Rate my routine.
stinkyfungus
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I’m new here and Interested in seeing what the community thinks of what I do to get fit.
I’m hoping that there will be sufficient awe or encouragement at what I do that it’ll confirm I’m the old monster (I think) I am. I’m a male 6’ 42 years old.
First: I was 309lbs in October of 2018. As of yesterday afternoon I’m currently 225. So uhhh yeah... whatever I’m doing it’s working.
Normally, I eat my BMR +10%
Which comes out to about 2300 cal daily which is a deficit to begin with.
But, it provides me with just enough oomph to do this:
Monday: bicycle with wife 12-25 miles 1000-1600 feet of climbing at 11-12 mph pace (her pace... I don’t break much of a sweat, except if I attack hills then wait on her)
Tuesday:
Bicycle alone, 6-15 miles 1,000 feet climbing intense 15-20 mph pace (think individual time trial) weight training 1 hour, upper body focus heavy weights 3 sets of 8-10 for each move - work till failure
Wednesday:
bicycle alone - 15-25 miles intense 15-20mph pace 1,000 to 1,600 feet of climbing. again I ride like I’m doing a time trail. 100% effort, keep throttle fire walled.
Thursday:
bicycle alone 6-15 miles 1000 feet climbing intense time trial 15-20mph pace plus weight training, upper body focus, heavy weights 8-10 reps in sets of 3 work till failure.
Friday:
day of rest. Carb load for saturday effort
Saturday: the big enchilada... the monster effort. Bicycling alone 30-70 miles 3000+ feet of climbing intense pace 15-20 mph. These HURT (in a good way). I’ve seen calorie burns in excess of 6k on some of these! or instead occasionally mountain bike in rough terrain 15-20 miles highest sustainable pace I can manage.
Sunday:
Ride with wife Low intensity 10-13 mph pace (wife pace) longer ride 25-60+ miles (length depends on how blown out I am from previous days effort) sometimes she feels more froggy than I do - and I bail off at 25 or 30 and she goes distance.
My fitness goal is to once again be a 6’ fit, muscular, 200 pounds that can destroy normal people on a bicycle, and give actual bicycle racers a run for their money.
(I was a semi professional mountain bike cross country racer in my 20s - I want to get close to where I was...)
What do you guys think?
Am I becoming an animal again?
Or is my routine “meh, I can do that”
I’m hoping that there will be sufficient awe or encouragement at what I do that it’ll confirm I’m the old monster (I think) I am. I’m a male 6’ 42 years old.
First: I was 309lbs in October of 2018. As of yesterday afternoon I’m currently 225. So uhhh yeah... whatever I’m doing it’s working.
Normally, I eat my BMR +10%
Which comes out to about 2300 cal daily which is a deficit to begin with.
But, it provides me with just enough oomph to do this:
Monday: bicycle with wife 12-25 miles 1000-1600 feet of climbing at 11-12 mph pace (her pace... I don’t break much of a sweat, except if I attack hills then wait on her)
Tuesday:
Bicycle alone, 6-15 miles 1,000 feet climbing intense 15-20 mph pace (think individual time trial) weight training 1 hour, upper body focus heavy weights 3 sets of 8-10 for each move - work till failure
Wednesday:
bicycle alone - 15-25 miles intense 15-20mph pace 1,000 to 1,600 feet of climbing. again I ride like I’m doing a time trail. 100% effort, keep throttle fire walled.
Thursday:
bicycle alone 6-15 miles 1000 feet climbing intense time trial 15-20mph pace plus weight training, upper body focus, heavy weights 8-10 reps in sets of 3 work till failure.
Friday:
day of rest. Carb load for saturday effort
Saturday: the big enchilada... the monster effort. Bicycling alone 30-70 miles 3000+ feet of climbing intense pace 15-20 mph. These HURT (in a good way). I’ve seen calorie burns in excess of 6k on some of these! or instead occasionally mountain bike in rough terrain 15-20 miles highest sustainable pace I can manage.
Sunday:
Ride with wife Low intensity 10-13 mph pace (wife pace) longer ride 25-60+ miles (length depends on how blown out I am from previous days effort) sometimes she feels more froggy than I do - and I bail off at 25 or 30 and she goes distance.
My fitness goal is to once again be a 6’ fit, muscular, 200 pounds that can destroy normal people on a bicycle, and give actual bicycle racers a run for their money.
(I was a semi professional mountain bike cross country racer in my 20s - I want to get close to where I was...)
What do you guys think?
Am I becoming an animal again?
Or is my routine “meh, I can do that”
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