The Running/Keeping Fit Thread

[Saveloy]

Saveloy 69.8km
Rowan: 65.0km
Pablo: 41.4km
badpiggy: 39.5km
Carra 30km
Rich: 27.6km
Slinky Skills: 18.3km
Rodo 7.7 km

6.1km. First time in the rain for a while.

Not sure if it's the few days break, the shorter distance or the half a kilo of midget gems I troughed before getting the train home, but I had more in my legs than usual. Best micoach score to date

[Carras_Shin_Pads]

Saveloy 69.8km
Rowan: 65.0km
Carra 58km
Pablo: 41.4km
badpiggy: 39.5km
Rich: 27.6km
Slinky Skills: 18.3km
Rodo 7.7 km

bloody hot today

[wiw]

Saveloy 69.8km
Rowan: 65.0km
Carra 58km
Pablo: 41.4km
badpiggy: 39.5km
Rich: 27.6km
Slinky Skills: 18.3km
wiw: 11.72km
Rodo 7.7 km

3.52 km

**** me that was difficult after tough mudder training yesterday. Legs were like jelly.

[Rowan]

Saveloy 69.8km
Rowan: 75.6km
Carra 58km
Pablo: 41.4km
badpiggy: 39.5km
Rich: 27.6km
Slinky Skills: 18.3km
wiw: 11.72km
Rodo 7.7 km

Paid the price for yesterdays 50 miles on the bike and the massive bowl of pasta I had about an hour before I went out. Tea guilt runs are a right ****ter

[wiw]

Is 50 miles a long way to cycle? It sounds like a bloody long way. To then run the day after..nice one

I'm getting a bit ****ed off by my lack of results in weight loss / fitness. I'm finding the more exercise I do the more knackered I am the next time, despite having rest days etc. Also I'm slowly seeing results in terms of losing fat etc, but still have a flabby ass and belly. I mean it's fine because I'm tall and can hide it, but Operation Look Good Naked is taking it's ****ing time. My diet has been good and cut out alcohol. Maybe I was just a lot fatter than I realised when starting all this exercise stuff

[Baracus]

[wiw]

Subby I'm **** at pull ups (i.e. can't ****ing do them) and need to practice going over monkey bars. Clearly both are upper body. Any tips for what to work on to improve?

[Fierce]

Subby I'm **** at pull ups (i.e. can't ****ing do them) and need to practice going over monkey bars. Clearly both are upper body. Any tips for what to work on to improve?

Honestly, just keep doing them. I've got feck all upper body strength (dancers build ) and I could do maybe 2 when I first tried. Just do as many as you can, both pull ups (palms facing out, vary the distance between your hands) and chin ups - ie palms facing in, they're easier and will help with actual pull ups

If you were to just keep trying every day, then you'll notice they get much easier after literally a week or so, its just that its a weird set of muscles to use

[Roboklopp]

Subby I'm **** at pull ups (i.e. can't ****ing do them) and need to practice going over monkey bars. Clearly both are upper body. Any tips for what to work on to improve?

Have you got an assisted pull-up machine (ie one with counterweights) at your gym? They're good for gradually increasing the full amount of your weight your lifting by decreasing the counterweight gradually.

If not, there are various other measures you can take:

• Get a training partner to assist you.
• Jump up the first bit then lower yourself as slowly as possible emphasising the negative part of the rep, but utilising the same muscle group to develop it.
• You can buy bands that you hold onto & bend your legs & put under your knees. These reduce the effective weight of your body.
• Place a bench under the pullup rack if possible and use you legs to moderate the effective load on your arms.

Pull-ups in particular can be hard work cos they empasise your back more than chins. Both require a fair bit of input from your biceps though, so do them before anything else you have planned for your biceps- and not on the day after bicep training seen as you struggle.

Keep persisting, it might take a while but it will come.

[wiw]

Cheers fellas

[Roboklopp]

NO worries.

[Pablo]

Rowan: 75.6km
Saveloy 69.8km
Carra 58km
Pablo: 49.8km
badpiggy: 39.5km
Rich: 27.6km
Slinky Skills: 18.3km
wiw: 11.72km
Rodo 7.7 km

Too hot for it today. I must be mad

[Subby]

Subby I'm sht at pull ups (i.e. can't do them) and need to practice going over monkey bars. Clearly both are upper body. Any tips for what to work on to improve?

Right these are "cheat" pullups....I do them as I'm still quite heavy for my muscle strength. Good for biceps and chest and a fair bit for the back muscles too.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzPZnNyHp9U"]Barbell back exercises- Pullups - YouTube[/ame]

If you can do these instead then you're still going to get a decent workout still. Just make sure you anchor your feet so you don't slip. Use a step or a 25kg disc to stop your feet sliding as you do them

When you can do 10 reps of these then you'll have built up sufficient strength to go for full "pull up" pull ups...if you know what I mean

[Ams12]

Subby I'm **** at pull ups (i.e. can't ****ing do them) and need to practice going over monkey bars. Clearly both are upper body. Any tips for what to work on to improve?

Aim to lose some weight first (strength to weight ratio) & focus on strengthening your pulling muscles. Progressively heavier lat pull downs, one arm rows, dead lifts & also get good at just hanging on the bar to improve your grip strength. Throw in some ab rollouts (or similar variation) as this movement mimics the pull up movement engaging similar muscle groups.

[Roboklopp]

Arms12.