The Running/Keeping Fit Thread

[Chilts33]

Reverse Pyramids (3 sets of one exercise with the highest weight/lowest reps first, dropping the weight by no more than 15% and increasing the reps with little or no rest) have been absolutely brilliant for me!

[Fosterbloke]

I'm starting simple by doing 12 core body exercises every other day. I want to be stronger on the bike after eating far too much crap for the last 5 months and not riding my bike once.

Plus I want a new mountain bike to take advantage of the masses of new trails built near me! I'm a bit of a fat ******* now and even my 3.5 year old can lap me in the pool (then again he's a pretty talented swimmer).

[Roboklopp]

Well I've made 3 seshs in my 2 week hols & it's safe to say all of them hurt a disproportional amount. Dunno why I had the break in the first place going back is so hard...

[Subby]

I started back to teh gym on Friday there after the xmas binge, only put on 5 pounds overall so happy enough given what I ate over xmas

13 stone 4

[Fierce]

I went to Vegas in October & ever since then I have pigged out with little or no exercise. I went from 15st (which was all 6'2 of me looking good, albeit with room for improvement) to 16.6st when weighed yesterday!!!! ****.

Plus in the middle of that massive pig out I hurt my l5s1 disk again.

That was pretty much the incentive I needed to hit the exercise/healthy eating again so from today I do 90 mins cardio, 30 mins strength 6 days from 7 until I hit 14st dead.

Should be sometime around end of March I reckon.

The early morning session this morning, which was also my forst day back in after Xmas, nearly killed me!

Just finished the evening one now & feel pretty good!

Its so easy to fall into bad habits again!

90 mins of cardio is a huge waste of effort unless you're trying to improve your running/cycling/swimming or whatever cardio you're planning on doing

Manage your diet to strip fat, lift weights to build muscles

Cardio is good for the heart and there is some truth to the calories in / out theory in that the more you burn, the less fat you store; but the effort to burn those calories with cardio outstrips the benefits

IMO

[Subby]

90 mins of cardio is a huge waste of effort unless you're trying to improve your running/cycling/swimming or whatever cardio you're planning on doing

Manage your diet to strip fat, lift weights to build muscles

Cardio is good for the heart and there is some truth to the calories in / out theory in that the more you burn, the less fat you store; but the effort to burn those calories with cardio outstrips the benefits

IMO

That's how I see it too I had no choice cardio wise due to a no impact exercise restriction I have on myself....dodgy hip. I see weights and eating better as how I will reach my goal.

[Roboklopp]

Hmm, put on about 3-4lbs over Xmas myself- up to 14st7. Should lose than fairly quick, but my no drinking in jan rule lasted all of 4 days haha!

[Darth Marty]

I hate weights, I can do cardio & have had great results doing this in the past, so its what I am going to do again.

I probably would achieve better results, quicker, if I followed your advice but Id be setting myself up to fail as weights just dont do it for me.

[Roboklopp]

I hate weights, I can do cardio & have had great results doing this in the past, so its what I am going to do again.

I probably would achieve better results, quicker, if I followed your advice but Id be setting myself up to fail as weights just dont do it for me.

Don't worry, we won't judge you if you're that way inclined. It is the 21st century after all.

[Alex]

I've started making food for work in batches of 10. 5 for me and 5 for the Mrs. It works out pretty economical, especially given my local butcher lets me have chicken breast for £5 per Kg.

This week I have a pot that is 1/3 Brown Rice with Spicy seasoning, 1/3 Mixed Boiled veg and the last 1/3 Chicken breast. Works out at about 95p per meal. Pretty decent sized too.

I was getting cans out soup for about £1.50 and these are infinitely more interesting and less packed with Salt.

[Pablo]

I've started making food for work in batches of 10. 5 for me and 5 for the Mrs. It works out pretty economical, especially given my local butcher lets me have chicken breast for £5 per Kg.

This week I have a pot that is 1/3 Brown Rice with Spicy seasoning, 1/3 Mixed Boiled veg and the last 1/3 Chicken breast. Works out at about 95p per meal. Pretty decent sized too.

I was getting cans out soup for about £1.50 and these are infinitely more interesting and less packed with Salt.

Did you you ever finish that couch to 5km?

[Alex]

Did you you ever finish that couch to 5km?

Yeah I finished. But then stopped straight away. Sprained my ankle and the nights were drawing in. Then just lost the motivation. Shame really. I wanna get back to it though.

[Rich]

I much prefer jogging in the dark to be honest.

[Pablo]

Yeah I finished. But then stopped straight away. Sprained my ankle and the nights were drawing in. Then just lost the motivation. Shame really. I wanna get back to it though.

Good stuff for finishing it.

Time to get back on it though Alex! I'll be checking your Endomondo

[jonnygrunter]

Still on with the running, ran 8 miles on sunday. Averaged 8:09 per mile, last 2 miles were a lot slower than the previous 6. thinking about signing up to do a half marathon, anyone got any tips? Iv never run in anything before, not even a 3km!