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After ropey weather keeping me indoors for a few days, just got in a cheeky 8 miles with 500ft elevation.

Probably not a lot of proper back country rides left in the season before weather and daylight make it too dangerous and unpleasant, but theres a 24 hour gym that's a nice, streetlit distance away that should mean if I ride there it'll take care of my cardio and Incan just throw weights about, so I think that's my winter program.

Also, as someone who is as big and heavier than The Rock, I think I need to beef up my brakes before the spring.

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Just 5 miles tonight, but 4 gold medals on Strava and some proper mountain biking as I discovered one of my cut throughs turns into a waterfall when there's a bit of rain.

You know it's been a hard one when you get home with a nearly empty water bottle, but I do think I've fixed my rubbing rear brake, so most of the ride was in glorious mechanical near silence.

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Did some weights for the first time in a bit. Planning a wee run next to get back into a bit of cardio.

Also cutting out the crap.

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Went for a run this morning, nice break from the usual slam PT sessions.

8.6km in 38.29 minutes, not cruising along, but not at maximum exertion.

Although my takeaway has been that the heart rate monitor on my watch is out, or that my heart rate zones need to be calibrated (to Google!), because it has me in Zone 5 for nearly 90% of the run, when Zone 5 is supposed to only be sustainable for short periods.

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9m today, which is a distance record since I restarted cycling in late August. Included a couple of climbs that I'd never consider on a normal bike, but my Fathom climbs like a champ.

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 SkavenLord wrote:
Been taking self-defence lessons lately. After a warm up featuring a lot of push ups and planks, and after taking a few kicks to the stomach, I realize my core muscles are kind of awful.

Any advice for additional exercises that can be done to improve core muscles?


Deadlifts, squats and pull-ups. Basically any complex movement. The core is used as a stabiliser. Also anti rotation exercises like pallof press are good.

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 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
 SkavenLord wrote:
Been taking self-defence lessons lately. After a warm up featuring a lot of push ups and planks, and after taking a few kicks to the stomach, I realize my core muscles are kind of awful.

Any advice for additional exercises that can be done to improve core muscles?


Deadlifts, squats and pull-ups. Basically any complex movement. The core is used as a stabiliser. Also anti rotation exercises like pallof press are good.


Interesting. I hadn’t thought of the core muscles that way. I’ll have a look at those suggestiosn though, thanks!

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 SkavenLord wrote:
 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
 SkavenLord wrote:
Been taking self-defence lessons lately. After a warm up featuring a lot of push ups and planks, and after taking a few kicks to the stomach, I realize my core muscles are kind of awful.

Any advice for additional exercises that can be done to improve core muscles?


Deadlifts, squats and pull-ups. Basically any complex movement. The core is used as a stabiliser. Also anti rotation exercises like pallof press are good.


Interesting. I hadn’t thought of the core muscles that way. I’ll have a look at those suggestiosn though, thanks!


Most 'core' excercises people suggest just target abs, which really don't do that much in the grand scheme of movements. One of their main purposes is helping you defecate. Having abs won't necessarily make you better at taking hits their either. for that you'd be better off trying to condition toughness or work on avoiding the hits in the first place.
Getting strong in the obliques, serratus, spinae erectors will be much more beneficial for overall strength and conditioning.

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I'd say lumbar spine muscles (and spine muscles in general) are key. You can think you can lift a lot with muscular arms, but your spine will start collapsing under the weight if you neglect muscles in your back, causing pain and discomfort.
   
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You need the entire core and lower posterior chain developed. The abs do assist in keeping the torso rigid.

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Frostgrave

 Azreal13 wrote:
9m today, which is a distance record since I restarted cycling in late August. Included a couple of climbs that I'd never consider on a normal bike, but my Fathom climbs like a champ.


Giant Fathom? How do you find it?
I've been looking longingly at a Fathom 2 29'er for a while.
   
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 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
 SkavenLord wrote:
 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
 SkavenLord wrote:
Been taking self-defence lessons lately. After a warm up featuring a lot of push ups and planks, and after taking a few kicks to the stomach, I realize my core muscles are kind of awful.

Any advice for additional exercises that can be done to improve core muscles?


Deadlifts, squats and pull-ups. Basically any complex movement. The core is used as a stabiliser. Also anti rotation exercises like pallof press are good.


Interesting. I hadn’t thought of the core muscles that way. I’ll have a look at those suggestiosn though, thanks!


Most 'core' excercises people suggest just target abs, which really don't do that much in the grand scheme of movements. One of their main purposes is helping you defecate. Having abs won't necessarily make you better at taking hits their either. for that you'd be better off trying to condition toughness or work on avoiding the hits in the first place.
Getting strong in the obliques, serratus, spinae erectors will be much more beneficial for overall strength and conditioning.


It is worth considering that still a proper abbs workout can be extremely beneficial for modern people who sit a lot and fall into an anterior pelvic tilt. From a pure "workout" perspective I agree with you, though

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Herzlos wrote:
 Azreal13 wrote:
9m today, which is a distance record since I restarted cycling in late August. Included a couple of climbs that I'd never consider on a normal bike, but my Fathom climbs like a champ.


Giant Fathom? How do you find it?
I've been looking longingly at a Fathom 2 29'er for a while.


It's the E+ which will colour things a bit Vs the regular person powered one (I live on the fringes of Exmoor at the bottom of a valley so I can't even get to the shops without a long uphill drag, and I'm just not fit enough to do that unassisted, and when I am there's plenty more challenging climbs I can tackle.)

But, that said, I spent months researching a bike and I have no regrets.

I was convinced I needed one of the technically illegal 1000w+ 150nm+ torque Chinese jobs, but the desire for some aftersales support on such a big spend won out, and it constantly surprises me as to how much I can do that I'd feel was impossible on a normal bike while still feeling like good exercise.

The non electric components have so far been excellent too. I'm not subjecting it to particularly harsh riding conditions, but I got an MTB because I'm a big unit and I'd probably be too hard on a road or hybrid and it has stood up well.

For me personally, given my needs and the terrain I ride, it is probably a little under braked, so over the winter I plan to upgrade to something more downhill orientated for more power and better heat management, but that won't be the case for everyone.

I will caveat this with the fact that I am a very casual rider, my last bike was the cheapest thing that Halfords sold with a big enough frame some 10+ years ago, and prior to August hadn't turned a pedal in about 8 years, but if anyone was going to break the bike just by riding it, yours truly would be the man, and it's held up admirably.

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Frostgrave

Thanks!

I live half way up a hill so any route I take involves some sort of hill. I only ride for leisure so I don't mind dropping right down to the lowest gear and pootling up so have been managing fine without assist though a motor would certainly let me cover a lot of additional routes in the same time.

I'm still trying to justify the human powered one at £1400 since my current bike does everything fine. Finally a hobby that makes 40K look cheap!

   
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With the year coming to an end soon does anyone have any fitness goals for 2022? If you do what are your plans to get there?

I plan on finally hitting a 495lb deadlift, 405 squat, and 315 bench press in 2022. As long as I can stay healthy I should get there by the end of the year, probably faster if I put on ten or fifteen pounds.

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 DrGiggles wrote:
With the year coming to an end soon does anyone have any fitness goals for 2022? If you do what are your plans to get there?

I plan on finally hitting a 495lb deadlift, 405 squat, and 315 bench press in 2022. As long as I can stay healthy I should get there by the end of the year, probably faster if I put on ten or fifteen pounds.


Sounds great, those are some rather impressive numbers! My strength suffered tremendously during the pandemic (wife's pregnant and I wont take any risk, so haven't been to the gym in almost a year), but I plan on getting back to my old weighted pull-ups!

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 DrGiggles wrote:
With the year coming to an end soon does anyone have any fitness goals for 2022? If you do what are your plans to get there?



in 2022, I have 2 main or "major" plans for the year: my first solo century, and riding up/around (as much as paved roads will allow) the super famous mountain in my state. . . The latter one would be ideally from my house, as I'm at around 200 ft above sea level, and near as I can tell, most of the roads run out at around 5-6000 feet elevation.

I started the fitness journey portion of 2021 with the express aim of re-joining the military. . . That is still a goal, but now that I am returning to a certain comfort level on the bike, 2022 is about ramping that up.
   
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 DrGiggles wrote:
With the year coming to an end soon does anyone have any fitness goals for 2022? If you do what are your plans to get there?


I'm going to try and double my cycling ride distance (from 30k to 60k), double my running from 5k to 10k, and maybe cover a few specific routes. Also attend some group rides and maybe enter a casual event.

I started strong in 2021 but life and illness has been getting in the way on and off since about June. I reckon some indoor training over the winter and I'll be in a better position to get back outside in the spring.
   
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Nice thread!

I used to bike-commute to work, but now that I work from home, I've had to incorporate that routine into work - I just take an hour to get on the bike and do an 8 mile route I have. With COVID the city has shut down several streets, so my whole route now falls on "slow streets" or in the Golden Gate Park here in San Francisco. I try to do it 3 times a week.

What I'm having more trouble with is other strengthening exercises. I used to try to get in three sets each of sit ups, push ups, and arm curls when I'd finish riding, but I rarely do that anymore. By the time I'm back, I'm often stressed about getting back to work, or just too tired. I'm also getting older (52!) and I don't bounce back from even little injuries, so if I mess something up, it can take weeks (months!) to recover.

I'm thinking of getting a heart rate monitor to record my rides, but haven't got one just yet.

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Attempting a 60km walk/run with some mates tonight.

Hot as hell, and humid to boot, up here, so the plan is the kick off 8pm and go through the night, aiming for under 8 hours.

No weight beyond pers water and some gels/bars, thank god, but it's the longest any of us have ever attempted, so it's a bit nerve wracking.

Hope is finishing early Saturday gives us enough recovery time for work come Monday.

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Achieved my goal of a 700lb trap bar deadlift (with the handles). Ended up being much easier to achieve than I had anticipated.

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Well, gave that ultramarathon a crack. 61km total.

Of the 4 of us, 2 tapped out with injuries at 30 and 40km - only moderate, but we'd agreed beforehand that even a small niggle, we'd drop out, and they made a good call.

Third one of us made it 56km and called it, burnt out.

I managed to make it the full 61km, and nearly cried. It was bloody hard. It bucketed rain for 10 minutes around the 25km mark, and we wound up finishing at about 3.30am. But I made the 8hr mark, 7hrs 46minutes.

I also learnt that energy gels are disgusting, and energy bars aren't much better, they're far too sweet.

Got some good blisters on my toes and sore legs as well.

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Wow, 'grats on making it. Now you can go back to normal exercise! lol

(unless you've got the bug and it becomes a habit...!)

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Been well remiss in my gym attendance. I need to work on that.

However, I have started doing walks of a Sunday morning, I’m very lucky to live opposite Tunbridge Wells and Rusthall Common, a fairly extensive set of woodland foot paths. I’m averaging around 5km each Sunday, which whilst not too strenuous does involve some decent uphills, which currently require a wee sit once I’m up the top.

Kinda doing circuits of the paths at the moment, but won’t be long until I’m able to zig-zag them, rather than just do a loop. Reckon I can easily get it up to around 8km doing that.

Best of all? It’s walkers only. No horses or bike riding allowed (though you do see wee kids on their bikes, that doesn’t bother me). And of course lovely Doggos on their walkies!

Gym after Christmas I reckon. Or just before to get me going again.

   
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Broke 100kg down. Expect to get back up with chrismas around alas but progress.

Looking forward to start running trainings again on spring. I hate running out in cold. Last spring tried but after ankle went haywire(too much, too soon) motivation was bit of lost. Now I have lost almost 20kg from that so should be easier on ankles.

Thinking on august might run quarter marathon on my home town if it's held. Last time I did it in 2015 getting it just under 1h. Would be nice to get back to shape I can run 10km again.

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Good job on getting under 100kg!

I hate running in the cold too. Spent two years in Alaska and that killed all my progress on foot.

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 DrGiggles wrote:
With the year coming to an end soon does anyone have any fitness goals for 2022? If you do what are your plans to get there?

I plan on finally hitting a 495lb deadlift, 405 squat, and 315 bench press in 2022. As long as I can stay healthy I should get there by the end of the year, probably faster if I put on ten or fifteen pounds.


100kg log press. I'm at 85kg now which is my bodyweight. Could probably do 90 but I don't want to push too hard and injure myself.

I'd also like 495lb on the deadlift, although for me it will be 220 so slightly below 495. I'm currently at 200 (440lb), and finding it harder to progress now.

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 queen_annes_revenge wrote:
 DrGiggles wrote:
With the year coming to an end soon does anyone have any fitness goals for 2022? If you do what are your plans to get there?

I plan on finally hitting a 495lb deadlift, 405 squat, and 315 bench press in 2022. As long as I can stay healthy I should get there by the end of the year, probably faster if I put on ten or fifteen pounds.


100kg log press. I'm at 85kg now which is my bodyweight. Could probably do 90 but I don't want to push too hard and injure myself.

I'd also like 495lb on the deadlift, although for me it will be 220 so slightly below 495. I'm currently at 200 (440lb), and finding it harder to progress now.


Are logs a common implement in the UK? Outside of the rare strongman gym in the US I don't think I've ever seen one. A press greater than your bodyweight is impressive though, I hope you hit your goal.

What does your usual DL workout look like? You might need to try a variation to help a sticking point or increase your frequency if you are stalling.

I'm going to have to change my goals due to recent covid mandates where I live. I'm going to work on my vertical (no idea how high I can jump ATM) and see how many pull ups I can do while wearing a 40lb vest by the end of May.

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I know of at least one gym around the corner from me that has strongman implements. They're not at globo gyms, but if you're in a major city there should be at least a couple niche gyms with extra squat racks and strongman stuff.

I think variations are overrated unless you have an injury or severe muscle imbalances. Building strength takes time, consistency, and volume. Variations aren't magic bullets. If you're moving decent weight, i.e 400+ on deadlift, you've probably already corrected some muscle imbalances that would be seen in an untrained individual. At that point your sticking points are likely going to be related to your skeletal structure and they will always be sticking points.

IMO, the great value of variations is that you can increase your total workload with them and I've switched from deloading with light weight to doing variants during that weak while still lifting around 70-80%.

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