Fit by 60! - TomO's Pledge

my brother had that hernia when he was in his mid 30s - it's not age... :) he was young and in good shape.. :D it just happens...

enjoy the vacation and I'm sure you'll do fine... the security blanket will be gone temporarily but you know what you're supposed to do.. and you'll do it
 
HIIT on Spinner

Tom
When you're doing HIIT on the spinner, do you have the resistence high? I've been struggling with the resistence when I'm sprinting because when I go all out, I start bouncing, but if I add too much my legs are sore after 2 seconds. I'm usually seated, is it better standing?
 
mnexercisegirl said:
Tom
When you're doing HIIT on the spinner, do you have the resistence high? I've been struggling with the resistence when I'm sprinting because when I go all out, I start bouncing, but if I add too much my legs are sore after 2 seconds. I'm usually seated, is it better standing?
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You know, I've never tried it on the spinner, but the same principles apply to the elliptical. The ellipticals I use have resistance settings from 0 to 20. At 16, you practically have to push down on the pedals to get them to move. For sprints, I set the machine to 12.

I don't want to set the resistance too high, because I almost always am doing squats and deadlifts the day after, and I don't want to crap out on those. But too low, and I literally can't move my legs faster. I've found that 260 strides per minute is about as fast as I can go and still keep my feet on the pedals. If I start finding that too "easy" I'll increase the resistance to 13.

Getting the right setting for HIIT is hit or miss (pun intended). You just have to experiment. There should be enough resistance though, that around the 20 sec. mark you start feeling the lactic acid accumulation, and around 30 sec. it should be pretty close to your tolerance level.
 
Good morning Tom. I'm trying to keep my attitude postive this week...that has been my biggest battle. Attitude. Your post about your "blip" really helped me with that...thanks! :)


beth
 
Hi Beth. Yeah, that's why I do LOTS of different measurements. If one's not too good, then I can pull another one out of my hat that's fine! :)
 
You mentioned Chateau d'Yquem?

I looked through my notes on that wine....Château d’Yquem is the most famous, prestigious estates in the Sauternes district of the Southern Graves appellation (Left Bank). This area is ideal for botrytis, the beneficial mold that helps make sweet wines. Château d’Yquem is one of the crème de la crème as far as French classification goes—Premier Cru Supérieur Classé—only one in the Sauterne and Barsac Classification system--*Château d’Yquem* The most recognized sweet whites in the world—you lucky duck you! This estate is so damn prestigious, that if they have a bad year they won’t even release a wine! They sometimes release a dry white wine in those cases under a label Château Y instead. They want to keep their reputation! Thanks for making me study better! :D
 
Thanks for telling me the history of that wine. My parents bought a case of it around 1960, and we drank the last bottle together in about 1975. I don't ordinarily like sweet wines, but this was the most delicious wine I've ever had.
 
TomO said:
Thanks for telling me the history of that wine. My parents bought a case of it around 1960, and we drank the last bottle together in about 1975. I don't ordinarily like sweet wines, but this was the most delicious wine I've ever had.
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I bet! And probably the most expensive, too!
 
Exercise Log - Tues., March 27, 2007

Total Calories: 847

Gardening - 40 minutes, 273 calories

Weight Training, Group "B" - 53 min, 574 cal.

a) BB Squat: 1 x 5 @ bar; 1 x 4 @ 95 lb.; 1 x 3 @ 150 lb.; 5 x 5 @ 190 lbs.
[Difficulty=2]
b) Incline DB Bench Press: 5 x 5 @ 60 lb. x 2 [Diff = 2]
c) Deadlift: 1 x 5 @ bar; 1 x 4 @ 95 lbs; 1 x 3 @ 150 lb.; 5 x 5 @ 185 lbs.
[Diff = 2+]
d) BB Row: 5 x 5 @ 85 lbs. [Diff = 2+]
e) Chinups: 5 x 5 @ Level 16 [Diff = 2+]

Notes:
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a) Feeling pretty good at 190, so I may go up to 195 next Saturday.
b) Much better today than last time, but will stay at 120.
c) Increased by 10 lbs., probably should have only increased by 5.
d) Same as last time - difficult, perhaps because I wore myself out a bit on the deadlift
e) I was tired, but improved by one level over last time.

Overall: good workout, with improvements in 3 of the exercises.
 
Hey Tom, just poppin' in to say "HI!" I hope you're having a great day!

BTW: you've only had 869 calories today?
 
Re-reads Tom's post....

OH!! It's an exercise log....not a food log. Ok, got it. Makes sense now. Don't worry, I'm ok now...brain is now engaged. :)

How do you burn so many calories? I never get above 250-300---and that's only after an hour or so of cardio.
 
Kaitie said:
Re-reads Tom's post....

OH!! It's an exercise log....not a food log. Ok, got it. Makes sense now. Don't worry, I'm ok now...brain is now engaged. :)

How do you burn so many calories? I never get above 250-300---and that's only after an hour or so of cardio.
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LOL. I figured that might be the case.

I have pretty intense weight training with heavy weights (for me, at least). That tends to burn the calories pretty well. When I do cardio, I do it at a fairly high intensity. If it's steady state, I'm at around 85% of max hr for a full hour. If it's HIIT, I'm at 95% of max HR for around 17 30 sec. sprints. If it's interval training, I'm generally at 95% of max for around 15 of the 60 minute session, and at 85% for about 25 min. of the session.

Plus, I weigh 242 lbs., so that adds to my caloric output.

The key to effective cardio, I'm convinced, is to really push yourself. Throw all that stuff about the "fat burning zone" into the trash can.

Same with weight training, even for women. Push the heavy weights; give yourself a tough workout, and you'll be rewarded in the end.
 
TomO said:
The key to effective cardio, I'm convinced, is to really push yourself. Throw all that stuff about the "fat burning zone" into the trash can.

Same with weight training, even for women. Push the heavy weights; give yourself a tough workout, and you'll be rewarded in the end.
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Feels inadequate. (Just joking, bad joke)
 
TomO said:
The key to effective cardio, I'm convinced, is to really push yourself. Throw all that stuff about the "fat burning zone" into the trash can.

Same with weight training, even for women. Push the heavy weights; give yourself a tough workout, and you'll be rewarded in the end.
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That sounds right to me though I lack real knowledge. I am convinced it's worth taking that approach just because I love the way it makes me feel along the way, and how enabling it is. I am sooo far behind you, but looking to work out in that "push yourself" place as much as I can.

What you do looks really tough to me. You are one of the posters I look to, as being so far in advance of me that I see how doable my own comparatively small next step really is.

Have a good day. :)
 
TomO said:
Plus, I weigh 242 lbs., so that adds to my caloric output.
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Yes, I'll tell you, now that I'm 139 lbs there's such a huge difference in caloric burn for the same workouts--like, I burn 150+ less calories. It sucks! Also, not to be gross, but I sweat way less than I did 18 lbs ago--making me feel like my workout was even less adequate :( Well, I should stop complaining about having lost pounds! ;) Have a great day!

OH! Last night I collected some of my favorite photos, and I need to work on image hosting to get a thread started--oh course the thread could have links, like, say to your sand pictures, but pictures in the body is also good. OK!
 
Curvie Girlie said:
Yes, I'll tell you, now that I'm 139 lbs there's such a huge difference in caloric burn for the same workouts--like, I burn 150+ less calories. It sucks!
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Yeah...that is a double edged sword for me (mentally). I program my weight into my treadmill and so I burn less calories as I lose weight (for the same amount of effort and time), however, I always shoot to burn more each day so I push myself harder on my sprints and try to keep my SS up higher too. It can be discouraging if I let it, I just try to put a positive spin on it...:)
 
TomO said:
The key to effective cardio, I'm convinced, is to really push yourself. Throw all that stuff about the "fat burning zone" into the trash can.

Same with weight training, even for women. Push the heavy weights; give yourself a tough workout, and you'll be rewarded in the end.
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That is my take on it too...to push myself...I just envision the fat melting off or my muscles growing. And the music plugged into my workout really helps too! There are certain songs that just make it effortless...and convince me that it is mind over matter.

good morning Tom!
 
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