Performance -Not Enough!

I actually think it is stress or soemthing. I have cut the double choc cream cheese brownies out completely, and have been eating brocolli and raw tomatoes, and raw zuccini, more and still holding the weight. It is cool. My arms are thick!!! I could wallop ya right now. Cardio strength and some bulk.

BUT - the problem, (not to be confused with MMW butt problem-hahaha) it makes a heka effort for pullups. hahaha

long night tonigt too.
 
flyinfree said:
weight 192!!! :eek: must of accidentally swallowed a dumbell or something hahaha

Gnite
FF
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That was your snack, buff man. :)

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Chillen
 
flyinfree said:
I actually think it is stress or soemthing. I have cut the double choc cream cheese brownies out completely, and have been eating brocolli and raw tomatoes, and raw zuccini, more and still holding the weight. It is cool. My arms are thick!!! I could wallop ya right now. Cardio strength and some bulk.

BUT - the problem, (not to be confused with MMW butt problem-hahaha) it makes a heka effort for pullups. hahaha

long night tonigt too.
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The amount of cardio you do, you can lose that weight easily so theres no worry.
 
Stuff sticks to me the more I "watch it" and I lean out when I'm more lose with my cream cheese brownie thingies :) Sometimes there's no rhyme or reason. You're under some considerable stress my man, I'd say that has something to do with it also. Make sure you're getting enough sleep
 
:eek: Thank you Sparrow- you are always so warm:eek:

run: 5+ to gym
weights: bend over and moans with 70's single arm rows 4 X 8
spin class: hill intervals, with lots of standing and isolations
run: 5+ home (last mile was an 8:35mm)

total workout time 3:06:00
weighed in at 184.6 hahaha must have caughed up that dumbell somewhere.
BROWNIE TIME!!!!

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FF
 
LOL. I told you you'd burn it off in no time..must have just been a water fluctuation or something..surely couldn't be fat :D

I want brownies :(
 
me too :( But my whoppin 35 min spin class can't stand to that 3 hour monster you just did! *hangs head and continues eating chicken salad*
 
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rode mountain bike to gym among many other places.

swim: 200 warm up
100 X 10 (25 easy, 25 hard, 25 easy, 25 sprint) rested about a minute between
1500 (1 mile) continuos - 34:10
500 meditative sloshing rolling relaxing swim,,, needed it.

spent nearly 2 hours in the pool. middle of the day, all alone, yet not alone at all! Thank God for athletics!

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FF
 
Swim WITH me! that would be a welcome distraction right now.!!! you just keep working out Sparrow- you need to shape up for that 70.3

this morning rode 31 miles 1:50. it was cool and windy. There was this one period where the wind was whistling thru those cool double spokes!! really neat sounding. felt like i was going 100 miles an hour.

this evening ran with the sugar 2.5 miles. Second half of run wth a gallon of milk in each hand. tough on the upper traps.

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FF
 
Hey FF,

Just wanted to drop by the journal, throw-out some hello's. Hey dude, you and I have only chatted a few times and yet I make reference to you as if you were tight buds, etc...hope you don't mind, it's all totally in innocent & fun humor. :)

With my knee all f'd-up I've been hitting the tank pretty heavy (pool). I broke my record; did 130 laps, just over 4 miles and with breaks, chats, drinks...took me just over 3 hours. I don't intend to break that record! ;)

What I would suggest, since you're putting-in time swimming....is a good MP3 player with the underwater headphones set-up. I can't swim w/o my music...some good trance, electronica or energy tunes really helps fill the void. I almost can't swim w/o the music now!

The knee is getting better quickly...they're pretty certain I won't even need surgery, we'll see. We'll watch how far I get with PT and evaluate from there. The biggest bummer is that I'm not getting my 2x racquetball, 4 spin-classes and biking in...so each week I have to find a way to delete 4,500 calories from my intake in order to compensate for the lack of physical activity. It's cool, as to no surprise I'm not as hungry. Hey, wtf...this is your journal, sorry.

As usual, great work with your efforts...key pit tup. :D
 
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Hey FF,



What I would suggest, since you're putting-in time swimming....is a good MP3 player with the underwater headphones set-up. I can't swim w/o my music...some good trance, electronica or energy tunes really helps fill the void. I almost can't swim w/o the music now!
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Holly molly...I didn't even know something like that existed:eek2::eek2::rolleyes:
 
ok ok, no product reviews and in my fitnees log.

as for everything else- thanks for the kind words and encouragement. that is a great swim record. i have only done 100 laps once, BUT it was continuous, no breaks no chat.

what I hear about the music in the swim is fantastic, the only concern is how it translates to the open water "mental panic" experience. it seems that almost all swimmers go thru some open water level if mental struggles, and that music training is what they want to lean on for recovery in opne water, and at Ironman it is not allowed. too scary for me to risk.

FF
 
I have the Freestyle mp3 underwater player. I got it for Christmas. While I thought it would be an awesome addition to my little fitness toy collection, I actually hate it and I've used it just once. Some runners I know who have run their whole lives can't run with music because it messes up their stride and rhythm. Thats how it is for me in the pool. I actually get slower and irritated by the music. I like the sound of the bubbles and my breathing in the water. The music makes me feel like I'm in a sealed vacuum and I can't use all my senses right. I think its a great little invention for those it works for. I can see it being really helpful on those long boring swims where there is little concentration needed.
 
Wow.....excuse the applicative pun, but different STROKES for different folks!!! I suppose it all goes back to "find what works for you". :)

For me, swimming my long-haul (2-3 miles) is almost unbearable w/o music. I don't feel the music takes anything away from my workout, it only enhances it. I believe it's been well established that good music (music you enjoy and "feel") can diminished perceived exertion by as much as 30%. I believe there is some benefit in this regard...there have been many times my brain just clicks with the beat and I end up putting-out more power/energy without realizing how my HR is way the heck up. I've met many swimmer who equally love it.....and a few who didn't (enter Sparrow). Without the music, all I have is the monotonous sound of my breathing & bubbles...then my mind picks a song or beat and I keep repeating it. Like I said, to each their own.

Some people in the pool are blown-away when they see music while swimming...but it's become more and more common-place. The thing is, you have to get good earphones that work for you.

Hey, I'm not reviewing products, just concepts (music while swimming). One thing I will never give up though...music while on the bike.

Onto more pertinent issues....

I've not done a triathlon yet...how far do they usually swim and is swimming always the first event???????

Since most people can only sprint-swim about 200-meters, I'd imagine swimming a mile would not involve going full-throttle the whole time. How do you approach it? Like marathon runners, they dont' bolt out of the starting-block at full-speed, they just get into their pace. How do you pace a mile+ swim??? I'm guessing the fastest speed you can continuously maintain?

Also, I presume you swim free-style the whole distance?? Are you takin a breath on the right-side, then do a left, right and then breath on the 3rd stroke on the left? (alternating sides???).

If someone else passes you, do you feel compelled to keep up or figure you're losing?
 
Hey BSL, glad to hear you're thinking of doing 3-ways, so to speak:)! The sequence is always swim, bike run, because if you are really fatigued on the run, you might fall down and skin your shins. If you are really fatigued on the bike, you might go over a railing and break your collarbone. But, if you are really fatigued on the swim, you could drown, so they always do that before you are too fatigued.

Tris come in 4 shapes; sprints (what I was scheduled for but had to back out) (variable, but typically 300 - 600m swim, 11 - 15mile bike, and 5K run), olympic length (Sparrow has done these) (1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run), 70.3 Ironman - what Flyinfree has done, (1.2mile swim, 56 mile bike, 1/2 marathon) and 140.6 Ironman (2.4mile swim, 112mile bike, full marathon).

Based on your bike and swim skills, I'd think you'd do okay. How is your running? I know your endurance is good.
 
hahahaha

that's all i have to say. It seems the convos are moving along nicely.

SBL - here is a good idea for fun, just to see what it's about. Go get in the ocean and swim 15 minutes straight out from the shore, take a left and swim 15 along the shore- that you can no longer see by the way, then take another left and go 15 minutes back in. That will be about a mile or so. I promise your brain will not get bored- the imagination is a tremendous thingy!

NOW- your next comment on this can not be "conceptual" - so, unless you want to start another thread, you must do the swim before you keep talking.


FOR my breathing, I can breath anytime, on any side, at any length up to 5 strokes comfortably now. BUT- when i really settle in for distance, I use a double pump kick, breath- in long and slow on the right, and exhale a shorter faster stroke on th left. It is just my way- no reasons- just experience that is most comfortable for me. I also look straight up into the sky in th right side, an only slighty rotate to the left. I also reach long and hard with my right hand, and do a figure eight wag with my left hand (that holds me up a bit for that long slow inhale).

p.s. I kinda like the tiny bubbles sound.
 
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