<p>My D is home & made us hamburgers, even though she doesnt eat much meat. I skipped my bun. ( it was too toasty anyway)
She has been doing the P90x program and was showing off her biceps & triceps.
I wasnt familiar with it- I know she didnt order the DVDs so a roommate or BF may own the videos.
She says she is doing it so she can run more. Shes doing another 1/2 trail marathon next Sat.
She’s very inspirational!</p>
<p>P90x is tough stuff but it’s supposed to be very efficient. You can find promotional videos on YouTube. It’s a DVD series but you can also buy individual workouts for your iPad or iPhone or iPod Touch.</p>
<p>You need a decent home gym to do it.</p>
<p>Got up at 5:45 (ugh) to go do the water stop at the 5K. Dealing with little cups of cold water on a cold, gloomy day wasn’t spectacularly fun, but it was my duty! After standing in the cold, daughter and I did our 5 mile run around Vanderbilt (there is a loop on sidewalks). I managed not to fall on the sidewalks. We then met son in law for breakfast and undid the whole thing! (actually- not too bad- veggie omelet, tea and small pieces of cranberry bread) </p>
<p>WildChild is returning to normal but still not OK. He did run 10 miles this morning (yeah- good idea, right?) and seems to be on the road to recovery. We’ll see how things are by Tues or Wed before I push for the cardiologist.</p>
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<p>Great example of one of those exercise video series that is WAY too fast-paced for me as a steady diet. I can do short bursts of those kinds of high heart rate intervals once or twice a week, but I don’t think it’s the optimum approach to resistance strength training. It really encourages doing half-baked versions of the exercises rather then working towards doing real lunges, squats, etc. These exercises are hard enough without trying to do them non-stop for minutes at a time…</p>
<p>Great workouts for fitness models with ripped abs. Tough stuff for regular folk…</p>
<p>[Tony</a> Horton 10 min Lower Body workout - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8QSjo6PPJU]Tony”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8QSjo6PPJU)</p>
<p>Yikes… Gotta love the quarter squats! Perfect example of someone who would be way better served by taking 30 seconds to catch her breath between exercises and actually working towards doing real versions of the exercises. </p>
<p>I think the all or nothing approach to fitness is what trips us up. We can sustain crazy hard workouts for a six week “crash diet” kick, but the intensity of all that becomes an obstacle to a permanent lifestyle change.</p>
<p>Well, I had toyed with the idea of hiking to the floor of Tuckerman’s Ravine to watch the crazy spring skiers this weekend, but I think this advisory pretty conclusively puts an end to those ideas:</p>
<p>[Avalanche</a> Advisory for Saturday, 3-23-2013 » Mount Washington Avalanche Center](<a href=“http://www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/2013/03/23/avalanche-advisory-for-saturday-3-23-2013/]Avalanche”>http://www.mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/2013/03/23/avalanche-advisory-for-saturday-3-23-2013/)</p>
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<p>I’m pretty sure that wherever I go will be snow shoe conditions, so we’ll see how far I get climbing in those things!</p>
<p>Avalanche danger, not be messed with! Every year we have casualities around here, even among experienced outdoorsman/mountaineers.</p>
<p>Have just returned from the park; no avalanches, but plenty of high water. Sabadog was quite interested. He’s getting much better at not having to enthusiastically greet every person we encounter, so these walks are good for socialization as well as exercise (probably for both of us). </p>
<p>Downloaded the C25K mobile app. I’m a big spender today! Day 1 will be tomorrow. I’m debating if I want a zombie trainer or if I should just stick with the plain vanilla human encouragement.</p>
<p>Idad, I have a new respect for YOUR health and fitness journey today…the only kind of “interval” I think I’ll be sustaining on that freakin Airdyne is the “walk away, go back and try another 10 minutes” intervals Totally kicked my butt when I went full on! Not sure I’ll be able to hobble up my hill!</p>
<p>And this, of course, is after almost 3 straight months of a daily, steep, hill climb in snow shoes. I doubt I could have lasted 5 minutes full speed on it had I not been doing that!</p>
<p>MOWC – it was my ex-husband of 18 yrs ago, not son who had asthma…and yes, his heart rate always seemed a little elevated. But he was no athlete, and was a worry-wart/high-strung, and today is on four different BP meds…so quite different in many ways. I just recall that both the pharmacist and the doc used to tell him to take it easy on the ventolin for that reason, and to take more of the steroid if he found he was using the ventolin more than twice a day. I’m sure the science of it all has changed to some degree in ensuing decades.</p>
<p>In other news of a health-and-fitness-breakthough way, McH has asked me to go out and see if I can find him a TRACK SUIT. (He’s working overtime. I was too but figured a half day was enough.) This is progress, believe it or not ;)</p>
<p>I think you made the right decision Idad. Tuckerman’s Ravine is tough even in the summer. Have you hiked Mt. Lafayette? Some friends of mine did it a few weeks ago and posted photos on Facebook. It’s in the White Mountains too and I don’t think it’s quite as dangerous as Tuckerman’s Ravine. </p>
<p>Rest day for me today.</p>
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<p>Definitely not. There have been a couple of avalanche fatalities on Mt. Washington this winter.</p>
<p>I’ve been narrowing the options. I want some place well travelled so I don’t have have to break trail, even with new snow today. Sunday means parking will be a problem at the popular places. For example, I’d do Lonesome Lake again, but plowed parking was tough there on a Friday the last time. Plus, with it quite likely to be the longest, most taxing snow shoe hike, I want something short enough to possible. All things considered, I’m probably going to do [Mt</a>. Pemi](<a href=“http://mountainwandering.blogspot.com/2013/03/mount-pemigewasset-31713-carol-and-i.html]Mt”>Mountain Wandering) – a short 3.7 mile round trip, 1400 feet of elevation gain. I did it in the snow last month with microspikes and I think I can do the whole thing in snow shoes if I have to. No rock scrambling – I don’t need to be climbing rocks in snow shoes! Just a nice easy “family” hike – except I think it will be a pretty good geezer workout on snow shoes. I’ll probably even get to try out the [heel</a> lifts for walking uphill](<a href=“http://loomisadventures.com/sites/default/files/images/gear/la_sportiva_batura_evo_mountaineering_boots_08.jpg]heel”>http://loomisadventures.com/sites/default/files/images/gear/la_sportiva_batura_evo_mountaineering_boots_08.jpg).</p>
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<p>It has a huge plowed parking lot (for the snowmobilers who access the bike path through Franconia Notch from that lot.</p>
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<p>No. That’s on my long-range summer goals. There’s a loop hike along Franconia Ridge with three peaks: Little Haystack, Mt. Lincoln, and Mt. Lafayette. All three, and the ridge connecting them, are above treeline. Not something I would feel comfortable doing in winter. I’ve done three hours up and two hours back on the Falling Waters trail up to Little Haystack, but turned around well short of the top (the trail has breathtakingly beautiful waterfalls). Getting to the top of that is on my list for this summer.</p>
<p>Then, maybe I’ll try the other direction up to Lincoln. The whole loop is more in CJANE’s wheelhouse. It’s 8.8 miles with 3900 feet of elevation gain (plus the up and down connecting the three peaks. That’s more than I can chew. I would probably hike to the [AMC</a> hut](<a href=“http://hikethewhites.com/skookumchuck/nlaf07.jpg]AMC”>http://hikethewhites.com/skookumchuck/nlaf07.jpg) halfway up Mt Lincoln, spend the night, then get an early start and finish the loop the next day.</p>
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<p>Oh, god, I never try to pedal hard for very long. I’ve done 1-mile intervals, which take about 3 minutes and those aren’t terribly fast. Once the legs start burning, I’m in real trouble on the Airdyne. And, small changes in speed make a big difference.</p>
<p>I’ve done some all-out, hard as I can go sprints – 100 rpm. I’m bent over gasping in 8 to 10 seconds of that…</p>
<p>Somebody bring me into this century. What is a zombie trainer?</p>
<p>Haha - it’s just one of the choices of your “cheerleader” voice on the C25K app!!! </p>
<p>Sabaray, as a recent C25K graduate , I amd others here will be your CC trainers!!!</p>
<p>Just got in from a 2 mile run outside - only 40 degrees but I’m SWEATING- always so hard to gauge what to wear! That was one LONG 2 miles - almost doubting my pedometer - seemed like at least 3!!!</p>
<p>Sounds like you were running at a good pace (as in speedy), Abasket. :)</p>
<p>No, I’m am NEVER remotely quick! I just think that I was dressed too warmly - to the ankle running pant/tights, a tshirt, hooded sweatshirt minus the good and a fleece headband. Started out with gloves too and took those off pretty quick. Running outside remains to be still hard work for me as opposed to the treadmill and I admit I sweat!</p>
<p>I glisten too, Abasket, but interestingly I notice it more on the treadmill!</p>
<p>In celebration of kmcmom’s new toy, I had to hop on the ol’ (formerly) fat guy Airdyne for a wee spin. Did six 1/4 mile intervals, each between 35 and 38 seconds long. Averaged 76 rpm for all six. Rested til my heart rate recovered before going again, averaging 29 rpm during the rests. Rests started out at 1 min 10 seconds and ended up at 2 min 50 seconds.</p>
<p>Total time on the bike including a 3 min warmup and a 2 minute cool down was 23.5 minutes. Max heart rate was 92% of my max. Now, I just want to take a shower and go to bed! Sheesh. Crazy for just 3.5 minutes of hard exercise.</p>
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<p>Hey BC. My TJ MAXX had half a dozen pair of Nike 5-inch running shorts in MEDIUM. Two styles. One with 3M reflective strips down each leg. The other with just a little dab of orange on each leg. Everything else in men’s shorts was gangsta capri length. They had also gotten in a boatload adiddas short sleeve tech ts in assorted colors. Looks like the spring fashions have started rolling in, even if spring is nowhere to be found. That wind was fierce today.</p>
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<p>Definitely overdressed for running at 40 degrees, unless the wind is howling. For running, I’d probably try a t-shirt and maybe a long-sleeve 1/4 zip or something.</p>
<p>I have all of the three-inch shorts that I need from RoadRunner Sports. For Nike, I prefer the 7-9 inch shorts that are fairly close to the leg but not form fit. Those are pretty hard to find at TJX although I have seen a few in larger sizes. They are in Nike’s Running collection - that little running label on the inside of the waistband seems to add a few bucks to the price.</p>
<p>Did you see Nike’s earnings report? They blew it out of the ballpark. All of those marketing and inventory changes that they made in 2012 looks like they really helped the bottom line. They were up around 11% on the report. TJX had a great day too.</p>
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<p>The trail up Mt. Lafayette is directly across I-93 from the trail up to Lonesome Lake that I hiked a couple weeks ago. There’s a pedestrian tunnel under the highway that connects the two parking lots. Trail up to Mt. Lafayette goes east from I-93; trail up to Lonesome Lake goes west.</p>
<p>Mt. Pemigewasset, that I’m hiking tomorrow, is immediately south of there, also rising to the west of I-93. </p>
<p>All of those Franconia Notch hikes are quick and easy for me to get to, because it’s a straight shot up the interstate. 100 miles.</p>