Fatbusting - Virgil's Exercycle Experiment
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Ok,had a shorter ride tonight..just too hot and tired to give it the full 30 mins.<br />
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[b]15 mins[/b]<br />
[b][b]10km travelled[/b]<br />
228 calories burned[/b]<br />
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I dont intend on posting every day,just wanted to get into this regular for the first week or so,i can already feel myself wane a little... -
15 min ride<br />
8.96km travelled<br />
204 calories burned<br />
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30 min ride (in 2 stages,first 15mins hard out,2nd nice easy lazy pace
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15.00km <br />
374 calories -
First Official weigh in this morning....<br />
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Last Sunday 89.70kg<br />
This Sunday 87.20kg<br />
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Lost 2.5kg's -
15 min ride<br />
10.20km<br />
228 calories -
Monday<br />
<br />
20 mins<br />
12km's<br />
256 calories<br />
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I ride 15 mins hard out,then pull back for the last 5.Certainly build up a hell of a sweat. -
Tuesday<br />
<br />
30 mins<br />
19.68km<br />
450 cal -
Wednesday<br />
<br />
30 mins<br />
19.90km<br />
454 Cal -
Friday<br />
<br />
40 mins<br />
20.50 km<br />
467 cal -
good stuff mate. Great to see youre making huge improvements (or hardening upÂ
) youll be the size of the man on top of the wedding cake at this rate (or the stripper who jumps out of it) -
[quote name='aucklandwarlord']<br />
good stuff mate. Great to see youre making huge improvements (or hardening upÂ) youll be the size of the man on top of the wedding cake at this rate (or the stripper who jumps out of it)<br />
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Cheers,how did you know thats who my inspiration is :shifty:<br />
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2 weeks in,hopefully making progress...drinking around 3 litres of water every day,no more margerine not that i eat toast much anymore.Havent touched a drop of alcohol :evil: Eating salads most nights and eating fruit too.<br />
Was never going to be a huge change in diet,i never felt i ate badly...just didnt eat well.We rarely eat takeaways,once every 2 or 3 weeks.Though trying very hard to go longer! -
Saturday<br />
<br />
25mins<br />
15.90km<br />
362 cal<br />
<br />
26mins<br />
17.12km<br />
390 cal -
Sunday<br />
<br />
25mins<br />
18.00km<br />
415 Cal<br />
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Current Weight 86.7kg's<br />
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Approx 3kgs lost since i began 2 weeks ago :happy: -
Monday<br />
<br />
30 mins<br />
21.00km's<br />
479 Cal<br />
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Needed to go hard,had Burger King for lunch in town... <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Tuesday<br />
<br />
30mins<br />
20.78kms<br />
473 cal -
Virgil - are you going for a set time and trying to keep your speed at a certain level or just going as hard as you can?<br />
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If you set yourself a time of 25min and then work on increasing your speed it might be easier to track improvement.... if you keep one part of the equation constant (speed, time, distance) then you'll be in a better position to work out how much better you are getting...<br />
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Trainer at the gym would set me up for 25min at X speed - ony goal was to keep it above that speed for the duration... great way to keep you working hard... otherwise you might get into doing a slow first 10 or so and motoring the last 10etc... good for consistency.<br />
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good to see you keeping at it though! -
[quote name='Paekakboyz']<br />
Virgil - are you going for a set time and trying to keep your speed at a certain level or just going as hard as you can?<br />
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If you set yourself a time of 25min and then work on increasing your speed it might be easier to track improvement.... if you keep one part of the equation constant (speed, time, distance) then you'll be in a better position to work out how much better you are getting...<br />
<br />
Trainer at the gym would set me up for 25min at X speed - ony goal was to keep it above that speed for the duration... great way to keep you working hard... otherwise you might get into doing a slow first 10 or so and motoring the last 10etc... good for consistency.<br />
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good to see you keeping at it though! <br />
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I try to keep the ride at 30 mins,tho i have done a few 15 min ones as well. I am trying to go as far and fast as poss. But not sure if i shud aim for a time or aim for a distance? :nta I have increased my distance,broke the 21km barrier for 30 mins this week.,i monitor my speed which i keep over 40km per hour now,generally between 40-44km,where before it was 38-39km per hour. I do ride a steady pace,dont go hard out for the first part then ease off or vice versa,only thing i do is go extra hard out for the last minute or so!<br />
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Cheers,i find myself going thru stages,novelty at first,struggled for a couple of days but have found renewed energy and go this week<br />
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Aiming to get my weight as close to 80ks by the wedding which is the end of April. -
Wednesday<br />
<br />
30mins<br />
21.01km<br />
480 cal -
[quote name='virgil']<br />
[quote name='Paekakboyz']<br />
Virgil - are you going for a set time and trying to keep your speed at a certain level or just going as hard as you can?<br />
<br />
If you set yourself a time of 25min and then work on increasing your speed it might be easier to track improvement.... if you keep one part of the equation constant (speed, time, distance) then you'll be in a better position to work out how much better you are getting...<br />
<br />
Trainer at the gym would set me up for 25min at X speed - ony goal was to keep it above that speed for the duration... great way to keep you working hard... otherwise you might get into doing a slow first 10 or so and motoring the last 10etc... good for consistency.<br />
<br />
good to see you keeping at it though! <br />
[/quote]<br />
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I try to keep the ride at 30 mins,tho i have done a few 15 min ones as well. I am trying to go as far and fast as poss. But not sure if i shud aim for a time or aim for a distance? :nta I have increased my distance,broke the 21km barrier for 30 mins this week.,i monitor my speed which i keep over 40km per hour now,generally between 40-44km,where before it was 38-39km per hour. I do ride a steady pace,dont go hard out for the first part then ease off or vice versa,only thing i do is go extra hard out for the last minute or so!<br />
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Cheers,i find myself going thru stages,novelty at first,struggled for a couple of days but have found renewed energy and go this week<br />
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Aiming to get my weight as close to 80ks by the wedding which is the end of April.<br />
[/quote]<br />
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If finding time is an issue I'd aim for a 25min workout and cane it as hard as you can (trying to increase distance travelled as that would obviously mean you were going faster)... if time isn't such an issue then maybe a longer ride?<br />
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I'm tryig to recall whether it's recommended that you do two types of rides (similar to running). A short high intensity ride/run with the aim of building fitness... that would be your 25min and going as fast as possible a couple of times a week and one 'slower' ride of around 40-50min where you keep your speed at a medium-high level (check whatever your fatburning heart rate should be for your age/weight etc).<br />
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that way you get the best of both worlds and its a bit of variation in training.. -
[quote name='Kirwan']<br />
Interval training is supposed to help too, so sprint/jog/sprint/jog. Check through some of these threads - NTA posted up some research on the optimum timings that's just been done.<br />
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Thanks will do,know sumone who has been to gym classes on exercycles..they go for an hour and they often change the resistance as in going up a hill. I thought id break my legs in slowly first <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> But dont want to get bored and stale so need to change the routine soon.
