Fitness 2016

[Maladict]

First training day, 35k.
J.F. Christ

[mongers]

First training day, 35k.
J.F. Christ

Good grief, I bet that was tough. 

[alfred russel]

First training day, 35k.
J.F. Christ

Seriously, that is too far to walk in training. I assume that took 5-6 hours? Can you run / walk it to get the training time down?

[Maladict]

First training day, 35k.
J.F. Christ

Seriously, that is too far to walk in training. I assume that took 5-6 hours? Can you run / walk it to get the training time down?

More like 7 hours, including breaks. Actually the first 5 were a breeze (relatively speaking), the 6th was not great, the 7th really bad.
The entire ball of my left foot is one solid blister

I'll stick to this distance for the next two attempts, then move to 40 (or give up).
I need to be able to do 2x50 without too much trouble before July.

[Josquius]

With weights how do you know you've done enough to be worthwhile?
I heard the hitting break point thing is a myth. And unpleasant.  But don't want to be wasting my time.

[Maladict]

With weights how do you know you've done enough to be worthwhile?
I heard the hitting break point thing is a myth. And unpleasant.  But don't want to be wasting my time.

I don't know about weights but I like going to breaking point on the spinning bike. It is unpleasant but kind of fun too. Provided you allow sufficient recovery it should be worthwhile. Not much more you can do, right?

[Barrister]

So I was supposed to go out running on Saturday, but I bailed because it was cold and raining.

Today it wasn't raining, but it was still pretty damn cold. 2C.  But I manned up and went.  It mostly sucked, but at least I finished it. 

[Maladict]

So I was supposed to go out running on Saturday, but I bailed because it was cold and raining.

Today it wasn't raining, but it was still pretty damn cold. 2C.  But I manned up and went.  It mostly sucked, but at least I finished it. 

[Legbiter]

With weights how do you know you've done enough to be worthwhile?
I heard the hitting break point thing is a myth. And unpleasant.  But don't want to be wasting my time.

Do a newb program that relies on a linear weekly progessive loading on the main lifts like Starting Strength or StrongLifts 5x5, etc. It's very important to approach this with a beginner's mindset, while learning the techniques. Make sure you eat enough meat and fish with vegetables and get good sleep.

[Brazen]

Wrenched my back doing a three-minute shoulder stand in a yoga class  Then I decided it would be a good idea to go straight into the body conditioning class to keep moving. Today I can sit OK and walk OK but it takes me a full five minutes to transition from one to the other. There's a good minute of penguin-like waddling to get started.

[alfred russel]

So I was supposed to go out running on Saturday, but I bailed because it was cold and raining.

Today it wasn't raining, but it was still pretty damn cold. 2C.  But I manned up and went.  It mostly sucked, but at least I finished it. 

Awesome!

I would have tried to find a treadmill or skipped the run.

[mongers]

So for something of a fitness test before some summer climbing, I went to Stone Mountain for some up and downs. The trail is just over a mile, with 800 ft. of elevation gain. I went up and down 8 times in 6.5 hours. I was happy with that, but my legs are in a bit of pain now. I'm expecting they might be tomorrow as well.

I had a small taster of this sort of terrain, went up net 1120 ft in I guess about 1.5 miles, up and down in a bit under an hour, so about a sixth of your effort. 

[Brazen]

NHS health check this morning. Blood pressure, fasting blood sugar and cholesterol excellent. Average resting heart rate 62bpm. Cardiovascular risk half that of most people my age - most of them leave with statins. I'm 2cm shorter than I thought, but that may be the back pain preventing me from straightening up. In other bombshell news, I'm obese, my waist is too big and I drink too much.

[Josquius]

I once had a health check where they said I was 4cm shorter than normal

[mongers]

I once had a health check where they said I was 4cm shorter than normal

Two inch heels?