Fatbusting - Virgil's Exercycle Experiment
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Monday<br />
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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=':)' /> -
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 />
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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! <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
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Aiming to get my weight as close to 80ks by the wedding which is the end of April. -
[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 />
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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 />
<br />
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.<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. -
Often called Spin class or RPM, virgil. Most gyms do it. Guys I know that wanted to lose weight and keep it off were into it big time. One mate used to do a class every morning so he could play Under 85kg's grade - he started off weighing 95, got down to about 84 or something and held that.
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[quote name='Bones']<br />
Often called Spin class or RPM, virgil. Most gyms do it. Guys I know that wanted to lose weight and keep it off were into it big time. One mate used to do a class every morning so he could play Under 85kg's grade - he started off weighing 95, got down to about 84 or something and held that.<br />
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Good to hear it works<br />
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Thursday<br />
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30 mins<br />
[b]21.50km[/b]Â P B!<br />
490 cal -
Monday<br />
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30mins<br />
21.00kms<br />
484cal<br />
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20 sit ups, thought id chuck them in there i know 20 isnt much but hopefully i can improve very quickly. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
get hold of a swiss ball to do situps and stuff on Virgil... they are the business and you can do heaps of other kinds of exercise on them
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[quote name='Paekakboyz']<br />
get hold of a swiss ball to do situps and stuff on Virgil... they are the business and you can do heaps of other kinds of exercise on them<br />
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Good thinking, the Mrs has some over large inflatable ball..did situps 2 days in row now i cant do 1!..all sore and stiff in the midriff area, must be a good sign tho <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
Thursday<br />
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30mins<br />
21.90km<br />
500 cal<br />
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went hard today as i ate a few fatty foods and went out for dinner last night! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
