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This is what I do minus pushing off harder. It's actually a pull if you can believe it. It's called POSE running, and it's basically falling forward constantly and catching yourself. At first, it was murder on my calves but figured out that it's a little more relaxed than pointing toes down at the ground. The reason I…
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I do the cold shower every morning to wash off the soap. I'll try 1:00 minute tonight! Mark Divine (Sealfit) talks about this method of breathing in one of his books. He calls it box breathing. I try to picture the air coming in my nose, down into my diaphragm, and out of my mouth making sort of a box shape as it goes…
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4 miles today 36:30 9:08/mi. Did a 9:00 mile warmup, then 2:00 intervals with top at about 7:30-8:00 and bottom about 10:00-10:30. Rinse. Repeat. Focused on trying to get my form down. Biggest takeaway is that I am too tense when I run. I need to loosen up and flow a little better. Today I ate about 1:15. I had about 6oz…
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Thanks for the advice! I haven't used kinesio tape before. I put some moleskin in there today when I ran to see if that would help and it's nowhere to be found...I will definitely check it out! What's the book name? I'm in the beginning stages of training for a half marathon. I've never done one that long before...actually…
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Day 1! Ran 3 miles today. Slow pace 25:33 8:31/mi. Broke my fast at 1:30 today and had leftover turkey, ham, and brussel sprouts. Haven't eaten dinner yet, but I'll keep it before 9! Have a nice blister on my left foot and right hip flexor is tight! Fun day
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Metcons are my treat for the day! I love them. So is weight periodization basically deloading from metcons? I'm not familiar with it. Did a cursory Google search and it looks like some sort of structured circuit...
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I know exactly what you mean... Some times I will go shopping and buy like a box of cookies or chips or something thinking I'll only have the serving size. Nope, that's going to get eaten in a handfuls.
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No AC...That's no bueno. Howie...Wow yes! Chance of snow in September that's crazy! We're looking at 95 degree days still here in sunny New Mexico... Soon enough though it will be super windy so I guess I shouldn't complain. Here's to Wednesday!
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Don't give in John! Just day dream about how hard you're going to hit it next week and let your muscles/joints/hormones recover! What are you doing for your deload? Dropping to 40% effort? Or are you just checking out and not doing the gym at all? I've heard all different kinds of deloading before. I usually drop to 40%…
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John- good job on moving that 1RM up! Deadlifting is one of my favorite movements and, in my opinion, one of the most useful ones. Keep it up! Back home. One note about vacation that always seems to get me...I never drink enough water. When I'm home I drink around 150-200oz a day but away I am lucky if I get 50. I think…
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I'm officially signed up for the Dallas Tough Mudder. I told my friend to register with the team, but we will probably run the whole thing. We both are at about the same running level so it'll be fun to pace with someone for a change rather than run by myself. I'm pretty excited to go! I haven't been to Dallas in ages and…
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John, hope you have a better day today! Didn't get enough carbs last night and went over on my protein...not happy about it, but I'll just have to work on it. Having just the worst time getting clean carbs. Might have to add in some rice. Tomorrow I leave for Wichita, KS. I will be trying hard to keep IIFYM in mind. Does…
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I know all I ever do is share links on these things...and that MFP discussion boards are NOT link friendly, but I found this really awesome tool online to calculate macros for fast food. I'm going to be going to a wedding in Wichita (10 hours away from me) on Thursday and fast food will be inevitable. I think this tool…
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Reminds me... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDoKPeZu-o8 Try to remember this when you sit for long periods of time. Checking in.......Recalculating my macros. Found an IF calculator at reddit.com/r/leangains. http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/ It has my calories much lower than I'm used to so we will see what happens.…
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I'm pretty bad at this whole checking in thing. My eating has been down right crappy lately. I haven't been paying attention to it... So I hit the reset button yet again and yesterday had a really decent amount of cruciferous vegetables. I'm trying to eat 1 portion for lunch along with some high protein and 2 portions at…
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You can call me Chris!
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Missed the first couple days, but I'm checking in! I completed a 10k program last Sunday and PR'd my time at 50:06. I'm still 10lbs shy of my new goal of 165. I'm having the most trouble losing my love-handle area. It just won't go away...I did a little bit of research and the overwhelming consensus is that insulin…
