Asphalt Junkies CLOSED AND GETTING OUR FIX (Page 21)

Huh??  What does a bug's life have to do with squats and deads?

As a former power lifter I can chime in about the weight gain.  Although I never intended to gain weight, nor did I gain much while into the power scene, I did gain A LOT of muscle mass and leaned up to a very solid, cut weight. 

Certain lifts will give you more bang for your buck for sure but really the principle of lifting heavy is what you would be striving for.  Heavy weight and low reps will gain you a lot of muscle mass and lean up your mass.  Particular exercises to do would be heavy bench work including flat, incline and decline benches and squats.....heavy squats.  And with your back problems squats should not be done at all in my opinion.  Squats if not done very strictly WILL cause an injury over time, even if you aren't lifting massive loads.

I need to head for my bike fit right now so I'll get a little more specific later on this evening.

Huh??  What does a bug's life have to do with squats and deads?

As a former power lifter I can chime in about the weight gain.  Although I never intended to gain weight, nor did I gain much while into the power scene, I did gain A LOT of muscle mass and leaned up to a very solid, cut weight. 

Certain lifts will give you more bang for your buck for sure but really the principle of lifting heavy is what you would be striving for.  Heavy weight and low reps will gain you a lot of muscle mass and lean up your mass.  Particular exercises to do would be heavy bench work including flat, incline and decline benches and squats.....heavy squats.  And with your back problems squats should not be done at all in my opinion.  Squats if not done very strictly WILL cause an injury over time, even if you aren't lifting massive loads.

I need to head for my bike fit right now so I'll get a little more specific later on this evening.

Dirk, same to you bud!  You will really fly now.  I noticed that last season our USAT ranking scores were very close.  I propose that this year we have a throw down.  We will compete via our USAT ranking, OK?  With your new bike I think you have an edge.

Thanks guys.

The main reason for the weight gain is I felt much better training at the 160-165 lb. weight. I want to stay at the 12-13% body fat. I know added muscle doesn't translate to more power, it's more of a comfort thing.

The weather is getting really nice here. Friday is supposed to be in the low 70's !!! Heat wave! I plan on getting out and going on a group ride on the century course. We plan on doing 75-85 miles and attacking those BIG climbs. I'm pretty excited. I found out that this is part of the Death Ride Race course. I plan on doing that race next year.

Also, someone mentioned they were interested in some nutrition info. I will get that posted up this week some time.

Great to see some of you racing. Great jobs! Everyone else, stay healthy and train hard.

Back from Boston. What an awesome weekend.  I didn't get to ride with my buddy on Saturday...very disappointing, but they had something come up, so there ya go.  I felt like crap yesterday....stayed up too late Saturday night and had 600 too many calories for the day.  Only got a few hours of sleep because we woke up early to drive into the city to see the 5k and mile races.  

The high school kid that won the mile did it in something like 4:27.  It was unreal.  The elite guy only beat him by like 20 seconds.  That's very impressive in my house.

I took today off as a personal day and got a 6 mile run in the morning, watched the Boston marathon on TV, did about 30 miles on the bike and watched some more cycling...and then weeded the gardens.  AWESOME DAY!  not to mention it was absolutely perfect weather here today.  I'm pumped to have a bowl of ice cream and catch a movie before bed.  I honestly cannot remember if I have ever taken a day where I just did whatever I felt like doing at that given moment.  Is this what retirement is supposed to be like?!  I think I need to retire earlier than estimated.  Better email my financial advisor about that one.

Hope everyone else had a solid weekend.  Lesson on the day:  Take time for yourself.  Sometimes you just need to recharge.

Just sharing my brief workout from tonight as I'm sure some you can relate to this and it was a little comical at times.....

Hubby had to work late so I'm on my own for my workouts tonight. On the schedule was a short trainer ride and short easy run. The total workout I was planning was not even going to take an hour. I bought a used jogging stroller over the weekend so during my trainer ride I thought maybe we could break out the stroller instead of me running on the treadmill. The kids were psyched. I told my son he could ride his bike, his little friend was over and she wanted to come along too.

So just to get ready for us to leave for what was going to be a 10 min run, it took my son 10 min of running around the house with one shoe on while he looked for his other shoe (which we later found in the craft closet). My daughter HAD to have her red shirt, red sparkle skirt and pink blanky. Finally got them dressed and couldn't find the dog collar. Figured out another fix for the dog and my daughter had locked half of herself into the stroller harness and couldn't get herself out. Fixed that and realized all of the tires on the stroller needed air. Finally had everything ready, kids on bikes with helmets, daughter in stroller, dog on leash, mom starts running. I run past 2 houses and my daughter yells (wait for it.....) I GOTTA POTTY MOMMY!!!!!! Bwahahahaha, maybe you have to be a mom to understand but at this point I just had to laugh .

Just sharing my brief workout from tonight as I'm sure some you can relate to this and it was a little comical at times.....

Hubby had to work late so I'm on my own for my workouts tonight. On the schedule was a short trainer ride and short easy run. The total workout I was planning was not even going to take an hour. I bought a used jogging stroller over the weekend so during my trainer ride I thought maybe we could break out the stroller instead of me running on the treadmill. The kids were psyched. I told my son he could ride his bike, his little friend was over and she wanted to come along too.

So just to get ready for us to leave for what was going to be a 10 min run, it took my son 10 min of running around the house with one shoe on while he looked for his other shoe (which we later found in the craft closet). My daughter HAD to have her red shirt, red sparkle skirt and pink blanky. Finally got them dressed and couldn't find the dog collar. Figured out another fix for the dog and my daughter had locked half of herself into the stroller harness and couldn't get herself out. Fixed that and realized all of the tires on the stroller needed air. Finally had everything ready, kids on bikes with helmets, daughter in stroller, dog on leash, mom starts running. I run past 2 houses and my daughter yells (wait for it.....) I GOTTA POTTY MOMMY!!!!!! Bwahahahaha, maybe you have to be a mom to understand but at this point I just had to laugh .

race report completed: carmel sprint tri today:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=435332

(must be a better way to place race report in this thread?)

THANK YOU!!! Dirk and company - because everyone has made contributing advice this winter. The training has helped a lot-

I bettered last year's time by +- 4 min. conditions were not great for the bike, as wind 20+ with gusts almost 30 (I know 2 people who literally got blown off their bikes  and paid a scraped-up price) Looking forward to my upcoming half marathons - and then tri's in June/July/Aug.

good start.

Glad everyone is training hard and having good w/o's.  Love the pics of the new bikes but of course I start drooling too!

hey thanks for all the advice on running.  I've started running slow and actually enjoying it.  I have been running to where I was barely catching my breath the whole way and it was hurting and not so much fun.  Since I've started slowing down, the runs are MUCH more enjoyable, thus I get out there more.

My wife is not a member of this group, but she just PR'd her 1/2 marathon and won her AG.

While ya'll's races are just starting, ours is ending...about 1 more month and it is over for us until the fall but that will give me an excuse to get excessive swim time in!!!

Ya'll keep er gassed!

Just sharing my brief workout from tonight as I'm sure some you can relate to this and it was a little comical at times.....

Hubby had to work late so I'm on my own for my workouts tonight. On the schedule was a short trainer ride and short easy run. The total workout I was planning was not even going to take an hour. I bought a used jogging stroller over the weekend so during my trainer ride I thought maybe we could break out the stroller instead of me running on the treadmill. The kids were psyched. I told my son he could ride his bike, his little friend was over and she wanted to come along too.

So just to get ready for us to leave for what was going to be a 10 min run, it took my son 10 min of running around the house with one shoe on while he looked for his other shoe (which we later found in the craft closet). My daughter HAD to have her red shirt, red sparkle skirt and pink blanky. Finally got them dressed and couldn't find the dog collar. Figured out another fix for the dog and my daughter had locked half of herself into the stroller harness and couldn't get herself out. Fixed that and realized all of the tires on the stroller needed air. Finally had everything ready, kids on bikes with helmets, daughter in stroller, dog on leash, mom starts running. I run past 2 houses and my daughter yells (wait for it.....) I GOTTA POTTY MOMMY!!!!!! Bwahahahaha, maybe you have to be a mom to understand but at this point I just had to laugh .

Dirk and Jo - Those are some great looking bikes!

Paul and John - Sounds like you guys had some good races. Congrats!

Allison - Sorry to hear about the pain you're having. Follow the advice you've already gotten here. Be patient. I'll pray for some fast healing too.

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Well my first sprint tri of the season is in the books. Race report is here: IceBreaker Tri

I want to thank you guys for the swim advice during the winter mentor group. I went from 2:18 per 100 yards last year to 1:45 per 100 yards! I still have a long way to go, but that was some major improvement in my book.

I twisted and ankle and fought a cramping muscle for a couple miles of the run, but I still had a good race.

Trigal (Dina) thanks for the laugh..ooopps sorry...  U know a guy would have never made it...children and a dog...

PGrun (Paul)  Congrats on finishing the tri.  I love reading all the race reports and appreciate folks posting them.

Sounds like everyone had a good productive weekend...whether it was healing or adding exercises, everyone is getting it done.

Has anyone tried those bungie cord things that attach to U in the pool and U basically swim in place?  U see our pool is just 20 ft by 40 ft and that is not big enough to get a lot of swimming in w/o getting dizzy from the turns.

I am having a little success on learning to swim.  i went to my swim lessons yesterday and the instructor said I was now actually doing a swimming motion instead of crawling.  She did say that w/ all the weight lifting I have done tht I may not be able to get a completely perfect stroke due to my unflexible shoulders.  I am rolling better and taking a stroke every 2 strokes which works better than every 4 - 6 like a lot of people take.  That will come in time. 

Just sharing my brief workout from tonight as I'm sure some you can relate to this and it was a little comical at times.....

Hubby had to work late so I'm on my own for my workouts tonight. On the schedule was a short trainer ride and short easy run. The total workout I was planning was not even going to take an hour. I bought a used jogging stroller over the weekend so during my trainer ride I thought maybe we could break out the stroller instead of me running on the treadmill. The kids were psyched. I told my son he could ride his bike, his little friend was over and she wanted to come along too.

So just to get ready for us to leave for what was going to be a 10 min run, it took my son 10 min of running around the house with one shoe on while he looked for his other shoe (which we later found in the craft closet). My daughter HAD to have her red shirt, red sparkle skirt and pink blanky. Finally got them dressed and couldn't find the dog collar. Figured out another fix for the dog and my daughter had locked half of herself into the stroller harness and couldn't get herself out. Fixed that and realized all of the tires on the stroller needed air. Finally had everything ready, kids on bikes with helmets, daughter in stroller, dog on leash, mom starts running. I run past 2 houses and my daughter yells (wait for it.....) I GOTTA POTTY MOMMY!!!!!! Bwahahahaha, maybe you have to be a mom to understand but at this point I just had to laugh .