The workout thread

[Doctor Phibes]

Wow, Rich that's amazing. I thought I was doing really well at about half that distance on a bike.

[George K]

But, remember:

1. I'm an old geezer, not a MAMIL
2. I'm walking

Still, not too shabby:

[Klaus]

Rich, running 3000 miles is insane! Wow.

George, I never knew you took walking so seriously. Respect!

My 2020 ride summary so far:

Power curve comparison first half of the year (light color) compared to second half (darker color).

Doesn't look so different, but it's quite a difference.

[Loki]

@Rich said in The workout thread:

Crossed over 3,000 miles running this year a few days ago. Definitely wasn't a plan or goal, but just pretty consistently getting out there.

Probably the best shape I'll ever be in.....and no fukkin races, lol.

Still having a good time.

Wow, great job. Based on your estimate mile and 10k time the marathon estimate is way off. You could get near 3 hours and certainly qualify for Boston.

You’ve put in the miles for a marathon for sure.

[Klaus]

Yes, Rich's 5K and 10K times are crazy. I believe my fastest 10K time was something like 55 minutes, and I was toast after that.

[kluurs]

My runs have been hampered by a trick knee and some kind of breathing issue. I have some issues walking down stairs on occasion. My mileage this year will likely end up around 1500 miles. I need to dedicate more time to getting the knee back in shape. Lungs seem to not work as well as they did 3 years ago when I could still run a sub 7:00 mile. That's long gone - fatigue very quickly. I'm scheduled for a lung function test in January.

[xenon]

Holy crap - you guys are insane. I feel all accomplished after my 45min runs.

[jon-nyc]

THat's great, Rich.

Here's me. All walking.

[George K]

@jon-nyc you do about 5 miles per workout, then? That's what I do, but it's not every day for me. I try to do every other day.

[jon-nyc]

You can see where I quit the gym in March.

I'm really looking forward to getting back into that routine and getting my weight back up.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in The workout thread:

@jon-nyc you do about 5 miles per workout, then? That's what I do, but it's not every day for me. I try to do every other day.

Yep. A little less now that I don't do them alone. I used to be religious about getting them in every day, if the weather sucked I'd go to the local mall and walk if I had to. I don't do that now of course.

[jon-nyc]

My sleep has improved during Covid, mostly because I usually get an hour or hour and a half nap in every day.

At night I'm still in the 4 to 4.5 range though.

[taiwan_girl]

You guys are all doing great!!! Keep it up!!!

[Doctor Phibes]

I'll post a graph of my waistline which will challenge any of your exercise charts.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in The workout thread:

THat's great, Rich.

Here's me. All walking.

650 calories per mile? That sounds off by a factor of five or so.

A quite impressive year summary, though.

You can see where I quit the gym in March.

You loose weight by not going? What’s the logic? Lost muscle mass?

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in The workout thread:

At night I'm still in the 4 to 4.5 range though.

I’d be dead after a week of doing that. I need 8 hours, but will also happily take 10.

[AndyD]

I try to do HIIT sprinting a few times each week.
Anything lengthy like running or cycling for miles just gets boring. Skipping & punch bag are also dull but good work outs.

Otherwise my daily go-to are suburi, juggling and planks, plus 20 flights of stairs.
Here's hoping for a replacement fitbit Christmas pressy as I find them useful, especially for this chocoholic

[jon-nyc]

@Klaus said in The workout thread:

@jon-nyc said in The workout thread:

THat's great, Rich.

Here's me. All walking.

650 calories per mile? That sounds off by a factor of five or so.

A quite impressive year summary, though.

You can see where I quit the gym in March.

You loose weight by not going? What’s the logic? Lost muscle mass?

The calories are daily totals I suspect And yes, 5 days a week at the gym built muscle mass that slipped away in a few months. I’ll get it back though.

[Klaus]

@jon-nyc said in The workout thread:

The calories are daily totals I suspect

You track all calories you eat? That's a lot of work.

[Loki]

I’ve maintained the same weight for about 40 years. Of course a lot of it is through exercise.

But but but, I have a scale in the bathroom and while the water heats up for the shower I get on it every day. When I am a couple of pounds over the average I eat less for a few days if I am under I don’t think aboutwhether to eat that bowl of ice cream.

I’ve probably stood on the scale over 14000 times. 5 seconds each time. Gives me the data I need for maintaining my weight.