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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2016 7:29:27 GMT -8
A number of years ago, I made some kits that me and an ex wife carried in our cars. The kits were stored in backpacks. The kits were for, living in LA, the quake has destroyed the highways and I gotta walk to our designated meet up place and it might take me more than one day to get there kind of thing. One day I took the kit for a walk aroud the block to discover that I was in no shape to carry the kit around the block much less cover the 28 miles from work to the meetup place. I began to take trips up to the Los Angeles forest and discovered the trail from Crystal Lake to Windy Gap. I found that there were deer and Mtn. Goats and bear and I wanted more.
I took the Sierra Club WTC to learn more about backpacking. The first day hike was a 15 mile round trip 4000 feet of gain kind of thing, where if I did not complete it, I'd be dropped from course and given my money back. I made it and my interest in backpacking went from there.
Jump to years later. no longer with that ex wife, and living in Idaho. My girl friend calls up to say she is bored. I told her take 2 rocks, one for each hand, walk 20 minutes down the road, and return home. Soon, I discovered I had to take up exercise just to keep up with her and a year later we began our backpacking experiences.
Last year, my goal was to maintain my endurance and increase my ability to lift weight. This year, I am going to maintain my weight lifting ability and increase my endurance.
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 3, 2016 18:08:37 GMT -8
It's good to have goals. Some do better working towards them if they are more defined. Some don't need that. Do you have any definition that surrounds what increasing your endurance would mean?
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 3, 2016 18:16:04 GMT -8
Since you put a goal out there, I will do goals as well, how about the rest of you?
- In late fall I did 10 miles at Shawnee State Forest and my feet hurt and I opted to not do as many miles the next day and also the next. A goal for 2016 is to do three 10 mile days at Shawnee State Forest if the campsites work out. If they don't I know that a 10-5-10 mile trip will.
- Also in late fall I have a 100 mile bike ride planned. The ride I'll be able to do as I've done it before but it was VERY painful. The training that I'll put in to make the 100 mile ride a non-event is the goal, the enjoyable ride is the reward. I will do the ride at a weight of 200 lbs as long as that does not put me below a health body fat percentage.
- I will exercise in the morning three days a week. Just so happens this starts tomorrow morning. I signed up for crossfit and that is of course different than my normal weight lifting (though weight lifting prepared me just a little) so I'll be crying about the activity here in this thread.
- When the weather breaks I will safely work my way to a 50 mile ride on my bike and do that once a week, supplemented with other rides. This will help prepare me for the 100 miler.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2016 18:51:09 GMT -8
It's good to have goals. Some do better working towards them if they are more defined. Some don't need that. Do you have any definition that surrounds what increasing your endurance would mean? In 2014 I set a goal of being able to do 10 mile a day backpacks. Last year, 2015, I did several 5+ day backpacks of 10+ miles per day. Last year, I did weights on one day and some aerobic activity on another day. This year, I plan on doing weights and arobics on the same day. Today, I did weights on the cable cross and in between exercises I did the versa climber, instead of resting. I was able to work through 3/4s of my cable cross routine. I hope, when the spring gets here to do a weight routine and then, later in the day, do a run up a hill. I am not wanting to increase my backpacking daily milage, at this time. I am looking to feel better, physically, at the end of the day of backpacking. I did 'see' myself feeling better at the end of a day of backpacking (2015), after most of the season was near over. I do not want to have to go through most of the 2016 season to reach that point. Thus, my goal of increasing my endurance.
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Post by rwtb123 on Jan 4, 2016 4:35:01 GMT -8
Since you put a goal out there, I will do goals as well, how about the rest of you? Increasing muscle,strength and endurance while reducing bodyfat...
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 4, 2016 5:24:38 GMT -8
Today was my first day of crossfit. It's not a "New Years" thing but more of "It's time to add in a morning activity" thing. I could have started in mid-December but there were too many cookies to eat, and too little time to eat them.
Today was about assessment and form. The trainer worked with me to see where I was at, using some body weight exercises with the exception being using a pvc bar to mimic an actual olympic bar. I did well with form with some corrections needed and I was both happy and sad that I got tired so quickly. Happy because I know it is will end up helping my fitness and sad that I was THAT far out of shape.
For a few weeks I am going to do very little weight training in the gym I have been going to. I don't want to overdo it initially. I will go today for a few targeted workout (imbalances) because my assessment didn't hit those parts hard enough. Over the course of the next few weeks as I get into the crossfit workouts more that will ebb and flow. I will communicate with the crossfit people and lean on their advice for this. I don't see stopping my normal gym workouts as I do enjoy them but I will have to find a balance that helps me achieve my goals while enjoying things enough to keep going.
To add something to the mix to get to overload, which is my tendencies, I will be back on the bike both trainer during cold months as well as on the paths when it warms up. Not sure how I will balance three activities and still be a productive human but we shall see.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jan 4, 2016 6:10:16 GMT -8
Still not 100% after my recent sickness, but good enough to get out for some light exercise. I have noticed, however, how easily I get winded (relative to pre-sickness). I started a 30 day push-up and plank challenge with my daughter. My New Year's resolution is the same as the past 3 years... to dunk a tennis ball. An ambitious goal for a 5'8" 45-year-old. But I used to be able to dunk volleyballs in my younger years, so it's plausible. It will also require me to meet other interim goals such as losing weight, gaining flexibility, etc. Goal got sidetracked by several nagging injuries the past couple of years, but I'm starting this year feeling strong. Now that we have a bit of snow and the tick threat is gone, I've been doing some local bushwhacking. Went with my kids the other day:
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jan 4, 2016 8:20:52 GMT -8
Today was my first day of crossfit I won't formally be doing Crossfit, but one of my goals this year is to complete Murph.
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 4, 2016 8:28:44 GMT -8
I won't formally be doing Crossfit, but one of my goals this year is to complete Murph. I know a bunch of workouts have names and I assume that is one of them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2016 8:43:48 GMT -8
I won't formally be doing Crossfit, but one of my goals this year is to complete Murph. I know a bunch of workouts have names and I assume that is one of them. Crossfit Murph. My wife has been doing Cossfit for the last 2+ years. We lend the local Crossit our weighted vest for the Murph.
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Post by rwtb123 on Jan 4, 2016 9:49:50 GMT -8
28th Rest 29th Rest 30th Shoulders(light arms,legs)-standing barbell press 31st Arms-standing barbell curls/close-grip bench 1st Hamstrings-romanian dl 2nd Back-barbell rows 3rd Chest-flat bench 4th Quads-squats
Took 8 days to get through this cycle as the first two were rest from all the cycling plus weight training I did last week.No real cycling or walking this week.I did a 6 on 6 way split this week as detailed above with the compound exercises done for each bodypart listed as well.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jan 4, 2016 9:58:08 GMT -8
I know a bunch of workouts have names and I assume that is one of them. "Murph" For time: 1 mile Run 100 Pull-ups 200 Push-ups 300 Squats 1 mile Run
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Post by zeke on Jan 4, 2016 10:27:55 GMT -8
I am climbing stairs, 100 flights, 3 days a week. Planking on my elbows 3 minutes, once a day. doing as many pushups as this old man can manage during any commercial while watching TV. (It turns out, not many) I am still riding my bike 50 miles 2x a week. By Spring time, I think I will be ready for hiking in terrain that rolls. I will know more after Scotland in May.
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Post by wondermonkey on Jan 5, 2016 7:23:07 GMT -8
Today was my first day of crossfit. It's not a "New Years" thing but more of "It's time to add in a morning activity" thing. I could have started in mid-December but there were too many cookies to eat, and too little time to eat them. Update: I am certainly sore today. I could feel it tighten up last night and it will no doubt be even sorer tomorrow. I'm going to do it again after work to get the blood flowing. The good news is that I expected and wanted to be sore. If it wasn't like this then it would have done no good. I'm not sore to the point of be debilitated (I've been there before) but rather sore "just right".
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Post by rwtb123 on Jan 5, 2016 8:27:14 GMT -8
The good soreness is probably "doms" delayed onset muscle soreness and an indicator you have effectively trained the muscle.It is common starting a routine where you make good gains but gets less common later in training as it gets harder to continue your initial gains.
But,I have heard of frequent injuries with crossfit from pushing past where you should due to peer pressure so be sure to heed any body signals you are pushing past good soreness...
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