What Was Your Work Out Today?
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Loading luggage.
I helped as land crew for a two-day paddle trip where we carry gear for people and a caterer feeds them. It's an educational trip of sorts, and a bit of a fundraiser for the organization that runs it, but they really don't make much money. It's an expensive venture.
I was in charge of the U-haul. I handled every persons bags four times - loading at put-in, unloading at camp, loading the second day, and unloading at the end. I also loaded/unloaded dishes, flatware, wine glasses, coffee glasses, tables, and linens, but I had help with most of that. I helped set up the camp, break down the camp, and tomorrow return all the rented dishes and such, and then I can rest.
My feet were filthy. I wonder how much weight I picked up and put down for the 110 people that put stuff on the U-haul.3 -
Thanks… I do not use a pod. I just take what I’m getting out of the Apple Ultra guesstimate. The most important thing I take from it is distance and time. I know stride, power and many other stats could be fudgy data. I’ve been in enough races that the watch is spot on for distance and time. Only an ever so slight difference in what the race tracking bib and watch #s. I do occasionally look at spm # and a fast time usually does correlate with a higher spm. And yeah wattage does also go up. Overall the watch does a decent job so for me it provides good enough tracking. If I were a full on pro yeah I’d look into something with better accuracy and likely supplement tracking with a pod.
I did occasionally carry my phone in my vest so I could run a metronome app. The “tick..tock” beat played at 180 bpm and I matched my cadence to it. Over time, this promoted more speed for the same perceived effort on longer runs. I’m far from that run fitness at the moment, but it was a fun addition to training in the past.
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Extended family beach vacation this week on Long Beach Island in New Jersey. Started with a bike ride yesterday, will do another today as well as a bay swim or a run.
My wife will join me on her e-bike for a few rides. There is minimal traffic on the side roads and a nice coffee shop at the harbor which is fun for a mid ride stop.5 -
Upper body power day in the weight room, featuring 5x5 bench press and cable row. Total beast mode!4
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Kicked off the week with a 5 mile run. Left when it was 84 and got back home at 92 🥵. Humidity was 70%. Didn’t feel to insane since I got 15+ mph winds on about 30% of the run. I actually enjoyed running into the wind more that when running with dead wind. Sun was a beat down during the last 1.5 miles. I improved on every single mile so happy with the run overall. Missed a 10:15 avg by 15 secs. Will hopefully do better on the next run. I intended to leave by 8. Didn’t leave until about 10:30.
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Normal row, 2 seat of the quad. Gloomy and humid, but serious rain held off until shortly before we pulled into the dock, and carried up the boats. Slippery underfoot on the dock, got pretty soaked, but only briefly, and at least we got a row in.
Learn to row class again tonight. I spent most of the class flat on my stomach on the dock, holding the stern of a single steady, and coaching several of the class members primarily about bladework and how relaxed hands are a key part of it.3 -
Sunday was sadly a write off as I had far too much to drink on Saturday
made me remember why I don't really drink!
Got back in the gym yesterday, mainly upper body push/pull but also got some core work done too. Today is a scheduled rest day because of work schedule but will get a walk in at some point.5 -
Ran yesterday using my typical 4:1 approach. Run blocks at 10:15-10:30 pace, with i minute walking recovery. Heart rate stayed in Zone 2 the entire time. This will be my strategy for the run split in the upcoming race in July.
Will put in 90 minutes on the bike today. I may also swim if the bay isn't too rough.5 -
Power leg day in the weight room, but had an early meeting at the office which meant I only had time for half my normal workout. In this case that meant one-leg presses to warmup, knock out the 5x5 deadlifts, and hit the showers.3
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5 mile run 10:15 avg. 75% humidity. Some windy spots which helped with cooling off during the run.4
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Windy conditions yesterday, so I had a chance to push watts against a headwind during the "out" portion of my ride. I held a 190w output at a 15.5-16mph speed for roughly thirty minutes into the wind. It felt like a hill climb. On the return, I really enjoyed the tailwind. My 165w output drove a 21.5-23mph speed as I cruised back home. After the workout, I did a bit more easy mileage on the hybrid while my wife rode her eBike. A coffee stop and some sight-seeing were part of ride #2.
Today, I'll swim in the bay while my wife rides her paddleboard as support.5 -
Today I did spinning first thing, lots of heavy climbs, am already feeling my legs! Won't be able to make this particular spin class for a month due to work commitments so will have to find another suitable one.
I've also done 30 minutes core pilates this evening and have walked for about 45 minutes at lunchtime.3 -
Felt like I should take it easy so decided no outside activities. UV level was in the red before 11 so I think I choose correct to stay in doors. Prepped lunch for the family then knocked out a slow and steady hump day 10k.3
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Terrible air quality here, too (red/"unhealthy"/"everyone may begin to experience health effects"). Perhaps foolishly, we rowed as usual this morning (in a quad), but kept it easy pace. I skipped the Fitlot circuit outdoor class, and our learn-to-row class was cancelled tonight (a decision I was in on).4
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Just a bunch of different leg exercises and the treadmill5
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Hello, I am new to this online community - and glad to be here.
Mutual accountability is good!
Today I did both some cardio and weight training.
For cardio: I did Day 2 of ‘Walking for Weight Loss’ of the ‘WalkFit’ Programme (‘Brisk Walk’ - about 23 minutes, 2.2Km);
For weight training: I did about 40 mins (including breaks) of exercises for chest, back, legs, triceps and calves (Just one type of exercise for each muscle type)
It is a holiday for me, so that is why I managed to do both types of exercises the same day.
For me the challenge is keeping consistency and discipline- so I do not mind starting relatively light-to-moderate exercises; once I build a firm routine, I can step it up in terms of duration.
Tomorrow I will do some shoulders, biceps, abs, forearms and middle-back - will post it once I am done.
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After receiving some much needed advice and encouragement from a close friend I finally mastered the elliptical. Today was mainly cardio with a bit of chest.5
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Yesterday was an hour on the elliptical, hills. Despite hitting the gym AFTER work due to needing to report early, I must've hit my second wind early, as I banged out nearly 6 miles during that hour.5
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Weekly hike up the peak to watch the wildflower progression. It's neat to see some species now blooming higher up and being bloomed-out lower down as well as new species starting to bloom. There's some phlox in a rocky area up top. It was flowering for two weeks, and now it's totally disappeared.
Look who came to say hi up in the meadow:
The native iris is slowly creeping up from 2000 feet to 4100 feet; it's probably half way by now. Beargrass is just starting to do its thing. Tiger lilies are finally starting up top, and next week will be exploding everywhere. Fawn lilies and glacier lilies are gone. Various species of lupines are blooming. Sheep sorrel is blooming. It's fantastic up there. Three of the last four weeks I could see the beach out on the ocean and the Cascade volcanoes from the top. Very nice. Kind of hazy yesterday, but I could still see them both. It's about 7.5 miles taking one trail about 2.6 miles up to the upper parking lot, a 1.5 mile or so loop up to the summit and back, then a mile or so down another trail that has a connector "tie" trail that goes back to the initial trail. Only the first and last 1.5 miles are on the same trail. There's ways to add other trail segments to get pretty much anywhere from a one mile to a 18 mile hike.
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Short bay swim yesterday. Water was warm, so no wetsuit needed. Only went about 1/2mile.
Did a bike/run brick today. Rode 18 miles in just under an hour, then a quick change into run gear and back out the door for a slow 25 minute transition run.5
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