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Good: 20 min FTP test averaged 265 watts. Woot woot! +15 vs 4 weeks ago. Bad: Weight plateau all week. So, celebrated by breaking my no alcohol diet Saturday night and shared a very nice bottle of wine with spouse. Technically still hit calorie goal today although think I need to start getting extra backside retentive on…

I have a Keiser m3i spin bike (in addition to a road bike, a gravel bike, a time trial bike and a beach cruiser). The magnetic spin bikes tend to last longer. Kaiser and Schwinn make better bikes. Sunny is an affordable entry level brand. You can also go used. Particularly if you go Kaiser as that's more if a commercial…

I had sciatica 15 yrs ago. Swimming helped me a lot. Both in terms of being pain free exercise and reducing pain after. So much that I would go swim if pain got bad. I also went to a chiropractor and they taught me to stretch using a countertop. Standing straight on one leg I put my calf horizontally on the countertop…

Thank you. That's the one I've used in the past. It will give me 750 cals for swimming 2,500 freestyle which seems really high. I mark it down to 500. Basically I assume 100 kcals/500 yards. I think I'm ok if that's conservative but want to find other estimates to make sure it's not still high. P,S, this is the last…

I think a 5 week plateau does mean something is off. (Per previous comments). You should do an accuracy audit based on feedback from this thread. [On another note I'm also on a plateau although mines only a week. Plateaus suck because you feel like all your effort is for nothing. I'm my case, I think I just need to keep at…

Easy Z2/Z3 spin for 50 minutes. Recovery/step back week which I am due for. No hard stuff this week. Huge overload week last week at the end of a 4/5 week build. Felt wrecked Mon/Tues but starting to feel better today. Excited for a week of lower key exercise. Stuck on a stubborn weight plateau. Although weight is weirdly…

I'm doing well - have lost 11 of a 22 lb goal. Doing all the right things but on a week long plateau. My weight has actually never been this consistent (I usually fluctuate +/- 2-3 lbs with a down trendline...) and I'm stuck on this plateau (been about a week). Weight has not deviated more than 0.5 lb on any given day and…

I'm looking for best for swimming if anyone has one.

Dont truck with concussion. Listen to your dr. Exercise can worsen impact and recovery so this is one of those cases you really need to talk to your MD.

I'm pretty sure my bike is setup correctly. I generally cycle on the spin bike at 90 rpms. Although I often do virtual classes on the spin bike and sometimes they will call for lower cadence (60-80)...usually do those intervals at 70ish. My spin bike, like my gravel bike are spd which dont have a ton of float. My road bike…

A month long plateau is a bit long. Like other poster, I'd check your numbers. I had a plateau that long when I incorporated new forms of exercise in my routine and used MFP estimates for calorie burn (which IMO are extremely high at least for exercise I do...). Went though 6 weeks of logging everything and no movement. It…

Active recovery day. So far 35 min walking dog before work but goal is another 30 at lunch and 30 (with dog) after dinner. Body definitely craving a recovery day.

30 mile bike on gravel bike, non technical trails and road. Plateau week on weight although trained pretty hard. (Does anyone else find themselves upping training to get off a plateau?)

For me there are two things that work: 1) Get back on track the next day. (Dont turn a mess up day into a week, month...). Be super disciplined. Get back on track A.S.A.P. Start right now. Not later. N.O.W. 2) Smile and revel in your mess up day. Dont feel guilty about eating the entire pizza. Think, "Ok. Got that out of…

I have a Keiser m3i. It's a pretty nice spin bike. (Commercial grade...will last me 15 yrs...35% less than a Peloton new but 5x better equipment...I paid less for a floor model). But I wanted something compatible with multiple platforms (Zwift, Strava, etc). And I use it 5x/week. And I had a Lemond before that for 10 yrs…

60 min endurance spin ride. But noticeably stronger. Pushing the top of target zones reasonably easily. Time to take an FTP test. On the less bright side...seem to be on a plateau week despite hitting targets. More patience training.

2% milk is the perfect compromise. Creamy enough to taste good but less caloric. As long as it's not a latte and it's just a splash, the caloric cost is not significant.

I have a nice spin bike and subscribe to Peleton digital. Love the Powerzone training cycling in particular. Also the digital app price just dropped to $13/month. App also has other stuff like running programs, strengths yoga etc. I've used the yoga but heard good things about the running programs too. I love it. I use an…

I'm really liking the Peleton app. I use it for spin/cycling but they do treadmill and yoga too. Its $19/month.

Lots of spinning. Pretty much every day since last post here. High intensity intervals Sunday. Endurance ride Monday. Active recovery this am for 60 minutes plus yoga. Weight on track with pre Thanksgiving so maintained vs my usual +5. I kept the damage to the actual day and fasted pre meal. But, did not hold back (more…

Peleton. (Cycling but they have running, yoga etc). I just have the app because its cheaper.

Stress relief. If I have a really hard, stressful work or personal issue, exercise reduces stress. Also, occasionally I get insights on how to handle stuff while exercising.

I did TRIs for about 15 yrs. And eventually got pretty good at them (did all distances but got competitive at Olympic distance). My very first was a sprint. I remember coming into the run, my girlfriend (now wife) and a small crowd was enthusiastically cheering for *me*. It was about 200 yard out of the start of the run…

This is basically what I do after having the exact same frustration. And it was also at the advice of someone here. (It may have even been Shortgirlrunning's advice...or she may have told me to suck it up buttercup...don't remember!). Once you get in the habit, fluctuations are less irritating. But - for me - this was only…

I'm doing this. (I'm also upping fiber with food choices.) Short version: Most tablets are not very caloric but you have to take a lot of them. So to up my soluable fiber 20%, I'm taking 6 tablets twice per day. 20 calories. Its Psyllium fiber. I get mine at Costco. Have to drink a lot of water with it. (I drink 2 glasses…

I needed to lose 20 lbs and have lost about 12 so far. 6' 188 lb male. Want to get back to high 170s for both health and cycling. I'm tracking pretty accurately. And its working but it's not linear. So I lose 0.5-1.0/week. Also...this is the average. Despite what appears to me to be consistent behavior I actually lose…

Food porn.

Great contribution. Only beef is your handle. (Go Hawks!) :smile:

90% of my exercise done pre work and pre family rising (often the hour hand is a #5). I'm 6 days/week. Staging the coffee maker is key for me so all I have to do is turn it on. So alarm goes off, I get up (but I am still asleep) - flick coffee maker on. And I treat myself to nice coffee. So the idea of turning on the…

45 min spin with 3x9 min intervals with zone 3 (80% FTP) and zone 4 (100% of FTP). Felt great although last interval harder.