Fitness 2012

[Josquius]

There was a Horizon doc about that a few months back iirc.

gymmed

Verbing ftw.

[Iormlund]

What proportion of the adult population is able to perform several high intensity 30 second sprints ?

Most should with enough practice. Running is not exactly alien to our physiology. Being a couch potato is.

[mongers]

Late this afternoon popped out for a gentle ride and to do some shopping in one of the local towns, such a nice day, I ended going to the next town, got there, thought I should go down to the seafront, ended up going a bit further and ended up at Sandbanks(ultra-rich property haven) , gateway to the Isle of Purbeck.

But by then I only had an hour of daylight left, so had to step up a gear to get along the seafront. Slight diversion into Dorset's drug capital to pick up a couple of packages.. of muesli/granola, before heading to the next town along the coast and then turning up the river valley to get home before dusk. 

Ended up doing 60+km, and the last bit at speed was some good unexpected exercise. 

[merithyn]

Races that I intend to run in the next year:

November 2012 - 5k - Hot Chocolate Run - Chicago
April 2013 - 10k - Christie Clinic 10k - Champaign/Urbana
July 2013 - Half-Marathon (running this time) - Rock & Roll Race - Chicago

My brother, sister, and I will be running the Half-Marathon together. So far, they're both better runners than I am. I'm hoping to change that in time for the race. I hope to at least keep up with them. 

[Jaron]

You go girl 

[Josquius]

Something is wrong.
I've been exercising well for the past two weeks. Gym three times a week and a 10km mountain hike on Saturday.
But...I come to weigh myself today and I've gained at least 1.5kg over those two weeks. I'm literally heavier than I have ever weighed myself as been. Ever. WTF.

[Legbiter]

Something is wrong.
I've been exercising well for the past two weeks. Gym three times a week and a 10km mountain hike on Saturday.
But...I come to weigh myself today and I've gained at least 1.5kg over those two weeks. I'm literally heavier than I have ever weighed myself as been. Ever. WTF.

1.5 kg "weight" increase tells you nothing. I can easily swing that much on the scale just from water weight in a day. Also, 2 weeks is a very short time period.

Could be muscle gain, could also be just from crap diet, need details to tell either which way.

[Josquius]

I've never swung 1.5 on water/needing the loo/whatever...and it normally goes down from my regular weight, not up. Maybe I just need an especially large poo today? It is weird.

Diet...I don't think I've been eating any worse than usual lately.

[Octavian]

I've never swung 1.5 on water/needing the loo/whatever...and it normally goes down from my regular weight, not up. Maybe I just need an especially large poo today? It is weird.

Diet...I don't think I've been eating any worse than usual lately.

What Legbiter said!

It's not uncommon for people to eat more when they start doing regular exercises. Watch you diet if your goal is to loose weight.

[Brazen]

Something is wrong.
I've been exercising well for the past two weeks. Gym three times a week and a 10km mountain hike on Saturday.
But...I come to weigh myself today and I've gained at least 1.5kg over those two weeks. I'm literally heavier than I have ever weighed myself as been. Ever. WTF.

You won't have gained muscle weight yet, but if you're doing new exercise or more than you're used to , your muscles retain water to repair themselves and transport new energy stores.

[Brazen]

Races that I intend to run in the next year:

November 2012 - 5k - Hot Chocolate Run - Chicago
April 2013 - 10k - Christie Clinic 10k - Champaign/Urbana
July 2013 - Half-Marathon (running this time) - Rock & Roll Race - Chicago

My brother, sister, and I will be running the Half-Marathon together. So far, they're both better runners than I am. I'm hoping to change that in time for the race. I hope to at least keep up with them. 

That's a great schedule

[Brazen]

So yeah, I hit 45 last week, making me now officially middle-aged (as I fully intend to live to 90). Almost instantly my blood pressure went from being consistently low to pre-hypertensive 

Going back to the quack's this week to see if it's still up there after two weeks of healthy eating, cutting back on the booze and working out more steadily and more often rather than going all-out, but I'm still getting all the symptoms. I need a new job for medical reasons.

[Josquius]

You won't have gained muscle weight yet, but if you're doing new exercise or more than you're used to , your muscles retain water to repair themselves and transport new energy stores.

Muscles keeping water ey? hmm....that could explain it.

I definitely haven't been eating more than usual lately, that's for certain, I'm still eating pretty much the same as always- not well but not much.

[merithyn]

So yeah, I hit 45 last week, making me now officially middle-aged (as I fully intend to live to 90). Almost instantly my blood pressure went from being consistently low to pre-hypertensive 

Going back to the quack's this week to see if it's still up there after two weeks of healthy eating, cutting back on the booze and working out more steadily and more often rather than going all-out, but I'm still getting all the symptoms. I need a new job for medical reasons.

Isn't it amazing how that works? Not to freak you out or anything, but that quick-change to pre-hypertension can also be an indicator that you're heading into pre-menopause, too. 

My doc just cut my hypertension meds in half. He doesn't think it's the weight loss, but he does believe that the running is a major factor. So long as I keep running until I die, I can keep my meds at a minimum. Yay?

[Octavian]

Some history and statistics:
As I have said before I started to work out (after my 4-5 year long break - my dark years when a fat guy ate me. Never again) in September 2010 by attending fencing class once a week. It wasn't until 4 months later I began on weight training again while being on paternity leave. I did fencing and weight training until august 2011 when I dropped fencing in favor of doing martial arts again (krav maga).

Anyway from 2012 I've started using Endomondo. So far I've burnt 88.175 calories (163 burgers ). I've spent 7 days and 17 hours in total doing 185 workouts.

Krav Maga : = 50.100 calories
Weight training = 31.075.
Walking =  2800
Cycling  =  2000
Running  =  2200

I realize the above info is pretty useless but for some reason I find using endomondo to be motivating.