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@NTA said in Back for more!:
@voodoo said in Back for more!:
@NTA nice work, good improvement! Just looked at one of my runs from last week, got the heart rate up to 180, a couple above the old max rate calc. Yikes!
Reckon during run I'm probably hitting up to 150 but at this pace I'm not really pushing myself.
One day I might get one of those fancy watches @mariner4life drones on about. But I'll want to be running 5:00/km over distance to warrant that.
I couldn't disagree more. Now is the perfect time to purchase so you can more accurately track your improvement.
5 min kms over a distance is a long way away from where you are ... if you wait til then, you'll probably find you won't improve much more!
I second the Garmin too, but note you don't need to spend as much as you might think. For this first time in my life, I bought the base model and ignored all the extra stuff that I in all likelihood wouldn't use. Set me back under 200 pounds, and it's an absolute bargain. Currently coming in at around a pound per run, and getting cheaper every day. I used to use an apple watch, and although the presentation is much nicer, the accuracy was rather generous. The loop around my house measures on google maps at 5.25km, Apple watch had it at 5.4km and the Garmin at 5.2km.
You won't regret it mate, but you will if you wait until you are seriously fit to buy it- you'll be wondering why you didn't buy it earlier ...
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Anyway tonight I did a bit of body weight, and I mean a bit - totally fucked after three rounds of chinups, pushups, squats with one minute breaks.
First set: 3 chinups, 10 pushups, 20 squats
Second: 3 chinups, 8 pushups, 20 squats
Third: 2 chinups, 5 pushups, 20 squatsFark. Not the best.
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Anyway tonight I did a bit of body weight, and I mean a bit - totally fucked after three rounds of chinups, pushups, squats with one minute breaks.
First set: 3 chinups, 10 pushups, 20 squats
Second: 3 chinups, 8 pushups, 20 squats
Third: 2 chinups, 5 pushups, 20 squatsFark. Not the best.
@NTA Just think of it as a baseline to start from. All you want to see is continual improvement.
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HR
130BPM post
92BPM about 8 minutes later (got distracted)Splits were
6:04
6:02
6:42
Last km hurt a bit due to last night's squatsBit of vision issue but recovered quickly. Might need to just keep pushing through that using moderate pace, and see if being fitter and lighter alleviates things
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@MajorRage dunno. Have enough numbers in my life. HR isn't going to be that important until it reaches zero
And $500 for a watch I have to keep charging seems a little steep...
@NTA said in Back for more!:
@MajorRage dunno. Have enough numbers in my life. HR isn't going to be that important until it reaches zero
And $500 for a watch I have to keep charging seems a little steep...
Just on this, in case you've never heard of DC Rainmaker, it's a great resource for product reviews, he does kit at all price levels
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Today's exercise was fucking around on a roof, removing ancient concrete tiles, in order to run some cabling for Mrs TA and her brother at Dead Grandad's estate.
Physical labouring makes me glad I'm a desk jockey.
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Today's exercise was fucking around on a roof, removing ancient concrete tiles, in order to run some cabling for Mrs TA and her brother at Dead Grandad's estate.
Physical labouring makes me glad I'm a desk jockey.
And her brother? What, he’s got one leg or something?
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@NTA said in Back for more!:
Today's exercise was fucking around on a roof, removing ancient concrete tiles, in order to run some cabling for Mrs TA and her brother at Dead Grandad's estate.
Physical labouring makes me glad I'm a desk jockey.
And her brother? What, he’s got one leg or something?
@Catogrande said in Back for more!:
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Today's exercise was fucking around on a roof, removing ancient concrete tiles, in order to run some cabling for Mrs TA and her brother at Dead Grandad's estate.
Physical labouring makes me glad I'm a desk jockey.
And her brother? What, he’s got one leg or something?
He's unfit and does not do well with ladders. TBF he has done a shitload of the work inside, ruined his back doing it.
To your point: I am going to be glad when we're done. And there better be some serious thankyou-sex from the wife when it is sold.
Failing that, her Mum and Uncle could both get struck down by COVID and leave the profits of sale to us.
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@Catogrande said in Back for more!:
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Today's exercise was fucking around on a roof, removing ancient concrete tiles, in order to run some cabling for Mrs TA and her brother at Dead Grandad's estate.
Physical labouring makes me glad I'm a desk jockey.
And her brother? What, he’s got one leg or something?
He's unfit and does not do well with ladders. TBF he has done a shitload of the work inside, ruined his back doing it.
To your point: I am going to be glad when we're done. And there better be some serious thankyou-sex from the wife when it is sold.
Failing that, her Mum and Uncle could both get struck down by COVID and leave the profits of sale to us.
@NTA said in Back for more!:
@Catogrande said in Back for more!:
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Today's exercise was fucking around on a roof, removing ancient concrete tiles, in order to run some cabling for Mrs TA and her brother at Dead Grandad's estate.
Physical labouring makes me glad I'm a desk jockey.
And her brother? What, he’s got one leg or something?
He's unfit and does not do well with ladders. TBF he has done a shitload of the work inside, ruined his back doing it.
To your point: I am going to be glad when we're done. And there better be some serious thankyou-sex from the wife when it is sold.
Failing that, her Mum and Uncle could both get struck down by COVID and leave the profits of sale to us.
I have to admit, I wondered where you were going as your penultimate paragraph segued into the last!
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HR
124BPM post
107BPM post 5 minutesIt was mentally tough to go through the 2km mark and not turn back up the 3km route, however I felt better once I passed 3km on this route as it flattens out and you can see all the idiots coming.
Splits 6:40, 6:35, 6:50, 6:52, 7:00 - a reflection of the pace I was trying to keep on my first 5km in months
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awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
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awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
Thanks. Funny how the mind is the biggest barrier... tho my calves are probably going to tell me about it as well
With that time being under 35 minutes I might bring forward the program by a week:
Week 3: 5km jog/shuffle any pace
Week 4: 5km under 35 minutes
Week 5: 5km under 30 minutes
Week 6: 5km under 28 minutesEffectively skipping Week 3, so maybe I'll go for more distance...
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@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
Thanks. Funny how the mind is the biggest barrier... tho my calves are probably going to tell me about it as well
With that time being under 35 minutes I might bring forward the program by a week:
Week 3: 5km jog/shuffle any pace
Week 4: 5km under 35 minutes
Week 5: 5km under 30 minutes
Week 6: 5km under 28 minutesEffectively skipping Week 3, so maybe I'll go for more distance...
@NTA oath bro! I think that's one of the really challenging things with running particular (maybe just for the front row club!) . You can pretty much always do more than you think you can... but will you!
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@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
Thanks. Funny how the mind is the biggest barrier... tho my calves are probably going to tell me about it as well
With that time being under 35 minutes I might bring forward the program by a week:
Week 3: 5km jog/shuffle any pace
Week 4: 5km under 35 minutes
Week 5: 5km under 30 minutes
Week 6: 5km under 28 minutesEffectively skipping Week 3, so maybe I'll go for more distance...
@NTA said in Back for more!:
@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
Thanks. Funny how the mind is the biggest barrier... tho my calves are probably going to tell me about it as well
With that time being under 35 minutes I might bring forward the program by a week:
Week 3: 5km jog/shuffle any pace
Week 4: 5km under 35 minutes
Week 5: 5km under 30 minutes
Week 6: 5km under 28 minutesEffectively skipping Week 3, so maybe I'll go for more distance...
Just don't injure yourself mate, last thing you want to do is set yourself back 3 weeks
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@NTA said in Back for more!:
@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
awesome bro! that's a big deal sticking it out on the longer run.
Thanks. Funny how the mind is the biggest barrier... tho my calves are probably going to tell me about it as well
With that time being under 35 minutes I might bring forward the program by a week:
Week 3: 5km jog/shuffle any pace
Week 4: 5km under 35 minutes
Week 5: 5km under 30 minutes
Week 6: 5km under 28 minutesEffectively skipping Week 3, so maybe I'll go for more distance...
Just don't injure yourself mate, last thing you want to do is set yourself back 3 weeks
@voodoo agree entirely!
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Anyway tonight I did a bit of body weight, and I mean a bit - totally fucked after three rounds of chinups, pushups, squats with one minute breaks.
First set: 3 chinups, 10 pushups, 20 squats
Second: 3 chinups, 8 pushups, 20 squats
Third: 2 chinups, 5 pushups, 20 squatsFark. Not the best.
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Anyway tonight I did a bit of body weight, and I mean a bit - totally fucked after three rounds of chinups, pushups, squats with one minute breaks.
First set: 3 chinups, 10 pushups, 20 squats
Second: 3 chinups, 8 pushups, 20 squats
Third: 2 chinups, 5 pushups, 20 squatsFark. Not the best.
Bodyweight tonight again:
3 chinups, 10 pushups, 20 squats for two sets, then
2 chinups, 6 pushups, 20 squats for the last.
Felt better after -
Skipped my run yesterday as I was a bit tired - last 2 days haven't done any exercise really except about 7km walking the last couple of days and a shitload of pressure cleaning the concrete at The Deceased Estate. Italians love them the concrete. Jeez. Must be over 100sqm of the fucking stuff. Anyway, it clean now. The contrast is amazing...
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Body weight last night. Finished all three sets tho the 3rd chinup and last two pushups were a struggle in set 3.
Think I need to spend a couple of nights a week just doing upper body. Chinups especially don't get better unless I work hard on them. Would like to get back to 5.
Run this morning, aiming for sub-32 minutes
Went out pretty hard for the first 2km then cruised back, tho it didn't feel cruisy with 500 to go.
No lingering vision issues so that's good.
