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I did another group fitness class at the local Y yesterday morning. I arrived too late to use the track for a warm up and the class registered easier than usual on my Apple watch but included lots of stretching and coordination exercises. No class today so I went swimming, 1700 scm. I used flippers for a couple laps and…

@nossmf You got me wondering so I checked the facility's website. Their track is 240m and the app estimation of distance is closest to 5 laps, or about .75 miles. I wasn't counting, so that's my best guess now. Today I ran one side of the square track and walked the rest of each lap. The fitness class uses a variety of…

Morning group workout at the Y today, 45 minutes. I wasn’t logging it in the Apple fitness app before but I found a category called “functional fitness” that seems appropriate so I’m logging it now. I usually also get there early enough, as I did this morning, to do several laps on the indoor track first to warm up. Mostly…

Another of the regular, 3x/wk, YMCA fitness classes this morning. @DiscusTank5 I suppose my RHR stats were bragging a bit, though it's apples and oranges comparing two different people. Yours are certainly worth being proud of within your demographic!

Regular 45 minute fitness class yesterday with some easy track time to warm up first. I tried a different class at the YMCA today. It was supposed to be some kind of fitness yoga for seniors but it was much more focused on the fitness side and way more intense than the regular classes. Arms and legs are still feeling wrung…

Today was an out of town rest day but I was in the pool yesterday for 1600 scm. Fitness class 3x last week as usual. Apple watch and phone have been recording my RHR at 52 lately. Back when I was training hard, it was usually in the 40s so it's not too far off that now. I have a pilot license and my last medical for that…

First post back here in a loooong time. Don't want to chirp about a resolution or commitment until I see if it lasts. However, I've been doing a trainer led fitness class at the local Y, 3x per week for over a year now. I've started getting back in the pool too, a half dozen times this month so far including 1400 scm this…

17 minutes on an elliptical, regular 'first thing in the morning' routine. 45 minute group fitness class at the local YMCA later in the morning. An hour of dragon boat paddling practice in the evening.

I'd planned to go swimming yesterday, but procrastinated through the day, so it was later in the evening before I got there. Swim trunks weren't in the locker. I didn't think I'd taken them home but went home and checked anyway, no luck. Maybe I left them out somewhere? Back to the pool and asked at the desk if anyone had…

I can’t really comment on daily weighing as my scale only gets used once or twice a week, on no particular schedule. That’s only since starting MFP too, since I rarely looked at it before. Even in my youth, I knew my weight could vary wildly from one day to the next so I didn’t pay much attention. Until it’s started to…

Cycled to the pool on Saturday for 1500m but mostly just rested Sunday. 50 minutes on a treadmill this morning, running 4 minutes then 1 minute walking and repeat. Sort of a drill with a slow belt speed but I used a metronome app to maintain 180 steps per minute; almost running in place. Once I get back into better shape,…

A short early morning elliptical session, and an afternoon treadmill run. I tried the 3/1 minutes run/walk intervals again but cut it off at 50 minutes. That kept the HR from peaking as high as the previous 1 hour run and hopefully saved a bit more to run better again tomorrow.

Cycled to the pool, about 10 minutes each way, for 1250 m swimming. Donated plasma this afternoon so I'm taking it easy this evening so as not to spring a leak where they poked.

I did a short elliptical session early this morning and intended to run later. Busy day though and it was late evening before I got on the treadmill. Last week I tried the 4/1 run/walk intervals but it didn't bring the peak heart rate at the end of the run down by much so I tried 3 minutes running to 1 minute walking.…

I was in the pool this morning for 1850 scm, and then got on a treadmill this evening for 20 minutes easy running. I've been swimming in the ocean off of some of the Hawaiian islands and the west coast of Mexico, but not at dawn or dusk. As I understood it, that was when the sharks were most likely to hunt. For Hawaii I…

Out of touch over the weekend, out of town visiting a friend. At their request, I brought along some bicycles and spent an afternoon riding with the friend's grandchildren. Some large hills and a skate park were on the route. Afterward, I switched bikes and brought out an old tandem. The kids seemed to have an unending…

Daily early morning elliptical, still. Only 15 minutes or so while the coffee is brewing. I figure it replaces the exercise of walking a dog, without the clean up. :smiley: I tried the 4 minute run to 1 minute walk for 40 minutes on Wednesday. The heart rate recording traced a nice saw tooth pattern but stil trended up…

Catching up here. I do a regular short early morning elliptical. Extra elliptical work on Saturday but nothing else. A short bike ride on Sunday. 25 minute run outside, late in the evening on Monday. Today I rode the bike to the pool and back, swimming 1600m. Mostly front crawl but included 100 IM, 100 flutter kick…

Use the MFP app and this website to establish some targets and log your food. You don't need special diets, just make informed choices when you see the nutrition breakdowns of the food you eat. Combine a bit of weight loss with anything that uses your core and that should start tightening up the tummy. As mentioned above,…

I did get yesterday's planned run in. 45 minutes slow but probably not Z2. :smile: HR jumped to about 140 to start and then traced a slow steady climb to 170. Maybe I should try the run / walk intervals like @Djproulx describes. Swimming this afternoon, 1700scm, all front crawl. Pushed a bit for the last 100 and the watch…

What daily activity level did you specify when you were developing your calorie target? I had to adjust my estimation downward. Especially after starting to exercise more, I found that the time I wasn't exercising included more resting time. You could also try recalculating the calorie targets with a larger weekly weight…

I've been keeping up a regular short early morning elliptical session each day to get started and sometimes get on again for a bit watching tv in the evenings. After a longer 3 sport workout on Monday, there was just a short 15 minute treadmill run on Tuesday. Wednesday I was in the pool again for 1650m. A longer run is…

@j29t Sorry to read about your fall, but I like the comment about choices. That seems to be the main benifit from MFP for me, the information to make better choices. Using the app, I'm still gradually trimming some weight. And, in part due to the added info about calories burned by exercise, I've been rekindling a former…

I was holding off committing to anything until some actual training got done. This is a long way from race ready yet, but it's starting to look like training. So, yes, I'll probably start looking for some shorter nearby events for next year. I just have to get some consistent base work through the first part of the off…

I thought I would see if I was just kidding myself about getting back into triathlon, so I went to the gym this morning and linked three workouts, back to back. I wasn't pushing for speed at all, just going easy but steady. A half hour in the pool for 1300m, mostly 100s or 200s front crawl with rests but I mixed in a 100…

15 minute elliptical first thing this morning but that was it. I went to a weekly club breakfast "meeting" which is usually mostly socializing. It starts quite early! The rest of the morning was a volunteer thing and the afternoon was a barbeque with the volunteer group. Calling it a rest day, though I was ready for a nap…

I've been slipping on reports here but have gotten back at it this week. The neck is still stiff but I was in swimming Tuesday and Thursday, rolling more to breath to limit the neck strain for now. Some short bike rides Tuesday and Wednesday. Today I rode the bike to the gym, and back after some machines and a 20 minute…

@tnh2o Using a snorkel is a great idea, thanks! I'll still have to keep working on neck flexibility to wean myself off of it eventually but for now it gets me back in the pool sooner.

I like a modified version of bicycles. I looked at video online that shows something more like a crunch but thats not what I mean. They were holding their hands by the head and trying to touch elbows to opposite knees. Instead of pulling the knees up so high, I focus on alternately extending each leg out straight as I…

@LolaGatto , @MaryZZZZ Good luck dealing with the physical issues. I'm still peeking in here now and then, and also currently dialing the activity back a bit. After a number of years away, I was trying to get back into the three triathlon sports but apparently I'm not as flexible as I used to be. Starting back swimming…