Building myself back up
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Monday: AM - smashed legs. Good session. Good to start off the week with legs for some reason.
PM: Swimming. Plenty of that pyramid and fartlek shit. But did the job.Tuesday: Shoulders. Very much on point but I’ll really have to watch the niggles on this day. Very easy to overdo things.
Definitely feeling that eating has to increase now that I’m doing that long run on Saturdays. Had 2 chicken breasts for lunch and dinner yesterday and that seemed to do the job. Tempting to just eat whatever but I’d prefer to keep it clean as possible.
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Wednesday: Did boot camp and run in the morning but hit triple whammy. Ear and nose infections and head cold. Boot camp probably didn’t help that. Body just said fuck this and rebelled. Stoopid of me. Got a heap of sugars into me after that and just ate what I wanted. Mainly skittles and Caramelo Kolas. Did the job though. Was fine by the evening and fighting fit the next morning.
Thursday: Chest and biceps. Also got roped into doing another boot camp. Not optimal but any cardio is good I guess when a marathon beckons.
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Bloody (for Qld) cold this morning. Hitler was rugged up like he was visiting the Russian Front. Was all a bit of mess because we couldn’t decide whether to do land work first, ins and outs or strength work in the pool. Eventually agreed on strength work in the pool but it was a bit shit. Going forward it’s probably not smart or healthy to do ins and outs without a wetsuit so looks like it will be intense strength-cardio work on land first then pool shit. Did a couple of
IMs which always root me but wasn’t the same destroyed feeling I normally get from a Hitler session.Then hit gym during my lunch break. Nice and quiet. Went well.
Will be interesting to see how long run goes tomorrow.
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Sunday: Felt like shit in the pool so was dreading the 21km run but it actually went really well. First 5km was pretty meh but got better as I went on and really gunned it towards the end. Reckon I could have done 30km without too many problems. Hopefully I’ll be able to say that about the final 12.
Monday: Decent leg smash. Bit rushed but can’t complain.
Afternoon: Charity event in the pool. 50x 50 laps. Went ok although the pool was freezing and the women leading the lane farked up the count and made us do closer to 60. Ah well, was for a good cause.
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Bit of a disturbed week with parent teacher interviews and school presentations in the evening. The hamburgers offered at the sport presentations were too tempto say no to! Marathon training is making me constantly hungry but I’m trying to fight the temptation to go wild.
Anyway, the dad of my son’s best mate has been going at me about mountain biking and I’ve been finding excuses for months, but ran out of them this week so ended up going.
Yeah fück that up the arse. To each their own, but falling arse over tit, riding through terrain that would snap the leg of a mountain goat and avoiding cow shit is not my idea of fun. Disturbingly enough, the 3 experienced riders who were with me all took a tumble and one broke his finger. I had plenty of scrapes and bruises but the worst is pains in my arms and back from tensing for dear life for more than 3 hours. And that’s another thing. I was on that that bloody contraption for 3 hour and 33 minutes by my watch. 50min each way drive to this place and that’s a massive waste of day. No fück that up the arse. And speaking of area, my tailbone feels like it was smashed with a hammer.
The guy said afterwards that it was an unfamiliar trail and that the bike he loaned me was crap. That’s nice to know. A guy who was riding a bike for the first time in a decade is taken on an unknown cattle trail with a bike that was not fit for purpose.
Ah well. It was still a good workout and in terms of headspace its reassuring that the marathon will be a hell of a lot more pleasant than that.
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Sounds like a bike adventure not to be repeated. I gave up on biking due to back issues. It worked.
I've been light the last 3 weeks due to work and being really busy, and 2 different cuts which kept me out of the pool 5 days each time, still on an easy 15 pull ups and easy 2 swims a week. I think using the band daily for my shoulders has made a visible and material affect, increasing strength, size, flexibility.I wanted to ask you about your eating. Do you focus on it much? Going forward I'm going to be more methodical, with a focus on regularly eating different foods containing digestive enzymes through the day, and different sources of protein also through the day....not just chicken breast.
Another thing I am working on is my awful swimming technique.
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@wairau said in Building myself back up:
Sounds like a bike adventure not to be repeated. I gave up on biking due to back issues. It worked.
I've been light the last 3 weeks due to work and being really busy, and 2 different cuts which kept me out of the pool 5 days each time, still on an easy 15 pull ups and easy 2 swims a week. I think using the band daily for my shoulders has made a visible and material affect, increasing strength, size, flexibility.I wanted to ask you about your eating. Do you focus on it much? Going forward I'm going to be more methodical, with a focus on regularly eating different foods containing digestive enzymes through the day, and different sources of protein also through the day....not just chicken breast.
Another thing I am working on is my awful swimming technique.
Cuts and swimming do not mix😬. Hope you’re ok now. My swimming technique is pretty crap as well. Ultimately I look at it as a means of staying fit but it would be nice to glide through the water like the good swimmers.
I’m very anal about my diet. I posted it a while back and am happy to do it again. It’s a bit boring though:
Breakfast: Cup of oats mixed with shake (2 eggs, 2 egg whites, protein powder) + berries.
Morning tea: 2 rice cakes with peanut butter.
Lunch: 1.5 chicken breasts, rice, mustard and almonds.
Afternoon: spinach/kale shake with protein powder
Dinner: Repeat lunch but with salmon, turkey or steak. No nuts.
Before bed: Protein shake.
On Saturdays I eat whatever I want from lunchtime onwards although try to lay off the sugary treats and ice cream.
Due to the marathon training I’ve also added a pasta meal to Sunday night and will probably add another on Wednesday nights.
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Swimming wise, I am trying to do a few things-get my head down more, reach much further in a streamlined position (requiring better shoulder flexibility, which takes time), and then only apply power once catch is completed (I tend to waste effort through premature pulling haha). Then speed up the stroke a little (MN5 is getting excited reading this!). I don't want to do too much distance of endless laps of bad form, like I did last year, more drills and sprints. Do you use a snorkel? Great swim aid
You have a good diet, this is what I have or try to have:
-frozen blueberries twice a day-half bowl with a few spoons of pomegranate juice (chilled) and a teaspoon of cinnamon (the good variety, ceylon). Delicious
-Walnuts and almonds -chuck in airfryer for 3 m at 9ish with other things that purportedly assist sleep ...like tart cherry juice+water, a kiwi fruit, then blend: banana, probiotic yogurt, milk and oats, honey, protein powder.
-twice a day I'll drink some egg white, I buy it in a carton.
-before morning swim spirulina and beet juice, and egg white, and any supplements.
-after swim blended protein powder-with chia seeds, yeast flakes, ginger. also a snack of dates and pineapple
-rest of the day, 2 meals around chicken and wild salmon/beef every second day, with things like lemon juice, mango, papaya, tumeric, lentils, chick peas, green vege blend juice+ apple cider vinegar, peanut butter, avocado ...
other workouts are hike repeats 30m at pace, pull up session, walking on treadmill + pool kicking, and I a general weight session -
@wairau said in Building myself back up:
Swimming wise, I am trying to do a few things-get my head down more, reach much further in a streamlined position (requiring better shoulder flexibility, which takes time), and then only apply power once catch is completed (I tend to waste effort through premature pulling haha). Then speed up the stroke a little (MN5 is getting excited reading this!). I don't want to do too much distance of endless laps of bad form, like I did last year, more drills and sprints. Do you use a snorkel? Great swim aid
You have a good diet, this is what I have or try to have:
-frozen blueberries twice a day-half bowl with a few spoons of pomegranate juice (chilled) and a teaspoon of cinnamon (the good variety, ceylon). Delicious
-Walnuts and almonds -chuck in airfryer for 3 m at 9ish with other things that purportedly assist sleep ...like tart cherry juice+water, a kiwi fruit, then blend: banana, probiotic yogurt, milk and oats, honey, protein powder.
-twice a day I'll drink some egg white, I buy it in a carton.
-before morning swim spirulina and beet juice, and egg white, and any supplements.
-after swim blended protein powder-with chia seeds, yeast flakes, ginger. also a snack of dates and pineapple
-rest of the day, 2 meals around chicken and wild salmon/beef every second day, with things like lemon juice, mango, papaya, tumeric, lentils, chick peas, green vege blend juice+ apple cider vinegar, peanut butter, avocado ...
other workouts are hike repeats 30m at pace, pull up session, walking on treadmill + pool kicking, and I a general weight sessionThat all looks really good. I should really mix it up more and get a bit more adventurous but I’m pretty stuck in my ways when it concerns food. Problem is that it doesn’t take much to mess up the balance and then I get low blood sugar. One day I’ll go to a proper dietician and get a proper assessment of everything. Definitely have to have that cheat day though. Nice to have that day to look forward to.
My problem with swimming is that my arse isn’t high enough and I don’t “sit” properly in the water. I also tense too much in my arms and shoulders so I have issues with my arms aching like crazy after a certain distance. This is getting better but was a real problem for a long time. Same with breathing. Coach is trying me on every 3rd stroke but I’m just not comfortable breathing on my right side.
Snorkel is great. I now use it for kickboard, which makes those appalling sessions a little more tolerable.
My best friend is the pull buoy. Due to my arse raising g issues, it’s an absolute dream using that thing.
Gee that last para is dodgy without context!
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@wairau said in Building myself back up:
Swimming wise, I am trying to do a few things-get my head down more, reach much further in a streamlined position (requiring better shoulder flexibility, which takes time), and then only apply power once catch is completed (I tend to waste effort through premature pulling haha). Then speed up the stroke a little (MN5 is getting excited reading this!). I don't want to do too much distance of endless laps of bad form, like I did last year, more drills and sprints. Do you use a snorkel? Great swim aid
You have a good diet, this is what I have or try to have:
-frozen blueberries twice a day-half bowl with a few spoons of pomegranate juice (chilled) and a teaspoon of cinnamon (the good variety, ceylon). Delicious
-Walnuts and almonds -chuck in airfryer for 3 m at 9ish with other things that purportedly assist sleep ...like tart cherry juice+water, a kiwi fruit, then blend: banana, probiotic yogurt, milk and oats, honey, protein powder.
-twice a day I'll drink some egg white, I buy it in a carton.
-before morning swim spirulina and beet juice, and egg white, and any supplements.
-after swim blended protein powder-with chia seeds, yeast flakes, ginger. also a snack of dates and pineapple
-rest of the day, 2 meals around chicken and wild salmon/beef every second day, with things like lemon juice, mango, papaya, tumeric, lentils, chick peas, green vege blend juice+ apple cider vinegar, peanut butter, avocado ...
other workouts are hike repeats 30m at pace, pull up session, walking on treadmill + pool kicking, and I a general weight sessionI’m quite offended. This page has much bigger piston wristed gibbons than me on it.....
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@voodoo said in Building myself back up:
I have a 1.2kg pork belly just for myself tonight. I'll probably save some leftovers for the kids to eat tomorrow, will see how I go.
Cant understand why I'm not losing weight
Don’t add taters then at least you wont have carbs with it
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@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
I’m quite offended. This page has much bigger piston wristed gibbons than me on it.....
At 95kgs and change, I thought you were easily the biggest piston wristed gibbon out there.
@Rancid-Schnitzel sounds like you are swimming uphill, not downhill. I have a possible solution. forget the snorkel for kicking (just use it for up-tempo laps, to keep good form). Grab two kick boards. Throw them at Hitler. After that, stack them and rest hands/forearms on top in standard kicking form (or as MN5 would say "Assume the position".) The added boyancy will lift your upperbody unnaturally high. Shit, use 3 haha. While you are kicking, consciously try your lower back and butt up, and hamstrings up. Then, when you return to swimming your body will be lower but hopefully you've got used to lifting the legs etc. Anyway, can't hurt to try, I think it helped me. Another thing I do would be just floating in the water, soft kicking, head down, with the snorkel, hands stretched out, to get feel for balance in the water
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@voodoo said in Building myself back up:
I have a 1.2kg pork belly just for myself tonight. I'll probably save some leftovers for the kids to eat tomorrow, will see how I go.
Cant understand why I'm not losing weight
Don't hold yourself back! Go the whole hog! EDIT: the sandwich sounds delicious !
I guess you'd need to go hard on the rowing machine for 5 hours to compensate...Nutrition Facts
For a Serving Size of 1200 grams (1200g)
Calories 3388.2 Calories from Fat 2668.2 (78.7%)
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 296.5g -
Saturated fat 98.8g -
Cholesterol 635.3mg -
Sodium 4941.2mg 206%
Carbohydrates 0g -
Net carbs 0g -
Fiber 0g 0%
Protein 183.5g -
@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@voodoo said in Building myself back up:
I have a 1.2kg pork belly just for myself tonight. I'll probably save some leftovers for the kids to eat tomorrow, will see how I go.
Cant understand why I'm not losing weight
Don’t add taters then at least you wont have carbs with it
Had spuds and also lightly toasted a baguette and made a pork belly roll with gravy. Double carbs, was pretty damn good
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@wairau said in Building myself back up:
@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
I’m quite offended. This page has much bigger piston wristed gibbons than me on it.....
At 95kgs and change, I thought you were easily the biggest piston wristed gibbon out there.
@Rancid-Schnitzel sounds like you are swimming uphill, not downhill. I have a possible solution. forget the snorkel for kicking (just use it for up-tempo laps, to keep good form). Grab two kick boards. Throw them at Hitler. After that, stack them and rest hands/forearms on top in standard kicking form (or as MN5 would say "Assume the position".) The added boyancy will lift your upperbody unnaturally high. Shit, use 3 haha. While you are kicking, consciously try your lower back and butt up, and hamstrings up. Then, when you return to swimming your body will be lower but hopefully you've got used to lifting the legs etc. Anyway, can't hurt to try, I think it helped me. Another thing I do would be just floating in the water, soft kicking, head down, with the snorkel, hands stretched out, to get feel for balance in the water
Biggest #athlete definitely but there’s fat fluffybunnies on here that have me beat
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@wairau said in Building myself back up:
@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
I’m quite offended. This page has much bigger piston wristed gibbons than me on it.....
At 95kgs and change, I thought you were easily the biggest piston wristed gibbon out there.
@Rancid-Schnitzel sounds like you are swimming uphill, not downhill. I have a possible solution. forget the snorkel for kicking (just use it for up-tempo laps, to keep good form). Grab two kick boards. Throw them at Hitler. After that, stack them and rest hands/forearms on top in standard kicking form (or as MN5 would say "Assume the position".) The added boyancy will lift your upperbody unnaturally high. Shit, use 3 haha. While you are kicking, consciously try your lower back and butt up, and hamstrings up. Then, when you return to swimming your body will be lower but hopefully you've got used to lifting the legs etc. Anyway, can't hurt to try, I think it helped me. Another thing I do would be just floating in the water, soft kicking, head down, with the snorkel, hands stretched out, to get feel for balance in the water
Cheers Mate, appreciate the tip! Will definitely give that a go. Anything to make it easier. And Hitler deserves it too 😆
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Was supposed to be leg day today but entire back is still really sore. Did ABs and light stuff, calves etc but was all very limited. Super pissed off. I voiced my concerns to this bloke about injury and he assured me that they would take easier trails etc. Instead he gives me a shit bike and takes a trail he’d never even been on and which 3 guys with decades of experience stacked on. I’m lucky I didn’t suffer more damage.
Its like me inviting him for a workout and doing some bullshit CrossFit thing that I’ve never done myself.
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Due to continued back issues (fúcking tardbike cråp) I reluctantly avoided the gym yesterday. Didn’t help that I was chained to a desk for 12 hours. Ended up going for a long walk fairly late. Was really nice actually. Listened to a pod cast and moved the body a bit. Beats lounging on the couch watching some crap on TV. Will have to make it a more regular thing.
Back still a bit meh but went to boot camp. Went pretty well and no twinges or anything. Did 7km run after that and all good. Swimming this evening should be great for recovery. Hopefully no further issues. Definitely won’t be going mountain biking with that dude again any time soon.
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Was a pretty shitty week all round. Dad in hospital, work stress and eldest being horrible again. So took it out on myself on Saturday morning. Tough swim session then the half marathon. Felt good so just went for it like an idiot. Ended up at 1hr49min which was pretty crazy. A bit of a pointless exercise but obviously needed to smash myself. Certainly helped the mental side of things even though the body was a bit ravaged. Feeling ok today so thankfully wasn’t too stupid.