<p>5K today eliptical/treadmill
push ups, db incline and bench press
chin ups, ez curls and barbell curls</p>
<p>Saw this really cool gadget on Cramer’s show last night:</p>
<p>[BioLite</a> CampStove Demo & Story on Vimeo](<a href=“http://vimeo.com/41198061]BioLite”>BioLite CampStove Demo & Story on Vimeo)</p>
<p>And if you have something like this [SPOT</a> Connect Satellite Communicator](<a href=“http://www.rei.com/product/816133/spot-connect-satellite-communicator]SPOT”>http://www.rei.com/product/816133/spot-connect-satellite-communicator) , you don’t have to leave your smartphone at home while camping. :)</p>
<p>Hah, hah, hah. Just what I need. A BioLite camp stove so that I can burn up my cell phone, iPod, and GPS, just when I need them most! What a fine mess that would be. Don’t know where I am without the GPS, can’t call anybody for help, and don’t have any music to distract me while I starve to death wandering around in the woods! :)</p>
<p>If I need to charge that stuff while I’m camping (or during a power failure), I’ll just plug 'em in the connectors in the car while I’m sleeping! 
If a campsite doesn’t have showers, I don’t want to camp there anyway…</p>
<p>Ran with my daughter from 13 to the end and paced her to a PR 4:41! She got a little mad because I pushed her a little, but she had indicated that she wanted to get close to the 4:40 pace group. We were with them for awhile, but we let them go. She dropped 2 minutes from Marine Corps! It was a warm day (66) and humid, and a lot of people had a lot of trouble. I’m proud of her. 13.7 miles for me today. They have excellent food post-race. Big chunks of wheat bread with PB&J, Moon Pies, soup, ice cream sandwiches, bananas, grapes…</p>
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<p>It’s all relative. Everyone is really in the same place. Just trying to get a little more fit than we were yesterday or, at our age, be a little more fit tomorrow than we would have been if we hadn’t made the effort today! Really, the challenge is the same for everyone because all any of us can do is make little incremental bits of progress, a day at a time.</p>
<p>It’s actually harder, I think, in the early going. I can’t make myself workout to the same level of complete exhaustion as I did early on when I weighed 250 pounds. On the other hand, I also can’t get the reinforcement of rapid progress like I could then, either… so it’s probably a wash.</p>
<p>As far as a permanent lifestyle change, my big moment came when I realized that, not only could I shed a few pounds, I could actually become a “fit” guy. For someone who hadn’t exercised in decades, that was a pretty monumental change in perspective.</p>
<p>And, speaking of motivation… I can’t put off the inevitable any longer. It’s off to the basement to sling some dumbbells around. I can’t remember what’s on the agenda. I guess it will be a suprise when i get down there and shuffle the workout sheets! Wish me luck…</p>
<p>Congrats to MOfWC’s daughter and her proud mom!</p>
<p>"They have excellent food post-race. Big chunks of wheat bread with PB&J, Moon Pies, soup, ice cream sandwiches, bananas, grapes… "</p>
<p>No kidding, that is definitely awesome food!</p>
<p>musicmom, welcome to the thread! I bet you will be giving helpful diet and fitness tips to newbies in a few months.</p>
<p>Ran 4 miles with my daughter today. She enjoys pushing the old man, now that she realizes that she is faster than me.</p>
<p>Weights and weight machines at the Y today. I also tried that TRX squat. I went to set up a strap and then was trying to adjust it to my height when I realized that the opening would be too small for my foot - so the little straps are for hands. I found a strap with a big opening and gave that a try. I tried it next to the structure of course in case I had that falling feeling. Good thing too.</p>
<p>So I looked at it to try to figure out how to adjust it (it was too high for me), and I found a pinching clamp that I released and was able to adjust it to a good height. I think that it’s easier to do the TRX strap squats than the regular box split squats - the TRX strap makes it easier to find your optimum balance position as opposed to the box - I just put it on the box and usually leave it there.</p>
<p>I was only able to do one side. Too much right knee damage from tennis this week. Three sessions of tennis and I forgot my braces for all three.</p>
<p>I went to take a nap at 8 PM last night. Woke up at 5:00 AM and went back to sleep for another three hours. I guess I was worn out from work this week.</p>
<p>28:48 treadmill 5K. Not my best time but felt good to run under 29:00. </p>
<p>Shoulder is 100% heeled. </p>
<p>What is the indicator to change your running shoes? If I remember correctly, they recommend change them after 450 miles. Is this the same as the old 3000 mile oil change? The newer shoes should last much longer, right?</p>
<p>The newer, lighter shoes last much shorter time. It all depends on your weight, running style, etc, too. I don’t get more than 200 miles out of most of the models I wear now. I also land wrong and shave off the left outside forefoot, which can lead to I jury if ai keep going too long with the shoes. I would not go over 300 anyway. The midsoles break down and you lose a lot of cushioning.</p>
<p>Thank, BB. My daughter really felt drawn to that Moonpie post-race.</p>
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<p>That was my reaction, too. I think it’s self-adjusting for optimum position – height, reach, etc. Plus, it doesn’t require the foot to flex backwards on the box.</p>
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<p>That’s very good news, DadII. From the way you described the injury, I was afraid you might have done some serious damage…</p>
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<p>Good solid workout for me this evening. I did all 12 reps in both sets of barbell front squats. Those have been kicking my butt. Single leg squats were really good tonight. It’s very motivating to see progress on those. Got all 12 reps in both sets of the TRX push ups (hands in straps) tonight. Those are coming along nicely.</p>
<p>Here’s one for all the marathoners and would-be marathoners. An hour PBS NOVA show where they take 12 sedentary folk and have them train for the Boston Marathon with a team of doctors and experts at Tufts, culminating in running the actual race. Kind of a marathoner reality TV show. You can watch it online at:</p>
<p>[NOVA</a> | Marathon Challenge](<a href=“http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/marathon-challenge.html]NOVA”>Marathon Challenge | NOVA | PBS)</p>
<p>Most astonishing: all but one of the women lose no weight and no body fat over the 10 month period of training.</p>
<p>I googled this question: “when should you change your running shoes?”. The general consensus is “if you ask five people this same question you’re bound to get five different answers.”</p>
<p>I started running on hard pavement when I was pretty heavy. It has been about 4 months and 300 miles now. Lately, I am feeling the shoes - needing a thicker pair of socks to run on treadmill; feeling the road a lot more when running outside. However, it has not reach the stage when discomfort reaches painful. </p>
<p>I have got a new pair of Brooks but really having a hard time retiring the current pair. They look like a pair of new shoes from every angle. May be I would take them to a running shop to get them evaluated.</p>
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<p>Thanks Idad. I was very worry too because how painful it was. The lesson learnt is that rest an injury with patient. Had I started putting weight on it sooner, this might last for a while.</p>
<p>welcome musicmom. I call this thread my “support group”. We have experts in just about every catagory and I benefit so much here.</p>
<p>One thing I definitely learnt from my own experiences and the teachings of experts here - starts sssssssssssssssssssslllllllllllllllllloooooooowwwwwwwww. It takes time ato build a solid foundation/core which would minimize injury down the road. At our age, a slight problem could take weeks, if not months to recover.</p>
<p>Interesteddad, love the marathon link. I just finished reading the transcript of the show.</p>
<p>Yesterday, I broke my record on the elliptical trainer. I ran for 2 hours and 13 minutes and burned 1274 calories. Then I ran several hours later for 2 hours and 10 minutes for 1347 calories. So total calories burned yesterday on the elliptical was 2621 calories. I blew away my best day previously which was burning About 2050 calories.</p>
<p>I don’t know. I just felt good on Friday, but I had to cut things short. So Saturday, I just went for it. It was not that hard. I do take a couple of minute breaks halfway thru each session. My legs are a little sore. Nothing major. I am going to take it easier today. ;)</p>
<p>I wonder how elliptical traing compares to actual running. I don’t feel my weight as much on an elliptical.</p>
<p>Anyway, reading the transcript gives me inspiration to start running
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<p>Oh…and 2 months ago, I could only exercise about 5 minutes on an elliptical and an hour total.</p>
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<p>That is amazing. The most I have recorded on a single treadmill run was about 500 cal in about 40 minutes. </p>
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I personally prefer running. But I have seen people “run” on elliptical. One guy is always on an elliptical in my gym for at least 90 minutes a day. He is on there when I got in and he is usually there when I got out.</p>
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<p>I fell asleep just thinking about that! There’s no way I’d last even an hour on the elliptical unless I had somebody to talk to the entire time. Heck, I can barely make 20 minutes unless I have a good distraction. </p>
<p>That’s another reason why HIIT is so good… Do it and move on!</p>
<p>My wife threw a baby shower at our home yesterday, so I had to kind of leave the house for a few hours anyway. :)</p>
<p>There was a young woman working out on an elliptical yesterday that was the best I have seen so far. She worked out at the tippy top of the range for about 40 minutes with no hands on the equipment. She has to be some kind of athlete or dancer. She was very smooth.</p>
<p>Actually, I try to glide more in the middle of the range. Very little interval training on this. I just try to burn around 10 calories a minute.</p>