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2024 Off-Season Getting/Staying In Shape Motivation Thread
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Yeah, trying to balance those 2 is always tough. I've been leaning more into strength training the last few months and cardio has definitely taken a hit.
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Put in another 6 easy/recovery miles today, hope you all have a good weekend!
Put in almost 7 miles in search of turkeys this morning.
I've been lazy. But I scheduled a gym workout in the A.M. and yoga Sunday morning. Planning on mushroom hunting and hiking even though the weather isn't supposed to be great tomorrow too, should be able to cover some ground. I'll take the full pack with me and use 0% of the stuff in there lol
sorry for the delay. I'm not a big reader and I've never run a marathon. it's on my 2025 list though. I hired a coach for 3 months before my March 1/2 marathon. I don't really have a plan that I followed before or after having a coach. I just run with a few clubs and do what they do and/or do what I feel like on my own.
I've been away on vacation and didn't work out much. got a few runs in but still gained a bunch of weight after drinking and eating poorly for a week. Back to the grind!
ah gotcha i just assumed you had with the regular long runs in the 12-13 mile range. i ended up ordering a few different books, but finding a local club seems like a better/ good idea as well.
Felt great today, 10 mile long run done.
Did my hour at the gym yesterday, then 5.6 miles worth my pack on in moderate heart rate zone. That was good for 107 zone minutes lol. Made yoga this morning but stuff came up and looks like hockey is the only thing left in the schedule today
Hiked 15.4 miles over 2 1/2 days toting a gun. Some call it turkey hunting……….
Walked 3.5 miles saturday about half with just a gun and half with a gun and a gobbler.
Yesterday was 12 minutes on the eliptical increasing resistance every 2 minutes while maintaining pace. Then switched to weighted box step ups 2x35# dbs and abs. 20 reps of each for 5 rounds. Back is way better but still being a little careful with it for now.
Yesterday was 12 minutes on the eliptical increasing resistance every 2 minutes while maintaining pace. Then switched to weighted box step ups 2x35# dbs and abs. 20 reps of each for 5 rounds. Back is way better but still being a little careful with it for now.
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Turkey hunted 3 days straight. Lots of walking no luck. Back to the gym this week. Light stuff walking and some lifting trying to taper down and have energy for New Mexico turkey hunting next week.
My weight lifting has been weird. Lower body stuff (squat and deadlift) has been going up nicely week over week. Benchpress, which I've always struggled with, has been a struggle past 2 work outs. Even with deloading this week it was very had to get 5x5.
I also pulled my hamstring a little just now, so we will see what the next few days bring.
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I also pulled my hamstring a little just now, so we will see what the next few days bring.
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I hope the hamstring doesn't give you too much trouble. I'm not much of a lifter, but guessing that there's some similarities with running- I wouldn't worry about an off workout or two, since there's so many factors that can affect the short term- stress, sleep, diet etc to name a few. Today is a rest/crosstrain day for me so I spent a few hours after work shoveling dirt and compost/weeding/getting the outside of my house more presentable. Nothing too crazy but my back and shoulder muscles are wondering why they were being used so much lol
Hamstrings, Ya. At my age stretching is very important. I have gout in the feet, or just old arthritis, stretching my hamstrings helps my feet alot. Too many old parts that also need stretching!
Edit: Trying to loose some weight, so far about 10lbs, need to drop 15 more if I want to climb this season. Most guys my age are sitting on the porch watching the world go buy!
Heck nowadays I can show you teens - grown men that do nothing but sit around and waste away. Its almost the American way today.
It seems pretty common to me. There are a lot of people that get almost zero physical activity on a daily basis.
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