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2025 Getting/Staying In Shape Motivation Thread

BTaylor said:
Yesterday was some BS the wife came up with. Not sure why I agreed to do it. 10 rounds of 2 minutes on the spin bike at 100 rpms, 24 walking lunges and 15 air squats. My legs are not very happy with me this morning and I am positive that is only going to get worse.
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There has never been a man who would have to face bigger consequences from firing their trainer than you. :tearsofjoy:
 
Yesterday evening was the first night of the fall pickleball league.

If you want to find out just how sore your legs can get, try that workout I posted yesterday. Sweet baby Jesus, I look like I caught the palsey or sumthin every time I try to get up from desk. Gotta hold onto something or put a hand on the wall for about 20 steps or so then it's kinda ok.
 
hokiehunter373 said:
Wasn’t able to get back at it last week like I wanted. Varsity football game over an hour away Friday night, JV game at the same place Saturday morning, sons flag game Sunday morning. Barely any sleep kicked my butt. Getting back after it this week

6 easy miles Tuesday
2 warm up, 30:00 at 7:30 mi/goal, 2 cool down yesterday. Middle 30 went 7:20, 7:09, 7:23, 8:15 to average 7:32

6 more tonight or tomorrow morning. Hopefully 10-12 this weekend
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Well, did my 6 on 9/19. Decided I was gonna do 7 on 9/20 and 5 on 9/21. 9/20 was a 5:00 min warmup, 6 miles @ 8:00 pace, and a 5:00 cool down. But 3ish miles in I tried to hug the shoulder for an oncoming car and stepped on a walnut or stick or something. Rolled my ankle worse than I ever have. A couple mins of horrific pain until adrenaline took over. Needed to get home so I just sent it for the rest of my run. Set my 10k PR @ 50:28 (your turn to shut up @GreginPA I know I’m an idiot) and then felt the pain come on during my cool down. Iced like crazy the rest of the weekend and somehow managed to avoid swelling or bruising. Gave it all of last week to recover and most of the ankle pain went away but I was feeling it in my calf and knee sometimes. Did an easy 2 miles on Saturday and they felt great and I thought I was back but the next day did not feel great. Feeling mostly better finally today but now I’m stuck between rest or running. Really don’t want to break my 62 week running streak but I have a race 10/18 and might just need to take time off until that race or until it’s consistently feeling better. I’m guessing it’s a high ankle sprain and that’s the calf stuff I’m feeling. The knee is from stretching the outer muscles and from not rolling much since I did it. Super bummed. Stay after it everyone!
 
Tough day for me today. Decided to give up caffeine and eat only Whole Foods for the month of October. Been a daily coffee drinker for 15+ yrs. Day 1 was rough. Slight headache all afternoon but decided to hit the gym and just move. My headache only worsened with warmup and strength. The workout was just a fight to not stop.

Strength was 6 x 2 Squat Snatches at 75%
2 reps every 2mins for 6rds

14min AMRAP(As Many Rounds or Reps As Possible)

200m Run
30 Air Squats
60 Single Unders (Jump Rope)
30 Body Weight Box Step Ups(24in)
Rinse and repeat for 14mins

2 reps short of 3rds.
 

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Little redemption from my poor effort last night. Day 2 with no caffeine and I’m feeling a lot better. 36min workout in total including rest.

5 sets
30 sec Echo Bike @ target effort
30 sec Echo Bike @ initial test pace or slightly slower
30 sec Echo Bike @ target effort
30 sec Rest

- Rest 3 minutes - Switch machines

5 sets
30 sec Row @ target effort
30 sec Row @ initial test pace or slightly slower
30 sec Row @ target effort
30 sec Rest

- Rest 3 minutes - Switch machines

5 sets
30 sec Ski @ target effort
30 sec Ski @ initial test pace or slightly slower
30 sec Ski @ target effort
30 sec Rest

140 Cals Bike
150 Cals Row
128 Cals Ski

418 Cals Total
 

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DKCT said:
Little redemption from my poor effort last night. Day 2 with no caffeine and I’m feeling a lot better. 36min workout in total including rest.

5 sets
30 sec Echo Bike @ target effort
30 sec Echo Bike @ initial test pace or slightly slower
30 sec Echo Bike @ target effort
30 sec Rest

- Rest 3 minutes - Switch machines

5 sets
30 sec Row @ target effort
30 sec Row @ initial test pace or slightly slower
30 sec Row @ target effort
30 sec Rest

- Rest 3 minutes - Switch machines

5 sets
30 sec Ski @ target effort
30 sec Ski @ initial test pace or slightly slower
30 sec Ski @ target effort
30 sec Rest

140 Cals Bike
150 Cals Row
128 Cals Ski

418 Cals Total
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Nice going on the caffeine. stick with it!!!
I had my last tea, coffee, soda beverage, any caffeine drinks 16 years ago. It was one of the best things I ever did.
 
Just_Hangin_N_GA said:
Nice going on the caffeine. stick with it!!!
I had my last tea, coffee, soda beverage, any caffeine drinks 16 years ago. It was one of the best things I ever did.
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Congrats on that! My plan is to just try going 30 days along with eating just Whole Foods until Halloween. I’ll reevaluate after that. Caffeine is all I had left other than my weekly cigar. Gave up the drugs and booze 14yrs ago so I need a vice
 
Pavement Run - This morning did my First 7 miler in a while, and did it in a light rain. Love running in the rain

7.01miles, 59:49, 8:32/mi average pace and 146bpm average HR.
Not sure about that HR because I know it got high the last 2 miles but never looked.
Have a great day guys!!!
 
I haven’t kept up with this thread. So here’s my left field notes.

I just turned 40.

I hiked really hard in September on elk hunt - basically couldn’t avoid a 500-1000 calorie deficit every day out there. I lost 10-12lbs.

Running a calorie deficit makes my mind and bowels much more at ease. Humans aren’t meant to eat more calories than they burn regularly.

Muscle is really hard to build after 30. And it evaporates when you’re running a deficit regularly. This was a good reinforcement of the need to take in way more protein than is generally recommended, and to do resistance exercise to build/keep muscle.
 
kyler1945 said:
I haven’t kept up with this thread. So here’s my left field notes.

I just turned 40.

I hiked really hard in September on elk hunt - basically couldn’t avoid a 500-1000 calorie deficit every day out there. I lost 10-12lbs.

Running a calorie deficit makes my mind and bowels much more at ease. Humans aren’t meant to eat more calories than they burn regularly.

Muscle is really hard to build after 30. And it evaporates when you’re running a deficit regularly. This was a good reinforcement of the need to take in way more protein than is generally recommended, and to do resistance exercise to build/keep muscle.
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Once you post, you have just committed to weekly if not daily fitness updates, for a minimum of 1 year. Welcome aboard!!!!
 
Bench
5 x 145lbs
4 x 155lbs
3 x 165lbs
2 x 175lbs

Strict Pull ups
4 x 5

Workout
15min Time Cap
1 Mile Run Buy in (7:49)
into as many rounds as possible of(AMRAP)
12 Russian KB Swings(53lb)
12 Kipping Handstand Pushups

2rds + 15reps completed

Handstand push-ups were the big holdup for me here. I just recently started doing them because of my AC joint issue from a slip/fall in February
 
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