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Sprint Triathlon - Not prepared - Help
This is what we know so far. 1. A sprint Triathlon is a 750m swim, a 20k cycle and a 5k run. 2. I've signed up to do a sprint triathlon. 3. I haven't been training for it. 4. I can do the swim, cycle and run ( slowly ) - that's not a problem. 5. I may struggle to carry them out one after the other. The kicker - I have 16…
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Any Geordies?
I'm looking for some local advice for a Stag in February.
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Any Geordies on the board?
I need some Stag advice for February from a local.
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"Flu" symptoms after a heavy session
Howdy folks and sorry if this is a) a bit too random to understand and answer or b) so common you've all answered it twice After a particularly heavy training session, I tend to wake up the next day feeling awful. I mean awful. My throat hurts, I ache all over ( not muscular stiffness but actual flu style aches ), I feel…
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Newcastle, England.
Folks anyone on here from Newcastle Upon Tyne? Organising a stag there in a few weeks and looking for some advice...
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Tattoo and football
Simple question - probably been covered here before to be honest, so apologies in advance. Have a sitting for a tattoo today and last football match of the season on Saturday ( soccer for some of you ) and I'm now a little worried that the timings might be too close. Anyone ever had a Tattoo done then gone pretty much…
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Body Beast
Anyone completed it? Recommendations, thoughts, advice? Yep a vague topic, but sure, spill it.
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Women with Glasses
I love it. That is all.
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GSP - Rushfit.
Alright folks. Tonight marks my final work-out of Insanity - The Asylum. For the last few months I've done Insanity, then moved onto the Asylum. Now that it's done have the Rushfit program lined up to go after a few days rest. Has anyone done this progam? Any advice or tips on how to keep it running smoothly. Something the…
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Women with Pig-Tails
Is simply delightful. That is all.
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Biceps: Train them with Back, Chest or Triceps...
...and why? Go.
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Small Victories add up to a lot of happiness.
For my 30th birthday I went to Barcelona. About 3/4 of the way down the Ramblas, there's a cracking little Irish Bar called Molly's Fair City. On the night of my 30th, we ended up there all night, only leaving at around 4 or so. The staff were absolutely brilliant, really good laugh and " bought " me a few drinks for my…
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Sport Specific Encouragement
Anyone training for a specific sport fancy an exchange of ideas / encouragement? I coach a local football / soccer team and recently made my competitive comeback after 5 years out injured, then fat then lazy. I'd not long finished Insanity and was starting the Asylum, so was hoping to shed some more weight, get a good…
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Rushfit
Howdy folks. I'm looking for the benfit of someone else's experience here. I've just finished Insanity and started the Asylum. By the end that'll be 3 months hard graft, but I don't want to be at a loose end so I'm already looking ahead to my next program. I'm considering Rushfit and was just wondering if anyone else has…
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Going Insane Part 8 - All Over and I kicked Insanity's *kitten*
Insanity eh? The early morning ads, the relentless saturation of 6 packs and before and afters at 6am on seemingly every music channel on Cable TV. Shaun T and his cohorts telling me how this is the toughest work out around. So many testimonials where people who were already in better shape than me now have ridiculously…
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I just don't like them...
Healthy Foods... I really struggle here. I'd love to enjoy a nice salad and be able to fill up on a healthy lunch, but I really can't stand them. The only veg I can stand are potatoes, onons, garlic, peppers, scallions, leeks ( I can't just throw those in a bowl together and call it a salad can I? ) I hate the taste of…
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Tenuous relationship to Fitness and Exercise
Coming to the end of Insanity. Thoroughly enjoyed it, good results, plan to do it again. Slight problem though - I have to work out very early in the am most days to fit the session in before work. I live in an apartment, but the one below me was empty. Just met my new neighbours to be and really don't want to be jumping…
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Going Insane Part 7 - ... a quote from Elton John
So, I'm coming to the end of month 2, week 2. It's been interesting. I half expected the workouts to be super-hero level training drills. During my first warm up, when I was doing hit the floor ( an exercise in Month 1 - part of month 2's warm up ) I was genuinely worried. As it turns out though, Month 1 has prepared me…
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Fitness Challenges
Right folks, I need a hand. I need some short, sharp, tough fitness challenges. I coach a local football / soccer team and have decided to institute a " challenge " at every Monday night training to get the boys used to pushing themselves to the limit in training as well as games. Last night I had them do a 1 mile run, 100…
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Insanity - The Legends of Tania
Inspired by a previous thread.... I actually read an article that said Tania had made a deal with the Devil. She sold her soul in return for superhuman levels of physical fitness. When it came to collection time she was dragged to the Underworld and sentenced to perform barefoot switch-kicks on a lego strewn floor for all…
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Going Insane Pt 6: Time to recover...
So, Insanity Month 1 is complete ( except it's not - I still have a recovery week ahead of me ) All things considered, I think it's gone very well. I started off optimistically enough, but somewhat nervously. It's a tough work out and I'm a big lad. Would I be able to cope with the intensity 6 days a week? Would injury…
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Am I cheating?
I work on the 5th floor. There are 3 flights between floors. There are 10 steps per flight. I walk up 15 flights to get to my office. I do this every day to start work, every day after my break and every day after lunch - and sometimes if I've a bit of downtime or need to take my eyes off the screen, I do the stairs, It…
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Going Insane pt 5 - The Sleeping Giant
2 weeks down - what can I say? I'm happy with my progress and to quote Cam from Modern Family " I'm excited for me ". My 2nd fitness test was an improvement on the first and, really, what more can I ask for other than improvement? ( I've checked and a night with Pink and a few bottles of Jim Beam isn't an option - stuck up…
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Insanity - January
I'm going to be starting the Insanity work out plan on Jan 2nd ( as I'll be recovering from New Years Eve's festivities on the 1st ) Anybody feel like joining me and swapping a bit of buddying / support / comparisons? Drop me a message and we'll get talking.
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Going Insane Pt 3: I'm Rocky
The boards seem very quiet, so thought I'd share my Insanity blog - someone might be interested, you never know. So, I've just started my 2nd week of Insanity and thought I'd share my impressions of Week 1. I liked it. It's pretty tough, don't get me wrong, but I love the intensity of the sessions, the variation of moves…
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Going Insane Pt 4 - The Strange Case of The Lumbering Oaf
So today I did Cardio Power & Resistance and tomorrow I've Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs and that's week 2 done. Whoop Whoop and all that Jazz. In general I think my fitness is already increasing. I'm more comfortable and confident in the exercises, the squats are a little lower, the jumps are a little higher the transitions…
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Heart Rate Monitor
I have just bought my first heart rate monitor that also calculates calories burned. Need some advice and this may be a really dumb question, but I have to ask. When I use the calculators on different websites, I have to enter the activity, duration AND my WEIGHT to get an estimate. Now, my monitor has a stopwatch to time…
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Calorie adjustment for weight loss
Does MFP automatically adjust my calories burned on it's calculator if I've entered my weight loss on my profile etc? And would this also apply to exercises I've added to the Database myself? I know they're estimates and I'd be better with a HRM, but in the absence, can anyone confirm if MFP will make an auto adjustment?…
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Consideration for others...
Because he's the biggest guy in the place... Because he's there every day... Because the staff all know him by first name and he knows them too... Because cardio is for girls... Because he has some important text message based correspondence to catch up on... Because his friend just came in and they neeed to catch up...…
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Insanity Logging
Folks, this has probably been asked before, so forgive me if it's been done to death. How do people log their Insanity workouts? I neither have, nor can I afford a decent heart rate monitor so I can't calculate the individual work outs. Are people classing them as Circuit Training, Aerobics, what?
