Post your daily workout

he still stands wrote:

facepollution wrote:

Ms. Haiku wrote:

3 mile run tonight on the treadmill. I"m looking forward to it!

You look forward to that?! An interesting article I read about chronic cardio:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/chronic-cardio/

initial thoughts:

you have to buy the book... that is the first indicator that it is rubbish.
the people that look the absolute best do aerobic activity with heart rates of 140 - 160 bpm for 30 to 60 minutes... 4 - 5 times per week in addition to anaerobic training.
I do agree that many people overdo the running and end up looking like pudgy skeletons... weird...
It is really hard to find time to work out... when I do... I need to get the most out of my time. A walk isn't gonna do it.

And mostly...

Maybe rationalizing a less difficult workout is a good way to sell books to people who are less dedicated to working out?

then again... I'd have to buy the book to find out if I'm right about my assumptions.

what are you on about?! You don't have to buy any book, he has a book, but he updates his site every single day with free articles. The guy used to be a long distance runner, and is very well researched, have a dig around the archives. He also gives away a free ebook, which is full of interesting stuff - that was to the right hand side of the page I linked to!

Anyway, how you look is mostly to do with diet. As he quite rightly points out, exercising at such high intensity forces your body into glycogen burning and not the intended fat burning. Yes you can burn off calories at that intensity, but you will makes big dents in your precious muscle tissue too.

In terms of getting the most out of your time - surely if your goal is to burn FAT in the shortest time possible, it would make more sense to aim for a diet/exercise regime that maximises your efforts? If you get the diet right, i.e. mantain a lower blood sugar with minimal insulin spikes, something like walking actually can be very effective.

Had a shockingly sore back for over a week now.....too much computer work.....on this thing for 18 hours a day sometimes.....feels like my whole rib cage moves forward and then I get a stabbing pain right around to the middle of my chest which lasts for about 20 seconds.....and also makes me feel like a can't breathe and sends shooting pains up my neck.....so my hour long Tracy Anderson workout/s have been out.....

But the last couple of days I've done some sit ups, arm weights, lunges, squats etc.....10-15 mins.....feels good to do something.

I think it's time to see a physio.

chadwick wrote:

ouch ziggy
your 18 hr work load on the computer is crazy.
im on this thing a lot writing but i dont believe 18 hrs worth.

i'll be swimming in about 45 minutes or so.
greatest thing in the world for me, swimming.
the warm water instantaneous soothes my broken down ass.
amazing.

wonderful for my respiratory system, weight loss, and broken down bone fucking.

Chadwick, one day you will understand the joy of geothermal soaking. Super-heated water straight out of the earth. Different pools have different naturally occuring chemicals like lithium. Oh man, some of those lithium pools. It'sa whole 'notha level of relaxed, especially mixed with the green and some wine.

eyedclaar wrote:

Chadwick, one day you will understand the joy of geothermal soaking. Super-heated water straight out of the earth. Different pools have different naturally occuring chemicals like lithium. Oh man, some of those lithium pools. It'sa whole 'notha level of relaxed, especially mixed with the green and some wine.

That's what I need. Take me.

eyedclaar wrote:

I am gonna assume your geothermal pools are poisonous? Anyhoo, I need a long soak right now as well. Instead of going into the backcountry this weekend, I spent three days re-stuccoing and re-painting my house. Ever applied stucco? Holy tedious fucking shit, batman! On the plus side, my shoulders and arms are now strong enough that I could put a griz in a full-nelson.

Of course they're fucking poisonous! It's Australia!!

No to the stucco. Yes to photos of your rippling muscley shoulders and arms! Just to see the effects of the workout on your muscle tone of course.

he still stands wrote:

well, you won't be burning muscle tissue if you 1) eat enough and eat right, 2) get enough sleep. You definitely don't need 600 g of carbs per day. Bodybuilders do that much cardio and they're sometimes 300 lbs of muscle. That lifestyle is really unhealthy but it is an example that cardio doesn't eat away muscle if you're putting the right food and the right amount into your body.

I don't know about this guy... like you say... but when I try to dig deep into what he is saying it directs me to buying his book. I want to know about his research....

Finally, and most importantly, the critical FLAW of this guy's plan is that he is comparing what we do now for physical activity to our ancient ancestors... hunters and gatherers. WHY? WHY would we want to be as healthy as those who had a life expectancy of 30 freakin' years? Seems like an illogical assumption to me.

And I still think he is rationalizing a less difficult workout for those who don't want to work as hard and so he can sell those people a book. Just my opinion...

Download the free ebook, plenty of stuff in there to get your teeth into.

You certainly will be burning muscle tissue if you exercise for long periods of time at high intensity. The energy has to come from somewhere, and once you've burned the glycogen stored in your muscles off, glucose has to come from somewhere, and the only other source is your muscle which the body converts into glucose. The only way to counter that really would be to consume some glucose midway through your training - which would be completely counter productive if you were trying to burn fat off!

Body builders who subscribe to long bouts of cardio are still clinging on to the outdated methods of bulking and cutting. They may well be 300lbs of muscle at the end of a cut, but they almost certainly would have had more muscle before hand, they're just content to lose some of that with the fat. Most people realise today that interval training and a lower carbohydrate diets are the quickest ways of dropping fat whilst maintaining muscle mass. Take a look at olympic sprinters and then compare them with olympic long distance runners, who has the 'best' or most muscular/shredded physique?

In terms of his theory on the hunter gather lifestyle, their low death age (and our extended lifespans) it's far more likely to be down to the vast improvements in medicine over the last few thousand years! What's more, studies of modern day hunter gather tribes show that they are far healthier than those living the western lifestyle. They have significantly less incidences of heart disease and cancer, amongst other ailments.

so um,
it is my firm belief that people are out of their minds.
in the men's locker room is where these older senior citizen men want to talk nonstop.
i can't leave, i am fully showered and dressed out of my swimming suit.
bag in hand or sitting on the bench next to me and i cannot leave; out of respect i stay & listen and share dialogue, after all i am conversationalist and enjoy others who have something of interest to say. but enough’s enough, holy shit. fuck.

next topic of health and fitness in the pool...RELIGION.
talked briefly with a older gentleman twice before today.
today we were in the pool doing our thing when we start to conventionalize.
he asks me (not axe me ) if i have ever read the bible.
i replied i had not but knew of it and been to church more than once.

now they start in, he and her are now both quoting scriptures and whatnot. i told him and his side kick (some very religious lady, not his wife. for weeks now i've heard her go on and on about praying and the bible) that sounds like the ramblings of a drunken poet. he laughed, she got upset and started whispering about me to her g/f.

so now it's on.
i told these people Christianity is basically shit and warlike and that the bible is a fairytale.
i said "turn Christian or we will torture and murder you"

turns out he's a Korean war veteran who quit his job many years ago
moved to the Bolivian jungle, lived there for 35 years, learned the native language, and then taught them Christianity.
i'm pretty sure i feel bad for the native Bolivian jungle folk.
i do recognize and appreciate this man's life.

Went for a 10-15 min jog last night with my Boxer (well, jog walk jog walk jog walk...there is no way I can jog for 15 mins straight ) --- and then came home and did another 10 mins work on abs, arms, butt.

Just woke up....my calves are a bit sore. :?

2 hours worth of swimming laps

Haven't posted in a while, but still working out - just not as focused this past year. Mostly I just worked out for fun and fitness not per a triathlon training plan or anything, and I enjoyed it. I ran a couple of running races - a 4 miler in June and a 5k in July. Now I have a 10 miler coming up on Saturday. I've done that particular race for the last 11 years which is every year it has been held. I now feel compelled to do it every year so regardless of how fast I will be on Saturday I intend to get through it.

I participated in two sprint triathlons this past summer - my swimming still sucks, but they were fun. I did most of my swimming this past summer in lakes and ponds (and once in the Ohio River) which I enjoyed more than swimming laps in the pool. Now with cold weather I am back in the pool.

I really neglected my cycling this year. Most of my rides were 16-30 miles - very few rides farther than that. But we also had an extremely hot summer with 63 days over 90 degrees and over 100 heat index. That was my excuse to take it easy. Plus I had no long events scheduled.

I am still trying to figure out how to work in strengthening on a regular basis. I've finally decided that a big work-out plan won't work. I need to focus on doing some individual exercises whenever I have a few minutes instead of trying to find a 1/2hour or 1 hour block of time to strengthen.

Is DonJon still around?