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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…
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@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…
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Checking in. I was taking it easy through the beginning of the week with just some of the usual every day short elliptical workouts. Swimming on Wednesday, 25m lanes, and I tried to add just a bit of intensity doing 10x100 on a regular interval. Still getting plenty of rest but pushing the swim pace a bit. Some other laps…
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Early morning elliptical, yesterday and today. Then mid-morning yesterday to the pool for 1400m in 25m lanes, mostly front crawl but mixed in 100 kick and 100 IM. Then in the afternoon I rode the commuter bike again but only 21 minutes. This afternoon I went to the gym for 25 minutes on the treadmill, some more assisted…
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When I tell my watch I'm swimmng at a pool it lists the length of the lanes. The pool has movable bulkheads so it's usually set up with 25m lanes but sometimes it's 50m. If I forget to reset the distance from 25 to 50, it still counts the lengths but thinks I'm reeeally slow and taking lots of strokes. :smiley:
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You can take it to the next level and try running on the spot too. 0 mph should be the easiest you can possibly run, right? I did this a long time ago when trying to learn to run without increasing my heart rate on a watch above a set point. I found out later the set point was too low for me but I still made it work. If…
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The gym is a great suggestion and some proper instruction would be worthwhile too. There are also lots of body weight exercises and cardio that can be done cheaply at or from home too. However, I still like my elliptical machine if you decide to get something for at home and have a place for it. It has a longer stride…
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I was going to report today's work but it's turned into yesterday's work now. Elliptical in the morning. One side of my neck was stiff earlier, and I'm guessing it's from the recent return to swimming, so that was cancelled for today. Instead, the old commuter bike was dusted off, tires pumped, and taken for a 35minute…
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I'm still doing 15 minutes or more on the elliiptical first thing each morning. It takes the place of walking a dog? :smile: I swam 1500 scm yesterday and ran 20 minutes on a treadmill today.
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15 minutes early morning elliptical trainer both yesterday and today. I ran on a treadmill yesterday afternoon for 20 minutes, and again this morning for 25 minutes. I'd considered swimming today but the center's website had the pool closed today.
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I did the early morning 15 minutes elliptical yesterday but got distracted (or lazy) and didn't do a planned run. There are other commitments later today so if any workouts were happening then I had to start early. That got me to the pool in time to use the 50m lanes again. 2100m in a few longer continuous swims. Then…
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The calorie burn from swimming doesn't depend on distance and time so much as it depends on your technique while swimming. An efficient swimmer could glide through the water quickly, with little effort, and for great distances, where a swimmer with poor technique is thrashing and struggling and becoming exhausted quickly.…
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Swimming early this morning, 50m lanes, 1800m all as 100m repeats with lots of rest. Just adding up some meters to get reacquainted with the swim. Shortly after getting home, I used the elliptical for 15 minutes at an easy rate just to loosen up. I've been eager to get back to some kind of cycling but lately its either…
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Less than 2 months into MFP and I wasn't sure the scale fluctuations I've seen were really weight loss until today. I've been somewhere around 265 to 270 lbs for a few years now. The scale this morning was finally below 260 at 259.8 and I'm starting to believe. I like the afore mentioned goal of waiting to see if someone…
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Yesterday I helped at a club event from early until after noon but otherwise called it a rest day. I used the elliptical this morning for 17 minutes. Just before lunch, I ran on the treadmill for a half hour and at the 30 minute mark just barely got up to the same peak heart rate as during a 20 minute run last week.…
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@justanotherjen13 Too bad you're on the red team. Blue, for the win! :smiley: :wink:
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When the watch records a workout for me, I usually first check that the workout is showing in the iPhone's Fitness app. Then when I open the MFP app, the workout shows there. I still use the sync function under "More" in the MFP app to make it show up on the MFP website right away.
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I did the usual 15 minutes early morning elliptical and went to the pool in the afternoon. 1300 scm (short course meters, 25m lanes) mostly 100m front crawl but with a 100 IM mixed in towards the end for fun. Recovery feels better than after the last swim too, maybe assisted by another 15 on the elliptical this evening to…
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@Evamutt Your craving doesn't sound that weird. A mix of carbs, protein, and fats, without lots of sugar. You could do far worse!
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I did 15 minutes on the elliptical early this morning, then 20 minutes running on a treadmill a few hours later. Running inside a lot more lately because of the smoke. When I was younger, I used to donate blood occasionally. I've seen online where some places pay for that but at the clinic here donations have always been…
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@nossmf If you burn out quickly trying to run, then you are likely trying to run too fast. I did that too when I first started to run in my 40s. A running store owner advised: just run easy and note how long you go, then walk until you've caught your breath and note that time too. Repeat. Try to find interval times that…
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Swimming this morning, really early to catch one of the few times they have the bulkheads moved for 50m lanes. 13 x 100m with lots of rest, 40 minutes. 100m times are still nowhere near what they used to be but. like the signs @AnnPT77 mentioned, "You are Here" and here is where I'm working from.
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I was out camping with some extended family last weekend so only walking and a few short sprints then. When at home, Monday on, I've been consistently doing a short early morning elliptical workout, 20 minutes today followed by 15 minutes of light calisthenics. I went to the gym to swim this afternoon but found that my…
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I did a couple months of free trial and decided, while the workouts were great, that I wanted more flexibility in what I did. However the outlet owner talked me into a money-back extension. I never got any money back. When I still wanted to cancel, they first pulled up fine print about attending a sufficient number of…
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Other activities later today and part of tomorrow so I got 20 minutes in running on the treadmill this morning, right after 15 minutes on the elliptical trainer to warm up. Peak HR on the treadmill has been trending steadily downwards over the last several workouts so this might actually be working. :)
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Lots of interesing stories here! I did say "Hi" a couple pages back, but didn't provide many details so I'll add a bit of background. My apologies but, when I was younger, I was one of those guys who ate like a horse and looked skinny. I'm 6'2" and, what's the polite term, big boned so skinny was still just over 200 lbs.…
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@Djproulx Good luck with your race! The plan sounds good. Steady but conservative through the swim and bike. There's always plenty of oppertunity on the run to burn off extra energy if you have the "matches" left. I'm still getting a daily morning elliptical session and yesterday another morning core routine. I was…
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I quit cigarettes just over 30 years ago and gained about 5 or 10 pounds. I'm a big guy so that was almost nothing, relatively. Since then lifestyle and eating habits have gained, and lost, and regained, far greater amounts of weight. Seriously, kick the cigarettes, now. I always say quiting was easy, I did it hundreds of…
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Early morning elliptical today, then to the gym in the afternoon. 15 minute warm up on a stationary bike. Then 4 sets of assisted pullups pursuing a fantasy that I'll someday be able to do them again without the assist. :wink: Next, 20 minutes steady running on a treadmill followed by 4 sets of lat pulldowns. The point of…
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I got the usual early morning elliptical session in and followed it up with some core exercise circuits. Then this evening I swam SCM laps at a pool for about a half hour, mostly front crawl but mixed in a 100 IM, some kickboard, and a couple laps with a pull bouy. Hoping to build on this too, soon.
