Anyone want to shape up in 2018? A continuing journey.......
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Thoughts_Arrive said:Waiting to get me knee looked at by a physio, no running or any gym until then. There goes my gym membership, expired.
You can get shredded and lose weight and be in good cardiovascular shape with just those three bodyweight exercises.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
rgambs said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Waiting to get me knee looked at by a physio, no running or any gym until then. There goes my gym membership, expired.
You can get shredded and lose weight and be in good cardiovascular shape with just those three bodyweight exercises.Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/20140 -
Thoughts_Arrive said:rgambs said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Waiting to get me knee looked at by a physio, no running or any gym until then. There goes my gym membership, expired.
You can get shredded and lose weight and be in good cardiovascular shape with just those three bodyweight exercises.
Google bodyweight dips, there are several different ways to do them. They work your triceps, shoulders, and pecs depending on how you do them.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
rgambs said:Thoughts_Arrive said:rgambs said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Waiting to get me knee looked at by a physio, no running or any gym until then. There goes my gym membership, expired.
You can get shredded and lose weight and be in good cardiovascular shape with just those three bodyweight exercises.
Google bodyweight dips, there are several different ways to do them. They work your triceps, shoulders, and pecs depending on how you do them.Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/20140 -
markymark550 said:A couple of questions for y'all:
1. Do you track your workouts?
2. If yes, do you use pen and paper or use an app?
3. What features would you find important for an app to have?
I'm tracking my workouts with pen and paper, but have been toying around with developing something. While I could tailor one to just what I want, I want to make it useful enough for others to use. Just looking for some feedback and suggestions on this idea.
1.yes, but (I used to track my strength workouts; now my trainer does that. I just note the time spent on the workout. I track my runs -- route used, duration, which shoes I wore. I track the shoes so I can toss them after 400 miles.)
2. Both. When I tracked my own strength workouts, I used a notebook and pen. App-wise, I use My Fitness Pal, which lets me keep a food diary as well (so food intake and calories burned are linked). MFP links with Runtastic, where I map and record my runs.
3. Good mapping features for run/bike/hike routes are essential as far as I am concerned. I quit using a FitBit because its inaccuracy drove me crazy (nothing like running a certified half-marathon course and having your FitBit tell you you are ALMOST at twelve miles for the day to make you question its utility). I like being able to link a food diary and a workout log. I disable the social media aspects, because I don't really need to tell all of Facebook that I lost half a pound or where I like to run each morning.
I've never used an app to record strength workouts (specific exercises, weight, reps, sets) because it felt as if logging the exercises took almost as long as the actual workout did. Now, it's entirely possible that I''m just not being smart about how I use those apps, but suffice to say that I found that approach off-putting (so I recorded my workouts using pen and paper and just enter/ed "Upper Body Weight Training, 1 hour" in the app. If it felt like less of a time sink to track specific exercises in an app, I would be more likely to use it.
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curmudgeoness said:markymark550 said:A couple of questions for y'all:
1. Do you track your workouts?
2. If yes, do you use pen and paper or use an app?
3. What features would you find important for an app to have?
I'm tracking my workouts with pen and paper, but have been toying around with developing something. While I could tailor one to just what I want, I want to make it useful enough for others to use. Just looking for some feedback and suggestions on this idea.
1.yes, but (I used to track my strength workouts; now my trainer does that. I just note the time spent on the workout. I track my runs -- route used, duration, which shoes I wore. I track the shoes so I can toss them after 400 miles.)
2. Both. When I tracked my own strength workouts, I used a notebook and pen. App-wise, I use My Fitness Pal, which lets me keep a food diary as well (so food intake and calories burned are linked). MFP links with Runtastic, where I map and record my runs.
3. Good mapping features for run/bike/hike routes are essential as far as I am concerned. I quit using a FitBit because its inaccuracy drove me crazy (nothing like running a certified half-marathon course and having your FitBit tell you you are ALMOST at twelve miles for the day to make you question its utility). I like being able to link a food diary and a workout log. I disable the social media aspects, because I don't really need to tell all of Facebook that I lost half a pound or where I like to run each morning.
I've never used an app to record strength workouts (specific exercises, weight, reps, sets) because it felt as if logging the exercises took almost as long as the actual workout did. Now, it's entirely possible that I''m just not being smart about how I use those apps, but suffice to say that I found that approach off-putting (so I recorded my workouts using pen and paper and just enter/ed "Upper Body Weight Training, 1 hour" in the app. If it felt like less of a time sink to track specific exercises in an app, I would be more likely to use it.0 -
markymark550 said:curmudgeoness said:markymark550 said:A couple of questions for y'all:
1. Do you track your workouts?
2. If yes, do you use pen and paper or use an app?
3. What features would you find important for an app to have?
I'm tracking my workouts with pen and paper, but have been toying around with developing something. While I could tailor one to just what I want, I want to make it useful enough for others to use. Just looking for some feedback and suggestions on this idea.
1.yes, but (I used to track my strength workouts; now my trainer does that. I just note the time spent on the workout. I track my runs -- route used, duration, which shoes I wore. I track the shoes so I can toss them after 400 miles.)
2. Both. When I tracked my own strength workouts, I used a notebook and pen. App-wise, I use My Fitness Pal, which lets me keep a food diary as well (so food intake and calories burned are linked). MFP links with Runtastic, where I map and record my runs.
3. Good mapping features for run/bike/hike routes are essential as far as I am concerned. I quit using a FitBit because its inaccuracy drove me crazy (nothing like running a certified half-marathon course and having your FitBit tell you you are ALMOST at twelve miles for the day to make you question its utility). I like being able to link a food diary and a workout log. I disable the social media aspects, because I don't really need to tell all of Facebook that I lost half a pound or where I like to run each morning.
I've never used an app to record strength workouts (specific exercises, weight, reps, sets) because it felt as if logging the exercises took almost as long as the actual workout did. Now, it's entirely possible that I''m just not being smart about how I use those apps, but suffice to say that I found that approach off-putting (so I recorded my workouts using pen and paper and just enter/ed "Upper Body Weight Training, 1 hour" in the app. If it felt like less of a time sink to track specific exercises in an app, I would be more likely to use it.
You do your set and you say into your phone:
Unilateral tricep kickbacks
20 pounds
4 sets of 20 reps.
Or bench press
180 pounds 10 reps
200 pounds 8 reps
225 pounds 6 reps
225 pounds 4 reps.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
markymark550 said:curmudgeoness said:markymark550 said:A couple of questions for y'all:
Basically, if I am tracking everything I eat, mapping my running routes, tracking weight and body fat, doing strength workouts that change up regularly -- at some point, I run out of time to log everything I am doing (so there's a trade-off between meticulous tracking of exercise, time for stretching/yoga/body work, and time for recovery and eating).
I've found that searching for exercises can be a pain, but the time needed to enter sets/reps/weight also is an issue. rgambs' suggestion of voice recognition is a good one.
I imagine it's harder to do, but down the road I would like to see better calculations of caloric expenditure. E.g., I have a self-defense/ jiu-jitsu lesson each week. When I enter that into the app, my choices are 1) "jiujitsu" which has a "calories burned" number that suggests I am sparring for an hour (which I am NOT), or 2) scrolling through and choosing a random activity that sounds like it might approximate what I was doing.
Then again, we probably are just a few years away from a wearable device that will track your metabolic rate and tally daily intake/ expenditure. If it's more accurate than FitBit (in my experience), obsessives like myself will be first in line for it.
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I am at 2892 miles for the year. I am going to try to hit 3000. I've been a little under the weather, and I've had some nagging inflammation, and it's the holiday season, so there's a chance that I will have to run an impromptu marathon on NYE to hit that goal, but I am going to try.
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Geez, you run alot!
Don't you worry about the damage to your cardiothoracic system?Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
Don't you mean "Aren't you worried that you will ruin your knees?"
In short, no.
Longer version: I have several chronic health conditions that I manage through regular exercise, including thyroid disease and pretty severe depression. Plus, I am a woman of a certain age, so I have a lot of those transition issues to deal with. Exercise kept me out of the hospital when my thyroid issues were out of control (I wore a heart monitor and was very careful to avoid damage to heart muscle). And now, it keeps me from driving my car into a tree. Bottom line, I am happier and healthier this way.
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Anyone do boxing/kickboxing?
I've always wanted to do it for fitness and so I can look after myself if needed on the street.
Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/20140 -
I write on a calendar and use Runkeeper to track my runs I try to lift three times a week and do cardio three times a week.
I'll ride the wave where it takes me......0 -
Merry Liftmas to all my fitness friends!0
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The only lifting I do is carrying my own body
I will consider turning Piyo on! I already ate pretty hefty and it's only 1130! But just try to wipe thisoff my face!
Merry Christmas all!
Looking forward to getting back on track......in a couple more days!Oh please let it rain today.
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Yeah I'm off the wagon until the new year, shit's out of hand lolMonkey Driven, Call this Living?0
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Will the OP update the thread for the new year?
I'm ready to exercise in 2018!There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
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I haven't run in 2 weeks and my diet has been total binge freefall.
The lifting has been very good, I've been focused and intense and I've had all the extra energy from caloric intake and no cardio.
Jan 1st everything tightens down for a while until I can stabilize at 175. Then in early spring I'll probably take another bulk break, and then a final push to get as light and fit as I can for our annual spring adventure.
I'm sure that will precede another indulgence period excused as a bulk phase lol
Then I'm going to try stay as shredded as I can through summer boating season and into harvest.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
Great plans! Both of you! My last week I've been laying new floor throughout the house and been eating a lot of cookies. I'll bet bett for about a week and the my bday ice cream cakeOh please let it rain today.
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Both wheels were stolen from my bike (which was locked in the garage) on December 24, and what with the holidays, guests, and a little traveling I haven't had time to replace the wheels. Got to get to that as soon as possible, which at this rate will be January 2nd. I've really missed my riding.
On the the bright side, I still have my frame as it was locked with a Kryptonite lock to the wall of the garage. Guess I will have to lock the wheels to the frame now, too, which sucks big time.my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0
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