The Running/Keeping Fit Thread

[Alex]

It does by Volume. But that article is talking in the literal sense.

[Phoenix07]

I've started a reverse diet and having my big meal at lunch and my lighter food in the evening.

Lost 3 pounds in two weeks and now bang on 10 stone.

[Red_hot]

Tonight I start at a running club! Nervous.

[Rowan]

Tonight I start at a running club! Nervous.

From experience everytime I've run with a club I've found them to be great. Most have a few groups so there are always people of comparable ability for you to head out with. Plus, while there are always going to be a few ultra competitive nuts, most people there are lovely, happy, shiny and welcoming people. Must be all the endorphins

[the rev leeroy brown]

From experience everytime I've run with a club I've found them to be great. Most have a few groups so there are always people of comparable ability for you to head out with. Plus, while there are always going to be a few ultra competitive nuts, most people there are lovely, happy, shiny and welcoming people. Must be all the endorphins

its been a year since i last ran with a club but its defo the route i'll be going down with my rehab when i start back. havent met a single person yet who wasnt welcoming (granted there are a few overly competitive runners who dont have much to do with u but they always acknowledged me) when runnign with club runners. only downside is getting passed by people who are twice your age at least!!

[Neil Young]

From experience everytime I've run with a club I've found them to be great. Most have a few groups so there are always people of comparable ability for you to head out with. Plus, while there are always going to be a few ultra competitive nuts, most people there are lovely, happy, shiny and welcoming people. Must be all the endorphins

Talking of which, if you spot any, Red_hot, be sure to let Matt know.

[Red_hot]

Oh good I'm glad people have positive experiences! Feel a bit better now.

[Red_hot]

Talking of which, if you spot any, Red_hot, be sure to let Matt know.

[Red_hot]

Did my first 6 mile run last night! Am well proud of myself. When I think that when I started back in Feb I couldn't even run a minute without getting out of breath!

[Assassin]

Did my first 6 mile run last night! Am well proud of myself. When I think that when I started back in Feb I couldn't even run a minute without getting out of breath!

Well done

Have you suffered from joggers nipple?

[kris90210]

I don't believe you

Quite plausible mate. I'm a slim guy and I use a 20kg kettle bell. Could be that you're using them wrong or maybe just differently. You should be using several muscle groups as well as momentum while you're using it. 20kg isn't that heavy really, especially if you're using two hands as well.

Fao reece: Regarding cardio fitness. You can work your cardio doing any exercise using interval training. I posted a few videos earlier in this thread. You can get a good, balanced workout just using your bodyweight. A kettlebell will give you an added dimension. Might be worth you booking a private session with a pt who can give you a routine to follow and make sure your form is correct. Plus, assuming they had kettlebells, you could try out some different weights. Be very careful doing kettlebell stuff without instruction. It's easy to hurt yourself if you do it wrong.

[Assassin]

TBH, I weighed myself on day 2 and had actually put on weight.

The scales were dodgy though and when I had weighed myself before the diet at home it was the lightest reading I've ever got, so I knew they probably weren't accurate (plus I was pretty dehydrated from my final booze session). I'm usually 64kgs fully clothed on gym scales, so gonna wait a week first to check them. Don't expect or need to lose that much weight TBH, just a bit of body fat.

Not sure how quickly I'm expected to drop weight, reports vary. One said that it's common to lose about only 2kgs in first week, but that's purely water, and then the real weight loss begins. I'll be happy if I get below 60kg with no effort as I once busted my balls going to gym every day (twice most days) and eating well for a bout 4 months to drop only 1kg to 63. I then did the reverse and drank every day with little to no exercise for about 4 months and only gained 2kg.

The first week doing low carb I lost 6.5 kgs. I went on to lose 23 kgs in total.
That was a couple of years ago and I have maintained my weight since

[Neil Young]

Did my first 6 mile run last night! Am well proud of myself. When I think that when I started back in Feb I couldn't even run a minute without getting out of breath!

Excellent!

By the way I just saw this on the Guardian site:

In pictures

Red hot images

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/lond...-2012-pictures

Is this you?

[Chazza]

Quite plausible mate. I'm a slim guy and I use a 20kg kettle bell. Could be that you're using them wrong or maybe just differently. You should be using several muscle groups as well as momentum while you're using it. 20kg isn't that heavy really, especially if you're using two hands as well.

Fao reece: Regarding cardio fitness. You can work your cardio doing any exercise using interval training. I posted a few videos earlier in this thread. You can get a good, balanced workout just using your bodyweight. A kettlebell will give you an added dimension. Might be worth you booking a private session with a pt who can give you a routine to follow and make sure your form is correct. Plus, assuming they had kettlebells, you could try out some different weights. Be very careful doing kettlebell stuff without instruction. It's easy to hurt yourself if you do it wrong.

Well said my old fruit

[RedReet]

The first week doing low carb I lost 6.5 kgs. I went on to lose 23 kgs in total.
That was a couple of years ago and I have maintained my weight since

**** me, fair play to you.

I'm planning on weighing myself tomorrow but am not too optimistic. Got dragged to the bar yesterday for a 50th birthday and although I only had a few vodkas with diet coke, I ate like a cunt when I got home.

Still find the diet quite easy though and probably feel better on it than my normal diet, so could actually continue it for as long as I wanted, if I always had the time to prepare my food.

More realistically I'm considering making non gym days no carb days. How did you keep the weight off afterwards, I assume you didn't go completely back to your previous eating routine that gained you the 23kgs?