FatBusting : BartMan log.
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I don't know how good it is, but since January 2004, I have now lost about 18-20kgs. Although, the last 10kgs has been thanks to eating right too. Or righter, rather! That has also coincicded with me rowing upwards of 50,000 a week too, instead of 30 a week.<br />
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Is a good aerobic, or anerobic exercise, depending how hard you row. <br />
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DOn't think you gain too much muscle - lots of strength I expect though!! -
This thread has me quite motivated to try and beat your times as I think they are damn difficult yet acheiveable targets (in time once fitter) for a chubbo like myself. I like rowing as it's easy on the joints if you have the technique right.<br />
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I will let you know how I go. My first 5000 will be at Lunchtime<br />
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mate, you should be able to give them a good nudge - a dwarf like myself rowing should be at a disadvantage to a stretch like youself (getting my excuses in early :happy:).<br />
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log into concept2.com and start a traing thing there. In your profile you can input 'training partners', and check what they have been doing. You can then (I think) check back onto old times / distances, so you could start by attacking my early times / distances.<br />
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My ranking ID is 66877 so you can check in there. <br />
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here's my first ten training rows on the rower...<br />
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]dist.       time       date      weight     weight     rower<br />
7668 30:00.0Â Â 2/1/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
5305 20:00.0Â Â 1/30/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
5243 20:00.0Â Â 1/29/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
7766 30:00.0Â Â 1/28/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
10004 40:00.0Â Â 1/27/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
5203 20:00.0Â Â 1/26/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
4864 20:00.0Â Â 1/24/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
10186 40:00.0Â Â 1/23/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
5053 20:00.0Â Â 1/22/2003Â Â 32 H standard <br />
7443 30:00.0Â Â 1/21/2003Â Â 32 H standard[/quote]<br />
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[quote]distances and Persoanl bests for that first years rowing.<br />
500M 01:29.5  88 of 375 | 23% 2/2/2003 32 H none <br />
1000M 03:21.2  136 of 395 | 34% 2/6/2003 32 H none <br />
2000M 07:00.3  581 of 1514 | 38% 2/6/2003 32 H none <br />
5000M 17:59.8  117 of 974 | 12% 4/19/2003 32 H none <br />
6000M 22:00.2  70 of 373 | 19% 3/11/2003 32 H none <br />
8065M 30:00.0  111 of 740 | 15% 4/15/2003 32 H none <br />
10000M 38:36.4  241 of 801 | 30% 2/18/2003 32 H none <br />
15256MÂ 60:00.0Â Â 121 of 381Â | 32%Â 4/2/2003 32 H none[/quote] -
Sunday:Â 5500:Â 20:15, and upper body weights session.<br />
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Under the ton for a few seconds I reckonl until I had re hydrated!!<br />
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But getting there. Don't think I would like to get much under the 100 at any rate - hate feeling 'small' after all theses years of being a frontrower. Someone even picked me for a flanker the other day. The shame :shifty: -
just pick up a ball and show em your ball skills fella - den they will know you are and always will be a front rower!!! :2funny:
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[quote name='BartMan']<br />
But getting there. Don't think I would like to get much under the 100 at any rate - hate feeling 'small' after all theses years of being a frontrower. Someone even picked me for a flanker the other day. The shame :shifty:<br />
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Don't believe the hype, Bartos.<br />
'Small' lives longer, goes further, doesn't get diabetes, heart disease etc...<br />
We've just been told we need to be big by our coaches ever since college, so of course it's going to be hard to change your mindset, but you've gotta do it, for the sake of yourself. I don't know about you, but I want to meet my grandkids. (In about another thirty years, mind )<br />
I'm pretty sure we're about the same age (I'm 32), so now's the time to get cracking... or else we're heading down a road that ends at heart attack city.<br />
I'm planning on being around 85kg when I run the London Marathon, anything more and it'll just be too hard. -
Willy, you get your touch team together, and I'll get mine, and then we'll see who has the magic :knubble:<br />
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Chowie, I don't think I would get much below 95kg, not carrying too much fat at all now, and am probably fitter than when I was playing code! Mind you, with that stupid BMI index thing, no doubnt I am still super obese.... :tickedoff: -
Nope what we need now fella is the Whanga man of steel challenge!! We are slimmer than ever, fitter than ever.....now is the time.<br />
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The challenge work likes this:<br />
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100m spirnt<br />
2000m row time trial<br />
Goal kicking competion<br />
Bench press<br />
1 length Whangamata school pool<br />
Barts bike around the block time trial<br />
3km run - whangamata school track<br />
Tennis competion<br />
9 holes golf Whangamata small course<br />
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Open to all Fat busters in a weekend in say October when it warms up and we all do some practice.<br />
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Points are say we get 10 fastbusters turn up, 10 points first and down to 1 point last. Winner is the dude aor dudess that has the most points at the end of the comp.<br />
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[quote name='willie the weka']<br />
Nope what we need now fella is the Whanga man of steel challenge!! We are slimmer than ever, fitter than ever.....now is the time.<br />
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The challenge work likes this:<br />
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100m spirnt<br />
2000m row time trial<br />
Goal kicking competion<br />
Bench press<br />
1 length Whangamata school pool<br />
Barts bike around the block time trial<br />
3km run - whangamata school track<br />
Tennis competion<br />
9 holes golf Whangamata small course<br />
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Open to all Fat busters in a weekend in say October when it warms up and we all do some practice.<br />
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Points are say we get 10 fastbusters turn up, 10 points first and down to 1 point last. Winner is the dude aor dudess that has the most points at the end of the comp.<br />
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What ya reckon?<br />
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Im in, but I cant play tennis or golf unless its can a hole. -
yeah, that golf sounds like a shit idea, and tennis - haven't played that since I beat Fonzie at the Cedarwood motor hotel when we were studying for School C...<br />
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How about rugby golf, when you have to kick the ball at various targets instead - scored the same way....<br />
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otherwise sounds pretty cool to me - 3k run though, fuck that's a long way!<br />
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meanwhile, 5k row 19:15.0 Feeling a bit knackered this week, was ging to row 10k yesterday, but after 5.5 was almost dead, so stopped, so might have an easy week this one, maybe give a PB a nudge later in the week, when I am not feeling so buggered. Maybe even throw in a couple of mountain treks if it stops raining!! -
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Chowie, I don't think I would get much below 95kg, not carrying too much fat at all now, and am probably fitter than when I was playing code! Mind you, with that stupid BMI index thing, no doubnt I am still super obese.... :tickedoff:<br />
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I hear you, but I said the same thing to my doctor, and he said (and I quote) <br />
"Bullshit".<br />
Then he said " It's a simple fact that if you are 1.9m tall you should be 86kg, end of story."<br />
Then he said " Stop making excuses and get on with it!"<br />
He's quite a hard case my GP, but a good bloke, he gave me just the kick up the arse I needed.