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Yesterday was vax day for the kids - daughter getting shot 1 in the morning, the boy getting shot 2 in the arvo at Qudos Bank Area in the Olympic precinct.
While there I took the opportunity to walk around a bit, including one of the hilltop spiral walks at Olympic Park.
Doesn't turn out quite like that on the Garmin...
Anyway, that was 4.4km and did another 2.7km that evening with the wife and daughter. The pace was.... well over 13km/h but that is no shock.
Have been a bit bloaty this week so not sure what weigh-in will look like tomorrow. Suspect I'll receive a bit of a wakeup call/motivation to get back to the 10km walks
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This morning did a rapid fire body weight workout - took less than 10 minutes and I was stuffed.
The idea here was to take a max of 30s at each set to complete reps. Any time earned back is rest.
Chinups x 4 (was 2 x 0.5 at the end)
Squats x 10 (tried 20, ran out of time)
Pushups x 10
Lunges x 10 (5 a side)
Rows x 5
Burpees x 5
Straight back to the top and go again.Did that a total of 3 runs through and was complete in 9:30 - slight over 30s per set due to some transitions.
I'm old and weak and unfit.
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@nta said in Back for more!:
This morning did a rapid fire body weight workout - took less than 10 minutes and I was stuffed.
The idea here was to take a max of 30s at each set to complete reps. Any time earned back is rest.
Chinups x 4 (was 2 x 0.5 at the end)
Squats x 10 (tried 20, ran out of time)
Pushups x 10
Lunges x 10 (5 a side)
Rows x 5
Burpees x 5
Straight back to the top and go again.Did that a total of 3 runs through and was complete in 9:30 - slight over 30s per set due to some transitions.
I'm old and weak and unfit.
….and having met you I can confirm those are the very least of your problems.
Keep hustling though ! Exercise is awesome ! Except running, running can eat a bag of dicks.
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@mn5 said in Back for more!:
Keep hustling though ! Exercise is awesome ! Except running, running can eat a bag of dicks.
Can confirm.
I decided to jog 3km tonight because I hadn't done much road work the last few days. Ugh...
More interesting: when I'm doing my long walks, I don't appear to have issues breaking into a decent-paced jog for long periods, then going back to a fast walk.
Maybe I need to warm up with 500m walking for the concentrated runs?
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@nta said in Back for more!:
@mn5 said in Back for more!:
Keep hustling though ! Exercise is awesome ! Except running, running can eat a bag of dicks.
Can confirm.
I decided to jog 3km tonight because I hadn't done much road work the last few days. Ugh...
As I’ve said on my own thread once I blew all the dust off it….running sux, but other forms of cardio don’t. Personally I’d much rather do something that engages multiple muscle groups while getting the heart rate up and enjoy what I’m doing. Plus if you run too much you’ll lose your gainz and no one wants that.
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@mn5 said in Back for more!:
As I’ve said on my own thread once I blew all the dust off it….running sux, but other forms of cardio don’t. Personally I’d much rather do something that engages multiple muscle groups while getting the heart rate up and enjoy what I’m doing. Plus if you run too much you’ll lose your gainz and no one wants that.
Harder to gain and maintain as the years go by. My problem is all the gainz are fat.
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I really need to start taking fitness a bit more seriously, just weighed myself for the first time in a while and it's a PB. It's only a matter of time until I watch a game of rugby where I'm bigger than anyone playing.
I do quite enjoy distance running when I can find the time, which is a huge shock shock me because I hated it until about 10 years ago. But it's not really doing the trick, reckon I need to mix it up with some strength and more dynamic stuff, anything really to defer the acceptance that it's actually the food and drink that's the problem.
You have any kind of program you follow NTA?
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@nta Bah, that's not the kind of enablement I was looking for.
Yeah, think I just to google a decent plan and decide to do it. From past experience I find it a lot easier to eat better when I'm more active at the same time, don't know if it's psychological or physiological but I just crave better food when I'm training. (At least I used to, been a long time since I've done much).
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@gibbonrib said in Back for more!:
@nta Bah, that's not the kind of enablement I was looking for.
When I first started the weight loss a decade ago, I got myself running 3 times per week - Mon/Wed/Fri - first thing in the morning, starting 3km. I was 116kg so that was quite an effort. As the weight fell off, moved to 5km and then would do the odd longer distance on a Sunday.
The main thing was eating. Still is. So I'd be really strict during the week and on Saturday do whatever the fuck I wanted. I soon learned that sugar was not only my real weakness, but also that eating large quantities of carbs - like a whole loaf of sourdough with butter on a Saturday - was a bad thing. Constipation is a wonderful instructor.
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@nta said in Back for more!:
Weigh in Thursday morning - last week versus this week:
Week 0: Weight 107.80kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 116cm
Week 1: Weight 107.05kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 115cm
Week 2: Weight 106.60kg, Chest 117cm, Waist 115cm, Hips 115cm
Was a good week despite a bit of bloating from something I ate on the weekend. Hopefully all clear now.
Looking to press on with a couple of big weeks, particularly as I have next week off and there is the opportunity to get into some walking days of 20km+ with a daypack, as I continue the hike training.
From doing this before, it'll be about 2 more weeks before the results start becoming visible and that is the only thing keeping me away from the alcohol and excess snacking
I've had a couple of spirits and might reward myself with a beer on the couch this Saturday as I watch the rugby. -
Put the day pack on with snacks and fluids, then headed out with the goal of knocking off 20km.
First 12 were a piece of piss,
tresting every 5 or so to refuel. They left hasn't started to complain shortly thereafter.Got to 15.8km and the Garmin Battery looked a bit flat, so I changed over to phone. Merging those files fucking sucked, so the lesson is: charge your battery!
Will be interesting to see how I pull up tomorrow, and I'm now thinking about house much harder that would be with a full pack over terrain 😐
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@nta said in Back for more!:
Put the day pack on with snacks and fluids, then headed out with the goal of knocking off 20km.
First 12 were a piece of piss, testing every 5 or so to refuel. They left hasn't started to complain shortly thereafter.
Got to 15.8km and the Garmin Battery looked a bit flat, so I changed over to phone. Merging those files fucking sucked, so the lesson is: charge your battery!
Will be interesting to see how I pull up tomorrow, and I'm now thinking about house much harder that would be with a full pack over terrain 😐
How many steps is 20km approximately. My phone only tells me steps, not distance.
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@mn5 said in Back for more!:
@nta said in Back for more!:
Put the day pack on with snacks and fluids, then headed out with the goal of knocking off 20km.
First 12 were a piece of piss, testing every 5 or so to refuel. They left hasn't started to complain shortly thereafter.
Got to 15.8km and the Garmin Battery looked a bit flat, so I changed over to phone. Merging those files fucking sucked, so the lesson is: charge your battery!
Will be interesting to see how I pull up tomorrow, and I'm now thinking about house much harder that would be with a full pack over terrain 😐
How many steps is 20km approximately. My phone only tells me steps, not distance.
About 23,000 for someone like me. For a big streak like you, probably less.
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@nta said in Back for more!:
@mn5 said in Back for more!:
@nta said in Back for more!:
Put the day pack on with snacks and fluids, then headed out with the goal of knocking off 20km.
First 12 were a piece of piss, testing every 5 or so to refuel. They left hasn't started to complain shortly thereafter.
Got to 15.8km and the Garmin Battery looked a bit flat, so I changed over to phone. Merging those files fucking sucked, so the lesson is: charge your battery!
Will be interesting to see how I pull up tomorrow, and I'm now thinking about house much harder that would be with a full pack over terrain 😐
How many steps is 20km approximately. My phone only tells me steps, not distance.
About 23,000 for someone like me. For a big streak like you, probably less.
We racked up close to 33,000 on holiday in Akaroa earlier this year. “We” is a bit misleading though as the other half has shorter legs than me but her phone hasn’t got enough memory to download the app.
I’m not surprised we covered a few km, we walked all fucken day ( with a much needed pub stop at the end )
