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Pam, how's the hip?

How's everyone else?  I feel like crud, my daughter had softball all day yesterday so I had to miss my long ride.  Now I feel really guilty, I know I need to spend the time in the saddle and the weather has been so nice.  I have to find a way to make it up. 

Good news on the hip flexor (I guess that would qualify as good news vs. what you thought the problem might be....)

Got in 1800 yd swim workout tonight, followed by an hour on the Elliptical .... legs just didn't feel ready for running tonight.

Heya, gang!  Sorry I've been MIA.  Went down hard last week with the flu.  I'm just now resurfacing.  I was completely bummed I had to miss a race that I had been looking forward to for the entire month.  Now it looks like it will be a nice long wait until race season really gets going in May.  I'm not sure if I can hold out that long!

Hope everyone's training is going well!

Didn't get in a workout tonight, instead was at Meredith College in Raleigh having my Resting Metabolic Rate measured, bodyfat% measured hydrostatically, and having a swim analysis and video taping.

My RMR is about 2100 calories per 24 hr period, so the lab told me I should eat at least 2100 calories a day just to keep my body functioning at optimum levels and that if I went below this that it would acutally cause my metabolism to slow down.

My BF% was 22% with calipers and 21% measured hydrostatically.

They set my goal at 15% and my personal goal was 10%.  At 10% I would weigh 218 lbs, so my listed goal weight of 215 lbs. was right on target.

They had a scale that listed BF% as Excellent, Good, Moderate, Overweight, and Severaly Overweight.  I fell into the Moderate range, which isn't too bad considering that I still weigh 251 lbs.  It was a lot better than what my BMI number says, which is Severly Obese.

I knew that wasn't the case because I knew I had more muscle mass then the average person ... but I still have a way to go.  This broke down to 196 lbs. of lean mass and 56 lbs. of fat.

My swim analysis showed that I have a pretty good recovery and catch, good high elbows and everything and that I have good hip rotation ... but when I pull I tend to keep my arms out too wide .. that I need to pull more down my center line ... I need to kick smaller, keep feet closer together, and more consistantly ... I seem to stop kicking when I roll onto my left side to catch with my right arm.

Also my hips are sinking too much, need to work on leveling those out.  Was told doing lots of kick drills with fins would help me a lot ...  once they edit out the dead spots they will burn it to DVD and send me a copy.  Once I get it I'll post the video for others to critique as well.

After one fluke day of beautiful weather we're back to the end of winter doldrums.  Rain/snow today and cold the rest of the weekend.  I'm thinking treadmill tonight, trainer tomorrow and pool on Sunday.  I finally feel almost 100% back to normal so I'm really looking forward to some quality training hours.

I was wanting to get in lots of biking but it is raining here as well ... probably just some running and swimming.

About the hydrostatic and RMR testing ... you can Google "body fat and hydrostatic" and also your city and state and you may find a place nearby.  Another good way is to search all the nearby colleges and universities.  Most that have some sort of Sports or Health Science major program will have these sort of testing labs.

That is how I found out about Meredith College in Raleigh, and luckily the professors there are also triathletes.

I bought the package of hydrostatic and caliper BF testing and RMR testing for $85.  Just to do BF% with hydrostatic is $30.  The underwater swim video taping was another $85.  I know Raleigh is a long drive for you, but if there is absolutely nothing else close around ... it is only $30 or $85 for the whole package ... plus they are triathletes as well and love to answer your training questions.

The one lady, Chris Newport, actually talked to me right there at the pool after the taping and gave me some pointers and told me some things I was doing wrong, and what drills I needed to work on and then even had me practice a couple of the drills a few times while she watched me and corrected my form.  It was very nice and should really help a lot.  I asked her and she said she swims about 1:20 per 100 meters ... and the guy, Chris Eshbach I think swims just under a minute per 100 meters.

Chris Eschback has even been to Kona 4 times.

If you want, I can email them and ask them if they know of any colleges or testing labs near where you live, that's Greenville, SC correct?

Here is the link to their webpage:

http://www.meredith.edu/hess/lab/default.htm

Yep!

Lots of snow here in Kernersville, NC as well - got about 6 inches here in the Triad area.  Work was closed today so got a free day off from work ... won't be getting much running or biking in today, that is unless the YMCA is open later.

Then maybe I can get in a treadmill run or something, but it is pretty outside.  Took some pocs earlier, might try to post some of them.

Here are some pics from out of my front and back door.  Too cold to actually go outside right now!

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