The not too serious get fit thread

[Monster Dave]

LOL, that's funny - it's nice to know that there's someone else out there with the same weakness as I have!!

Om nom nom nom is right!!! LOL


DJ, I heard that your free one came by your house today:








ROTFLMAO!!!!

[djrashonal]

well played sir, well played. I just spoke to yours, it's on its way!

[Monster Dave]

well played sir, well played. I just spoke to yours, it's on its way!

Thankfully I'll be working late tonight and won't be there!!

[wbeck257]

day two w/ clips on the mtn bike and i sunny bono'ed it into a tree.
now i'm sore.

oh well... road bike today.

[djrashonal]

day two w/ clips on the mtn bike and i sunny bono'ed it into a tree.
now i'm sore.

oh well... road bike today.

Thank you for that amazing reference, and im sorry that you're sore, but at least you can still road bike 

[DesmoDiva]

My training has had a set back....

I've had a nagging pain in my left for a while, finally went and saw an orthopaedic MD.

Diagnosis: Navicular stress fracture or Tarsal tunnel syndrome.   

Going in for an MRI later in the week. 

Cast or cortizone shots here I come...

No more running....guess I'll finally have to get in the pool and on the bike.

[Blackout]

Anybody care to chime in on work out order? That is, do you guys do cardio and weights in that order, weights then cardio or do you alternate days?
I joined a gym last summer and go pretty regularly but I seem to get light headed sometimes if I do cardio first.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I've had a nagging pain in my left for a while, finally went and saw an orthopaedic MD.

Nate Jr.


People-if what you're doing is not the good muscly ache but the ow-ow-I-wish-that-would-stop ache, it's your body telling you something. Listen to it.


Take a break from what you're doing, see if you're doing it right and ya know, let yourselves heal. Hurting yourself while working out is counterproductive.

[DesmoDiva]

Nate Jr.

B said the same.   

[somegirl]

People-if what you're doing is not the good muscly ache but the ow-ow-I-wish-that-would-stop ache, it's your body telling you something. Listen to it.


Take a break from what you're doing, see if you're doing it right and ya know, let yourselves heal. Hurting yourself while working out is counterproductive.

Quoting for posterity so I can throw it back in your face when appropriate.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Quoting for posterity so I can throw it back in your face when appropriate.

Someone please ban her.

[ducpainter]

Someone please ban her.

...but she's the smart one.

Nate Jr.


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[DesmoDiva]

I have managed to get in the pool the last coupla days for good workouts...

Not the same as running. 

As soon as this white shit goes away I'll be back on my roadie. 

Ins. nightmare is delaying my MRI.   

[Got Duc]

ifitness = 

[Monster Dave]

Hey guys,

So, I've been hitting it pretty hard over the last 10 months and am really seeing some great improvements in both strength and endurance. I'm doing weights as well as cycling, and as I'm sure that you've seen, joined up with Team in Training as part of our fight to help raise money in the name of a friend of ours who was recently diagnosed with Mantel Cell Lymphoma. If not the thread is here:

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=35228.0

As far as trends go, I'm really a visual person, so I keep track every day of the calories that I burn to help keep me motivated to stay in a certain training zone. Here's a graph of my current burn trend:



This past weekend I rode with TNT and went 50 miles on Saturday. Sunday went to the gym and did my weight routine and hit a spin bike for an hour (since it was raining outside). Where I'm seeing a lot of improvement is in my cycling. I rode at my max with another cyclist for nearly 35 out of the 50 on Saturday at a consistent speed of 27mph. At one point, we topped out at 35 mph and held it for nearly 4 miles! It was amazing. I felt so jazzed when we completed the route. As for seeing strength increases, I notice more now than ever before that I can really rocket up hills and still have plenty of power left to keep the heat on after I've crested the top.

It's been a surprise to me to have gotten so addicted to cycling. I love it, and can't get enough of it.

On the flip side, I'm glad to see that the winter isn't keeping everyone down. I know that it can really suck to train during the harsh cold, but everyone seems to be doing great! Keep up the good work!