Building myself back up
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No more lock down but of course my swimming club can't open its doors because of some ridiculous technicality (a school owns the pool). Makes absolutely no sense. Every other pool is open and absolutely jammed. Went to another one on Saturday and there wasn't much social distancing at the oldies' aqua aerobics and learn to swim. But at least the gyms are open.
Anyway, had a very good swim on Saturday then ran home (15km). Struggled with the run but I think this might have been due to a lack of carbs the previous night. I couldn't be arsed making more rice. Lesson learned.
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Swimming back on yesterday which was the š£. As always, struggled early (my shoulders and tris burn like a bitch for the first few hundred) but went well. Then did a pretty quick 10km then 40min of intervals. Good shit.
Have also started to walk for 45min-hour every night. Will be a bit different with swimming back but I think I'll try to do this as much as possible. Some amazing podcasts out there and I feel I get more out of doing this than lying in front of the TV.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Swimming back on yesterday which was the š£. As always, struggled early (my shoulders and tris burn like a bitch for the first few hundred) but went well. Then did a pretty quick 10km then 40min of intervals. Good shit.
Have also started to walk for 45min-hour every night. Will be a bit different with swimming back but I think I'll try to do this as much as possible. Some amazing podcasts out there and I feel I get more out of doing this than lying in front of the TV.
Iāve noticed that for my first set of, well anything, ( punching bag, push ups, dips, chins, whatever )ā¦ā¦I put it down to being over 40. Fuck getting old.
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@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Swimming back on yesterday which was the š£. As always, struggled early (my shoulders and tris burn like a bitch for the first few hundred) but went well. Then did a pretty quick 10km then 40min of intervals. Good shit.
Have also started to walk for 45min-hour every night. Will be a bit different with swimming back but I think I'll try to do this as much as possible. Some amazing podcasts out there and I feel I get more out of doing this than lying in front of the TV.
Iāve noticed that for my first set of, well anything, ( punching bag, push ups, dips, chins, whatever )ā¦ā¦I put it down to being over 40. Fuck getting old.
Put youngest through his paces today and one thing that was depressing is that while he doesn't yet have the stamina or training to go long distances, I have to stretch to my absolute limits to keep up with him. That's the depressing reality. We can keep on chugging along for a good while yet, but our best days are over.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Swimming back on yesterday which was the š£. As always, struggled early (my shoulders and tris burn like a bitch for the first few hundred) but went well. Then did a pretty quick 10km then 40min of intervals. Good shit.
Have also started to walk for 45min-hour every night. Will be a bit different with swimming back but I think I'll try to do this as much as possible. Some amazing podcasts out there and I feel I get more out of doing this than lying in front of the TV.
Iāve noticed that for my first set of, well anything, ( punching bag, push ups, dips, chins, whatever )ā¦ā¦I put it down to being over 40. Fuck getting old.
Put youngest through his paces today and one thing that was depressing is that while he doesn't yet have the stamina or training to go long distances, I have to stretch to my absolute limits to keep up with him. That's the depressing reality. We can keep on chugging along for a good while yet, but our best days are over.
Iām not sure about that. There are really different schools of thought on certain exercises, it depends on the goals. Itās also encouraging that because I didnāt spend years fucking my body up on a Rugby field ( being all but retired before the age of 21 ) the niggles and what not arenāt there compared to some blokes around our age. At 44 I can do heaps of things I wouldnāt have managed at 24 ( although that was peak āLondonā curries, lagers, zero exercise etc ) so much of it comes down to the individual, genetics etc. Bodybuilders and Power Lifters as one example peak in their mid 30s.
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@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Swimming back on yesterday which was the š£. As always, struggled early (my shoulders and tris burn like a bitch for the first few hundred) but went well. Then did a pretty quick 10km then 40min of intervals. Good shit.
Have also started to walk for 45min-hour every night. Will be a bit different with swimming back but I think I'll try to do this as much as possible. Some amazing podcasts out there and I feel I get more out of doing this than lying in front of the TV.
Iāve noticed that for my first set of, well anything, ( punching bag, push ups, dips, chins, whatever )ā¦ā¦I put it down to being over 40. Fuck getting old.
Put youngest through his paces today and one thing that was depressing is that while he doesn't yet have the stamina or training to go long distances, I have to stretch to my absolute limits to keep up with him. That's the depressing reality. We can keep on chugging along for a good while yet, but our best days are over.
Iām not sure about that. There are really different schools of thought on certain exercises, it depends on the goals. Itās also encouraging that because I didnāt spend years fucking my body up on a Rugby field ( being all but retired before the age of 21 ) the niggles and what not arenāt there compared to some blokes around our age. At 44 I can do heaps of things I wouldnāt have managed at 24 ( although that was peak āLondonā curries, lagers, zero exercise etc ) so much of it comes down to the individual, genetics etc. Bodybuilders and Power Lifters as one example peak in their mid 30s.
Well yeah I'm much fitter now than 20 years ago but that has alot to do with me not drinking twice a week and drinking ice cream milkshakes for breakfast!
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@rancid-schnitzel while not as fit, but def way stronger than I was when I was a gym bunny in my 20s.
THat said in my 20s during the summer I'd play TOuch rugby comp twice a week, play twilight hockey, 7s training, golf to relax on Sundays with mates, plus drinking Thurs-Sat night...coulda been fitter, but were able to get away with the shit diet and drinking due to all the work we put in.
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Pretty good week. Just trying to work out the balance in terms of when to do weights. This seemed to work out OK this week.
Mon: shoulders
Tues: back and tris
Wed: bootcamp (full body)
Thur: chest and biceps
Fri: legsI think the swims on Monday and Wednesday nights aid recovery. Probably better to put the legs somewhere else but I'll stick with this for a bit. Problem with training legs on Monday or Tuesday is that they're still recovering from the pounding inflicted on the Saturday. We'll see how this goes.
I'm also now starting a full month of clean eating. My sad version of dry July (Sad September? Slender September?). No cheat days for a month. Gf dropping chocolate for a month. Will be interesting to see how I go. I suspect there will have to be adjustments to avoid low bloody sugar again, but ultimately no junk food for a monthš.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Pretty good week. Just trying to work out the balance in terms of when to do weights. This seemed to work out OK this week.
Mon: shoulders
Tues: back and tris
Wed: bootcamp (full body)
Thur: chest and biceps
Fri: legsI think the swims on Monday and Wednesday nights aid recovery. Probably better to put the legs somewhere else but I'll stick with this for a bit. Problem with training legs on Monday or Tuesday is that they're still recovering from the pounding inflicted on the Saturday. We'll see how this goes.
I'm also now starting a full month of clean eating. My sad version of dry July (Sad September? Slender September?). No cheat days for a month. Gf dropping chocolate for a month. Will be interesting to see how I go. I suspect there will have to be adjustments to avoid low bloody sugar again, but ultimately no junk food for a monthš.
Jesus.
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@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Pretty good week. Just trying to work out the balance in terms of when to do weights. This seemed to work out OK this week.
Mon: shoulders
Tues: back and tris
Wed: bootcamp (full body)
Thur: chest and biceps
Fri: legsI think the swims on Monday and Wednesday nights aid recovery. Probably better to put the legs somewhere else but I'll stick with this for a bit. Problem with training legs on Monday or Tuesday is that they're still recovering from the pounding inflicted on the Saturday. We'll see how this goes.
I'm also now starting a full month of clean eating. My sad version of dry July (Sad September? Slender September?). No cheat days for a month. Gf dropping chocolate for a month. Will be interesting to see how I go. I suspect there will have to be adjustments to avoid low bloody sugar again, but ultimately no junk food for a monthš.
Jesus.
Yeah the reality of that dawned on me last night. I'm an idiot. But I made a commitment so might as well see how I go.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Pretty good week. Just trying to work out the balance in terms of when to do weights. This seemed to work out OK this week.
Mon: shoulders
Tues: back and tris
Wed: bootcamp (full body)
Thur: chest and biceps
Fri: legsI think the swims on Monday and Wednesday nights aid recovery. Probably better to put the legs somewhere else but I'll stick with this for a bit. Problem with training legs on Monday or Tuesday is that they're still recovering from the pounding inflicted on the Saturday. We'll see how this goes.
I'm also now starting a full month of clean eating. My sad version of dry July (Sad September? Slender September?). No cheat days for a month. Gf dropping chocolate for a month. Will be interesting to see how I go. I suspect there will have to be adjustments to avoid low bloody sugar again, but ultimately no junk food for a monthš.
Jesus.
Yeah the reality of that dawned on me last night. I'm an idiot. But I made a commitment so might as well see how I go.
Despite having at least one beer ( but generally no more than two ) over every day of lockdown Iāve still managed to lose a bit of weight round the middle because I think Iāve done much more walking and shadow boxing. The beer I have every day is a real treat but Iām only having it as long as Iāve done something physical during the day, Iām also eating really well although the other half tells me off for my protein portion sizes. Will be interesting if I continue this once lockdown ends but my body seems to be agreeing with it so far. Always dangerous to COMPLETELY deny the body of all treats so be careful me old mate !
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@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@mn5 said in Building myself back up:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Pretty good week. Just trying to work out the balance in terms of when to do weights. This seemed to work out OK this week.
Mon: shoulders
Tues: back and tris
Wed: bootcamp (full body)
Thur: chest and biceps
Fri: legsI think the swims on Monday and Wednesday nights aid recovery. Probably better to put the legs somewhere else but I'll stick with this for a bit. Problem with training legs on Monday or Tuesday is that they're still recovering from the pounding inflicted on the Saturday. We'll see how this goes.
I'm also now starting a full month of clean eating. My sad version of dry July (Sad September? Slender September?). No cheat days for a month. Gf dropping chocolate for a month. Will be interesting to see how I go. I suspect there will have to be adjustments to avoid low bloody sugar again, but ultimately no junk food for a monthš.
Jesus.
Yeah the reality of that dawned on me last night. I'm an idiot. But I made a commitment so might as well see how I go.
Despite having at least one beer ( but generally no more than two ) over every day of lockdown Iāve still managed to lose a bit of weight round the middle because I think Iāve done much more walking and shadow boxing. The beer I have every day is a real treat but Iām only having it as long as Iāve done something physical during the day, Iām also eating really well although the other half tells me off for my protein portion sizes. Will be interesting if I continue this once lockdown ends but my body seems to be agreeing with it so far. Always dangerous to COMPLETELY deny the body of all treats so be careful me old mate !
It's all about inputs and outputs. If you're in a calorific deficit then it's a mathematical certainty that you'll lose weight.
I'm going to struggle but the main thing will be getting enough calories into me. Otherwise I'll waste away. Which is what the GF is most concerned about.
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Friday already!
Very solid week. Actually tweeked things a bit and put legs on Tuesday. Made a big difference and allowed to me to smash bootcamp on Wednesday much better and without pain. Have decided to chuck in a gym session right after Friday Hitler swimming. Not optimal but gets it out of the way and being back and triceps it works pretty well.
Anyway, today was a 3km swim from Hitler and then back and triceps today. Well hammered.
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Saturday sans treats was difficult but got through it OK. Trick is to get to bed early. Have also discovered cauliflower rice. That's some good shit. You can eat a ton of the stuff and it only has a fraction of the calories of rice. Tastes OK too IMHO.
Also working on protein cakes and jellies. Early prototypes were not good but I'm getting there. I've never baked in my life so it's an interesting process. It's definitely more satisfying eating a protein cake than just chugging a shake.
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Any decent protein cake recipes? Iāve made a few protein mug cake type things in the past but always end up putting a scoop of ice cream on em.
Been making protein cookies lately as find these better to snack on while working at home
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@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@jk what sort of protein intake you getting?
I average around 100g a day, is a real battle to get the supposed 150g I should for my weight.
Right now I suspect around 150g but generally dont track.
I know when im trying to trim up I try get at least 200grams as I know that lower carb, higher protein and higher fat works for me
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@jk said in Building myself back up:
Any decent protein cake recipes? Iāve made a few protein mug cake type things in the past but always end up putting a scoop of ice cream on em.
Been making protein cookies lately as find these better to snack on while working at home
None that wouldn't make a Billy goat puke. The current one is just scoop of protein powder, baking powder, almonds and water. Microwave for about a minute and it's....ok.
The other one is the same but with gelatine and skim milk. It isn't so bad actually.
I got a good recipe for protein cookies from VPA. Will have to dig that out. Looked delicious but a fair bit of work.
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@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@jk fark, how do you 200g.
Most stuff I read says ~30g in a sitting is the most your body processes, but I've seen some dudes that have upto 100g in a sitting.
Yeah you really need regular eats right in order to get it in and most meals are going to be heavy protein and heavy on the leafy greens and colourful veges. Not a lot of fillers.
Used to have say 2-3 shakes (and it would be rare for me to have a single scoop - usually 1.5 or maybe 2), eggs every day (3-4 for brekky or 2-3 eggs and those liquid egg whites) and then would eat two or so meals at work that were chicken/fish/beef and veges. Dinner is usually whatever wife cooks and I often will make a mousse type thing with natural yoghurt and protein before bed.
Im not like that now. I eat pretty poorly at times which is why I havent seen abs for a fair while. Still pretty fit though, just may not look it.