2018 Health and Fitness Thread

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[thx1138]

just did a 40 mile bicycle ride either side of midday

got a string of PB's, will keep getting strings of PB's each time I ride an old route for the first time on my new bicycle though

I did struggle with the heat, drank the entire litre of fluids I took with me

[AshWebster]

struggling to hit my macro targets everyday -

with my current daily diet of:

shake in morning 9am
pasta lunch 12:30
skyr yoghurt snack 3:00
almonds (snack throughout day a few each time)
powerbar before gym 6:30 (this is something like 800Kcal and 40Carb too...)
tuna sandwich after gym 8:30 (ish)
post workout shake 8:30

im struggling to hit my calorie and carb intake, and im well clear of fats

calorie aim is 2300, im around 2000
carb is 240, im around 130
protein 170, hitting it.
fat 70, im around 15

should i just be eating more wholewhat pasta? or can i literally afford to have a few double cheeseburgers and skip the powerbar hahah! (jokes)

advice appreciated
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[Old Git Racing]

Got the bicycle back out. Strava said the last time was 2014 but after a health check I needed to do something. Bejesus am I unfit. Did 7 miles and I felt sick, wobbly legs, light headed.
Gonna stick with it though, try to get a bit fitter and lose some weight. Thought about every other day, try and do a little bit more each time.

OGR
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[chickenstrip]

[Old Git Racing]

Yep it is shocking how quick it happens. My last Strava was 42 miles avg 15mph and I was ok. It just creeps up on you and I hate the feeling. Still, no one to blame but me so if its to change I'll just have to get down and do it.

OGR.
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[King29]

Anybody lost any significant weight? I'm looking to lose at least 4 stone. Ideally I want to lose the weight by Christmas, cutting out crisps, sweets, chocolate and biscuits is prerequisite. I am forced to look at myself quite harshly as a similar built mate of mine has keeled over and had a stent fitted last week.

[thx1138]

[King29]

Yep, I should be 12 flat. I'm 15 stone 11, so 4 stone off will do me proud. Thanks for the advice.

[thx1138]

also, Kcal figures on packets can be up to 20% out either way, and some food is absorbed by the body more than others. EG. Almods, 170kcal serving, the body would absorb 129kcal.

Assess nutritional intake over a week rather than a day.

According to an article in the latest edition of Men's Health.

[thx1138]

went for it tonight on the time trial, still don't have cycling shoes or cleats, got trail running shoes and toe clips/straps

got an average speed of over 21mph on an 11mile course, despite in the first mile I had to adjust a strap and faff around trying to put my glasses on as I realised I'd forgotten to put them on

bib shorts and top helped a little, no flapping around like the mtb shorts and singlet did, new bike helped a lot, and I did also put some effort in

Finished in the middle of the leader board tonight instead of near the bottom.

[waffles]

I started up C25K last week to try to make some progress with running, after two knee injuries I don’t want to push myself too far too fast. So I joined up my local gym to do some cross training and cycling to strengthen my knees.

Does anyone run with headphones? Are there any recommended bluetooth ones that any of you use? Also, the bone conducting headphones - worth it or not?
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[kramdra]

4 mile hilly race yesterday. I ate lunch toooo late so it was not good. Had to stop several times belching and not run half as fast downhill. Should have been a couple minutes quicker!

Used up 5 sessions of physio without much improvement however reading quite a lot, my lower leg pain and cramp are caused by bad form and too much power in my calves, while also having lazy hamstrings,

Read a bit about fasciatomy as a surgical fix. Not great success rate, not a certain fix, moves the problem elsewhere.

The better option is to fix running form and the certain way to do that is to greatly reduce distance and run barefoot until my form improves.

[thx1138]

[thx1138]

Core last night, squats, sit ups, press ups, dips, plank etc

Midday cycled 30 miles, and tonight ran 11 miles with a 2 mile cool down walk, free physio consultation at my run club, even if it was in a public park 😁 verdict, Achilles tendeopathy is not serious, plenty of movement and flexibility, no reason i shouldn't run, showed me some excercises

Still battling overeating, I'm a very healthy weight, i just struggle to eat as well as i should and drop a bit of body fat

[AshWebster]

16% body fat down to 14% in 5 week bootcamp. 1 week to go before fesitval lets hope its sunny ha
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[pepperami]

Trained last night.
Just light training, got a little bit of a sweat on, it shows me just how unfit I really am .
Doing some stretches, a warm up and some combinations (boxing).
Still it’s better than sitting in front of the telly
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[chickenstrip]

I just managed my first hour-long workout since starting exercising again in earnest a couple of months ago
Bearing in mind this is with a smashed arm and shoulder and cracked vertebrae where I never followed up on the the initial assessment
I'm quite pleased with myself, especially as my gammy arm has now got to the point where it'll sustain a few proper press-ups.

Watched "Idris Elba - Fighter" the other night, and it quite inspired me. Silly man really, trying to train for a professional kick-boxing fight in 12 months flat at his age; "I'm gonna get hurt...I'm definitely gonna get hurt." Quite. But a good watch, nevertheless. Makes me miss my old Lau Gar days - can't do all that stuff anymore
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[pepperami]

[chickenstrip]

[thx1138]

I loved doing full contact karate, and later tang soo do. I was never that good at it, but I enjoyed the training.

Had the misfortune of trying GKR a few years ago, McDojo franchising nonsense.

I really liked English Full Contact Karate - it dispensed with long stances unsuited to gangly bodies, and shouting things out loud in another language, just a few quick bows here and there, but I've never been as fit in my life as when I did that. I wasn't very good at it, and never had a full on bout in a ring, continous sparring was as far as I went, I was too slow, and telegraphed to much, great fun though.

[chickenstrip]

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[pepperami]

[pepperami]