Workkin' Out! - Page 35

monster · 08-05-2010, 01:49 PM

I've run every day this week. Started with only 7 minutes actual running in a 25 minute walk on Monday. Increased to 12 Tuesday and 16 yesterday and today. My right heel is torn apart from my new shoes, so I stop when the pain gets unpleasant. And I swam a half mile on Monday and Tuesday, mowed the lawn yesterday and plan to be off to the pool in a few minutes for another half mile today. Gained a couple of pounds

lumberjim · 08-05-2010, 03:19 PM

i crushed my abs yesterday. 4 planks, leg lift crunches, and kneeling cable crunches. I'm feeling it right now.

Undertoad · 08-07-2010, 01:06 PM

You get the blood moving and it engages the intestines.

Tulip · 08-07-2010, 01:56 PM

Thank you for the explanation, UT.

monster · 08-09-2010, 09:17 AM

Monster the running freak continues...

Ran 21 mins on Fri, swam half a mile thurs and fri, took the weekend off, thought it might be hard to get back into it because this week Hebe does not have 8am golf classes (I had developed a routine of readaing, drinking tea and eating a banana for the first half hour of her class then going fo a half hour run/walk), but I just ran for 25 minutes. I rock

lumberjim · 08-14-2010, 02:34 PM

yesterday, I burned 1670 calories at the gym... plus whatever i normally burn. I did 1050 in 65 minutes on the treadmill 8.5 incline at 3.8mph; weights for 30 minutes, and swam freestyle sprints for another 30....(10 trips back and forth in a 25m pool as fast as i can go with little flippers on) then huff and puff until I can breathe enough to go again....

today, the muscles along the sides of my spine, about halfway down my back are sore. Has to be from the swimming.

monster · 08-14-2010, 07:56 PM

Awesome.

But...

swimming is better for weight loss if you swim continuously as fast as you can without needing to stop. Also, quit with the fins. If swimming without assistance is too hard (?!) then grab a kickboard and do kick laps. Making the kick easier is doing nothing for you. If you need to make it easier, give the arms and the upper body a rest.

.... for a fit adult a freestyle 50 shoulld take around thirty seconds. ten of them is 5 minutes. you needed 25 minutes rest during that 30 minutes? Srsly? Not criticising, but trying to help. Swimming, I do know stuff about.

Sore halfway down the back? That's the fins, I reckon. When you rotate with the stroke, the fins are going to make your legs resist, causing your body to twist uncomfortably. Your upper torso should be rotating through almost 90 degrees with each stroke, your legs follow. If there is resistance, that's gonna hurt.

Swim aids are for training, not sprinting.

lumberjim · 08-14-2010, 08:03 PM

it takes me about 16 seconds to swim 25m freestyle as fast as i can go. turn and go back, and i am dying by the time i return. that's with the fins. I have to breathe for like 3 minutes in between. I wanted to swim because all of my cardio has been with my legs, and my pants dont fit anymore but i still have moobs. i have no wind in the pool. I'll keep at it. i'll try without the fins. I just like em, i guess.

monster · 08-14-2010, 08:58 PM

if you want to workout the arms and upper body, use a pull buoy and don't kick at all.

lumberjim · 08-17-2010, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

if you want to workout the arms and upper body, use a pull buoy and don't kick at all.

they have them at the gym.... i watched a youtube of a person using one.

Are you supposed to NOT kick at all then? or does it help the upper body some other way... the guy in this video kicks a bit.

monster · 08-14-2010, 08:56 PM

Slow down, ditch the fins. of course you like them. It's the McDonalds of the pool. Moobs? Do the breaststroke or fly. Or at least make sure you're body is tight as you swim freestyle and you're getting the correct rotation.

lumberjim · 08-17-2010, 12:32 PM

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I did 500 meters all together today of freestyle and 200 of breast/fly. my triceps are cooked.

Stormieweather · 08-17-2010, 01:35 PM

Grats on 36 pounds!!

You log at MFP, LJ? Shoot me a friend invite, if you want. Stormieweather is the name there too.

lumberjim · 08-17-2010, 01:44 PM

i don't know how to do that. I'm lumberjim there too, though...

Pooka · 09-01-2010, 01:16 PM

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I did 500 meters all together today of freestyle and 200 of breast/fly. my triceps are cooked.

You are totally kicking ass Jim!! Whooo hooo for you! Keep it up!

08-05-2010, 01:49 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I've run every day this week. Started with only 7 minutes actual running in a 25 minute walk on Monday. Increased to 12 Tuesday and 16 yesterday and today. My right heel is torn apart from my new shoes, so I stop when the pain gets unpleasant. And I swam a half mile on Monday and Tuesday, mowed the lawn yesterday and plan to be off to the pool in a few minutes for another half mile today. Gained a couple of pounds __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-05-2010, 03:19 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i crushed my abs yesterday. 4 planks, leg lift crunches, and kneeling cable crunches. I'm feeling it right now. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-09-2010, 09:17 AM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Monster the running freak continues... Ran 21 mins on Fri, swam half a mile thurs and fri, took the weekend off, thought it might be hard to get back into it because this week Hebe does not have 8am golf classes (I had developed a routine of readaing, drinking tea and eating a banana for the first half hour of her class then going fo a half hour run/walk), but I just ran for 25 minutes. I rock __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-14-2010, 02:34 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	yesterday, I burned 1670 calories at the gym... plus whatever i normally burn. I did 1050 in 65 minutes on the treadmill 8.5 incline at 3.8mph; weights for 30 minutes, and swam freestyle sprints for another 30....(10 trips back and forth in a 25m pool as fast as i can go with little flippers on) then huff and puff until I can breathe enough to go again.... today, the muscles along the sides of my spine, about halfway down my back are sore. Has to be from the swimming. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-14-2010, 07:56 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Awesome. But... swimming is better for weight loss if you swim continuously as fast as you can without needing to stop. Also, quit with the fins. If swimming without assistance is too hard (?!) then grab a kickboard and do kick laps. Making the kick easier is doing nothing for you. If you need to make it easier, give the arms and the upper body a rest. .... for a fit adult a freestyle 50 shoulld take around thirty seconds. ten of them is 5 minutes. you needed 25 minutes rest during that 30 minutes? Srsly? Not criticising, but trying to help. Swimming, I do know stuff about. Sore halfway down the back? That's the fins, I reckon. When you rotate with the stroke, the fins are going to make your legs resist, causing your body to twist uncomfortably. Your upper torso should be rotating through almost 90 degrees with each stroke, your legs follow. If there is resistance, that's gonna hurt. Swim aids are for training, not sprinting. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-07-2010, 01:06 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	You get the blood moving and it engages the intestines.

08-07-2010, 01:56 PM	#4
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	Thank you for the explanation, UT.

08-14-2010, 08:03 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	it takes me about 16 seconds to swim 25m freestyle as fast as i can go. turn and go back, and i am dying by the time i return. that's with the fins. I have to breathe for like 3 minutes in between. I wanted to swim because all of my cardio has been with my legs, and my pants dont fit anymore but i still have moobs. i have no wind in the pool. I'll keep at it. i'll try without the fins. I just like em, i guess. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-14-2010, 08:58 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	if you want to workout the arms and upper body, use a pull buoy and don't kick at all. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-14-2010, 08:56 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Slow down, ditch the fins. of course you like them. It's the McDonalds of the pool. Moobs? Do the breaststroke or fly. Or at least make sure you're body is tight as you swim freestyle and you're getting the correct rotation. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-17-2010, 12:32 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter I did 500 meters all together today of freestyle and 200 of breast/fly. my triceps are cooked. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-17-2010, 01:35 PM	#13
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Grats on 36 pounds!! You log at MFP, LJ? Shoot me a friend invite, if you want. Stormieweather is the name there too. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

08-17-2010, 01:44 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i don't know how to do that. I'm lumberjim there too, though... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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