Diet and Exercise 2010, pt. 2: Never Going Back

[moose97]

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Went on an 8 mile bike ride Saturday with some decent hills. That's the third 6+ mile ride I've done in the last month or so.

I've officially decided to start training for a sprint tri. I'm going on vacation in two weeks, so will start the Michael Pate's Total Sprint program when I get back. I've also heard of this Tri-U-Mah!, and might give that a go, rather than wait 'til next summer...

 

[MissThundercat]

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I'm glad you made it- but don't worry too much- adding miles is very tough. I remember being quite useless the first day I ran 8 miles.

Over time, you will be fine.

As part of marathon training, I've endured black and/or missing toenails, legs of jelly, feet of cement, numb hands, bone spurs, IT band pain, etc. Eventually my body got used to it and I know what to do when these problems arise. You'll be fine, 'diva.

 

[goldy_331]

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As part of marathon training, I've endured black and/or missing toenails, legs of jelly, feet of cement, numb hands, bone spurs, IT band pain, etc. Eventually my body got used to it and I know what to do when these problems arise. You'll be fine, 'diva.

Oooh, that's the kind of pep talk she needs to keep working at it! Lots more fun to look forward to 'Diva!

 

[jmh]

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Finished the Cayuga Lake Triathlon in 1:37:30 I think. Now off on a 6 day cycling adventure tomorrow.

Don't get run over, it's only a month and a half until hockey season.

 

[MissThundercat]

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Oooh, that's the kind of pep talk she needs to keep working at it! Lots more fun to look forward to 'Diva!

And I treat my black toenails like a badge of honor!

 

[Dirty Bottles]

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Went on an 8 mile bike ride Saturday with some decent hills. That's the third 6+ mile ride I've done in the last month or so.

I've officially decided to start training for a sprint tri. I'm going on vacation in two weeks, so will start the Michael Pate's Total Sprint program when I get back. I've also heard of this Tri-U-Mah!, and might give that a go, rather than wait 'til next summer...

Moose - good for you. There are lots of great sprints in MN so you'll have no problem finding a good race.

I would also recommend visiting www.beginnertriathlete.com. They have a nice site for tracking your workout progress and very active forums that are very helpful. You can also search races, read others races reports, find training plans, etc.

 

[nmupiccdiva]

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As part of marathon training, I've endured black and/or missing toenails, legs of jelly, feet of cement, numb hands, bone spurs, IT band pain, etc. Eventually my body got used to it and I know what to do when these problems arise. You'll be fine, 'diva.

Oooh, that's the kind of pep talk she needs to keep working at it! Lots more fun to look forward to 'Diva!

Eh, I knew this kind of thing would come. I've watched my mom train for 2 marathons, and my sister is currently training for her first, and both of them have run several half marathons, too.
Numb hands is a new one, though, but I did start to notice that last week. Hm.

 

[MissThundercat]

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Eh, I knew this kind of thing would come. I've watched my mom train for 2 marathons, and my sister is currently training for her first, and both of them have run several half marathons, too.
Numb hands is a new one, though, but I did start to notice that last week. Hm.

After a training run, I couldn't use my right hand to start my car. And when I reached mile 20 of the marathon, I dropped a cup of gatorade...

 

[pardonme]

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I'm still alive. I've done 150-160ish miles in the first 3 days, but I think I'm trying to do like 260 in the next 3 days. We'll see what happens, I have plenty of options if I decide to scale it back.

 

[Patman]

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winger, are you doing cleans or power cleans? I'm having a devil of a time trying to get myself under the bar on the clean.

clean and jerked 60 kg today... twice... missed the other 4 attempts at the clean.

 

[winger]

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Eh, I knew this kind of thing would come. I've watched my mom train for 2 marathons, and my sister is currently training for her first, and both of them have run several half marathons, too.
Numb hands is a new one, though, but I did start to notice that last week. Hm.

I have that problem too, I was actually thinking of maybe getting those compression sleeves for it.

winger, are you doing cleans or power cleans? I'm having a devil of a time trying to get myself under the bar on the clean.

clean and jerked 60 kg today... twice... missed the other 4 attempts at the clean.

Well it depends. I have done both. Sometimes workouts will just be, for example, get it down, ground to overhead, however. Sometimes we do very specific movements, I did at one point think I would never get the power clean, but the last time we were having a big lifting day I finally got it. Prob helps the amount of squats we do at the gym.

 

[Patman]

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Well it depends. I have done both. Sometimes workouts will just be, for example, get it down, ground to overhead, however. Sometimes we do very specific movements, I did at one point think I would never get the power clean, but the last time we were having a big lifting day I finally got it. Prob helps the amount of squats we do at the gym.

I was looking to see what you knew before I went off to a forum that my coach may also read. I'm having trouble getting under the bar with the a full clean... once the weight gets heavy enough one can't pull nearly as high so by squatting under it you can get the bar... but I can't get myself to get under so I'm trying to think how I can get myself to do it.

I might just go in on and off-day and practice with an empty bar... jumping and the immediately squatting because my head won't let me do two things.

 

[winger]

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I was looking to see what you knew before I went off to a forum that my coach may also read. I'm having trouble getting under the bar with the a full clean... once the weight gets heavy enough one can't pull nearly as high so by squatting under it you can get the bar... but I can't get myself to get under so I'm trying to think how I can get myself to do it.

I might just go in on and off-day and practice with an empty bar... jumping and the immediately squatting because my head won't let me do two things.

Actually that is exactly what I did, I have a piece of PVC piping (you can pick up at home depot). And I practices a quick movement of the bar up and snapping down into the squat. I think having the confidence to know you can snap quickly under the bar is quick, otherwise (at least my over active mind) starts going "oh crap"

I had the hardest time with it at first. Then after practicing the movements at home, it just came to me at the gym.

I think next up to tackle is the double unders.

 

[goldy_331]

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Question to the crossfitters. My kid is in a crossfit teens class (the first one for this club). He tells me he's doing sets of 5 back squats of his weight (100 lbs.). Is that good?

 

[BUT09]

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Question to the crossfitters. My kid is in a crossfit teens class (the first one for this club). He tells me he's doing sets of 5 back squats of his weight (100 lbs.). Is that good?

That's awesome. My 1RM is slightly under my bodyweight (actually, it's 100lbs as well). There's no way I could do my weight for 5 reps. But then again, I'm not a guy, and they definitely have advantages.

 

[Patman]

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Question to the crossfitters. My kid is in a crossfit teens class (the first one for this club). He tells me he's doing sets of 5 back squats of his weight (100 lbs.). Is that good?

how old is he? Why is it only 100 pounds?

edit: sets of 5 is said to be optimum for strength production... while its sub-optimal for muscle mass that's not what you are looking for as a teenager who may be competing in sports. Typically for squats you are looking at 3 sets of 5.

The idea of any exercise is to create enough of a disruption that your body compensates for it and leaves it able to do more the next time.

edit: as for good, depends on what he wants, when he wants it. Could he be over 200 by the end of the year... yes... he could be over 200 by Halloween... but if he also wants to run 5K then no... just see how it progresses. Bottom line is you want to see progress.

edit #3: the number of reps in itself isn't sacred... why does everybody insist on doing 4x10... because that's what everybody else does. On the other hand, the number of reps will encourage different things. 1 rep is for testing your peak ability but they are largely worthless for training other than as a measuring stick... 5 is supposed to be the realm for strength training... 10 is where you are dealing more with mass increases rather than strength... 20 is for endurance.

 

[pardonme]

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Well I am home from my trip. I ended up doing 360 miles in 5 days which was pretty tough. I decided to quit early today at Poughkipsee and take the train the rest of the way home. At the start of the day I was ~170 miles from home, and wanted to finish in 2 days. The last 50 miles are pretty hilly and the hardest part, so the best thing would have been to get a ton of miles in today so I had less of the hard miles tomorrow, but the only campground was about 70 miles out and I didn't have any chance of doing the last 100 miles all in one day. Also, my rack kept bending out of shape and rubbing on the tires, and my butt was starting to get really sore, so I thought it was time to call it quits. I'm pretty impressed that my legs were never really screaming for me to stop, even when I did 105 miles yesterday and 85 today. It was a fun trip, I hope to do another one next year.

 

[Patman]

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Every morning this week I've woken up with the area above my ankle on my left leg very tight. I imagine this is kickball or standing related as this started monday morning. It goes away after a little while... any thoughts.

 

[alfablue]

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I kinda hoped to post another mileage milestone today, but instead I'm sitting out. Stepped on something funny on Thursday, and it got wose on a PM run.

Did got to the doctor in fear of a fracture, but didn't see anything on a x-ray, plus the nature of how quickly it came up- he's not leaning toward stress fracture- but more of a strain/contusion. Probably will try some heat this morning....

Big bummer.

 

[nmupiccdiva]

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I kinda hoped to post another mileage milestone today, but instead I'm sitting out. Stepped on something funny on Thursday, and it got wose on a PM run.

Did got to the doctor in fear of a fracture, but didn't see anything on a x-ray, plus the nature of how quickly it came up- he's not leaning toward stress fracture- but more of a strain/contusion. Probably will try some heat this morning....

Big bummer.

I hit 11 the other day. It was really slow. The first time I truly did not feel accomplished after a long run.