Post Your Daily Workout(s)

fanch75 wrote:

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

I live in Metropolis, Illinois across the river from Paducah, Kentucky.

fanch75 wrote:

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. :(

That sounds interesting. I've never heard of that type of biathlon before, but I bet a lot of people would be interested. You should contact the race director to find out if there will be any more in the area.

fanch75 wrote:

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 had a close call on the bike this past weekend. We went to the Harmony Hundred Bike Ride in New Harmony, Indiana. We were about 40 miles into a 51 mile bike ride where we had a strong headwind for most of the ride. We were all tired and I was going down a hill passing some other cyclists. I was still in my lane as a car passed in the left lane. But as he passed me (on a curvy hill no less) he swung back into the right lane. I thought he was going to hit me and I could feel the heat coming off the metal of the car. One of our friends riding behind us said that was the closest he had ever seen a car get to a cyclist without hitting them. My husband chided me for riding that close to the line and he was right. I shouldn't have been, but of course the guy should not have been passing there, nor should he have drifted over to try to kill me.

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.

There is nothing more frustrating than an injury. You get in shape and feel good about yourself then an injury hits and you feel all of your conditioning slipping away during the healing process. But that it is how it goes and it doesn't take long to get back in the swing of things after an injury. At least that is what I tell myself. I sprained my ankle back in March and am just getting over that, when I pulled a muscle or something in my right calf on Tuesday morning. I tried to run this morning and couldn't do it. So I am really frustrated too.

Mines gonna start today, involving Wii Fit. :D

Saturnal wrote:

Yeah, probably just too heavy on the weight...6 reps is pushing it.

Also, as long as your body is vertical, you'll get the ab benefit whether you're standing or sitting. When you stand, you typically will use your legs for a little extra momentum on the lift...so you're able to lift more weight than your shoulders can handle, and you get injured during the negative movement.

I hear ya! You know your stuff.

When I go heavier, my back tends to arch (with higher weight, my abs aren't strong enough to stay in "neutral spine" as they say in PT), so I sit for the heavy and stand for the lighter, higher reps. Maybe I'll sit regardless but sit up on my own (ie without the chair back) when doing lighter weights.

A view from my workout area yesterday.


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PaperPlates wrote:

I do 12 oz curls daily. Followed by deep breaths of nicotine filled smoke during rest periods. Lots of red meat to sustain myself. I prefer food that had parents. This is the key to my look. Keeps me fit and at my fighting weight.

I may not live long, but god damn Ima live well.

Samule wrote:

Mines gonna start today, involving Wii Fit. :D

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

Try not to go over one hour (consecutive) on your cardio...you'll start burning up your muscle for fuel. Break up the sessions (morning/night) if need be, so that you can get some nutrition happening inbetween sessions.

Think longterm sustainability of your routine.

Yeah I definitely break it up throughout the day! Easier to devote time to it too that way.

fanch75 wrote:

My shoulder is still killing me. I jumped up and grabbed the bar to do pull-ups...ouch.

I TOLD YOU 5-6 DAYS

More interesting stuff I read is it takes 5 days after a workout for the muscles to be completely built from that particular workout before they hit the other side of the curve and start to loose again... So ideally if you are lifting for strength and size, every five days is ideal for that muscle... I wonder if that means there's no point to working out once every ten days..

LikeAnOcean wrote:

More interesting stuff I read is it takes 5 days after a workout for the muscles to be completely built from that particular workout before they hit the other side of the curve and start to loose again... So ideally if you are lifting for strength and size, every five days is ideal for that muscle... I wonder if that means there's no point to working out once every ten days..

Dude, your workout posts cracks me up. They're always about getting that benefit without having to do much (ie, running for 5-7 minutes, lifting once every ten days, etc etc).

Good on you for brainstorming, but that doesn't work! Yeah it may "benefit" you (as in you're not being a total couch potato), but it's not going to get you where you want to be. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it - and it ain't easy.

That all being said, play on, playa.