The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge
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@Bones said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@MN5 my abs combined with moobs will blow your mind.
unzips
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first game of touch since March
fucking great fun. We got hosed, but we were playing a team that actually trains. Deadset, who fucking trains for social over-40s touch?
Bloody glad i have been doing some running. You could tell the blokes that had been doing nothing, they nearly died.
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@mariner4life reckon I'd snap a hammy or a calf if I tried to hit even 90% of top end pace (which is already shit)
My touch days are loooong gone
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@voodoo said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life reckon I'd snap a hammy or a calf if I tried to hit even 90% of top end pace (which is already shit)
My touch days are loooong gone
I've seen your run pace, I reckon you would go alright
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@mariner4life slow twitch fibres. I accelerate like a wounded hippo
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@voodoo said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life slow twitch fibres. I accelerate like a wounded hippo
So do most over 40 touch player's
Just not the team.we played last night
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so, i've joined F45 for something different. First class this morning. Was actually pretty fun. fucking hard though, i was absolutely ruined by the 30 minute mark (it was a high intensity cardio class). Was good to be training with other people, and i like the fact i don't have to follow some fit fluffybunny up the front, it's all on screens.
need to find a pilates class.
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
so, i've joined F45 for something different. First class this morning. Was actually pretty fun. fucking hard though, i was absolutely ruined by the 30 minute mark (it was a high intensity cardio class). Was good to be training with other people, and i like the fact i don't have to follow some fit fluffybunny up the front, it's all on screens.
need to find a pilates class.
The local gym here do this thing called Blaze which I think is similar to F45. Combination of cardio, boxing and weights, all done with a few in the class and with our HR monitored etc - sort of a competition.
I was looking to sign up, and so had a complimentary class.
Decided to run marathons instead, as it would be easier.
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@MajorRage we'll see how it goes. Resistance class in the morning. I like the fact it is constantly mixed up.
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Good second class!
And played touch tonight and didn't injure anything. Things are looking up
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
Good second class!
And played touch tonight and didn't injure anything. Things are looking up
Cocky.
That'll come back to bite.
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wow. Been going for a month
still loving it. 5 mornings a week.
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@mariner4life what are we talking about here?
Cause if you've had time to exercise 5+ times a week I hate you
And if that's 5+ roots a week I really, really, dislike you. I also would applaud you, but yeah. I'd hate you.
Sigh.
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@Paekakboyz said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life what are we talking about here?
Cause if you've had time to exercise 5+ times a week I hate you
And if that's 5+ roots a week I really, really, dislike you. I also would applaud you, but yeah. I'd hate you.
Sigh.
no, it's definitely workouts. 5 mornings a week (take fridays off after touch on a Thursday night)
The other is slowing up as the wife is doing the 5am class...
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getting old huh? twinged my back doing deadlifts on Tuesday morning. Nothing too serious, but i am conscious enough to take a couple of mornings off trainings.
didn't even have big weight on it!
anyway, upshot of training 5-6 times a week is i am actually putting on weight. I am now the heaviest i have been since i started training for triathlons more than 3 years ago.
rig is coming along well considering i am addicted to sugar, rich food, and beer.
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haha, this post is even better after reading the last one
so, i'm doing something a bit different. I'm 4 days in to the F45 45-day challenge. Effectively, for 45 days, i'm only taking on 2,000 calories a day, while maintaining my full training regime. Reasons are three-fold:
While my body is pretty well balanced, i do have a little bit of soft stuff around the middle i would like to get rid of. At my age, and with my lifestyle, that is going to take something a bit different than just working harder.
I really need to kick the sugar habit, so a big part of this is zero lollies at work, and ice cream at night. I also need to get my beer habit back under control.
The wife really wanted to do it, so i am supporting her.Challenge is pretty well set up. Meal plans available. A big recipe library on the app, good support from the F45 staff. Another 41 days seems a looooong way off though. I'm using an app to calorie count which is bloody good. And so far it hasn't been an issue to stay under (actually i have had a bit of a stomch bug the last 3 days, so it's piss easy).
Never been on a diet before (other than the "eat everything all the time to keep weight on" diet) so we'll see how it goes. And if i make it! Some of the food is very tasty, it's just very small, and not shit i love to eat.
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@mariner4life so if a beer has about 150 calories, thats 13 beers per day. If you can sleep for 11 hours, thats 1 per hour.
Doesn't feel like enough
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@voodoo said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life so if a beer has about 150 calories, thats 13 beers per day. If you can sleep for 11 hours, thats 1 per hour.
Doesn't feel like enough
i've done the math, i know what i can eat and still have 10 stubbies...
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@mariner4life 45 days is a serious commitment, good luck with it. I lasted 2 days trying dry Jan, and I only started mid-month
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@voodoo said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life 45 days is a serious commitment, good luck with it. I lasted 2 days trying dry Jan, and I only started mid-month
look, i'm realistic enough to know i am going to have a few drinks in that time. no way i go dry
i found these full-strength Vodka Seltzer cans (vodka mineral water and lime) that are only 85 calories and are fucking refreshing in the heat.
I will also have to have a couple of cheat days here and there. I love food too much to deny myself for that long!! but if i can go 90-10 on target there should be some decent results at the end.
The training seems to have ramped up too, i have been setting personal records this week.
