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Fitness and Nutrition Thread VI
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Anyone here do a half before? What was your best way of training for it? So far I'm planning on just gradually building the miles and doing a few hills to help build the wind.
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Anyway, my workout yesterday:
Squats 3X5 @ 140#
Press 3X5 @ 70#
Deadlifts 1X5 @ 190#
Dips to failure
My planned workout monday
Squats 3X5 @ 145#
Bench Press 3X5 @ 105# (been stuck here for too long)
Power Cleans 3X5 (never done these before; my gym is so crowded I wasn't sure I could safely do it. We'll see what weights I get up to)
I would like to do the Capitol City Marathon in May, but I sprained my ankle last week and have yet to start training.
Although, I'm only going to do a half, so I should be fine.
How many dips can you do?
I was feeling pretty good about myself, pumping out bodyweight dips on the nautilus machine, so I switched to real dips... and did 3. Fuuuuuuuuck
And yes, I know ellipticals are for girls and old folks, not college-aged men. Sue me.
And yeah, I don't really think elliptical distance has any real-world equivelant.
You could always do split squat jumps or just lunges, forward/backward.
For hamstrings, I would recommend this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdv82EAUUTQ
it's hard for me to justify going out to the gym only to do a couple reps on 8 or so weight machines. i'm not looking to bulk up significantly and don't care much about the speed of results.
Any recommended spices I can add to flavor it up some for wraps (what kind of spices are used for 'spicy chicken sandwiches and tacos, anyways?) or, maybe a recipe for something with rice and beans maybe? Could be something store-bought or homemade.
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You're using different muscle groups and allowing the other muscles to rest. Something like that.
But, yeah, on my off days I'll do a little bit of cardio and abs. I don't really like running on the same day, but it's possible.
There's your problem; work on squats and other freeweight compound lifts and you really won't want to run on the same day.
If you do cardio and weights on the same day, definitely do weights first. Don't want to tire yourself out and then hurt yourself lifting.
@Slider: Maybe paste in the OP from the last thread?
Do you have a goal time for the half, or are you aiming just to finish? How many miles a week are you doing?
is there anything that's better to drink than water while i'm running? It probably doesn't really matter. I looked at the label on powerade and it appears to be trash.
I found this recipe on the internet. It is what I make for runs every now and then:
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup orange juice (or any fruit juice really, I usually buy what the produce department is about to throw away)
1/4 cup hot water
2 tablespoons lemon juice (some juices are better to use lime juice)
3 1/2 cups cold water
In a quart container dissolve the sugar and salt in the hot water. Add the remaining ingredients and the cold water. The drink contains about 50 calories and 110 mg of sodium per cup, approximately the same as for most sports drinks.
I have a bunch of glass gallon jugs from making cider that I do this with.
1/4 cup of sugar has about 200 calories.
I'm going for my first half marathon next month. I've been using personalrunningtrainer.com mp3s as my program, although I've had to condense it slightly.
Simply put it's a program of 3 runs a week, with a day of intervals, a day of tempo (start slow, finish fast) and a long easy run. It was pretty cheap to get but you could easily replicate it the schedule on it's own, I just find having the times called out means I'm more likely to finish it. My only problem is eating enough to keep up with the program
and yea... drink filtered water every day. It is good for you.
Not at all
See: King Corn
You are right about the sugar but that recipe makes a little over 4 cups.
200/4 = 50
But in reality it contains a little >50 since orange juice and lemon juice contain calories. So about 50 per cup, as I originally said.
And hey, if you're trying to lose weight you should just drink water. I'm not losing weight. I'm trying to gain weight. I run 15 miles a week among other exercises. The extra sodium/calories are good for me.
I've been meaning to watch that because as of now I eat at least a cup of cornmeal a day and eat corn on the cob a lot during the summer. I hear that corn is unhealthy, but ignoring HFCS is it really all that bad for you on its own?
Nutritiondata.com says it's fairly good with the stats it lays down.
Sweet Corn and Dent corn are two different subspecies of Maize. I earlier said the two were entirely different species, which isn't entirely accurate. But they are certainly not the same thing. America's catastrophe involving corn is 100% Dent Corn, and yes Dent Corn's production/distribution and processing/consumption are catastrophes of an unmatched level.
well isn't that the kind that is in most of our food stuffs
but sweet corn, the grilling kind, is the less terrible kind
ok, thank you for clearing that up
Sweet Corn is delicious, somewhat nutritious, and totally not a global pandemic.
Oh shit man, 50 calories in my 3000 calorie diet is going to spell the end of me. It may not be good for me but it sure as hell isn't bad for me. It's a very easy way to give my body a boost mid run.
It's flavored water. It's like criticizing sweet tea or lemonade.
But when you're doing things like pouring sugar into water, at the end of the day, how much of your 3000 calories is coming from sugar or other unhealthy choices? Now, it may work for your diet, but in a nutrition thread, I don't think it's best to suggest water loaded with sugar (some are here because they don't know any better).
Anyway, the first guy asked for something healthy to drink while running. You're suggesting sugar-water. I'm suggesting water.
Maybe in a weight loss thread it would have been inappropriate. This thread is Fitness and Nutrition.
The guy asked for something healthy to drink while running. If you're losing weight then it is a nobrainer that water wins (zero calories), but if you're a long distance runner then something closer to the fluid in your body has a number of benefits nutritionally. This includes my homemade sports drink.
As for your insinuations I think you know where you stand.
For now, I'm aiming to finish. I was sick for most of all last week so I was out of my running regimen, but I normally get about 12 - 15 miles in per week.
On another note, did my first Mt. Si hike of the year today (since September). My legs are tuckered out. I have a goal of climbing Mt. Rainier in Summer 2011 so I have a lot more of these hikes ahead of me.
What do you people who start your day with a workout usually do?
Yeah, like Shaz said, monohydrate is actually backed by more research and is generally cheaper. I think ethyl ester is just supposed to absorb more/quicker or some nonsense. But its essentially the same stuff.
So if you have to pay more for it, don't bother.