Lumber Dad's Mentor Group - Closed (Page 6)

2011-01-01 3:18 PM

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I too am going to kick the soda habit as of 2011. 90 minutes on the bike trainer while watching a movie for the first day of the New Year.

CoachH

2011-01-01 5:46 PM

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29m 45s

1100.00 yards

02m 42s /100 yards

afternoon swim

Sports
Spinning Class	50m

Sport comments: New years day spin...

2011-01-02 11:06 AM

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Short run with Brewer this morning, then went skiing. Trails still not in the best condition after the rain.

2011-01-02 4:07 PM

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Busy weekend so no training till tonight and tomorrow morning. Happy late new year. Still no soda, and I have a great headache.

sozzie

2011-01-02 5:57 PM

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I was hoping to get some snowshoeing in but the warm weather melted all the snow so I got a mini @ home duathlon in today.

teristoy

2011-01-02 7:46 PM

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Happy New Year to our Team.

Just to let you know a little bit about myself. I may be the oldest? (54) Oh well, I have never conformed much.

I live in beautiful Colorado Springs and we have 3 adult children living in TX, NC and DC. Great vacation spots. I spend 25 years as a law enforcement officer and now have my own part-time business teaching women how to defend themselves.

Ready to get into shape and do my first Triathlon! I am going to do the 22-week program, I work out regularly, mainly weight training, so my cardio is not that good. Do you think that is a good training program to start? My second question--what is HIM and IM?
Glad to be part of the group.
Teri

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2011-01-02 8:18 PM

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teristoy - 2011-01-02 7:46 PM

Hi Teri, I will have to take a look at the 22-week program and let you know what I think but I am sure it should be good. As for your second question HIM is a 1/2 Ironman (70.3) and IM is Ironman 140.6.

sozzie

2011-01-02 8:27 PM

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teristoy - 2011-01-02 8:46 PM

Happy New Year to our Team.

... My second question--what is HIM and IM?
Glad to be part of the group.
Teri

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Short form for Half Ironman and Ironman.

CoachH

2011-01-02 9:47 PM

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Hoping to get in 3 of these during the week....We will see how this holds with school starting back up...vacation time is done...but still playing

Love my job!!!!

35m

4.00 miles

08m 45s/Mi

easy half...pick-up...cool down half

2011-01-03 6:33 AM

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Just a 27 minute run in local hills before work for me this morning. Scale(weight) was not pretty this morning. 8 lbs over christmas/New Years YIKES!!!!!!!!!

2011-01-03 8:07 AM

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Easy run this morning as I increase my mileage but try to avoid the shin splints and calf strains. Cold (15 degree wind chil), can't wait to get back to my treadmil.

Have a great day everyone, happy training.

azpebblesrn

2011-01-03 9:15 AM

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Thank God for gyms!!! It is so cold here in Arizona right now I would have a really hard time getting outside on a regular basis to work out. This morning at 5am it was 35 degrees!!! For those of you who actually live in locations that 35 degrees is your high I applaud you if you are doing anything outside. I am a transplant to Arizona from Massachusetts 20 years ago and I quickly forgot what cold weather was about. I actually start complaining about the weather when it goes below 60 degrees.

Because of the cold snap we are experiencing in AZ I opted to skip training this weekend and focused on getting the house back in shape after the holidays. However I was back in the gym this morning! I am tweaking my routing starting this week.

Mondays - Spin - 50 min; weight training (upper body) 20 min
Tuesday - Run - 2 mil; swim - 30 min (presently at 1000 meters - increasing by 100 meters each week
Wednesday - Spin - 50 min; weight training (upper body) 20 min
Thursday - Elliptical - 2 mil; swim - 30 min (presently at 1000 meters - increasing by 100 meters each week
Friday - Run - 4 mi; weight training (upper body) 20 min
Saturday - off
Sunday - long bike ride (15-20 mi) or long run (8-10 mi)

This is my plan as it stands presently. I know I need to add more strength training for my lower body but I need to run this routine for several weeks before I modify. Any recommendations will be gladly accepted.

2011-01-03 9:26 AM

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Vicki @ 6AM it was 16 degrees here in the great state of Michigan, It was not bad at all. I just hate cold with wind. Fortunately there was very little wind this morning. When it gets windy (40 degrees and below) I head to the gym or replace my run that morning with a bike ride on the trainer and hit the treadmill at the gym that evening. Remember come June we have nice temps and you will be cooking so there are tradeoffs.

2011-01-03 10:50 AM

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azpebblesrn - 2011-01-03 9:15 AM Thank God for gyms!!! It is so cold here in Arizona right now I would have a really hard time getting outside on a regular basis to work out. This morning at 5am it was 35 degrees!!! For those of you who actually live in locations that 35 degrees is your high I applaud you if you are doing anything outside. I am a transplant to Arizona from Massachusetts 20 years ago and I quickly forgot what cold weather was about. I actually start complaining about the weather when it goes below 60 degrees.

Because of the cold snap we are experiencing in AZ I opted to skip training this weekend and focused on getting the house back in shape after the holidays. However I was back in the gym this morning! I am tweaking my routing starting this week.

Mondays - Spin - 50 min; weight training (upper body) 20 min
Tuesday - Run - 2 mil; swim - 30 min (presently at 1000 meters - increasing by 100 meters each week
Wednesday - Spin - 50 min; weight training (upper body) 20 min
Thursday - Elliptical - 2 mil; swim - 30 min (presently at 1000 meters - increasing by 100 meters each week
Friday - Run - 4 mi; weight training (upper body) 20 min
Saturday - off
Sunday - long bike ride (15-20 mi) or long run (8-10 mi)

This is my plan as it stands presently. I know I need to add more strength training for my lower body but I need to run this routine for several weeks before I modify. Any recommendations will be gladly accepted.

Your plan looks good. You might be able to switch one of your upper body workouts to a lower body, since you have a lot of weight training in your schedule. As long as you can get all your running. biking, and swimming in I would say your weight training is ok.

If you get to the point where you can't fit anything in, I think it is more important that you get all your s,b,r in first.

sdnebfan

2011-01-03 7:18 PM

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26 degrees here in South Carolina this morning. But by noon it was up to low 50's. Nice weather to get out for a run during lunch. Stepped on the scale this AM and down 2 1/2 lbs over the last week. Nice run on the AM and some strength training at lunch. Starting to get back into the swing of exercising again.

serendipity

2011-01-03 8:33 PM

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My plan started today - with a rest day. Up early anyway for yoga and got a good cardio workout looking at the estimate for the repairs my husband's car needs.

My youngest got sent home from school today because he was coughing so I guess I'll be stuck at home with him tomorrow. Bummer. It's supposed to snow. I love running in the snow.

CoachH

2011-01-03 8:44 PM

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2 spins and a jog...

sozzie

2011-01-03 8:46 PM

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4 advil cold and sinus & a box of kleenex for this guy.

2011-01-03 9:10 PM

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In reply to azpebblesrn question on workouts (and Lenny's followup post):

I concur with Lenny's assesment, a lower body workout (leg press or squats, hamstring curls, leg extensions, etc) will really help increase your speed on the bike and give your muscles that endurance on the run.

I highly recommend throwing in a core workout after your weight sessions as well. I usually do one after each lifting day that includes: Crunches on a fitball (FB), superman on FB, leg lifts, medicine ball twists, and plank. When you get used to these, you can do a couple of sets. You can find some great core workouts in the articles section on BT.

Edited by 53epilot 2011-01-03 9:12 PM

2011-01-03 9:14 PM

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sozzie - 2011-01-03 8:46 PM 4 advil cold and sinus & a box of kleenex for this guy.

sozzie, sorry to hear you are sick. I am hoping to avoid any training time lost due to illness. Hope you feel better soon.

2011-01-03 9:51 PM

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Got an hour on the trainer tonight. Man I am hoping for a season of virus free training. For those of you that are sick or with sick ones, I wish a a speedy recovery.

2011-01-03 10:08 PM

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I just downloaded the couch to 5k ( april 5 k), then the 16 week swim focused sprint tri (aug 6th race), I have a long charity bike ride (May 7th), and a half marathon sept 10th. Now work on running and swimming and my diet.
Ian

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2011-01-04 6:26 AM

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Weights this morning, nice to be back in the gym after about a 4 months layoff. Not so nice seeing where my problem areas are.

Weighed in last night and sure enough, gained some weight (1.5 lbs) after being gone from home for a week, go figure. I will make sure I stick to my nutrition plan for a while.

Hope everyone got in a training sessions this morning.

2011-01-04 8:29 AM

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Good Morning all!

Got a 60 minute run in this morning. Little fresh snow on the sidewalks kept it interesting.

So do you streatch before or after your run? I try do do most of mine after my run when my muscles are warm. If I am doing a speed workout I will do a warm up run, then streatch.