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elemcee Since: Dec, 2009
#126: Nov 16th 2010 at 1:06:40 PM

Turns out my routine is actually working; I'm definitely getting more toned. Not as much as I'd like, yet, though.

Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#127: Nov 16th 2010 at 1:09:32 PM

Keep at it; post pics in the Photo's thread when you're done; the ladies (and men) love it.

JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#128: Nov 16th 2010 at 1:25:26 PM

Recently found out that the guy I talk to about my training is a fan of the Fable series. That was a pleasant suprise.

Oh yeah, I was wondering, I am doing 3 lots of running on the treadmill, bike and x-trainer respectivly for about 15 mins, is this a good amount would people say?

Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#129: Nov 16th 2010 at 1:36:14 PM

That depends, I have no idea what distance you're running or the speed. I'm assuming you meant "alot".

JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#130: Nov 16th 2010 at 1:56:51 PM

Well on the treadmill I run between 5.0 and 10.0 KMH at half "elevation" (basically a rather steep slope) for 15 mins. On the others its a bit harder to judge as I am doing preplanned "workouts", but suffice it to say my heartrate tends to go into the 180's on them, and I usually end up doing just less than 1 km.

Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#131: Nov 16th 2010 at 2:13:41 PM

Do you have a set goal in mind time-wise? If not don't worry about it and just run until you build up the length that you're able to go.

Jace Atypical masculinity. from the Great White North Since: Oct, 2010
Atypical masculinity.
#132: Nov 16th 2010 at 2:14:31 PM

Is it bad that I do very little cardio? I walk for ~1 hour everyday just running errands, and I did some shadowboxing (though without the footwork) this weekend, and will do more later this week if I have time. But other than a five-minute warm up at the gym, everything else I do is strength training.

Mind you, I'm trying to gain muscle, not lose fat. I have very low fat reserves as it is, and losing that would be bad.

Biophilic bookworm by day, gentleman adventurer by night.
JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#133: Nov 16th 2010 at 2:15:45 PM

I have three slots of 15 mins, and one of 5 mins at the start to warm up. I usually end up watching Midsommer Murders on the viewscreens whenever I am running.

Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#134: Nov 16th 2010 at 2:18:55 PM

@Jace: A little cardio isn't so bad; I think you said something about doing judo or kickboxing; it helps you not get winded. getting winded in a fight sucks.

@JB: I hate you people with your AC and TVsad

JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#135: Nov 16th 2010 at 2:29:42 PM

Well I don't have AC on all of them tongue, but as I am paying 650 dollars a year (equivalent) for a membership which is not even entirely comprehensive, I should hope I get SOME benefits grin

Jace Atypical masculinity. from the Great White North Since: Oct, 2010
Atypical masculinity.
#136: Nov 16th 2010 at 3:26:09 PM

^^ Yeah, I'd like to be more fit as well as more strong. It's just that cardio is so time consuming, and I have zero interest in running or doing things on machines. I'll probably skate every week like I did last winter.

Biophilic bookworm by day, gentleman adventurer by night.
JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#137: Nov 16th 2010 at 4:09:04 PM

Well you could always stick on some music if you have an MP 3 player of some description, or if you are feeling very retro a walkman. Either that or just go for a run in the outdoors, it might be embarrasing, but at least you won't be bored.

Jace Atypical masculinity. from the Great White North Since: Oct, 2010
Atypical masculinity.
#138: Nov 16th 2010 at 4:32:51 PM

I DO get bored running outside. I can only run competitively, otherwise I just lack the motivation to not slow down into a walk. It's a shame because I'm a pretty decent sprinter - my varsity teams in high school were track and field, field hockey and flag football.

Biophilic bookworm by day, gentleman adventurer by night.
EnglishIvy Since: Aug, 2011
#139: Nov 16th 2010 at 6:38:27 PM

peanut butter

exotic

Wha?

Have you eaten peanuts before? If you take a big mouthful of them and chew for long enough, they become peanut butter. That's pretty much all they are, is peanuts ground into a paste.

edited 16th Nov '10 6:39:47 PM by EnglishIvy

Jace Atypical masculinity. from the Great White North Since: Oct, 2010
Atypical masculinity.
#140: Nov 16th 2010 at 6:53:13 PM

^ Only that sounds grosser than peanutbutter. And peanutbutter normally has other ingredients, though not always if it's organic or a marketed as a health food.

Biophilic bookworm by day, gentleman adventurer by night.
Galeros Slay foes with bow and arrow Since: Jan, 2001
Slay foes with bow and arrow
#141: Nov 16th 2010 at 7:05:48 PM

Hehe, I have heard of people from Finland having never tasted peanut butter before. A person from Finland on another forum also said he has never tasted it either. He asked if it was supposed to be salty or sweet. The answers in two posts came one right after the other.

"Salty"

"Sweet"

grin

Jace Atypical masculinity. from the Great White North Since: Oct, 2010
Atypical masculinity.
#142: Nov 16th 2010 at 7:34:19 PM

It's both. More savoury, though.

Biophilic bookworm by day, gentleman adventurer by night.
MostlyBenign Why so serious? Since: Mar, 2010
Why so serious?
#143: Nov 16th 2010 at 8:12:31 PM

This substance just sounds shiftier by the moment.

Jace Atypical masculinity. from the Great White North Since: Oct, 2010
Atypical masculinity.
#144: Nov 16th 2010 at 8:51:00 PM

It's not salty. I don't think they add salt. It's just savoury.

Biophilic bookworm by day, gentleman adventurer by night.
MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#145: Nov 17th 2010 at 9:02:10 AM

I DO get bored running outside.

Which is funny, I don't get bored running outside. So long as it isn't on say a circular track. If there's somewhere to go even if the course loops back around and something to see while on it I'll keep going.

I've run more than 8 miles in a single day before for just that reason.

Speaking of running 8 miles, I did that yesterday albeit 2 and half minutes shorter than the original 8 miles and small change. I tried outrunning the sunset because I got back on the road back home really late in the day (Sun sets in my part of Colorado at 4:15 PM this time of year.) but I didn't make it time. I missed beating the sunset by like 3 minutes and change. (Then again sunset is kinda non-uniform where I live owing to the mountain. At the time I got home the ridge to the south was still sunlit for a few more minutes.)

But all of that running is worth it. I noticed yesterday in the shower that combined with my other physical exercise of things like push-ups, military movement drills and other stuff in my Army Physical Fitness Manual that I have next to no fat left in my arms, most of my legs and from the neck up. Even on the chest and gut there isn't much left visibly.

Leradny Since: Jan, 2001
#146: Nov 17th 2010 at 10:28:51 AM

Having a pretty landscape to run through does tend to make a difference.

1 hour running (about 7 miles)
30-45 min stretching
20ish minutes light Pilates (if I feel pudgy around the torso which is perhaps 35% of the time)

Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#147: Nov 17th 2010 at 10:52:22 AM

^I'll trade you; i've got a ridiculously long road towards a church.

MostlyBenign Why so serious? Since: Mar, 2010
Why so serious?
#148: Nov 17th 2010 at 11:33:59 AM

I hope that you're also a militant atheist.

Because that would be funny.

Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#149: Nov 17th 2010 at 11:36:40 AM

Agnostic actually; the fact that said church is always in my view when I run is only slightly ironic.

MostlyBenign Why so serious? Since: Mar, 2010
Why so serious?
#150: Nov 17th 2010 at 11:43:46 AM

I'm fortunate enough to live in a place with some very nice scenery everywhere you turn, but sadly, I also pretty much get winded running across the street. Every now and again I've tried to remedy this, but I just don't have a runner's genes.


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