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I like keeping fit I'm going to the gym three times a week again and my guns are bulging 
Sometimes I go with my girlfriend who I have and we run a 10k race.
Sometimes I go with my girlfriend who I have and we run a 10k race.
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Quote: Ted 'Smooth' Bundy, Jan 2010
Just signed up for a free account and I'm impressed with the depth of the tracking.
For anyone who wants to track their nutrition
www.dailyburn.com is quite nifty
Just signed up for a free account and I'm impressed with the depth of the tracking.
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Quote: Ted 'Smooth' Bundy, Mar 2010
Aye, the food thing is what persuaded me to sign up. I want to see how healthy/unhealthy some of the food I eat (in good faith) actually is. Username is CommodoreDan
Quote: Albert Johanneson, Mar 2010Quote: Ted 'Smooth' Bundy, Jan 2010For anyone who wants to track their nutrition
www.dailyburn.com is quite nifty
Just signed up for a free account and I'm impressed with the depth of the tracking.
Whats your user name, I'll add you to my motivatorsand yes its a belting site and you can add your own food too.
Aye, the food thing is what persuaded me to sign up. I want to see how healthy/unhealthy some of the food I eat (in good faith) actually is. Username is CommodoreDan
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My diet is pretty sh*te at the moment but today I have done an hour of football training, followed by a 7 mile run, a break for dinner and tv and now I've just banged out another 10k run in under an hour. I'm stiffer than a peado in a wacky warehouse now, but am happier for it. Tomorrow night I've an hour game of six-a-side (no breaks or any of that b*ll*cks) and then it'll be straight into another 5/6 mile jog to cool down. To top it off, my official weight loss now stands at 80 lbs. Skin around my stomach is still a bit sh*t (although not as bad) but happy times! 
Quote: Ted 'Smooth' Bundy, Mar 2010
Loosing 3 stone is an inspiration as well, though! Are you still wanting to lose more weight, or are you happy where you are now?
Quote: Lisbeth Salander, Mar 2010
Sounds like you could run that 10k already, Alice! Well done!
Also, do all you guys do your running on the tread mill? Or do you prefer running outside the gym?
I've lost about 40lb's myself
Loosing 3 stone is an inspiration as well, though! Are you still wanting to lose more weight, or are you happy where you are now?
Quote: Lisbeth Salander, Mar 2010
Ran 4k in 19:42, which I was quite pleased with. Then did a warm down, etc.
Cycled 20 minutes (I am convinced the meter is wrong as cycling for 20 minutes only put me at 2.75k which is very disappointing as I wasn't THAT slow.
Did a bit of abs work.
Then ran another 3.5k.
Sounds like you could run that 10k already, Alice! Well done!
Also, do all you guys do your running on the tread mill? Or do you prefer running outside the gym?
I aim to misbehave
Quote: Lisbeth Salander, Mar 2010
Muscle imbalance in my right leg/left a*s cheek muscle (can't remember the proper name). Basically, since I spent about a year and a half limping on and off, I have a muscle imbalance. I presumed it was in my right leg, but he said most of the imbalance is in my lower back/a*s cheek muscle on the left side, because its connected to my right leg. He said I'd be fine, just need to do some stretches he showed me for a while and I should be grand in a few weeks
Unfortunately, less than a week later, things got mad busy at work and I wasn't even going to the gym let alone doing fancy stretches, so I never thought of them again. Until I watched Eddie Izzard run 43 f*cking marathons in 50 days. Now I want to run a marathon. Not this year, but possibly next year. Not only that, but I also want to go for walks or just go out running every now and again. Thats when my leg hurts though. Cycling and stuff is fine, but even just walking too much can hurt like a Johnny Cash cover
Quote: Paddy Irishman, Mar 2010Want to get my leg sorted once and for all. Going to leave a bit of time at the end of each gym session to do the stretches the physio gave me, even if I feel like a jackass lying on a mat spreading my legs
What did they say was up with it?
I've to go back to the doctor for a referral to the hospital for my armExtensive nerve damage, too. And apparently it shouldn't really, really hurt when you hold a phone up to your ear for more than 1 minute. I thought it was just cramp/ tiredness
Muscle imbalance in my right leg/left a*s cheek muscle (can't remember the proper name). Basically, since I spent about a year and a half limping on and off, I have a muscle imbalance. I presumed it was in my right leg, but he said most of the imbalance is in my lower back/a*s cheek muscle on the left side, because its connected to my right leg. He said I'd be fine, just need to do some stretches he showed me for a while and I should be grand in a few weeks
Unfortunately, less than a week later, things got mad busy at work and I wasn't even going to the gym let alone doing fancy stretches, so I never thought of them again. Until I watched Eddie Izzard run 43 f*cking marathons in 50 days. Now I want to run a marathon. Not this year, but possibly next year. Not only that, but I also want to go for walks or just go out running every now and again. Thats when my leg hurts though. Cycling and stuff is fine, but even just walking too much can hurt like a Johnny Cash cover
I aim to misbehave
Quote: Lisbeth Salander, Mar 2010
Well you seem well ahead of the curve on that one, all the great running you've been doing
If I look at a treadmill I get a pain in my leg. Although thats mostly because there was a treadmill right outside my bedroom door for almost 2 years which I regularly banged into
Eddie Izzard was f*cking amazing.
Maybe we should all do a marathon. Well, train to do one at least
Well you seem well ahead of the curve on that one, all the great running you've been doing
If I look at a treadmill I get a pain in my leg. Although thats mostly because there was a treadmill right outside my bedroom door for almost 2 years which I regularly banged into
I aim to misbehave
Quote: Ted 'Smooth' Bundy, Mar 2010
Just stretches. I was trying to find a link to the stretches so I could make sure I was doing it right but can't.
Stretch 1 is where I lie on my side, back straight, knees out at 45degrees and bring my heels in line with my back. Then I raise my knee keeping my heels together.
Stretch 2 is basically where I'm standing on one leg with the other leg in front outstretched, then do one-legged squats
Quote: Ted 'Smooth' Bundy, Mar 2010
Nice going fellar!
Barrington SMASH, did the Physio suggest any any excersises or was it all stretches?
Just stretches. I was trying to find a link to the stretches so I could make sure I was doing it right but can't.
Stretch 1 is where I lie on my side, back straight, knees out at 45degrees and bring my heels in line with my back. Then I raise my knee keeping my heels together.
Stretch 2 is basically where I'm standing on one leg with the other leg in front outstretched, then do one-legged squats
Quote: Ted 'Smooth' Bundy, Mar 2010
Shoulders and back today, followed by 35 minutes on the cross trainer after work and a cheeky sauna. Not weighed myself in nearly a month but reckon I'm under 12.5 now and girl reckoned I was at most, 23 years old last week
Nice going fellar!
Actually, not posted a progress picture in er.. a year or so. So here is one. Plenty to do but it's a piece of p*ss to maintain so motivation isn't as high as it was.
Crap quality, soz.
Crap quality, soz.
Aye I can understand that. I'm trying to cut way back on the drink because I have way too much. I swapped cider and beer for vodka and diet coke for a while, which was nifty for the lack of calories but ended up just being a drink for the sake of it. I'm trying to just use alcohol as one of my rare treats but my will power is not great with that.
Nutella on toast every morning for breakfast keeps a lot of cravings at bay, I've found
Nutella on toast every morning for breakfast keeps a lot of cravings at bay, I've found
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