Building myself back up
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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.
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@rancid-schnitzel great run, congrats on knocking that one off after a tough week!
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now that is how you redivert stress!! nice effort bro - sorry to hear life is being a bitch. Hope your Dad is on the improve.
But dude, how was your back after that run!
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@paekakboyz said in Building myself back up:
now that is how you redivert stress!! nice effort bro - sorry to hear life is being a bitch. Hope your Dad is on the improve.
But dude, how was your back after that run!
Thanks Bro. He’s going home today but still waiting for pathology results (tumour in the bladder). Hopefully all good.
Back was fine actually but was walking like a gimp for 2 days!
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@rancid-schnitzel Cracking time for the half. Well played.
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Monday: Legs still a bit gimpish so went shoulders. Decent session.
PM: first Monday in pool for a while. Was a very tough set but felt really good and the body needed the water. Nothing beats a pool session for stress either. You just thrash it out. Always feel much better.
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Fark, Thursday already. How did that happen?
Tuesday: Legs. Still feeling the effects of the Forrest 21 but did nothing silly on the squats and got through ok. Finished with 15 kettle bell swings, goblet squats and crunches x 5.
Wednesday: Bad night’s sleep due to storm so wasn’t feeling the boot camp but got through it and the 7.5 km after that. Tough work but those are the times that will help me for the big gig in July.
Was supposed to have swimming that evening but another massive storm meant that I was sweeping water away from my front door to stop it coming in. Not pleasant, but a pretty good workout I suppose.
Thursday: Chest and biceps. Yeah this is pretty much always mint. When I’m not rushed this is the best day.
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I repeat myself. Thursday again! Damn.
So much slower half on the Saturday. Deliberately took it easy. Wasn’t feeling it but happy enough to get it done. What’s cool is how I can function no problem after these now. After my first half a few years back I was a little bitch and didn’t leave the sofa for a few days. Now, I have breakfast and get on with the day.
Going for 30km this Saturday. Never been near that distance so will be interesting. Particularly after the swim.
Anyway, top chest and biceps session today. All I can say is preworkout = the 💣
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So Saturday. Dropped the swimming this time to have a proper breakfast before the run. Perhaps could have waited a bit longer before the run but otherwise went ok. Not the nicest topic of conversation but getting that poo out of the system before the start is absolutely essential.
Anyway the run itself (34km) certainly involved a range of emotions. It’s like you get a second wind every milestone (10km, 15, 20km) then hit a rough patch until the next milestone. This was completely uncharted territory for me and what was weird was how the legs went almost completely stiff after about 26-27 km. That’s where I fooked up in terms of having enough gels and shit like that on me. I only had one gel and a small bag of skittles and had nothing from about 25km onwards. Stoopid. You live and learn I guess and there will be plenty of that stuff available during the actual marathon.
But, yeah, was tough but reckon I could have made the full 42, so pretty confident about the main event now. Legs were stiff as hell and stairs were agony but I’m feeling ok now. I’m actually looking forward to it and I’m amazed how the body has adapted so well. I talked about burning my running shoes after all this but I think the long Saturday morning run may remain a staple.
Obviously stayed away from legs today but had a good shoulder session. Pool session tonight will be just what the body ordered.
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@rancid-schnitzel that prep should make for a really solid marathon! ha ha I think it's genius to plan out when you'll need to drop off the kids, would suck to get that feeling late in the run! Hadn't realised how much energy you might need later in the run, I figured hydration was the biggest thing. Do the gels and things help prevent cramping?
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@paekakboyz said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel that prep should make for a really solid marathon! ha ha I think it's genius to plan out when you'll need to drop off the kids, would suck to get that feeling late in the run! Hadn't realised how much energy you might need later in the run, I figured hydration was the biggest thing. Do the gels and things help prevent cramping?
Drop off the kids 🤣. Yeah it would absolutely suck. It’s hard enough to hold in for 4 plus hours, let alone while running. As I said, a highly unpleasant topic but extremely important.
They’re supposed to I think. At least mentally I felt they helped. Particularly the skittles for some reason. I was most worried about my lower back and calves but they were fine. It was the quads and hammies that turned to concrete. I think I also need to have another banana before the run and maybe some kind of potassium replacement during. But, in terms of hydration I really didn’t get proper thirsty until after the 30km mark. Before that I was just having the odd sip from bubblers I passed.
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@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
You make everyone else on this forum look like a fat, slovenly lazy piece of shit. Great work !
Then my work here is done!
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@paekakboyz said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel that prep should make for a really solid marathon! ha ha I think it's genius to plan out when you'll need to drop off the kids, would suck to get that feeling late in the run! Hadn't realised how much energy you might need later in the run, I figured hydration was the biggest thing. Do the gels and things help prevent cramping?
Drop off the kids 🤣. Yeah it would absolutely suck. It’s hard enough to hold in for 4 plus hours, let alone while running. As I said, a highly unpleasant topic but extremely important.
They’re supposed to I think. At least mentally I felt they helped. Particularly the skittles for some reason. I was most worried about my lower back and calves but they were fine. It was the quads and hammies that turned to concrete. I think I also need to have another banana before the run and maybe some kind of potassium replacement during. But, in terms of hydration I really didn’t get proper thirsty until after the 30km mark. Before that I was just having the odd sip from bubblers I passed.
All I could think of was - wow, it's great that Todd is giving back by providing bubbling service to passers by
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@paekakboyz said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@paekakboyz said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel that prep should make for a really solid marathon! ha ha I think it's genius to plan out when you'll need to drop off the kids, would suck to get that feeling late in the run! Hadn't realised how much energy you might need later in the run, I figured hydration was the biggest thing. Do the gels and things help prevent cramping?
Drop off the kids 🤣. Yeah it would absolutely suck. It’s hard enough to hold in for 4 plus hours, let alone while running. As I said, a highly unpleasant topic but extremely important.
They’re supposed to I think. At least mentally I felt they helped. Particularly the skittles for some reason. I was most worried about my lower back and calves but they were fine. It was the quads and hammies that turned to concrete. I think I also need to have another banana before the run and maybe some kind of potassium replacement during. But, in terms of hydration I really didn’t get proper thirsty until after the 30km mark. Before that I was just having the odd sip from bubblers I passed.
All I could think of was - wow, it's great that Todd is giving back by providing bubbling service to passers by
When writing the post I was wondering whether I should change it to tap or something to avoid the connection with Todd the Retard, but I thought you’d be above that. Clearly I gave you far too much credit. I’m disappointed in you. 🤨
