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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 11:58:05 GMT -8
I really need to start some resistance training...... I'm thinking I'll buy some cheap weights after we get back from Newfoundland in April. You can start with a few gallon milk jugs. You can put water in them to desired weight and increase water/weight till you get used to them.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 17, 2017 8:55:06 GMT -8
Now I gone and done it. I was doing side planks during a P90X workout last night, and injured my shoulder (the other one). I could feel pressure and a burning sensation in my shoulder while I was doing the planks, but I just pushed through. After I was done, it really hurt and I couldn't lift my elbow past shoulder height. Today, it's like I have a T-rex arm. Feels like there is a "catch". If I keep raising my arm past the catch, it is OK again. So it is normal when hanging down, normal when overhead, but useless anywhere near shoulder height.
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Post by rwtb123 on Mar 18, 2017 2:00:58 GMT -8
-Week beginning Saturday,March,18th- 18th-(morning)43 mile bike ride, 1 mile walk 19th-(midday)chest/light arms,traps,neck,abs 20th-(morning)yard work 21st-rest 22nd-(am)shoulders/arms/light chest,traps,neck,abs 23rd-(pm)legs/light chest,back,arms,traps,neck 24th-(pm)back/light chest,traps,neck
-Notes- -My bike rides are getting easier but it is getting more difficult transitioning back to weight training.I am requiring quite a bit of rest to recover and suspect some of my intermediate fibers may be taking on more endurance characteristics rather than fast-twitch.These are fast-twitch fibers with more mitochondria so take on more of the characteristics of how they are trained.In any event after a prolonged warmup I did extensively blast my upper chest/traps/neck tie in areas effectively.I do think that genetically I have more than average red slow-twitch muscle fibers which gives me good endurance capability if I train that way.And affects how I weight train to target the red fibers with volume while still training the fast-twitch for speed/strength... -I have been swimming in the ocean the last few bike rides and feel the salt water therapy is helping keep my joints loose in particular I think it is helping my sore shoulder which I think is just tight now.After a few backstrokes I can now gingerly lift my upper arm above shoulder level... -I have been distracted for a day or two and don't like to train unless I am able to fully focus so have taken some time off which in the grand scheme of things is not really a problem at all... -I have broken a sweat in my workout so have transitioned from my anabolic kickstart of columbian coffee with too much cream,beet and ashwaghanda root powders to a citrus infused rooted up iced white tea... -If I didn't like the gym and rest of the set up at my present home I would consider putting it on the market now that the "dumb money"russians are again buying u.s. real estate a sure sign of a market starting to get toppy... -After having warmed and loosened up the entire body including adding in body weight lunges for the first time in ages,I have kickstarted into a whole different level of mental and physical focus with romanian deadlifts.My lower back and elbow started to get tight on the heavy deadlifts so I progressed to heavy squats for doubles and triples increasing the weight when I could work up to 4-5 reps.Last leg workout I continued in this fashion for hours until I felt a slight tweak in my knee so this time I have backed off a few plates and am now banging out 10 sets of 10... -I got a burn in my inner thighs during the volume squatting due to being able to take a wider stance with the toes pointed outward indicating the lunges and wider stance squatting had effectively shaken things up.Sure enough this evening my legs had a slight doms like feeling enough that I ended up not doing a walk.Instead I am doing a lot of stretching and with blood flow from the rest of the workout they will be ready for cycling this weekend... -I lack the finesse to be a exceptional paddler.A few years ago l did practice at it almost every day for a few months until I got good but still much preferred rainy,windy rough water where I could challenge myself using brute strength.So I guess it's no surprise these days I prefer rowing in the gym with heavy resistance... -I am doing 8 sets of 8 conventional deadlifts modified giant-setted with various exercises which I am rotating on a whim(or more precisely what I feel needs work or I feel like working on at that particular point in time)... -I was craving a 10 year aged raw cheese but all I have now is a blueberry cheddar however luckily it has been in the refrigerator long enough to have fermented into a blueberry blue cheddar... -7 day cycle w/1 mile walking and 43 miles cycling.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2017 11:06:41 GMT -8
19 Mar 2017, Week of:
Sun: 3 mile outside run, as per GPS +/- 17 ft. error WPS Tue: Cablecross workout. Wed. Landmine workout. Thur: Golf Course run.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 20, 2017 3:26:04 GMT -8
Friday night I got the shoulder to pop back in socket. Still a bit sore, and sometimes it slips slightly out of socket, but I have full range of motion and it's feeling better every day. Hopefully I can begin lifting, etc. with it next week.
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Post by msdoolittle on Mar 21, 2017 8:23:17 GMT -8
I can feel myself burning out. I haven't brought it up to my husband. The fact that I want to do the Bryce Canyon Half is just barely keeping me going, but what after that? I don't have anyone here to run with regularly. I'm finding it difficult to stay motivated. I think I'll get through June and see where I go from there. Last week was a rough week. I spent the week preparing to go camping with the dogs and husband and didn't manage to run at all after my 5.5 mile run on Monday. I ran on Saturday out in the Fruita Desert, only 2 miles. Sadly, I haven't run since. I'll get going again tomorrow and do a 3 mile run, and then run another 5.5 on Sunday if the weather holds. I need to start incorporating some elevation, so need to find time to get a hike of Mt Sanitas (a 3 mile loop with some pretty decent elevation change) at least a couple times a week. I think my issue is time.... My first 10k is scheduled for April 15. I get home from Newfoundland on the 11th, so I'm hoping I'm ready for it after a weekend of gluttony. I did get a free registration for the Bolder Boulder over Memorial Day weekend, also a 10k. I'll be doing that through work.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 8:58:32 GMT -8
I can feel myself burning out. I haven't brought it up to my husband. The fact that I want to do the Bryce Canyon Half is just barely keeping me going, but what after that? bpbasecamp.freeforums.net/post/76810
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Post by msdoolittle on Mar 21, 2017 9:43:49 GMT -8
I can feel myself burning out. I haven't brought it up to my husband. The fact that I want to do the Bryce Canyon Half is just barely keeping me going, but what after that? bpbasecamp.freeforums.net/post/76810Touché
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 11:12:18 GMT -8
There is a fellow at the gym who wears a "Never Give Up" shirt. When I see the shirt, I think about backpacking. How, when I am 2 miles from the car, it is not time to say to myself 'OK, this is it I am done', take my pack off and sit down. I got to finish walking those 2 miles. So, that is why I put up that video of Dori and the Keep On Swimming song.
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Post by msdoolittle on Mar 21, 2017 12:45:32 GMT -8
There is a fellow at the gym who wears a "Never Give Up" shirt. When I see the shirt, I think about backpacking. How, when I am 2 miles from the car, it is not time to say to myself 'OK, this is it I am done', take my pack off and sit down. I got to finish walking those 2 miles. So, that is why I put up that video of Dori and the Keep On Swiming song. Very well put. Sometimes I guess we all need to be reminded.
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Post by rwtb123 on Mar 25, 2017 19:07:27 GMT -8
-Week beginning Saturday,March,25th- 25th-(pm)chest/light arms,traps,neck 26th-(evening)yard work,7.5 mile bike ride (pm)shoulders/arms/light chest,traps,neck,abs 27th-(pm)legs/light chest,traps,neck 28th-(pm)back/light traps,neck
-Notes- -I got in the gym just in time for the early bird special...seriously I'm on an aggressive schedule of getting into the gym after 11pm and counting it as training that day even though my last workout lasted until 8am the next day.So tonight was slow going until I got sufficiently warmed up and now I'm glad I pushed through the initial fatigue/lack of focus... -With my schedule this week and no one complaining about being senile, I was slow to gain focus this workout.But with tribulus and heavy squats I am definitely focused now probably due to increased hormone secretion.I did the squats for triples with a lot of rest (and occasional decline bench leg curls)to maximize T production and now am backing off for sets of 8-10 with less rest to maximize GH production and finally stopping only because of the first hint of my knee starting to protest... -When training keep in mind different muscle groups have different muscle fiber makeup requiring different training techniques for optimal development.Generally you have red fiber endurance muscles such as the calves,white fiber speed muscles such as hamstrings and large mixed fiber muscles such as the quadriceps.You have to then factor in your own genetics as say elite endurance athletes will have a much larger than average red fiber makeup while the best speed athletes will have more than average white fibers and the best bodybuilders will have long,full muscle bellies,etc.So if I warmup for several hours by blasting red fiber traps and neck with heavy weight and volume they can take it and thrive and still be ready for more of the same the next day... -As the week started I was struggling with an aggressive schedule wondering when I would have to lose a day to rest by calling a 11:30 pm start the next am so I could rest that next pm.Instead I am about to finish the week with a 4 on schedule and ready to get back in the gym well before 11:30pm... -False alarm,after the coffee wore off I realized I could use another hour's rest.So after wasting even more time after that relaxing I am about ready to start training just after 11:45pm.I will refrain from speculating about what I might do tomorrow... -I buy my root,bark,herb,spice supplements by the lb or kg at low prices on the internet often at my offer price. So while I can(and did) add grams of beet root or ashwaghanda to my coffee, the tribulus is standardized to an 85% saponin content so I have to be careful as otherwise it makes the tea too harsh fast.And yes I know it doesn't directly increase testosterone as some claim but it is effective as a workout supplement if I remember correctly by increasing blood flow and nitric oxide.There is a reason Bulgarian powerlifters swear by it and it definitely works for me cycled like most of my other supplements... -The deadlifts were starting to get heavy where they can be taxing as I was so warmed up(after 2 1/2 hours of upper body endurance work) that after stretching out the lats with pulldowns I went straight to heavy deadlifts.So after re-establishing blood flow to the brain with more upper body endurance work(cable neck work and barbell shrugs) I am adding more moderate deadlifts back in again as giant or supersets and slowly increasing the weights of all the exercises(and no more sitting as it's a regular tea party again)... -Yes I'm still at it over 5 hours after starting and yes the sets are becoming more modified but that's alright as it allows me more time to stay in non-stop motion between sets.As you can probably guess my workouts are more like golden era Venice Beach dungeon bomber sessions than hit training as popularized by Mike Mentzer... -OK that's it.After 6 hours I have lost focus sufficiently that experience tells me I need to stop and start recovering ... -4 day cycle w/0 miles walking and 7.5 miles cycling
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 9:32:21 GMT -8
Week-o-March 26th:
Sun: Golf course run. Tue: 1/2 cablecross workout (single handle) Wed: Golf course run and Landmine workout. Fri: 1.5 mile run other 1/2 of cablecross workout. Sat: Golf course run.
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Post by msdoolittle on Mar 27, 2017 6:59:14 GMT -8
Wednesday ~ 3.6 mile run Saturday ~ 14 mile mountain bike loop around Marshall Mesa
My race is April 15th and I'm traveling to Newfoundland April 6th and home on the 11th. I should be ready. I plan on getting a run in while in Newfoundland. Hopefully the weather is good during our visit....
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 28, 2017 10:04:01 GMT -8
getting into the gym after 11pm and counting it as training that day even though my last workout lasted until 8am the next day What are you doing in the gym for 9 hours?!?!?
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Post by rwtb123 on Mar 28, 2017 12:16:13 GMT -8
I own the gym so I can...
(For an idea of my routines, in the past I have posted more details but unless you have my genetics I would do what works for you not me)
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