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Post by reddarin on Jun 9, 2013 9:38:25 GMT -6
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Post by gretalyn on Jun 9, 2013 11:01:02 GMT -6
It worked - thank you! That is awesome, I'm definitely going to try it. I really appreciate you posting it because, as I said, I really wasn't sure what to do for that type of exercise. This looks great.
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Post by perfectdeb on Jun 10, 2013 3:17:47 GMT -6
I went for my weekly big ride today - big mistake! Today is a public holiday so the bike trail was packed with kids, dogs, kids with dogs, kids on tricycles, stupid apparently deaf people who think its ok to spread themselves across the track, women with giant strollers and dogs...did I mention dogs? 17km of pure stress, not what I had in mind trackrec.net/t/1pId
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Post by gretalyn on Jun 10, 2013 7:08:18 GMT -6
Sorry, Deb, that does sound unpleasant! I try very hard to be aware of the mountain bikers on the trails where I hike. Sometimes it's hard if it's on a downward slope and they come up behind me really quickly, but I do my best to get myself and my dog over to one side. And the cyclists are generally very friendly and grateful for that. My husband had an encounter once with one who was . . . let's say less gracious. He was at a point where the trail was really wide, and he was all the way over to one side. But that wasn't good enough for her and she kept yelling for him to get out of the way. He wasn't sure if she was being so picky that she wanted him on the other side of the wide trail, or if she wanted him to leap off the trail entirely and into a cactus. But either way, he did not accommodate her, just ignored her and kept jogging on the right side of the trail. Some people just don't want to share at all, I guess. But generally speaking, the people we encounter are extremely friendly. But there's usually not very many of them at a time! Thanks for putting the link to your route in your post. Very cool to see where you are! I don't know how you did that, so this is the best that I can come up with at the moment: www.nmts.org/rides/foothillsTrail.htm
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Post by perfectdeb on Jun 10, 2013 8:06:45 GMT -6
That looks like fun, I don't mountain bike, too worried about breaking my neck!
The worst ones are the people with a teeny dog on a stretchy leash, damn those things are dangerous
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Post by gretalyn on Jun 10, 2013 8:57:18 GMT -6
I don't mountain bike either. Or ski. I love road biking, but the aggressive, angry, impatient, hostile drivers have scared me away from that too.
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Post by perfectdeb on Jun 10, 2013 16:38:42 GMT -6
We're lucky, we've got hundreds of kms of safe bike tacks
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Post by reddarin on Jun 10, 2013 18:11:19 GMT -6
Wow, I actually over did it yesterday and I am sore today heh.
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Post by gretalyn on Jun 10, 2013 20:39:33 GMT -6
We're lucky, we've got hundreds of kms of safe bike tacks Nice! I'm jealous!
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Post by gretalyn on Jun 10, 2013 20:42:09 GMT -6
Wow, I actually over did it yesterday and I am sore today heh. I've found that a hot bath with Epsom salts helps a lot with that. Hope you feel better! I haven't worked hard enough to get sore yet! But I did do my "pull" exercises today and I tried the one that you linked - the one with the towel. It seems pretty good!
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Post by perfectdeb on Jun 11, 2013 7:26:00 GMT -6
Wow, I actually over did it yesterday and I am sore today heh. Today I cycled about 12ks then did grocery shopping then did my first yoga class - Mark said the yoga might be just a bit too much for the day but I actually found even though it was harder than I expected it stretched all the tight muscles from the long rides I've one over the last few days...I'm starting to dig this exercise thing, I'm sleeping better and I've got heaps of energy
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Post by reddarin on Jun 11, 2013 8:16:11 GMT -6
I considered skipping today for an extra repair day but I did my routine anyway
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Post by gretalyn on Jun 11, 2013 9:13:50 GMT -6
Well I'm impressed, Darin. When I'm sore I always convince myself that it means that those muscles need more time to recover. I don't know if that's true or not, but it sure sounds true at the time!
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Post by reddarin on Jun 11, 2013 9:19:39 GMT -6
heh *that* is exactly what I was thinking. But my workout is so modest and I'd had my rest day so I just threw the mat on the floor and got started before I could talk myself out of it.
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Post by gretalyn on Jun 11, 2013 10:02:01 GMT -6
Nicely done!
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Post by perfectdeb on Jun 11, 2013 16:55:06 GMT -6
I've been told by a guy I know who's a personal trainer that its a myth that you shouldn't exercise two days in a row, he said a moderate workout the next day helps shift built up fluid from your muscles and relaxes stiff ligaments
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Post by gretalyn on Jun 11, 2013 17:20:28 GMT -6
That's good to know, Deb!
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Post by reddarin on Jun 11, 2013 17:37:34 GMT -6
Long rest/repair time is contrary to the mainstream thinking on training. I haven't read McGuff's book but if I understood the video I saw correctly, very short but very intense training with a three to six day rest/repair is one of the best ways to build muscle mass. From a question he answered (from the audience) I gather than he delineates between VSVI and skill building training. So your intense ~12 minute session could be once a week while you train the rest of the week on skills (which I take to mean form and function). So I am more or less following what he described but not as intense so I do it every other day It takes me maybe 5 to 7 minutes to complete the short routine I do.
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Post by perfectdeb on Jun 11, 2013 23:18:34 GMT -6
Long rest/repair time is contrary to the mainstream thinking on training. I haven't read McGuff's book but if I understood the video I saw correctly, very short but very intense training with a three to six day rest/repair is one of the best ways to build muscle mass. From a question he answered (from the audience) I gather than he delineates between VSVI and skill building training. So your intense ~12 minute session could be once a week while you train the rest of the week on skills (which I take to mean form and function). So I am more or less following what he described but not as intense so I do it every other day It takes me maybe 5 to 7 minutes to complete the short routine I do. I'm now riding about 10ks every day plus one 20ish k day (the longest track is 18ks if I go there and back) I think I'll do that till it feels too easy then move it up - added to that I've decided to do yoga a couple of times a week
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Post by reddarin on Jun 12, 2013 17:46:41 GMT -6
I picked up a towel at the store today that i just about the right size so I am adding the pull-up on the floor to my routine tomorrow
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Post by reddarin on Jun 13, 2013 9:56:32 GMT -6
I added the towel thing today. Gonna add crab dips too for some tricep action. Developed triceps make arms look bigger so I'm in
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Post by reddarin on Jun 13, 2013 17:18:19 GMT -6
and I tried the one that you linked - the one with the towel. It seems pretty good! Greta, how were you a few hours after doing that towel exercise? Did you do one set of ten? I tell you what, I only did one set of ten and I didn't think too much of it at the time but boy howdy I can feel it now. And that towel thing is the only thing I added today.
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Post by reddarin on Jun 15, 2013 11:26:39 GMT -6
Crab dips added today So far my routine is dumbbell curls, crab dip, horizontal towel pullup thing, pushups, wide pushups, diamond pushups, and crunches.
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Post by reddarin on Jun 16, 2013 11:05:05 GMT -6
I really like Mike Chang's videos. It probably isn't intentional but what he promotes sounds a lot like what McGuff promotes although Chang doesn't follow the long(ish) repair/down day like McGuff. But high intensity and short interval is the same. And Chang is very focused on body weight to build muscle mass - unlike McGuff.
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Post by reddarin on Jun 17, 2013 8:55:25 GMT -6
Whew! I did 2 rounds (couldn't do 4) of this workout yesterday and my lower body is sooooo sore today!
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Post by reddarin on Jun 17, 2013 9:13:32 GMT -6
Here is a beginner workout from Mike. I'm going to do this one tomorrow.
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Post by gretalyn on Jun 19, 2013 7:06:29 GMT -6
Hey Darrin, sorry for the very delayed reply. I did two sets of ten with that towel exercise, and the second set was really hard to complete! I was surprised, because I wasn't expecting to get that much resistance from just a towel. Thanks for the video links!
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Post by reddarin on Jun 19, 2013 9:23:40 GMT -6
That towel thing is awesome! There is another video with a squatting version too. I decided to take a rest/repair day yesterday and did no exercise. I'm kinda torn on what to do today. I think I will do the max calorie burn one instead of the noob one and my regular one.
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Post by reddarin on Jun 19, 2013 10:21:02 GMT -6
Okay I just did the calorie burn one and I for sure didn't do two full rounds day before yesterday. Today I did less than one round because I could only get 5 of the 10 close hand pushups in after 10 of the first exercise. Yikes.
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Post by reddarin on Jun 21, 2013 12:54:56 GMT -6
Workout day today! I did my normal routine and 5 of the shuffles and I was zapped. I might do another round of as many shuffles as I can later today along with some curls and maybe the horizontal towel pullups. I was looking at another video and this young lady was using a dip station at home. Well. heh I had no idea that stuff like that was available. Here is a more versatile (and expensive) body weight station that I might get in the future: www.amazon.com/XMark-Fitness-Power-Pull-up-Station/dp/B004OVLSOS
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