The new improved fitness thread

[C00kiemonster]

I'm in pretty good shape with my top on.

Not so much with it off!

I did say for a 50 year old !!
Most my mates who are 50 all look like Matt Lucas from little Britain lol

At least you don't my buff friend

[beermonster]

Went out for a ride this evening but soon realised I didn't have enough power in my legs for plan A which involved some fairly serious hills, so went for a nice spin as plan B - just under 12 miles in a fairly decent (for me) time of just over an hour. That along with 3 short walks and a few hours of sanding, prepping and painting the floor in the study will do me.

[Kwacky]

Maybe going to the gym when it's so hot and I was tired wasn't a bright idea.

Oh well, the cold shower when I got home managed to limit the length of the headache.

[Kwacky]

Did some core circuit work followed by boxing. I took it easy and made sure I rested when I started to feel the headache coming on but I'm pleased with how much I managed to do.

[D6Nutz]

Tried my first road run since the half marathon, and my first test to see how my ankle would hold up to a run.

I'm quite pleased, the route was just short of 5 miles and its still quite warm here. Came in at 51:30, which is about where I was when I did my first half marathon. No pain from the ankle and managed to keep a consistent pace throughout the whole route (with the exception of a big bastard hill that slowed me up a bit)

[Kwacky]

Good news about your ankle. That had been playing you up for a while.

[Itchy]

Get ready for this...










Are you sitting down?










Sit down...

















That's better. Now, prepare yourself...












I went for a run!

I know, I'd sooner s*** a pineapple than go for a run, but with my fitness test looming and having to reach a higher level than usual in order to avoid doing a Heat Acclimatisation programme for my impending desert trip, I thought I'd best do some training.

So today was Fitness Test Fursday.

My training was supposed to consist of doing some sort of cardio work 3 times a week.

Well, that didn't pan out so well.

I did a grand total of 3 runs in about 4 weeks.

But I also did the compulsory circuits once a week and let's not forget I got about 3 weeks into the Insanity workout a couple of months ago. So perhaps my base fitness level had been raised ever so slightly.

Also, I had my trail running shoes on. These things have got grip coming out the wazoo, they're like the Supercorsas of the trainer world. I don't know if anyone here has done the Multi Stage Fitness Test before (bleep test) but for the last few years grip has been the limiting factor in how far I can get, as you're constantly having to stop, turn and set off in the other direction.

With the trailies on, my possibly increased fitness kicking in and a fellow oldie coming along to try with me, I'm pleased to say I sailed past the green level(bare minimum) and powered through to the light blue level. (The only level higher is dark blue, and that's for nutters and uber-fitness fanatics)

So that's no need for a Heat Acclimatisation program, no need to do another fitness test for a year, and not much guilt when I had two slices of cake at lunchtime!








I also had a McDonald's breakfast wrap one hour before I started. But somebody bought the Maccy D's in for their birthday, I could hardly say no!

[kiwikrasher]

3.75 mi in 25 min, 6'40" per mile.

First road run post archillies injury, pretty happy with that!!

[D6Nutz]

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3.75 mi in 25 min, 6'40" per mile.

First road run post archillies injury, pretty happy with that!!

nice one..

Which app to you use to track your runs ?? I've been using mapmyrun but it's really starting to piss me off now, it missed over half of my run last night

[kiwikrasher]

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3.75 mi in 25 min, 6'40" per mile.

First road run post archillies injury, pretty happy with that!!

nice one..

Which app to you use to track your runs ?? I've been using mapmyrun but it's really starting to piss me off now, it missed over half of my run last night

I use 'Runkeeper' from the apple store.

It's pretty good. I use it for running, cycling, bush walking and kayaking. With running I've got it feeding back pace every km and run a playlist in the background. Shows you a good speed vs elevation graph.

[Itchy]

I've just started using Mapmyrun and it's kept 100% of my runs...





...both of them.

[D6Nutz]

Cheers kiwi I've installed that, will give it a go on my next run.

Mapmyrun used to work perfectly, its just been getting more and more unreliable as time has passed.

[beermonster]

Today I cycled to and from work. I needed to stop off in Kings Heath to just get my new front derailleur adjusted a bit so didn't go straight home and took a loop through Highbury and Cannon Hill Parks which was really nice. Cycled about 22 or 23 miles in total today and also went for a walk at lunchtime. Totally justified the tea and cake I had when I got in!

[Kwacky]

Managed an hour of core and circuit training with 15 mins boxing/pad work at the end. The boxing was tough. But it was good to do some of the stuff I was doing before the headaches came on.

[D6Nutz]

That sounds good mate. How are the headaches? Are they easing off a bit then?

[beermonster]

That sounds good mate.

Good to hear you feel like you can start building it back up.

[Kwacky]

I still get the headaches but I'm learning the warning signals so I can back off a bit. It doesn't stop them but they are less severe if they do come on.

[kiwikrasher]

Cheers kiwi I've installed that, will give it a go on my next run.

Mapmyrun used to work perfectly, its just been getting more and more unreliable as time has passed.

What's your username on there? I'm Revidabucs.

I use these with the app when running

http://www.cnet.com/au/products/arriva-leo-black/

[Kwacky]

Legs today. I appear to have lost some strength in them. Oh well,

[beermonster]

Easy day today - 8 miles of walking (6 and a half of them with a sack of spuds in my back pack) and 9 miles of cycling.