joehempel Member

A dad with a bit of a belly

No, T25 will not have the same results....you are working out for less than half the time of a lot of Insanity workouts.

So by that -- eating celery can kill you, and celery is a vegetable, so eating your vegetables can KILL YOU!!! That's it!! Telling the wife now.....NO VEGGIES!! DONE!!! :D :D

How often do you stretch or do any sort of foam rolling?

Yeah, if you trained and did it as a goal and now you don't want to, move on to something more enjoyable or set another goal....like 10k in two months or something. Good luck!

99% of the time those sites are wrong, invest in a decent HR monitor to get in the ball park. Polar FT4's can be found for like $50-60 on eBay new.

I have....and I don't go by it because my HR isn't typical of any formulas....my max should be 184, but it's (last time tested) 196, and so I just go by the typical HR zones over at Training Peaks. My HR also has a high exercise level so that has to be taken into consideration. I walk for more than a mile and my HR climbs…

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I'm trying to work within HR zones and building a better aerobic base....my HR tends to creep into the mid-high 160's at the 10:30-9:30 pace. The 9:30 pace doesn't really "feel" all that hard, but my HR seems to say otherwise (I max in the 190's when I'm trying to max, generally it's around 186 during a race). I will try…

I can extend the easy runs a bit, but adding them is impossible. I'm running 5 days a week and cross-training 1 with only 1 rest day....also work 3rd shift, so getting up early isn't exactly an option....and running at night in my neighborhood isn't either LOL. As far as faster runs...I've done 4.5 miles at an 8:40 pace…

Two different animals. P90X is strength training and Insanity is cardio HIIT. I'm an Insanity Instructor so that's my drug of choice, but that is until you get to Max 30, that program is utter garbage.

I wouldn't do crossfit even fit.....that's my take on the whole crossfit thing. Seems to stress quantity of quality and even a spokesperson for crossfit said that "even if it's bad form, if it gets you off the couch, then it's good." That being said, I've been to a couple boxes, and it pretty much sums up what I heard…

Later in the thread I said found a plan that has me going around 2:30 on my long run, each run has a purpose, no junk miles. I'm quite happy so far with it. The thread just kind of took off after a few days. At that point I realized the old plan was junk and just getting me to the finish, not under 2. This is more…

Yeah those are great! I used them through my marathons. I'm using HR zone training (as a guide--not strictly) this time around, and I'm seeing incredible results. It helps keep me slow when I need to run easy, and I'm needing to run faster to get to other zones during different runs.

You really have no idea what my training plan is right now though, so you can't say that it's crap. Thanks for the PDF I will read it for sure!

That's what's funny. The 8:45 doesn't seem hard anymore. Its more like med-hard, which is nice finally

Oh, and more info. 8:35 is my LT Pace (according to training peaks.) an there is 1 run each week at LT pace and during the long runs later in the program I'm running say 45 at slow pace, 30 at LT pace on some occasions. Also, the question as been asked before ,why I'm looking at plans.... I've hit a wall in improving. I…

Thanks folks. Yeah I've run 2 marathons and about 6 half marathons. I found a plan that extends the long runs to 2-2.25 hours with the cool down. My marathon was a slow pace at 11:20 after hitting the darn wall, my fastest half was last year at 2:01:10. I'm looking at that same race for a sub 2. I'm varying the pace, using…

I've got a friend whom, after having a discussion about fitness and living a healthy lifestyle (he scoffed at the whole thing), was diagnosed with diabetes....yeah, it's not funny, but it kind of is at the same time. So....he absolutely HATES exercise, or...well....moving....so he changed his diet and went friggen cold…

Just be aware that at high HR levels the wrist monitors are NOT accurate at all! I've tried about 3 of them (both Charge HR and Surge), Microsoft Band and they drop out like crazy once you get to an anaerobic level. For just walking around then it's fine.

I think they're well worth the money! :D Of course, I'm biased because I am one. lol. It's all about YOU. If it motivates you more, if you squeeze those 1-2 extra reps out that you didn't know you had in you because the trainer is telling you that you CAN, then keep with it! If the results are there, don't break it! There…

I've got the vivoactive....but have a windows phone so have to sync manually. It's great. Don't care so much about the step tracking, but the triathlon stuff is good and it lasts for a while. The HR is also right on, so much better than the ones you wear on your wrist during activities....the wrist ones tend to be…

Which is a LOT more accurate for intense workouts than the wrist strap.....I had the Surge, the MS Band, and the Tom Tom Cardio.....EACH wouldn't go above my 220-age threshold.....the Garmin Vivoactive that I have, 196 when doing a max hr test....that's only 2 beats off from what I manually took. I don't have an Android or…

Good info Scott!! I did this little Assessment thing from the MiCoach app, and used my Garmin Vivoactive w/ Chest strap for HR. You started with a walk for 2 minutes and the a perceived "4" (out of 9) for 2 minutes, 5 for 2 minutes, 6 for 2 minutes, 7 for 1:30, 8 for :30, and 9 for :45. Looking at my HR and zones they put…

Thanks!!

I'm using the Microsoft Band and that's exactly what I've got set for todays run....it's got time, HR, and calories, we'll see what happens

Okay cool. I noticed the HR was definitely lower by 10 or so during the slower runs, but I just wasn't expecting it to feel as hard lol. Will keep up the HR zone stuff.

Ninerbuff, I respect your opinion a whole lot more than 99% of the people on here, that means a lot coming from you!

Hmm.....interesting. We'll see what happens! I'm training differently so I'm hoping that I can do it....4.5 months away!

Wow, I've completely forgotten about this post!! I'm in no way shape or form saying that some beach body coaches are "bad" coaches, in fact, my upline is absolutely great. As far as coaching yeah, I know they don't have to have qualifications, this is actually a big beef of mine on the BB forums as well. People go into the…