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2025 Getting/Staying In Shape Motivation Thread

Speaking of the wife and nagging issues, she has a couple that have been going on since early Feb. She said on the way home from the gym if they didnt clear up in 5-6 months she might need to go see a Dr. I was like, ummmm, are you calling for an appointment tomorrow??? The answer was no in 5-6 more months. That's that BS I have to deal with. She may be single handedly keepin KT tape in bidness.
 
My old butt can't hang with you young guy's workouts anymore but I did start my daily morning climb of the steps at the local ski hill this week. The view looking over the lake was pretty good this morning. I was alone on the hill with 4 deer who didn't mind my being there at all. Its finally starting to green up a bit here.

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boyne bowhunter said:
My old butt can't hang with you young guy's workouts anymore but I did start my daily morning climb of the steps at the local ski hill this week. The view looking over the lake was pretty good this morning. I was alone on the hill with 4 deer who didn't mind my being there at all. Its finally starting to green up a bit here.

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Beautiful spot.
 
BTaylor said:
What kinda mamby pamby coach do you have? I never had a coach say anything like that. Matter of fact just the opposite, they would tell you to stop being a girl part and do the work. :D
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My dad always said to far away from your heart to kill you or he had worse on his eye
 
hokiehunter373 said:
Tonight: 8x:30 hills with 2 easy miles to warmup and cool down… going to get drenched
Tomorrow: 4 zone 2 miles
Friday or Saturday: 10 miles, hopefully on trails
Saturday or Sunday: 6 easy with 4 sets of strides at the end
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Drenched indeed. 5.5 miles last night. :30 hill intervals averaged 5:57 splits. First 3 felt great. 4th I was like uh oh legs felt different that time. 5th I was like how the heck am I doing 3 more lol. Got um done though!

4 miles this morning in more rain on 6 hours sleep. Excited for 2 days off and some rest. Might have to break my 10 miles Saturday up into two parts
 
Oh, also… a meal I feel like this group might enjoy. My wife has been intent on protein goals and because of that has been adding cottage cheese to everything. Don’t check out yet if you’re like me. I hate cottage cheese by itself. The texture…. No thanks. But this meal is delicious

Everything seasoned sourdough (like everything bagels). Toast it. Make over medium eggs. Spread a layer of cottage cheese on the toast. Drizzle hot honey over the cottage cheese. Eggs on top of that. Sprinkle everything seasoning on the eggs. If you’re like me, add hot sauce. It’s phenomenal! I ate 6 eggs like this for dinner last night :tearsofjoy: you don’t even notice the cottage cheese and the honey on it is just chefs kiss
 
hokiehunter373 said:
Oh, also… a meal I feel like this group might enjoy. My wife has been intent on protein goals and because of that has been adding cottage cheese to everything. Don’t check out yet if you’re like me. I hate cottage cheese by itself. The texture…. No thanks. But this meal is delicious

Everything seasoned sourdough (like everything bagels). Toast it. Make over medium eggs. Spread a layer of cottage cheese on the toast. Drizzle hot honey over the cottage cheese. Eggs on top of that. Sprinkle everything seasoning on the eggs. If you’re like me, add hot sauce. It’s phenomenal! I ate 6 eggs like this for dinner last night :tearsofjoy: you don’t even notice the cottage cheese and the honey on it is just chefs kiss
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I might try similar but would use plain greek yogurt instead of cottage cheese. I aint eatin cottage cheese. Prolly need to add bacon for more protein too or a piece of sausage.
 
4am - 8.28miles in 1:24:08, 10:10/mi pace with Avg HR 130bpm and 925 calories burned.
I had been assuming this was Zone 2 but I need to figure out my true Max HR and not just generic calculation that goes by age. It would seem not every 55 year old would have the same Max HR but then again I’m definitely ain’t no expert.
 
Just_Hangin_N_GA said:
4am - 8.28miles in 1:24:08, 10:10/mi pace with Avg HR 130bpm and 925 calories burned.
I had been assuming this was Zone 2 but I need to figure out my true Max HR and not just generic calculation that goes by age. It would seem not every 55 year old would have the same Max HR but then again I’m definitely ain’t no expert.
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This is something I've fought for a couple years. My max rate has never been checked professionally, but according to my watch I can get to 180 no problem at a sprint. The highest I've had it is 191.

I trained for a 50k a couple years ago, trying to stay in the 120-130s. Crazy slow. (I've been running a long time, done a lot of long runs, this was the first time HR training)

When the 50K started, I found myself running in the 150s almost immediately, but felt fine, pace was good. Ran with and had long conversations with some folks for miles. All in the 150s, no issues.

My conclusion is this - my "Zone 2" isn't in the 120s or I would have been struggling to carry on a conversation. I've since just started running my "long" runs and "medium" runs at a comfortable pace, usually just slower than what comes naturally. About one run per week I'll add sprints or maybe do a fast 5k.
 
Just_Hangin_N_GA said:
4am - 8.28miles in 1:24:08, 10:10/mi pace with Avg HR 130bpm and 925 calories burned.
I had been assuming this was Zone 2 but I need to figure out my true Max HR and not just generic calculation that goes by age. It would seem not every 55 year old would have the same Max HR but then again I’m definitely ain’t no expert.
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not exact, but the Karvonen formula is a bit more accurate as it takes into account your resting HR (which is generally lower for trained individuals)
 
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no exact, but the Karvonen formula is a bit more accurate as it takes into account your resting HR (which is generally lower for trained individuals)
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I used the calculator but I still have a few doubts. I can run in the 165-175 range for my last couple miles of a 7 mile run, with no problem. But according to Max HR data I should not be able to sustain that distance for that long at HR.
I don’t won’t to hurt myself but I think my max feels like it should be 180-185 bpm.
However, I definitely don’t know.
Thanks for the information.

I forgot to attach the screenshot of my numbers from the calculator… but here we go.
Then I put the wrong resting HR. It is actually 42 according to my Garmin. Not much difference between the 2 charts.
 

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K98Al said:
This is something I've fought for a couple years. My max rate has never been checked professionally, but according to my watch I can get to 180 no problem at a sprint. The highest I've had it is 191.

I trained for a 50k a couple years ago, trying to stay in the 120-130s. Crazy slow. (I've been running a long time, done a lot of long runs, this was the first time HR training)

When the 50K started, I found myself running in the 150s almost immediately, but felt fine, pace was good. Ran with and had long conversations with some folks for miles. All in the 150s, no issues.

My conclusion is this - my "Zone 2" isn't in the 120s or I would have been struggling to carry on a conversation. I've since just started running my "long" runs and "medium" runs at a comfortable pace, usually just slower than what comes naturally. About one run per week I'll add sprints or maybe do a fast 5k.
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I am not running a 50K but I feel the same as you as far as, I feel fine and can talk easily in the 150 range. I am detailed by nature and not having an exact number to go by drives me nuts.
Thanks for sharing!! At least I know I’m not totally alone.
 
I finally replaced my trusty jump rope that I’ve had for probably close to 20 years. Hadn’t been used in awhile, trying to motivate myself to get back to my old routine of jump rope/medicine ball workout. I had a routine I would do while I was in the military, I would listen to dark side of the moon in its entirety, 45 minutes give or take, and that was my workout.
 
Just_Hangin_N_GA said:
I used the calculator but I still have a few doubts. I can run in the 165-175 range for my last couple miles of a 7 mile run, with no problem. But according to Max HR data I should not be able to sustain that distance for that long at HR.
I don’t won’t to hurt myself but I think my max feels like it should be 180-185 bpm.
However, I definitely don’t know.
Thanks for the information.

I forgot to attach the screenshot of my numbers from the calculator… but here we go.
Then I put the wrong resting HR. It is actually 42 according to my Garmin. Not much difference between the 2 charts.
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If your garmin is giving you 42 as resting what is it giving you for max? You’re saying you can run 165-175 for several miles but then in the calculator put 165 as the max when it doesn’t sound like it would be
 
hokiehunter373 said:
If your garmin is giving you 42 as resting what is it giving you for max? You’re saying you can run 165-175 for several miles but then in the calculator put 165 as the max when it doesn’t sound like it would be
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For some reason I can’t pull the Max HR from my Garmin Connect App. I actually was just at a running store and they showed me where my Resting HR was but we could find the Max. It is like mine did an update and the information is hidden. I will call customer support later.
I may have mis spoke… I don’t run several miles at that HR rate but the last two of the seven to intensify the run. But I would not think I could run that far at that HR if it was my actual Max HR.
Disclaimer…. I don’t know what I am doing only what my watch is telling me and trying to pick up some technical information from you guys, like building my base from Zone 2.
Heck until I started following you guys, I just ran to run with no rhyme or reason.
 
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In my app it’s like this:

- click watch icon on top right
- click your device
- click user profile
- click heart rate and power zones
- click heart rate

Should show you your max after that. There’s 100 different ways to calculate zones and they’ll all give you slightly different outputs. Easiest way for Z2 is you can hold a conversation and no one would know you’re running. If you start to be out of breath you’re past zone 2. If you have the money you can go do a lab test
 
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