40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are
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Did a track session last night in the cooler temps. 16x400's toggling between 5k and marathon pace. Felt good to do some speed work for a change.2
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"FOCUS T25 Alpha: Total Body Circuit"=Done!0
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good Morning kids. Got a strength workout in yesterday. We are now starting the strength portion, so we were uping the weights. Still trying to figure out what the weight is that takes me to failure. I was doing drop squats with 100lb weight and was still able to do 12 in a set. Our goal is 6 - 8 reps. My trainer now realizes that he was going too easy on me, which I kept telling him.
@Beeps2011 Life does go on, but I do understand how you feel.
@caramelgyrlk - good luck on your race and I look forward to the pictures.0 -
It's a beautiful day here today. Getting in an upper body workout then off to get stuff done. I may have cot my extension cord powering my lawn mower in half yesterday. Perhaps I will replace that at some point
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Taking a break while on my bike ride today. I hadn't realized that they'd extended my local bike path so far. I'm at 7 miles at the turn-around, and my longest ride before this was just 12 total.4
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I was supposed to start a round of P90X3 this week, but I got a bit distracted with Shaun Week. Shaun T’s Insanity is one of my all-time favorite workout programs, but it’s cardio heavy. Ever since I started running 4 and 5 days a week and averaging 25 miles a week, I’ve been staying clear of the cardio heavy programs. Too much of good thing is too much! However, this program is only 6 30-minute workouts. They’re still intense, but not insane, and after 3 days, I still love Shaun T! Oh, how I wish I had this crazy motivator in my ears and in my head on the last mile of every race!
Anyway, I’ll be starting P90X3 on Monday. My daughter and I enjoyed a Core at the Store class last night at a local running store. We learned some great runner-specific core moves to do to strengthen those muscles that are usually weak in runners. I am happy to say that a lot of those moves show up regularly in P90X3. I’ll only have to add a couple of them to my daily workouts.
I managed to get in today’s Shaun workout, Insane Weights, before leaving for an early but long lunch with a friend today. By the time I got home it was 94°F, 51% humidity for a Real Feel of 106°F. The climate-controlled treadmill to the rescue!
I was only going to do an easy 3 miles. I have my long run tomorrow. However, I was feeling really good and added a tempo mile at my current 5K pace. It felt good to blow out the cobwebs or, for you motorheads, blow the carbon off the carburetor!
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@gam3rguy is that a little grey hair I'm seeing in Shaun T's beard?!0
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LOL! happens to the best of us!BettyM1017 wrote: »@gam3rguy is that a little grey hair I'm seeing in Shaun T's beard?!
"FOCUS T25 Alpha: Ab Intervals"=Done!
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Hi guys, 47 here - a '70 model. I love this thread! I just started Stronglifts 5x5 and have done 11 workouts. Not seeing a lot of scale movement, but that's expected. I'm loving it, but doing it at home and I'll need to invest in some equipment so I don't have to keep picking weights up off the dang floor every workout. Although, you could say they are bonus deadlifts! I'm working on changing my body composition so I'm not just smaller but flabby as I lose weight. Plus, it seems like it just jumps back on the moment I slack off. I'm in Maine and the winters here make it difficult to keep up with exercise. I love running, but hate the "dreadmill". We'll see how this goes for an almost 50 body! I took before pics and measurements. Down just .5 inches in some spots, but its progress nevertheless. Also, seeing the increase in strength is fun. Patience is important. I'm trusting the program. Hope everyone has a great day. Raining here.3
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Morning kids. Hot Pilates kick all of my can last night. Well if that was not enough, I woke up a few hours later and took TRX and bootcamp. I will rest tomorrow since I have the race on Saturday morning. Have a great day kids.3
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I've been feeling a bit congested for a couple of days now, basically ever since last week's beach run. I've either found some new allergy or I've picked up a cold. Either way, I know I need to watch the cardio. Today was my long run day, which should have been 10 miles. I decided to stay indoors on the treadmill and cut it back to 6.25 miles. I also did Shaun Week: Insane Focus Abs 25. Shaun Week...it's like Shark Week...only wetter (read sweatier)!
@gam3rguy I've given my family the task of watching the televised coverage of the Breckenridge Sprint and the Palmerton Super. They're mission is to help me get ready for the Miami Sprint in February. I predict that things are about to get very strange around here real soon, lol!
@caramelgyrlk You are a BEAST!! You are seriously going to rock your race!1 -
By the way, for those who are looking for a new activity tracker, Sam's Club is putting the Garmin VivoActive HR on sale for $150 for one day only, August 5th. It looks like the price is good both online and in-store.
I'm holding out for a Garmin Forerunner 235, but my daughter really wants the VivoActive HR, especially for swimming. Her birthday is on the 20th. Score!2 -
Ok. So maybe it wasn't the sandbag carry at the Palmerton Super. I may in fact ALWAYS look cranky.
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A funny thought also a sad one I guess. I weigh less now than I did in my teens 30 years ago.1
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Hubs took the kids to see Spider-Man tonight, so I took the opportunity to loiter at the gym a little longer than usual. Ran 3 miles, then did some strength work.
Looking forward to tomorrow. Going to the lake with my dad to swim and canoe. He's just returned from a lengthy trip to Europe (my mom is still there), so it'll be nice to catch up. I may or may not invite the kids to join us.
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@gam3rguy do you do Crossfit.
@BettyM1017 how are you feeling congestion wise
I did a killer 50 minute video. Lots of legs and some weight stuff. It was tiring so I took the boy after to the pool and sat in the hot tub0 -
"FOCUS T25 Alpha: Lower Focus & Alpha: Cardio"=Done!0
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@AliNouveau. i've never done Crossfit. i've been to that OCR gym once (so far), but never a Crossfit.
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Hi Kids,
Did my Sunday long run this morning instead. Looking forward to Friday night group swim at the lake tonight. Tomorrow's fun is a long bike, then a short run.
Sunday will be a full day field trip on bikes to Shelter Island, NY. This will be a fairly large group social ride, not a training session. We even built in time for "selfie stops" and a happy hour rest stop at Sunset Beach. The hard core cyclists in the group agreed to the beach stop when advised that there is a clothing optional section of the beach within sight of the patio bar.
Then its back to training next week, since the Lake Placid hills are only 6 weeks away.
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Hi there !
Trying to join this Group. I'm 52 and new to MFP.
I started 2 weeks ago from the advice of Tammi from Organize Yourself Skinny blog. She loves this app and I do too!
What a great community! I want to lose 20 pounds and then see how I feel . I haven't lost any weight this 2 weeks but my pants are looser !
Thank you and I look forward to meeting you all and getting motivated!
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Had a great workout this morning, front squats and rowing. My goal is to workout 5x/ in August.0
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So, how do you sign up for this group? And, how in the heck do you bookmark?0
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I'm in! I'll post my goals later. Looks like a great group!1
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briansolomon7863 wrote: »So, how do you sign up for this group? And, how in the heck do you bookmark?
You bookmark by clicking on the star up in the right hand corner between the bell and the astro.2 -
Count me in. I'm 45 and started using MFP 3 weeks ago. My goal is to lose 80 pounds, the first two weeks I lost 8 pounds. This week I am holding steady at 272, guess my body didn't want to let go of any more weight this week. Looking forward to posting my progress each Friday, I think it will keep me on track. SLOW and STEADY wins the race!!2
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Welcome newbies!
Shaun Week: Insane Focus Ripsanity! Holy Compound Moves Batman! That was awesome!
Chest congestion is still hanging around so I decided to walk instead of run today. I wasn't coughing after Ripsanity, so maybe things are on the mend. Have a great weekend everyone!3 -
Okay. Here's my stats and goals
age - 48
Female
Goal - to lose 160 pounds
Diet - low calorie, keto diet under doctor's supervision (no sugar, little caffeine, etc...)
Exercise - minimum of half hour moderate walking per day, moderate toning reps per day
**First week on the program, I've made nice progress. I'm pleased with myself, but also realize that I have some very bad habits that need to go from my life. Food is my fuel, not my life.
Glad to have community to support me in my journey:)4 -
Hiya! Forgive me for not reading all 472 pages *lol* so, this is my unofficial intro.
I'm only as old as I look, and sticking to that story --- but, I belong here.
My initial goal is to lose 57 pounds. I'll still be overweight, but I'll come up with new numbers after I reach the first one.
The diet is a work in progress as it has to become my new WOE because I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes on 6/21. Since then, I have stopped the humalog at meals, started Metformin, and decreased the lantus. Endo thinks I can be off the injections by October. For now, I am trying to do low carb, no additional sugar, blah blah blah.
Still recovering from major surgery, I haven't been cleared for exercise yet, but I try to at least walk around every day - grocery shopping or around my complex.
I'm a mom, a partner, a crafter, and granter of my cat's whims.3
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