yesterday somewhere between pullups & military press. It felt like "soreness" as I left the gym, but it just continued to build and last night I needed help taking my shirt off. I took 2 500mg Tylenols, no help whatsoever. So we'll see, but I may be taking tomorrow off.
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    fanch75 wrote:
    I may be out of the game for a bit. I hurt my shoulder yesterday somewhere between pullups & military press. It felt like "soreness" as I left the gym, but it just continued to build and last night I needed help taking my shirt off. I took 2 500mg Tylenols, no help whatsoever. So we'll see, but I may be taking tomorrow off.
    Definitely take time off...5-6 days at least. Don't try to "work through the pain" like some fools at the gym will tell you to do...silly bro-science.

    How low do you lower the bar on the military press? IMO, you don't need to go any lower than eye level. Also, do you do them standing or seated? Since I started doing them seated and only lowering to eye level, I haven't had any shoulder injuries....same with side lateral raises. Do them seated, and you can't cheat on the lift. It forces you to use lighter weight, but works your shoulders just the same.
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Saturnal wrote:
    How low do you lower the bar on the military press? IMO, you don't need to go any lower than eye level. Also, do you do them standing or seated? Since I started doing them seated and only lowering to eye level, I haven't had any shoulder injuries....same with side lateral raises. Do them seated, and you can't cheat on the lift. It forces you to use lighter weight, but works your shoulders just the same.

    That's great information. In one set of 10, I do 5 in front of my head (chin level, like a pull-up) and then 5 behind my head, ear-level. I do them standing (to get the ab-workout benefit of tightening my abs and not letting myself cheat) and also seated. I went heavy yesterday, 3 in front, 3 in back, seated.

    I bet I'm going too low and with the heavy weight - that did it. Thanks for the info, never occurred to me.
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