2 adn a half hours of jits and kickboxing today, starting to fill some holes in the game a physical strength is getting better, if i can get it up to three days a week i'll start to see the good gains and will start upping the protein intake more

yesterday ran 5k, did some chest and tricep work.

today, drank 2 beers and ate a big steak. Failed in trying to resist the beers. Back in tomorrow to run and work on my lats and bis.

Pretty much annoyed.

My legs/feet are a mess and I don't know what is causing it.

So Saturday I think it was, whenever my last run was, shortly after my arch on my right foot was really sore. The next day it was worse and the joints in my knees hurt too. Stairs cause the most pain. I figured that was a sign to go out and get some good running shoes since I am really enjoying this and don't want to quit. So I did the wet test and all the things and figured out which shoes I should wear. Talked with the guy at the shoe store to confirm and he gave me my choices. The Nike Pegasus was the one's that felt the most comfortable. The Asics were way to unconfortable and the New Balance seemed wonky in the arch.

The pain was still present but I wore my new shoes whenever I could to get used to them. After a good 4 day rest I went to the gym yesterday afternoon since no work due to power loss and got about 1km before I could not stand the pain anymore. Knees hurt but that right arch is killing me. Still is. Getting downstairs this morning was a bitch.

I am super annoyed right now because the longer I go without running the less progress I will make and I was getting faster and going farther each run.

I don't know if it is the shoes or just an injury that is not healed. I got about 25 more days to find out before I am stuck with the shoes.

Anyone have recommendations for a swimsuit for real training purposes? (Not swimming trunks for the beach)

I've seem some called "jammers", as well as some triathlon gear (mid-quad length and a bib-like upper)

worked 14 hours and then drank 2 bottles of wine, i'll call yesterday a "rest day"

2 full bottles? wow, that's impressive. Dunno if I can do that although I've never tried. love the vintage reds though.

Yah, I'd call it a rest day lol. Sometimes you gotta do it.

since you got the shoes after you felt soreness on your foot, it's prob not the shoes. you would prob feel the pain regardless of what type of shoes you wore, sounds like you need some treatment/rest. I don't really have any good advice except to go see your family doctor or a sports medicine doctor.

I'm going to join a gym tomorrow after not going for about a year. I broke my shoulder in November and pretty much gave up on everything physical (besides my job) so I am really out of shape. Before the injury I was in the best shape of my life and was working out 3-6 times a week.

I'm hoping that becoming an active member in this thread will keep me motivated when my gym buddy can't make it, which almost always used to mean I would skip that day too.

Also, I really have to start eating a lot better. Pizza and coke just isn't going to cut it anymore.

I find Coke usually goes better with Hookers. To each his own.


But yeah, GLGLGL! I'm working on being consistent myself. Been doing ok the past 2 weeks, give or take.

Welcome! My workout buddy has quit on me so it's just up to me now. however, in the long run, be prepared to workout alone as it is hard to find someone with the same drive as you.

The true test is being able to go to the gym by yourself.



lol..

I was about 1 set away from throwing up and shitting on myself at the same time today, god that was brutal. Glad to see my trainer has gotten right back to beating the crap out of me after my 4 month absense.

welcome back!!!

I almost shit myself at the gym too yesterday for a different reason. bad food in the dominican.

anyways, had a long lunch so ran 5k, did some weights, took a shower and back at work.

happy thanksgiving everyone! well, the canadians on here anyways.

yeah turkey on sunday!

It's really nice because we both have a lot of motivation and we really push each other all the time. Scheduling is almost impossible sometimes though.

Tomorrow is going to be my first day and I'm sure that my numbers are going to be pretty depressing compared to before.

ewww lol. turkey is not my fave but i will eat some. I prefer a nice rib roast.




That's good, ur lucky. I have to motivate myself now. I've got a few female friends that workout but they can't help me out in the weight room since they are mostly doing cardio and don't know how to lift weights.

I'm still doing workout and tons of running. Last week I ran 5.5 miles through my city with tons of steep hills, took a few
days off from running doing lower and upper body than ran a 6.8 mile trail run early Sunday morning. It was my first
trail run and pretty awesome.

I've maintained the 163 weight for a couple weeks now and probably would have lost a little more but I haven't
been too great on the diet. I could really live with the weight if I keep gaining muscle but there is a little fat left
that has to go.

good stuff. today is a holiday here in canada, so i did a quick workout. Ran one mile in 7:50, did some bench press and tricep pulldowns.

Did my 5k yesterday in 29 minutes which is pretty much my best despite not really feeling and being sore from the weekend. I took
today off and plan on giving it another go tommorow. It's going to be in the upper 30s so i'm pretty confused on what to wear for this.
My running is definately getting better. By that I mean I can actually "run" at times as opposed to just doing a slow jog.

Nice, I am jealous. I actually miss running. Foot feels better today so I may give it a try tonight. Light one, maybe 2K.

nice!
I ran 1.5 miles at lunch, lat pull ups, bicep work. Another quick workout but sometimes i just don't have time to workout longer. something is better than nothing.



glad your foot is better but I wouldn't push it too hard. once it starts to hurt, I'd stop.

You really need to read the book I recomended. In the meantime I need to send you a copy of the dvd
that i've been using to teach me how to run. It involves landing on the forefoot instead of the heel and using
the back of the legs, achilles, calves and hams. It takes a little adjustment by using a quicker and smaller stride
but you don't end up with all the leg and shin problems. Also those muscles are springy and don't burn like the quads.

Think of it like running barefoot. You wouldn't land on your heel.

Unless I really tire out (winded) my legs can seemingly go on forever in this running style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBCmBz6Htk

Also go slow don't worry about speed. Go distances and the speed will come once your body gets used to it. Also
really focus on staying relaxed when you are running. I really believe that is key.

My trainer is on vacation this week, so she asked me if I'd work out if she made a list of things for me to do, I told her probably not, so instead I worked out with someone else today. Turns out, all trainers are out to hurt you, and not just her so that sucked. Actually it was hard, and I was hurting a bit after, but I feel pretty good now! Next session is on Friday, with a cardio in between. I'll prob end up doing one tonight when I watch The Biggest Loser, do any of you watch that? (gay jokes?)

Love Biggest Loser.

Been doing Stronglifts 5x5 for a while now, can definitely feel a pretty noticeable strength difference. Not losing much weight, but I look slightly trimmer and my pants fit a little bit looser, so I'm probably putting on muscle, which is fine with me. Don't care so much about the weight number as I do about just being in better shape.

Also been running on my off days (Mon-Wed-Fri Stronglifts, Tues-Thurs running), which is nice. Seeing mild gains in endurance.

That book was checked out of the library when I was there last week. I emailed Liz and told her to check again today.

I didn't run last night, decided to give it another 2 days. Will work out chest and arms tonight and then run tomorrow.

quick lunch workout again, ran 2 miles, did 6 sets of lat pull ups, bicep curls, showered, back to work.

I started doing a Starting Strength routine.

After reading the book and reading 2+2's Health and Fitness forum I realized that I have to forget just about everything I thought I knew about the gym.

Eating healthier is the hardest part to keep doing consistently.

Eating healthy isn't hard, it just takes planning and preparation to constantly have good food available.


I ran 8 miles yesterday around my town. I ran alot of pretty steep hills and a little sore today but not to bad
in retrospect to what I did. Gonna take a couple days off and try to improve on my timed 5k probably lMOnday.

Still doing weights in between.

going to start adding weights to help with explosive strength and not just endurance

squats, dead, cleans, snatch, bench, all the ones i hate

lol snatch.

all jokes aside, i like bench, have never done cleans or snatch but hate squats and dead. did them for a while but now I don't. I pretty much just work on chest, back and arms with weights and run on the treadmill. Bad i know but at least i'm still working out.

dunno why but I love doing bench.

I went and played hockey this morning for the first time in a few years. I was out of breath pretty quickly, but managed to play the whole game which is better than the last time I went out. It was a ton of fun, I missed playing sooo bad!

i would go to the gym tonight but i'm pretty sure i'm still drunk from last night/this morning so i'm gonna skip it

ah, nice. I'm drinking a shiraz as I type

drank a decent amount fri night, a few martinis and half a bottle of australian shiraz. not quite the wine afficionado as you are but I do enjoy drinking vintage reds in general.

worked out a bit this morning. did some bench, flies and tricep pulldowns, no cardio.

Did a good leg workout today. 20 minute warmup on crosstrainer, lunges with weights across the gym, steps, gay squat things that I hate doing, jumping side to side up on a bench, calf press?, calf raises, the thing where you put your foot on a petal type thing and push it straight back that works out your butt muscle?, then leg lifty thing, and leg bendy thing. It was a solid workout, and I felt great after (no feeling like I was going to hurl).

The only time I see the biggest loser is when I'm looking at you pal.










I KEEEED! gl with this Ray. I too am starting a regime to lose what little gut I have.

Hellooooooo shin splints.

I'm lazy and fat.

That is all.

Ended up being really sore from Friday's 8 mile running adventure. I felt great doing it but still pretty sore today.
I'm pretty sure i'll be up for a run tommorow, probably 3 miles.

My eight is maintaining but i've been slacking on the diet a tad so I plan on sticking with it and putting a good week of
exercise in. One more week till my first race 5K.

I'm sure you're gonna kill that 5k randy

Well tonight I decided to try and do the running thing. Felt good, see how I feel in the morning.

29:45 3.29K

no gym today. half a bottle of red.

I really have to work on my form on deadlifts. I'm rounding my back too much and when I start working with heavier weights I'm going to destroy my back

looking forward helps me when I used to do them. what are you deadlifting now? I was able to do 315 for a couple of reps.

keep your chin up

Well, I'm back to this thread. It's been about a month since I wrote anything down. I was on vacation for two weeks and of course when I came back there was nothign but work to do so I didn't have a chance to log on and see what everyone is up to. Randy, it sounds like things are going well for you. I have started me initial training for a half marathon in April. I figure if by January I can get together 7 miles with no problems then I will go for it, however this is how it's been so far.

Monday 10/12 - 1.25 miles
Wednesday 10/14 - 1.25 miles
Friday 10/16 - 1.25 miles
Saturday 10/17 - 1.25 miles
Monday 10/19 - 1.75 miles

I am not keeping track of times yet I am just trying to get myself used to running some distance first. I figure I will start the timing when I can run 3 miles again. When I trained for the Sprint Triathlon I was running 3 miles with no problems so I am hoping to bring it back to that point relatively quickly. As far as weight training, I am being lazy in getting back to that. I am hoping to be able to jump back in the gym on Saturday or sunday and start with the program AVS and I came up with a month ago.

Good work everybody!!

I'm only at about 175 now. I should be making decent gains for the next couple months, so I'm pretty excited.

I'm rewatching Rippetoes Starting Strength DVDs and I at least know what my problem is. I was dropping my ass too low and I think that almost forces an awful arch in my back. I think I'm just going to put this video on my phone and watch it between sets until I can get it every time.

Well, I honestly just hope to break 29 minutes to fend off the AARP crowd.



Awesome, hang in with it!

awesome work guys.

randy, you can beat 29 min. with the way you've been training. i know it!

yah, chin up, look forward for deadlifts.

did some bench today, four sets repping 225, first set I can do 9 reps, by the last set down to 5 only.

tricep pulldowns four sets

then ran 5k. first 1.2 miles at 8 miles/hr then had to drop it to 6 for most of the rest, pumped it up to 8 or more occasional for 0.2 of a mile then back down to 6.

ran it in 26:40.

first mile was 7:30. if I could run at level 8 for the whole time, I'd be pretty fast I think. 22:30 for 5k. It's gonna take me a while to get there I think.

polished off the 2nd half of that red wine i started yesterday.

bad habit that wine.

fyp

LOL.... That's way too many of my days.

I have no idea of how to pace myself or how fast i'm going other than a generic feeling for the most part. I generally time the entire run but that's about it.
I know there are watches and things that supposedly help but I am pretty new to this and wouldn't begin to know what to look for. I did see an ad for
a Garmin type watch that supposedly did it all and could be downloaded to the computer but it seemed a tad pricey. I know iphone has aps as well but I don't have one of those either.

In any case I am gaining some speed and distance and i've been really focused on doing the evolution running style though it will likely take me a year to
be proficient at it. I'm also thinking of trying barefoot or minimalist but that won't be till spring since it's getting to cold to get started on that adventure.