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We're approaching that wonderful time of year again, filled with candy...
...turkey...
...delicious hot beverages on chilly evenings...
...and all those tasty foods we can't resist. But in keeping with the natural order, little that is good is actually good for us. So let's talk about burning off those holiday treats!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-6qdhrf9BQ&feature=related
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...turkey...
...delicious hot beverages on chilly evenings...
...and all those tasty foods we can't resist. But in keeping with the natural order, little that is good is actually good for us. So let's talk about burning off those holiday treats!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-6qdhrf9BQ&feature=relatedSE++ Fitocracy Group
Calorie King
Fitbit
Exercise Buyer's Guide
(Thanks for the links from last thread, Lexxy!)
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During one of my runs this week I recorded my fasted mile time in years (10:11) but going that fast wiped me out over the last mile. Still working on pace.
I'm actually gearing up to be pretty well prepared to combat this holiday season. I'm up to running 3 miles a day, and have gotten my consecutive mile time down to 8:45! This is the first time I've been able to do either in close to two years, I think.
I'm running three miles three times a week. My main goal right now is to get down to a 10 minute average per mile. Getting there, slowly though. Would probably help if I started working out the upper body a bit.
I finally decided to kick it two weeks ago and it was surprisingly easy after the first couple of nights, so I'm feeling pretty awesome right now!
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On the bright side, im still managing three or four outings a week most of the time and i think im getting faster. I mean still slow compared to eg. Speedylegs lexxy up there, but on Thursday I managed (hang on conversion ...)
...4 miles in 38 minutes, which I'm happy with because that includes a pretty slow warmup period.
I alternate between running at a leisurely pace and trying to push my distance and doing sprint intervals at a slightly shorter distance every day to keep from getting bored.
Running is hard too but it's different. I can breathe any time I want, and am much better acquainted with my limits, how to pace myself, tracking progress, etc. It also requires no specialized conditions or equipment, essentially, aside from a good pair of shoes. I use the indoor track at my gym because it's cushioned, which is good for my knees, and climate controlled, which is good for my asthma, but I'd just as soon run outside if I didn't have a membership (and sometimes I do, when the gym is closed).
I used to go for long cycles when the weather was good but my bike got stolen a few weeks back, so runnings about all I got at the moment. And grocery shopping.
I'm a bit tempted to start running & swimming and see if I can maybe do the Stockholm Triathlon next year. My 55 year old boss did it a few years back and it would be fun to beat his time.
Oh also there's all these goddamn video games coming out (and just come out) that I must play that are not helping me want to work out more.
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Guild Wars 2, Borderlands 2, and WoW:MoP are making me feel quite the opposite :P
In that order!
though that chance is slim, but we didn't make it crazy strenuous (though we did a lot of kayaking and snorkeling, and then most of the time when i wanted to poo during day time we had to paddle over from our island to the island we dubbed poop island)
however we did have a lot of food
man am i tired though, i did not sleep well for most of the week
Was your trip awesome, Shaz? I'm still seething with mad jealousy.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
yeah it was totes awesome
we changed our plans there and ended up base camping due to one of the islands we had planned to go to being private now, and another the guide said was less good for camping, so we decided to base camp for most of it, which made things a lot easier and less stressful, so we could just leave our stuff in one place and then kayak to different islands or snorkeling spots
here are details that i will spoiler for length / tangent
the first night it was really windy at night and you could see lightning far away all around, for the entire night, but it didn't rain and the rain fly on the tent was annoying, so the 2nd night we took it off, because there was no wind and no far away lightning
but then very late it went from 0 wind, all of a sudden to like, 50mph gusts, and the people in my tent woke up and were like ohhhh shit and then we ran out to put the rain fly on in the crazy wind as lightning and thunder started getting closer, and managed to do it just as it started raining, and got in and were like ohhhh shittt, because the wind was still going 50mph and the rain was crazy and there was a crack of lightning and thunder that came together, so it was basically right on top of our tiny little island
but then it left pretty quickly thankfully, so we got lucky, and that was our only real bad weather
when snorkeling saw tons of cool reef fish, some really huge stingray, nurse sharks, spotted eagle rays, loggerhead and hawksbill turtles, umm, oh and when i was snorkeling near our island through a school of a bajillion minnows all of a sudden a huge like almost 6 foot tarpon appeared right in front of me which was cool
we originally were gonna keep our guide for just 2 days but then we kept him for more, which was good, he caught us lots of fishes
on the first night on our island i woke up at 3am to take a leak and i look and see what i thought was a crab and then no, it's a baby turtle that just hatched, and then oh man its like 15 of them
and then in the morning there was a huge sea turtle on our island digging holes trying to make a nest
but then the next night we saw even more baby turtles right after dinner, maybe like 50, and helped get them into the sea, or we woulda stepped on them
and that night i think what was the same big sea turtle came into our campsite and started digging holes and then was digging one right underneath my friends tent so they had to move it, and then it kept going around digging holes for hours and then slashes a hole in my other friend's new tent with its head, which is just ridiculous, a frickin sea turtle
and mind you this is just before that crazy storm, so it was a rough night for them
it was pretty sweet overall, kayaking was good, didn't do anything too hard. longest we did was like, 3.5 miles each way to an island to snorkel on for a day, which wasn't bad... but i was very glad to have had practice beforehand, because it made it a lot more fun
didn't get to do any dives, woulda been inconvenient with so many people in my group and me being the only certified person anyway, and we did plenty of snorkeling
fun fun
so sleepy now though, especially since i am not a back sleeper and sleeping in other positions while camping can be tough
also, brought rum and other liquor to the island and some mixers which we put into coconuts that we cut up with machetes
genius
I've started doing those but in the exact opposite order. Curse my probable lack of exercise knowledge.
New olympic sized pool opened up about 300 yards from my house, I feel almost obliged to make use of it. Only £29 a month for full pool and gym membership.
Well, you should definitely eat before you lift. Maybe not fifteen minutes before, but give it an hour, hour and a half.
Other than that, quit being a baby.
Puking during, or after a squat is a badge of honor. Wear it with pride. Same with a deadlift. Burst blood vessels? Bonus points. Passing out? Try not to hit anything hard with your head. Tear something? shit sucks.
I've only ever almost passed out during dead lifts. I had to take like 2-3 minutes extra when that happened. It only really happens with deadlifts.
I need to find that belt. . .
Dead Legend will have you eating chain and spitting nails in 6 weeks.
Man, I have come very very close on hungover max deadlifts but the honour of the only exercise to make me vomit still rests with the prowler. And it has done so on multiple occasions. She is an evil, evil beast.
I meant more along the lines of those should be your priorities of what to fix.
Eating healthy is the absolute first thing that should be focused on with the greatest possibility of reward for effort.
But Aphostile, how can I drink 4 pints a day and eat healthy at the same time?