The not too serious get fit thread

[WarrenJ]

222, down from 285 - trying to get to 200 by the end of the year.  I'll be 48 in a few days and I feel better than I have in 15 years. 

[Randimus Maximus]

222, down from 285 - trying to get to 200 by the end of the year.  I'll be 48 in a few days and I feel better than I have in 15 years. 

That is quite an achievement!

Keep up the good work.

Without going back through this thread, what are you doing differently to lose that much weight?

[WarrenJ]

I've lost it slowly over several years.  Got diagnosed with diabetes and decided to do something about it.  I walk or jog 2 to 4 miles/day.  In the winter, I snowshoe or crosscountry ski every day.  Took most of the simple carbs out of my diet, reduced food volume and increased food quality.  Hypertention is gone, blood sugar is in good control with limited help from meds.  I do have to watch my activity level... if I am out working in the woods or some other hard activity beyond my normal routine, I will crash my bloodsugar so then its a balancing act to put in the right fuel at the right time to avoid getting in trouble and dealing with a spike crash cycle. 

I try to not "work out" - I like to do strenuous things that accomplish something in the process.  In the late summer and fall here, I cut and split firewood for my house and my parents.  Its great exercise, especially splitting 12 full cords of wood with a mall. 

[Statler]

This is what this thread is about.  Good job, folks. 

I'm hovering at 160.  Happy there, but this fall is time to drop about three more percentage of fat to get the abs cut.   I look a lot different now than I did at 215.  Gonna try to get there before i turn 40. 

It's a fun corner to turn going from weight goal to percentage and clothing fit goals.    The first time I had to tailor dress shirts for athletic cut made me quite happy. 

Keep at it.  Gonna be a good fall/winter

[pitbull]

I've lost it slowly over several years.  Got diagnosed with diabetes and decided to do something about it.  I walk or jog 2 to 4 miles/day.  In the winter, I snowshoe or crosscountry ski every day.  Took most of the simple carbs out of my diet, reduced food volume and increased food quality.  Hypertention is gone, blood sugar is in good control with limited help from meds.  I do have to watch my activity level... if I am out working in the woods or some other hard activity beyond my normal routine, I will crash my bloodsugar so then its a balancing act to put in the right fuel at the right time to avoid getting in trouble and dealing with a spike crash cycle. 

I try to not "work out" - I like to do strenuous things that accomplish something in the process.  In the late summer and fall here, I cut and split firewood for my house and my parents.  Its great exercise, especially splitting 12 full cords of wood with a mall. 

contratulations.........nice accomplishment.

I like your belief in "accomplishing something in the process" of getting your exercise. While I do still lift weights a couple times a week, all my other exercise is done in the process of serving a function, including walking my dog for an hour and half each day.

everytime I walk by the cardio section of the gym I can't help but think of hampsters on treadmills.

[dropstharockalot]

I've been roped into an alumni lacrosse game at the alma matter in about a month... so this morning's run included the helmet, gloves, and stick.  The farmers in central Indiana really aren't prepared for the sight of a wheezing, pasty behemoth struggling alongside the road waving an oversized tennis racquet and wearing hockey gloves at 5:45am... at least three different pick-ups almost swerved into the ditch. I'm pretty sure I'll be placed on some kind of terrorist watch list if I continue this behavior.

I'm considering just tearing my hamstring now, so that I can avoid the embarassment of playing and get started on the inevitable recovery already.

[Monster Dave]

I'm now down to 30 days until my 234 mile cycle race. I made a small change to my drive train on my bike over the long weekend that I hope will help. The rear cassette that came on my bike was heavy and had over 4,000 miles one it (along with the chain), so I upgraded to a lightweight SRAM 26 rear cassette and SRAM chain.

The change has been a bit of an adjustment to my riding, but ultimately I think that it will be to my benefit. On this mornings ride I saw a nice little jump in average speed from 19.5 to 19.7mph (inching ever so close to 20mph). I felt really good this morning and wasn't as tired as I thought from my 67 mile ride on Monday. I'm pretty sure that I can get that average up to 20mph with the results that I'm seeing before race day. The good thing though is that I'm seeing improvements and I've not yet peaked. With any luck that won't happen prior to my race.

The way I figure it at 19.5mph average, it'll take me 12hrs to finish. I'd love to say that I could do it in 11.5 hours, but that would mean holding an average of 20mph. Last years top finisher for the ultra endurance distance held an average speed right at 20mph, the second place finisher was at 17mph.

So I guess it's time for me to get all "Eye of the Tiger" and really push for that jump!     

[cokey]

Just remember.. 2nd is the first loser...

[Monster Dave]

Just remember.. 2nd is the first loser...

I think one of my favorite quotes about wining and loosing was said by Sean Connery in The Rock:

Stanley Goodspeed: I'll do my best.
John Mason: Your "best"! Losers always whine about their "best"! Winners go home and make the beast with two backs the prom queen.
Stanley Goodspeed: Carla was the prom queen.

I've got my very own prom queen doing SAG for me, so as it goes, I'm not worried. My best will get me to the finish!

[cokey]

Lol.. 

[Monster Dave]

So as I've posted, I've had some trouble with my rear wheel - what a pain in the arse. I broke 5 spokes (not all at once) on it, had multiple adjustments done, then had it swapped out for a brand new one about a month ago. Within the last 4 weeks, I broke 2 spokes having the second break yesterday. I was SO irritated and was nearly 30 miles from home but near the bike shop where I got them. After limping my bicycle to the shop, I worked it out with them to swap out the wheel, credit me for the original purchase cost, and purchased a new Mavic race wheel.

Talk about night and day! The second I rolled on that wheel I thought "OMG this is amazingly better!" So now I have a far more reliable wheel, and one that weighs less and has better bearings.

Needless to say on my ride this morning my average speed held strong at 20.5mph! I'll need to replace the front wheel with a matching one to balance out the performance, fortunately though the Mavic wheel matches my front wheel nearly identically (in look - matte black, bladed spokes) - so at least it doesn't look mismatched!  

*Edit - after doing a weight comparison between my current front wheel and the matching Mavic, I'd be adding nearly 100grams to the weight of my bike if I change out the wheel. Given that the front one has never caused me any problems (knock on wood), I may just stick with what I've got to help keep the weight down.

[kopfjäger]

^^^^^^^^^^^^ <cough> Bicycle thread

[Monster Dave]

<cough> ...directly related to my fitness program....

[Randimus Maximus]

Bike Blog?

I thought this was the "get fit" thread:

*Note, this is not a how to-let's not get into a debate over methods.

Are you out of shape?
Race leathers unusually tight?
Those stairs getting steeper?
Have random strangers stopped asking for sex?
Can't see your junk?

It's time to do something about it.

Post up here-set a goal, let us know how yer doing.


I'm tired of being sore and tired, so I've been running/weights for the last month or so. It's starting to pay off.

Ultimate goals are:

Drop weight from 210 to 190
Be able to run 5 miles in less than half an hour.
Pick up Paula's dirtbike with her on it (300 or so pounds).

So basically, get back to where I was 5 years ago.

[Monster Dave]

Subtle...

But seriously? Was that necessary (changing the thread name like that)?

Next time don't be a jerk. Just PM me if you have a problem.






I think it's time (once again) for an age/maturity check.