The Official Exercise/Fitness Thread v. Run Forest, Run!

[cramx3]

My forearm strength sucks. 

You can work on that at pornhub.com 

But seriously, this is all relative, you are in much better strength condition than I am so when you say your strength sucks, I have a hard time feeling bad for you.  My strength is what sucks 

Huh, I must have gotten into the wrong thread. Anyone know where the exercise thread is?

I figured this thread could also be the dietary discussion thread since it ties in with fitness... fitness burger in my mouth

Yup, I think this thread has covered lots of healthy eating as well.  Orange chicken... not so healthy though especially if you fry the chicken.

Pre-made frozen veg mixes are also great, they did all the prep for you, you just gotta follow the instructions.

Yup, I mostly go the frozen veggie route which is what I did last night, an asian veggie medley I bought and it was already lightly seasoned so it was super quick and easy plus tasted good.  Frozen veggies maintain their nutrients better than canned so if you can't go fresh (as a single dude, it's tough to keep up with fresh food without it going bad or constantly going to the store) this is the next best IMO.

Also, here's my dinner:

Sweet potatoes I love but I know nothing about preparing them.

Simple, just throw it in the over (or microwave).  I've been eating them lately, bake for 40 minutes or so and it just oozes out of the skin and since it's already sweet, I don't feel the need to add anything else to it although butter or brown sugar would make it better.

[wolfking]

I'm generally a veggies raw guy.  Cooking vegies generally ruins the texture and taste for me.  The only exceptions i make are peas and corn.

Hardcore.  I need a bit of heat through them to soften them.  My stomach doesn't like them raw.

[wolfking]

Did my month 2 fitness challenge yesterday.  Not a lot of progress or reduction in time (virtually flat), but damn it's a brutal workout):

240 jump squats (half range)
160 spider-man pushups
260 running luges (each lunge = 1)
140 horizontal pullups

Total exericise time was just over 22 mins; total workout was about 36 minutes.

My forearm strength sucks.  I think my back could handle more pullups, but my arms can't.

That's a high volume workout.  140 pullups, nothing wrong with that mate.

[jingle.boy]

Did my month 2 fitness challenge yesterday.  Not a lot of progress or reduction in time (virtually flat), but damn it's a brutal workout):

240 jump squats (half range)
160 spider-man pushups
260 running luges (each lunge = 1)
140 horizontal pullups

Total exericise time was just over 22 mins; total workout was about 36 minutes.

My forearm strength sucks.  I think my back could handle more pullups, but my arms can't.

That's a high volume workout.  140 pullups, nothing wrong with that mate.

Horizontal pullups

[wolfking]

Oh.....still killer mate.  Well done.

[wolfking]

Running is still improving.  Did a 4km outdoors in 20:10 on the weekend.  It was a solid run.  My best time for the lap of the outside area I normally go.  Trying to time myself with various distances just so I'm not getting into a routine or getting too comfortable.  The weight is just falling off me though. 

[Northern Lion]

Running is still improving.  Did a 4km outdoors in 20:10 on the weekend.  It was a solid run.  My best time for the lap of the outside area I normally go.  Trying to time myself with various distances just so I'm not getting into a routine or getting too comfortable.  The weight is just falling off me though.

Very awesome to hear man!

Now that things are loosening up a little in my state, I started going running again this past week.  I need to build up doing a mile again, but I still didn't do too bad.  And I've added 15 pushups a day with it.

But my son is doing 40 pushups a day and making his old man look bad  .

[wolfking]

Running is still improving.  Did a 4km outdoors in 20:10 on the weekend.  It was a solid run.  My best time for the lap of the outside area I normally go.  Trying to time myself with various distances just so I'm not getting into a routine or getting too comfortable.  The weight is just falling off me though.

Very awesome to hear man!

Now that things are loosening up a little in my state, I started going running again this past week.  I need to build up doing a mile again, but I still didn't do too bad.  And I've added 15 pushups a day with it.

But my son is doing 40 pushups a day and making his old man look bad  .

That's awesome that you were able to go straight back into it mate, and that you had the motivation to get right back out there as soon as you could.  A lot of people wouldn't.  It shouldn't take you long to get to the place you were at. 

Pushups are a great exercise too.  Like anything, the more you do them, the easier they become.  Keep doing them mate.

[ReaperKK]

I've been doing well with the at home workouts until yesterday where I pulled or strained a muscle in my chest. I felt it the moment it happened and now depending on how I love my arm I get a deep ache in my chest.

[Podaar]

...depending on how I love my arm I get a deep ache in my chest.

I've had the same problem since I turned thirteen--45 years ago. 

[cramx3]

 

it looks like I put on a couple pounds from all that good eating at night.  I got to be more conscious of how much I eat, my workouts have still been pretty good overall though.

[wolfking]

I've been doing well with the at home workouts until yesterday where I pulled or strained a muscle in my chest. I felt it the moment it happened and now depending on how I love my arm I get a deep ache in my chest.

Sounds like maybe a rib cartalige injury?  I've done that I think 3 times over the years training.  Takes weeks to heal.

[The Walrus]

Whenever I recover from this illness+withdrawal, I'm going to run like I've never run before. My summer nights and weekends will be out on the track or in the countryside. No more smoke whatsoever means I can get my lungs back. I can't wait...

[jingle.boy]

Whenever I recover from this illness+withdrawal, I'm going to run like I've never run before. My summer nights and weekends will be out on the track or in the countryside. No more smoke whatsoever means I can get my lungs back. I can't wait...

 

Kay... Hope you heal quicker than Kade is suggesting. It really sucks when you’re mentally ‘there’ to be consistent and committed and disciplined with a routine, he. Your body say “nuh uh”

[wolfking]

Whenever I recover from this illness+withdrawal, I'm going to run like I've never run before. My summer nights and weekends will be out on the track or in the countryside. No more smoke whatsoever means I can get my lungs back. I can't wait...

 

Kay... Hope you heal quicker than Kade is suggesting. It really sucks when you’re mentally ‘there’ to be consistent and committed and disciplined with a routine, he. Your body say “nuh uh”

Just a stab in the dark but injuries in that area are so annoying because it's hard to work around.  So many other movements and exercises involve it in some way and csuse pain.

[jingle.boy]

So, I'm gonna try Schecter's triple-threat 'death-by' tomorrow morning

Pullups  - I hope I get to 6 or 7.  It's been a couple of months since I've done any complete pullups, so I don't know what my capacity is going to be.
Pushups - I'm gonna go up by increments of 2.  Goal of 20 maybe?  That would be 110 pushups in 10 minutes.
Squats - I'll go in increments of 4.I figure I can do speed squats at 1/sec, so I'm gonna go for 44... maybe 48.

If I don't post here for a couple days, you know why.

[SchecterShredder]

The squats become brutal by 30. In the 40s you're basically squatting non stop as fast as you can. Make sure you're not doing this in a basement. If you hit 48 you won't be able to get yourself up a staircase.

I look forward to hearing how it goes. It floored me

[jingle.boy]

Well, this is a problem - my workout area is indeed in the basement. 

Couple of hours until I hit this.

[wolfking]

The squats become brutal by 30. In the 40s you're basically squatting non stop as fast as you can. Make sure you're not doing this in a basement. If you hit 48 you won't be able to get yourself up a staircase.

I look forward to hearing how it goes. It floored me

This is where I'd struggle, squats.  Just always been really shit at them.

[ReaperKK]

I've been doing well with the at home workouts until yesterday where I pulled or strained a muscle in my chest. I felt it the moment it happened and now depending on how I love my arm I get a deep ache in my chest.

Sounds like maybe a rib cartalige injury?  I've done that I think 3 times over the years training.  Takes weeks to heal.

I can already tell it's going to be a tough one to heal. I actually felt better yesterday but I got the hiccups and now it's much, much worse.

[jingle.boy]

Just finished. I was fairly accurate with my targets - made it to 7 Pull-ups; 18 push-ups; 40 squats. Finished in 27 minutes. Bear in mind I did the pushups in increments of 2, and the squats x 4s - so only 9 and 10 rounds respectively. By the 20 mark with squats, my HR was already sustained over 150, and the last round I started at 165. I’m gassed. I can already feel it in my glutes.

I ought to be able to make it upstairs though.

[The Walrus]

Reaper, I hope you feel better soon. That sounds horrible.

I've definitely lost weight over the last couple weeks, especially since going sober. Appetite is fluctuating wildly, I'm ALWAYS hungry but sometimes I can eat ravenously and other times I can't eat much. Drinking water like a camel, and I'm tired aaall day long. I can see my ribs when I raise my arms. Picked up a bunch of cookbooks, going to try my hand at stuffed pasta shells tonight. Chicken, corn, and potatoes if that fails.

Gonna go on a long walk in a few to get some fresh air and wake up.

[The Walrus]

Okay... wow. Tonight was the best I've felt in weeks. Totally clear head and lucid. Cooked a killer dinner, skipped the pasta and went hard on some beef and broccoli and a twice baked potato. Almost 3 hours of walking; 16k steps, although I was going for 18k (300% of the recommended 6k by my Samsung Health app, although I try to get at least 10k every time I go out).

Feels good, man. 

[jjrock88]

Great job 

[wolfking]

I've been doing well with the at home workouts until yesterday where I pulled or strained a muscle in my chest. I felt it the moment it happened and now depending on how I love my arm I get a deep ache in my chest.

Sounds like maybe a rib cartalige injury?  I've done that I think 3 times over the years training.  Takes weeks to heal.

I can already tell it's going to be a tough one to heal. I actually felt better yesterday but I got the hiccups and now it's much, much worse.

Definitely sounds like a rib issue potentially mate?  Symptoms of hiccups and especailly coughing causing terrible pain, and then it lingers.  ice the crap out of it mate and unfortunately, time is what is needed.

[wolfking]

Okay... wow. Tonight was the best I've felt in weeks. Totally clear head and lucid. Cooked a killer dinner, skipped the pasta and went hard on some beef and broccoli and a twice baked potato. Almost 3 hours of walking; 16k steps, although I was going for 18k (300% of the recommended 6k by my Samsung Health app, although I try to get at least 10k every time I go out).

Feels good, man. 

Good to hear mate.

[wolfking]

10km run today.  Was a slow time but was going for distance as I knew I wasn't breaking any records, sore as hell before I even started.  Body telling me just to rest a little I think.

[wolfking]

Just finished. I was fairly accurate with my targets - made it to 7 Pull-ups; 18 push-ups; 40 squats. Finished in 27 minutes. Bear in mind I did the pushups in increments of 2, and the squats x 4s - so only 9 and 10 rounds respectively. By the 20 mark with squats, my HR was already sustained over 150, and the last round I started at 165. I’m gassed. I can already feel it in my glutes.

I ought to be able to make it upstairs though.

Good effort Chad!

[The Walrus]

Quitting smoking is weird. I wasn't a cigarette smoker, but a hardcore weed smoker for 8 years, including countless amounts of blunts (tobacco leaf wraps with weed in them). I'm sure that's wreaked havoc on my lungs. Case in point, the last 2 weeks sober, I've had a noticeable increase in shortness of breath. I guess that's just my lungs recovering. Yesterday was pretty bad, but I didn't sleep well the night before so that surely didn't help.

Regardless, still getting out there and doing my 10,000+ steps (although I've set my goal to 15k daily). Trying to recharge my running batteries out at the high school track - run the straight lengths, walk the curves. Going to do this until I can do a full lap, then two laps, then three, and eventually a mile.

I also bought mangoes last night for some reason. I screwed up cutting the first one. I don't think it was ripe. Oops.

[jingle.boy]

This is awesome Mike!  Good on ya.  Hope you stick with it, and permanently kick the habit.  Replace it with a new vice - music and exercise!   

[The Walrus]

This is awesome Mike!  Good on ya.  Hope you stick with it, and permanently kick the habit.  Replace it with a new vice - music and exercise!   

That's it exactly. Every day now I plan what I'm going to listen to out on the track since my earbuds now let me listen to 8+ hours in a single sitting. I'm drinking freaking carrot juice now, too. Going to try to accomplish a full lap today, if I can - got a lot of built up energy. Wish me luck.

[cramx3]

Good luck and keep it up 

[wolfking]

This is awesome Mike!  Good on ya.  Hope you stick with it, and permanently kick the habit.  Replace it with a new vice - music and exercise!   

That's it exactly. Every day now I plan what I'm going to listen to out on the track since my earbuds now let me listen to 8+ hours in a single sitting. I'm drinking freaking carrot juice now, too. Going to try to accomplish a full lap today, if I can - got a lot of built up energy. Wish me luck.

One step at a time mate and you'll get there.  Definitely make sure you kick the smoking habit for good too mate.  Well done.

[The Walrus]

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Way too cocky - I was able to get half a lap at best, but I did more running than any other day yet and still got 10k in despite the cold. Cooked a delicious dinner. Hot shower and bed is calling, going to get back to a book between the two. I've got a real positive outlook on sobriety and I'm looking forward to the summer.

[wolfking]

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Way too cocky - I was able to get half a lap at best, but I did more running than any other day yet and still got 10k in despite the cold. Cooked a delicious dinner. Hot shower and bed is calling, going to get back to a book between the two. I've got a real positive outlook on sobriety and I'm looking forward to the summer.

That's the key.  I was a non runner, couldn't even do a couple of hunderd metres to now going semi long distances.  The main thing I had was the determination to get better and made sure everyday I improved just a little bit.  Baby steps.