Fitness Thread

So far so good. 3 miles of running, followed by just under 3 walking and a good 2 mile run to the finish. Going to gradually extend on things until I'm running the whole 7.91 mile circuit, then gradually extend the milage after that.

Another 8 miles covered and around 930 calories burnt. Definitely didn't prepare well for this run. Lack of sleep and very little carb-loading, meant I ran out of glycogen quite early on and was struggling. Probably a little dehydrated as well in all honesty, something that wasn't aided by the decent weather. Still, I was mentally focused and pushed even harder than Thursday..which was definitely pleasing.

Stuck to the diet, a few days off a month of giving up smoking using nothing but will power and definitely much fitter. The only downside is having to wash out the salt stains from the top I wore earlier.

Oh yeah and after my workout I ate the equivilant of a whole chicken. Quite pleased about that. I thought I had 'eyes bigger than my belly' syndrome, but alas, not this time

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I did some running at the gym today. To summarise, I am sh*t at it. I can lift heavy weights no problem, but when it comes to actually being fit, I'm right up there with someone who's dead.

What did you manage distance/time wise?

Next to toss all. 4 minutes or something, uphill, at a running pace but not exactly like Linford Christie.

I wouldn't mind, but when I play football I don't feel as bad as I did today. I think the fact I'd done a load of weights first didn't help, but damn, I think years of drink is taking it's toll on my organs

I've been taking something called Hot-Rox in the last 4 days. I've had it a long time but I've only just started taking it. (http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/biot/hot.html)

I have to say; I'm sure it works. I've attached the pic from four days ago, and underneath one I just took 10 minutes ago.

It's bloody dear stuff, but I'm convinced it works. I'll take it consistently for a month and see how I go. There's every chance I'll not change at all; and I'm not 100% sure on the side-effects (I know of some, and they're not major), but I'm hoping for some definite progress.

I've changed my form at the gym in the last week or so; I'm slower in the reps and concentrate a lot more on the muscle I'm working. I've also be trying to keep the rest of my body as still as possible when performing exercises.


(After four days of Hot-Rox)-

http://www.bodyshapersfitness.com/prodView.asp?idproduct=900

£30 on there, but perhaps you could get them cheaper somewhere else. Don't know where, mind. Also, £30 is heavily reduced in price as it is.

I just used this BMI calculator: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

It makes me laugh. Apparently, I'm overweight. My BMI is 25.8, which puts me in tier 3: 'Overweight'. Just one tier behind Obese. I hope Doctor's don't use the BMI, I really don't think it's a very accurate system for some people.

Haha bloody hell; looks like lines of coke. No wonder you ran for so long

Holy crap. Make sure he has a beer waiting for you.

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If I had that much coke, I'd probably still be going now.
Slightly ambitious, but in the next couple of weeks, on a friday or saturday, I'm tempted to walk to my brother's house...in bournemouth. 45 miles, 5300Kcal of potential calorie burning, one day.

Go for it mate. Whilst you're at it, set up a charity page for donations [at www.justgiving.com], even it's just with the intention of raising £100, you know it goes to a good source. If you do the return walk in one day, you'll get it.

Did an hour today, all weights. I'll throw some cardio into the mix tomorrow. Pleased with my form on the weights; lifting everything correctly makes a massive difference, even if it does mean dropping down a few KG.

Didn't go to the gym yesterday; had a rest. Went today but needn't have bothered my a*se because I was knackered from an early start (did some overtime at work). Just done some weights now at home but they're not heavy enough really. Tomorrow is another day.

6k run (broken down into run 12, walk 1, run 12, walk 1, run 12) and a few miles walking. Probably ate the wrong food today but f*ck it. Breakfast of 3 weetabix and a banana, lunch of 2 slices of toast with butter, a pack of salt n vinegar walkers and 3 biscuits..dinner a shepherd's pie with red wine and parmesan and egg yolks in the mash. Fruit smoothie to round things off. Can't think that'll be over 2000 calories, though.

Still ill. Cannot stop coughing. And what I cough up is fluorescent green, I swear.

Short first session this afternoon. Did 15 repetitions on each weight machine (shoulder press, chest press, hamstring curl, quadracep curl and assisted lift bar) followed a quick 10 minutes on the bike. In terms of weights, i'm absolutely gobsmacked at how much core strength i've lost in the past year - i've had to do everything a minimum of 10kgs less i used to.

This is going to be a long haul

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I am finally down to a healthy weight!  I now weigh 8st 5lbs.  Hooray!

Job well done there 'Neen

Went for a proper run in the New Forest. Beautiful sunshine. Doesn't get much better than that.

Gym today; had to leave despite feeling like I could have done a lot more. It's a tad frustrating but not to worry. Exceeded yesterday's cardio today. Looking forward to it tomorrow

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Right, im gonna force myself to go running tomorrow after lectures.

Or would it be better if went on the cross trainer to begin with?

Im so out of the loop on cardio - i used to do exercise bike for about 40 minutes, but the bike here is f*cking dreadful.

Unless you've got problems with your knees or ankles, I wouldn't start with the cross-trainer. Get some decent running shoes and go for it mate.

The hardest bit is to haul a*s out the door. The rest is easy and a lot less boring.

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Right, im gonna force myself to go running tomorrow after lectures.

Or would it be better if went on the cross trainer to begin with?

Im so out of the loop on cardio - i used to do exercise bike for about 40 minutes, but the bike here is f*cking dreadful.

Unless you've got problems with your knees or ankles, I wouldn't start with the cross-trainer. Get some decent running shoes and go for it mate.

The hardest bit is to haul a*s out the door. The rest is easy and a lot less boring.  

Even better, the on-site gym is fitting a TV and hifi soon. I run and cycle alot further when not bored out of my skull from staring at a wall.