I miss the fitness threads and the fitness Doms!

[YourCaptor]

Gargh!!

 

[Anordinaryjoe]

Gargh!!

Apologies. No offense intended.

 

[YourCaptor]

Apologies. No offense intended.

Ha ha, not you.

P90x, a friend did it, he said he liked it.

As far as I know, it changes up what you do every day. So if you have the energy and the pain tolerance, it will make you strong, but maybe not buff like those models. Its a workout that will count in real life situations, other than modeling.

 

[BiBunny]

Size 20, motherfuckers!

 

[Homburg]

Aaaaand I've apparently fucked up my knee again. And it's right at the start of biking season too.

God fucking dammit.


ETA - Props to you, Bibunny. Good job, darlin.

 

[Lizzie_Borden]

Size 20, motherfuckers!

Go bunny! Woo!

 

[Chiara_searches]

Size 20, motherfuckers!

Most Excellent!!!!! Keep up the good work.

 

[BiBunny]

ETA - Props to you, Bibunny. Good job, darlin.

Go bunny! Woo!

Most Excellent!!!!! Keep up the good work.

Thanks y'all. I hope everybody else is having as good a luck as I am. And, Homburg, I hope you get well soon.

 

[Chiara_searches]

<snip> I hope everybody else is having as good a luck as I am. And, Homburg, I hope you get well soon.

Ditto that.

I'm actually quite pleased with my run today, so I have to brag again. I was stuck on a run/walk interval cycle and today I broke it. Ran 37 minutes straight, no walk, plus an additional 11:30 minutes with just a 56 second walk in between at the start. Tomorrow is a 30 mile bike ride...if the DANG WEATHER COOPERATES - YOU HEAR ME SKY!

 

[BiBunny]

Ditto that.

I'm actually quite pleased with my run today, so I have to brag again. I was stuck on a run/walk interval cycle and today I broke it. Ran 37 minutes straight, no walk, plus an additional 11:30 minutes with just a 56 second walk in between at the start. Tomorrow is a 30 mile bike ride...if the DANG WEATHER COOPERATES - YOU HEAR ME SKY!

Like!

I'm jealous. I'd drop dead if I ran across the parking lot.

 

[Chiara_searches]

Like!

I'm jealous. I'd drop dead if I ran across the parking lot.

I started out the same. To transition back into running, I would run like a minute, walk two or three, run a minute, thirty seconds, walk two or three, etc. I actually was following a "Couch to 5k" type schedule and that got me going. Years ago I ran 3 miles a day, at least 4 times a week, so I knew I liked running. But it did take a while to build back up to today. Stick with it. Like all things, the hard work will eventually pay off.

 

[Daddy2mylilgirl]

First time back in a gym in like 3 or 4 years. Feels good.

Won't feel so good tomorrow.

 

[FloggingMolly]

First time back in a gym in like 3 or 4 years. Feels good.

Won't feel so good tomorrow.

Pics or it didnt happen

 

[ImOnIt]

Twenty one consecutive days running. Target -->365<--

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

First time back in a gym in like 3 or 4 years. Feels good.

Won't feel so good tomorrow.

Twenty one consecutive days running. Target -->365<--

Good job. I have been working crazy hours, and almost no gym. These posts make me vow to stop it and just go.

 

[Daddy2mylilgirl]

Pics or it didnt happen

Lol Maybe after a couple of weeks when there is hopefully something to see.

 

[intothewoods]

Good job, Bunny!

So back in this thread to keep me honest and motivated.

I am ready to exercise again, but there is the challenge of not a lot of sleep and not a lot of time. So I've been doing strength training in bursts throughout the day. Need to fit in more cardio though.

I have lost 5 lbs just eating four small meals with no snacking in between. I didn't have to go nuts about the carbs (although I'm kind of a whole foods/natural foods person already), but I do limit them. I do let myself have dessert - but it's always something I made myself - and I don't go gaga with the portions. So there you have it.

Anyway - strength training - adding in yoga, doing lots of squats, free weight stuff, pushups, etc.

 

[Lord_Steve]

Hmm so does anyone here have any experience with the health/strength benefits of actually benchpressing subs? I mean, they always around anyway, might as well get some use out of them.
Seems like the weight might be hard to distribute but it could be a cool exercise in trust and submission?

 

[YourCaptor]

Twenty one consecutive days running. Target -->365<--

You are mad.

 

[ImOnIt]

You are mad.

I may cheat and lope, pad, stride or gambol on the easy days.

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor

This rang very deep with me. The pain of running isn't really pain. The pain of being lazy, or being an invalid where I don't need to, or of giving up was scarily real for a while. I mean, if I'm fucked I'm fucked, and I'll take up painting and electronics and programming for leisure. That wouldn't be so bad, but failing that I'm going to run some marathons.

 

[Daddy2mylilgirl]

First time back in a gym in like 3 or 4 years. Feels good.

Won't feel so good tomorrow.

It's weird. I always seem to feel the most sore a couple days after and not so much the next day.

My thighs/quads are killing me. All day today the last few inches before my cheeks hit the seat has consisted of me closing my eyes and hoping I make it before my legs give out.

But I do love that soreness feeling.

 

[YourCaptor]

I may cheat and lope, pad, stride or gambol on the easy days.




This rang very deep with me. The pain of running isn't really pain. The pain of being lazy, or being an invalid where I don't need to, or of giving up was scarily real for a while. I mean, if I'm fucked I'm fucked, and I'll take up painting and electronics and programming for leisure. That wouldn't be so bad, but failing that I'm going to run some marathons.

Where do you get the calories?

 

[ImOnIt]

Where do you get the calories?

To be clear, I run for 30mins-1hr, nowhere near marathon range yet!

I cook eggs and bacon for breakfast and porridge oats later., sandwich with leftover or tuna and fruit through the day, meat or fish and vegetables at night. Thai green curry: coconut milk + meat + spices + a mix of fresh vegetables. Also, I drink powerade (sugar and salt are the main ingredients but it is nice and cheap from powder).

Feeling quite average today though, I will do less.

 

[YourCaptor]

To be clear, I run for 30mins-1hr, nowhere near marathon range yet!

I cook eggs and bacon for breakfast and porridge oats later., sandwich with leftover or tuna and fruit through the day, meat or fish and vegetables at night. Thai green curry: coconut milk + meat + spices + a mix of fresh vegetables. Also, I drink powerade (sugar and salt are the main ingredients but it is nice and cheap from powder).

Feeling quite average today though, I will do less.

So thats what kiwis eat... one mystery less

We got that stuff, minus vitamins and nutrients, plus the "Mc" prefix.

 

[ImOnIt]

So thats what kiwis eat... one mystery less

We got that stuff, minus vitamins and nutrients, plus the "Mc" prefix.

It's not exactly standard. L is Taiwanese (as a people they like lots of different dishes) and also slimming (so I get all the food she wanted but can't finish). This 700ml cup was a present to stop me refilling the glass so often. I ate two mandarins in the time it took me to write this post.

re: McDonalds I only ever ate fast food one or two times a year. The place has a real stigma, I despise their mode of operation. I intentionally eat at diners, it's real food, it doesn't send me into a food coma and the service will talk and get to know me. Food Inc. documentary, while biased and misleading touches on the problems of that particular brand of industrialised food service.
At one point I was so lazy when it came to eating that it was shameful. I looked at what I really wanted, what I valued and what I was doing. The comparison is like... I imagined if someone gave me a sheep I wouldn't know what the fuck to do with it. I would be confused and resent the present, because of the trouble of butchering bleeding, packing and all the rest. I thought that was very shameful, as though I wouldn't make the effort with food unless it threw itself in my mouth. What kind of human does that? So I said fuck it, I'm going to eat food food.

Again, I look at the price of things. If I am only pay $10($8usd) for a Mac Attack (2 big macs, coke and fries) what does that get me? How little effort has gone into my food to pay the labour of everyone in the supply chain, and the profit at every stage? $10 gets me 400grams of mince, plus bread and dressing and salad and vegetables and I'll eat like a king.

tldr: I am chemically composed of what goes in my mouth.