Diet and Exercise 2010: Whatever it takes

[jmh]

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Same reason soda is. The carbonation makes carbonic acid in the liquid which eats away at your teeth.

Huh, looks like I should've paid more attention in health class. I always assumed it was the sugar in soda that was bad for your teeth.

 

[BUT09]

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is this one of these crossfit locations that only allow you to work on whatever module is formulated/class scheduled? Are you allowed to operate on your own?

It's a group workout, so it wouldn't make sense to operate on your own. The point of doing it at an affiliate is for the team mentality. You can work on things on your own before or after class (although after you're shot, so it's pretty useless).

If you want to work on your own, honestly, I wouldn't see the point of paying for an affiliate membership.

 

[MissThundercat]

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Question: The Seaway Run 15K is on June 26. I just had another surgery on my right elbow, and the doctor says I'm not supposed to use my right arm for another 12-14 days. With that in mind, should I switch to the 5K if possible or just back out of the race entirely?

 

[Sloe Gin]

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woohoo, first open water swim of the season today!

 

[nmupiccdiva]

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Question: The Seaway Run 15K is on June 26. I just had another surgery on my right elbow, and the doctor says I'm not supposed to use my right arm for another 12-14 days. With that in mind, should I switch to the 5K if possible or just back out of the race entirely?

At this point, I'd say back out. If they can take day-of registrations, then see how you're feeling day of and go for it.

So, I crashed on my bike the other day. A bit of road rash on my hands and some pretty bruising on my legs, and I banged up my knee pretty well, but otherwise OK. I'm taking a few days off because of the knee--it's pretty sore and a little swollen, and I'll ease back in to it tomorrow.

 

[pardonme]

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At this point, I'd say back out. If they can take day-of registrations, then see how you're feeling day of and go for it.

So, I crashed on my bike the other day. A bit of road rash on my hands and some pretty bruising on my legs, and I banged up my knee pretty well, but otherwise OK. I'm taking a few days off because of the knee--it's pretty sore and a little swollen, and I'll ease back in to it tomorrow.

I swear I wear gloves on my bike as much for crashes as it is for comfort while riding. When I got hit by a cab last year I pretty much tore the palms off of my gloves, and I was very glad that it wasn't the skin tearing off of my hands. So I guess what i'm saying is I recommend biking with gloves. Good luck with recovery!

 

[winger]

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woohoo, first open water swim of the season today!

Nice!

It's a group workout, so it wouldn't make sense to operate on your own. The point of doing it at an affiliate is for the team mentality. You can work on things on your own before or after class (although after you're shot, so it's pretty useless).

If you want to work on your own, honestly, I wouldn't see the point of paying for an affiliate membership.

I agree, for me half of it is the group mentality and the availablity of the trainers. I know I wouldnt work that hard on my own, and I dont know anything about lifting. I also really like the general atmosphere of the gym. It is pretty postive and friendly enviornment and I get the sense that many of the affilates are like that.

If you have the ablity to push thru and know about lifting you could probably skip the membership and lift at home.

is this one of these crossfit locations that only allow you to work on whatever module is formulated/class scheduled? Are you allowed to operate on your own?

edit: thinking about it more... I can probably 1-rep 125... the power clean would probably be iffy as my form is junk but I'm doing 100 from the hang position... I can probably then push press the 125 the rest of the way.

Nope everyone does the posted workout of the day. I will say mine is pretty flexible. Sometimes if there was a good running workout from the day before, and someone missed it, there is no problem doing it. It is usually only one person, a couple of people at the gym have some specific fitness goals. I am sure if it became more prominent they might change the set up.

But for me that is not the point. Someone comes up with a different workout everyday, and there are trainers there to work with you. They are always working with people on form and even thought I am new, one of my trainers because of my freakish strength came up with a game plan to get to 135. I intially failed at 125, went down to 120 and then back up to get my final lift of 125. My form is not great, and honestly at this point my form is what will keep me from lifting more, but with the work they did with me over the course of the set I feel alot better about it.

Bottom line, you need to find something interesting, something that even if you are not thrilled about doing, you will at least show up for. For me that is first hockey, but playing hockey every night just isnt feasbile, for me crossfit is a pretty **** good second. Even thought some of the workouts scare me, and I would like to go home take off my pants and call it a day, I make it to the gym. I think part of that is because you actually get to know the people at the gym, so there is some accountablity. And for me, I have slipped far enough away from my old athletic self, I need a little bit of that peer pressure. And it is different everyday so I will never get bored!!! And it makes running no longer seem like a chore.

I can barely deadlift 125.

Part of me thinks it is bad that my Crossfit Affiliate posts the WOD online - today is all running and rowing, and I really hate both, which makes me not want to go.

Yeah but you are probably in better overall shape than me. I have really hit bottom over the last couple of years. And as far as other crossfit fitness type items, such as the pull up.... I am pretty far away.

Not bad for a one repper. I see a lot of guys do the regular big lifts, but seldom these. My PR is 190-195 and failed on 200

Yeah I did the grace workout last thursday which is 30 clean and jerks for time, that one I did at 85lbs.

I like the variety of the lifting program. And I like that it is not mindless reps on a machine. I think if someone had introduced me to a lifting program like this years ago I would of been alot more interested in weight training than I have been over these last few years.

grumble grumble grumble...

I can't do that... yet.

edit: nothing against you, winger... just the whole male competitive thing going.

Haha it is ok, I still have alot of other aspects of my health to work on. And I have always been a little bit freakishly strong.

 

[unh_hockey]

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Yeah I did the grace workout last thursday which is 30 clean and jerks for time, that one I did at 85lbs.

yeah last week was 75 reps of 75 lbs. Had to scale that. Saw some other guy do it too at the gym I was at. I find a lot of the workouts have to be adjusted based on whats available at the gym. plenty of substitutions tho ( aside from just the weight)

 

[BUT09]

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Yeah I did the grace workout last thursday which is 30 clean and jerks for time, that one I did at 85lbs.

yeah last week was 75 reps of 75 lbs. Had to scale that. Saw some other guy do it too at the gym I was at. I find a lot of the workouts have to be adjusted based on whats available at the gym. plenty of substitutions tho ( aside from just the weight)

Yeah, I did the 75 reps at 42 lbs (in 6:46), and it still crushed me.

 

[Patman]

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Yeah, I did the 75 reps at 42 lbs (in 6:46), and it still crushed me.

standard bar is 45 pounds or 20 kilos.. right?

 

[BUT09]

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standard bar is 45 pounds or 20 kilos.. right?

We have 33 lb "ladies" bars, and 12 lb "training" bars. I used a training bar with 15 lbs on each side to make 42.

Edit: Having weight on the ends makes it easier to clean, which is why I didn't just use a 45 lb bar.

 

[unh_hockey]

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dang thats impressive , it took me a lot longer than 6 minutes. probably double that time. It didn't help I threw up 315 on squats before for no reason, still no excuses.

on to tomorrows workout.

 

[Sloe Gin]

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Question: The Seaway Run 15K is on June 26. I just had another surgery on my right elbow, and the doctor says I'm not supposed to use my right arm for another 12-14 days. With that in mind, should I switch to the 5K if possible or just back out of the race entirely?

test it in one week with an easy mile. Like a 10-11 minute mile. See how you're feeling. If that feels ok, give it another couple days and try again, but at race pace. I'd suggest doing no more then the 5K, but that's just me

 

[bostonewe]

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Question: The Seaway Run 15K is on June 26. I just had another surgery on my right elbow, and the doctor says I'm not supposed to use my right arm for another 12-14 days. With that in mind, should I switch to the 5K if possible or just back out of the race entirely?

I think you should withdraw. The best way to heal is to be resting and to allow the body's natural immune system to repair the wound (we're covering this in microbiology now). There will plenty of time to run plenty of races (it's the beginning of the summer), if you further injure your arm it might lead to longer lasting damage.

 

[alfablue]

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Question: The Seaway Run 15K is on June 26. I just had another surgery on my right elbow, and the doctor says I'm not supposed to use my right arm for another 12-14 days. With that in mind, should I switch to the 5K if possible or just back out of the race entirely?

I'm torn by it. On one hand, I want to tell you to wait until the start before bowing out, on the other, I KNOW that rest is the way to go.

And I'm leaning way toward the rest side- one of my training friends broke her foot (stress fracture) while training for Boston- and could not even walk on it. She obeyed her doctor, and even resited running on it with the team when she walked around the track- two days later was the day she was allowed to run. So she comes to last weekend and the DX-AA run- was going to run the 10k, and RUN it, but was talked to the half, so that she would train- she's smart enough to run slowly, unlike some of us...

The end result was that she was only 6 min off of her PR, and that was her longest run in 6 months. We talked on Tuesday after the run, and she was pretty amazed how good she felt- no muscle strain, no foot pain, nothing.

So, perhaps follow the doctor to the letter.

Can you find a stationary bike to work on?

I know it's tough not to run, but I think in this case, it's the best.

 

[MissThundercat]

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I just talked with my doctor's office; knowing what the 15K course entails, I'll just cancel out of the race and do it next year. The last thing I want is to have another surgery because I was careless and didn't let the wound heal properly.

 

[winger]

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We have 33 lb "ladies" bars, and 12 lb "training" bars. I used a training bar with 15 lbs on each side to make 42.

Edit: Having weight on the ends makes it easier to clean, which is why I didn't just use a 45 lb bar.

Yeah it is kind of akward to clean without and bumpers on it.

dang thats impressive , it took me a lot longer than 6 minutes. probably double that time. It didn't help I threw up 315 on squats before for no reason, still no excuses.

on to tomorrows workout.

Wow on the squats.

yeah last week was 75 reps of 75 lbs. Had to scale that. Saw some other guy do it too at the gym I was at. I find a lot of the workouts have to be adjusted based on whats available at the gym. plenty of substitutions tho ( aside from just the weight)

I have to say somedays the workouts are just impressive and even thought I am pretty far from where some of these people are, it is impressive to be in the same gym and doing the same workout (all be it scaled) for me it is great motivation.

I think it was nicole that were were doing the other day, with muscle ups. That is an impressive manuver.

But again, it gives me something to shoot for, I am now off of body rows and I can do pullups with the band asst, and I am almost able to kick up to a handstand, so I can start doing wicked fun HSPU!

 

[Sloe Gin]

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I just talked with my doctor's office; knowing what the 15K course entails, I'll just cancel out of the race and do it next year. The last thing I want is to have another surgery because I was careless and didn't let the wound heal properly.

I'm sure it wasn't easy, man. But look at it this way; you can race the rest of your life. Don't danger that for one race.

 

[MissThundercat]

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I'm sure it wasn't easy, man. But look at it this way; you can race the rest of your life. Don't danger that for one race.

Exactly. Better to rest now and run forever, than to race now and permanently * things up. Besides, I also talked with the race director, and since I can't get a refund, my entry will be deferred to next year.

With all this in mind, it's a pain in the (neck) trying to find ways to stay active. Guess I'll just go back to walking a lot and stretching whenever possible.

 

[jmh]

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Cycling question that maybe some of you can help with. I tend to ride fairly upright (my ride is a hybrid, not a road bike, and has regular straight handlebars, so I can't really ride bent far over), and my left hand has always been my balance hand for as long as I can remember. So everything I need to do that requires taking a hand off the handlebars, hitting a button on my iPod or my computer, taking a drink, adjusting my helmet, whatever, it's always my right hand. As a result, there's more stress on my left arm, and I'm having pain in my left elbow, sometimes when I'm riding but also at other times when I lock my left arm. So my questions are:

1) Short-term, has anyone dealt with this type of pain before, and if so, how would you recommend making it go away?
2) Long-term, is there any good way (i.e., better than "just do it differently") to break myself of my riding style and become more ambidextrous?