OT: Health and Fitness Thread ‎III

[smithformeragent]

Done 40 lbs but need to really start putting the muscle back on. will start September

Nice.

I ended up losing 25 in total and am consistently at 170.

Had a very tight left quad last week lead to excruciating back pain when laying down.

I took it easy most of the week, avoiding heavy lifting, limiting runs to a light miles per day, and doing a lot foam rolling.

Back to the grind this week.
Was able to deadlift this morning with zero issues.
Making sure to do plenty of stretching beforehand.

 

[LouJersey]

Nice.

I ended up losing 25 in total and am consistently at 170.

Had a very tight left quad last week lead to excruciating back pain when laying down.

I took it easy most of the week, avoiding heavy lifting, limiting runs to a light miles per day, and doing a lot foam rolling.

Back to the grind this week.
Was able to deadlift this morning with zero issues.
Making sure to do plenty of stretching beforehand.

Thank you. I have had a hip issue lately. It seems to flare up when I wear my Hoka's but not my On's. Can't wait to start the weight training again has I have a pretty big chest, just need to remove the accumulated blubber off it lol

 

[smithformeragent]

Thank you. I have had a hip issue lately. It seems to flare up when I wear my Hoka's but not my On's. Can't wait to start the weight training again has I have a pretty big chest, just need to remove the accumulated blubber off it lol

Keep at it brother!

My goal is to keep the weight off this Fall when life inevitably gets busy again.

I’ve mostly cut the carbs out. Was doing the keto bread for a while and now I’m just doing like a burger patty or piece of grilled chicken with broccoli for dinner.

Soups and light fare for lunch.

Ice cream if I get the itch at night, but limiting that.

However, I’m going to crush a large popcorn tonight at Deadpool.

 

[BMC]

I'm up to 10 minutes on the bike with 4 out of 10 resistance. I started at 10 minutes with no resistance. The bad hip makes it difficult but I am perservering. Resumed fasting again too.

 

[Aeroforce]

I commented on Kevin Neeld's video I shared, and he responded. Sounds corny, but it made my day.

As the Bruins' Head Performance Coach, he provides interesting insight, such as in this YouTube Short. He details the team's lifting sessions after games.

That's right - when we are on the board after games wanting players traded, coaches fired, etc., the players are lifting weights.

His voice and vocal inflections sound similar to the great Tim Thomas.

 

[smithformeragent]

Jacob and I have been ramping up on the cardio.

Crushed a big cheat meal yesterday at Chili’s, BBQ brisket burger with fries.

Signed up for the marathon this morning, so I’ve got a reason to keep crushing it this Fall.

 

[smithformeragent]

I’m coming to grips with the fact that I’m not a young man anymore.

I think it’s only natural to lament the passing of time, the sands of the hourglass slipping through one’s fingers as the pages fall from the calendar.

Spring gives way to Summer.
Summer to Autumn.

Days become shorter. Nights grow colder.

Are we predestined to lose our energetic youth?
Is the struggle against Father Time an exercise in futility?

By the time we start to figure things out, our bodies begin to fail us.

Certain moments in our lives are frozen in time. I remember two years ago about this time, my doctor telling me it was time to think about giving up distance running as I entered a new phase of life.

I planned to run ten miles this morning as I ramp up in preparation for November’s marathon. I’ve got one more in me.

But the morning rain never tapered off. The little voice in my head said “You don’t want to run in this rain. Skip it. Do it tomorrow instead.”

Then the other, more powerful voice said “You can do this. You WILL do this. Get out there and do what you can. Something is better than nothing. Just go out and run.”

I made it the first two miles and one AirPod died. That’s ok, I thought, I’ll push forward and run at least six miles. Six miles is pretty good.

Then I thought to myself, if you’ve run six miles, surely you can run eight miles. I ran eight miles last Saturday. I can do the same with one AirPod.

So I ran eight miles.

Then I thought to myself, you’ve already run eight miles in this crap. If you push through and run your ten miles, you’ll remember this run when things get hard. When you feel like you’ve got nothing left in the tank, you’ll remember you kept going.

The little voice says “You can’t. Not today.”

The more powerful voice says “Get behind me, Satan. I can do this all day.”

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

I’m coming to grips with the fact that I’m not a young man anymore.

I think it’s only natural to lament the passing of time, the sands of the hourglass slipping through one’s fingers as the pages fall from the calendar.

Spring gives way to Summer.
Summer to Autumn.

Days become shorter. Nights grow colder.

Are we predestined to lose our energetic youth?
Is the struggle against Father Time an exercise in futility?

By the time we start to figure things out, our bodies begin to fail us.

Certain moments in our lives are frozen in time. I remember two years ago about this time, my doctor telling me it was time to think about giving up distance running as I entered a new phase of life.

I planned to run ten miles this morning as I ramp up in preparation for November’s marathon. I’ve got one more in me.

But the morning rain never tapered off. The little voice in my head said “You don’t want to run in this rain. Skip it. Do it tomorrow instead.”

Then the other, more powerful voice said “You can do this. You WILL do this. Get out there and do what you can. Something is better than nothing. Just go out and run.”

I made it the first two miles and one AirPod died. That’s ok, I thought, I’ll push forward and run at least six miles. Six miles is pretty good.

Then I thought to myself, if you’ve run six miles, surely you can run eight miles. I ran eight miles last Saturday. I can do the same with one AirPod.

So I ran eight miles.

Then I thought to myself, you’ve already run eight miles in this crap. If you push through and run your ten miles, you’ll remember this run when things get hard. When you feel like you’ve got nothing left in the tank, you’ll remember you kept going.

The little voice says “You can’t. Not today.”

The more powerful voice says “Get behind me, Satan. I can do this all day.”

Always be grateful for the things you do have in life and take nothing for granted. Even just going for an extended run for exercise in the rain. For instance I couldn't do that anymore since a car accident 12 years ago left me with too much metal in my right ankle and it doesn't have the normal "range of motion" anymore. (I mean yeah I can still run if it was like a zombie apocalypse lol) but no way could I run as far as you do for exercise.

I've been looking into biking but not too sure how possible it is with winter right around the corner even though I'm in Kentucky these days.

I'm assuming there isn't too much snowfall here as New Hampshire (I grew up in Hooksett) though so maybe i could. I would probably get bored with one of those in-home exercise bikes since I enjoy the outdoors too much.

I used to go for runs outside when I was an older teenager and I miss those days. I do enjoy hiking (and still can do that at least). I'm 34.

The one lucky thing is, is I've always been kind of a "beanpole" no matter what I eat I'm 6'2 and never been over 185lb. Of course all my older friends say "oh you wait a few years. . ."