<p>Quick 37 minute walk this evening…</p>
<p>On sports bras:</p>
<p>It really depends on your shape and needs. I lost quite a bit of weight, but still am a 34-36 DD, so I like coverage and support.
My absolute favorite is the Panache bra:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.barenecessities.com/panache-ultimate-maximum-control-sports-bra-5021_product.htm?pf_id=Panache5021&cmp=bns25[/url]”>http://www.barenecessities.com/panache-ultimate-maximum-control-sports-bra-5021_product.htm?pf_id=Panache5021&cmp=bns25</a>
which may well be overkill for many. Also, their sizing is a little funky and takes getting used to.</p>
<p>Well, I’m glad I rested up and conserved my energy, because I needed it. Whew. What a show. You know the place was rockin’ when they get the audience at concerts I go to up and dancin’ in the aisles. One of the hardest rockin’ guys I’ve ever seen (fourth time). Was told he was too country for Nashville, so he got his start playing hard core country music in the punk rock clubs of Los Angeles. Didn’t get to hear any covers of ZZTOP or Grateful Dead tonight, but he got the show off to rockin’ start with:</p>
<p>[Please</a> Please Baby](<a href=“Dwight Yoakam - Please, Please Baby (Video) - YouTube”>Dwight Yoakam - Please, Please Baby (Video) - YouTube) and some [Elvis[/url</a>]</p>
<p>And, ended it with a couple of blistering rockers:</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“Dwight Yoakam - Fast As You - YouTube”>Dwight Yoakam - Fast As You - YouTube]Dwight</a> Yoakam - Fast As You - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>[Dwight</a> Yoakam - Long White Cadillac - YouTube](<a href=“Dwight Yoakam - Long White Cadillac - YouTube”>Dwight Yoakam - Long White Cadillac - YouTube)</p>
<p>In between, a couple of the highlights were a heavy metal honky tonk version of [Ring</a> of Fire and Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Loud Loud Music](<a href=“Dwight Yoakam - Ring of Fire and Dim Lights at the Ryman - YouTube”>Dwight Yoakam - Ring of Fire and Dim Lights at the Ryman - YouTube).</p>
<p>Great seats. First row of the balcony, directly above Row 12 on the floor. I’m deaf.</p>
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<p>This tech hiking gear is great for concerts on muggy 90 degree nights. Just dressy enough to go out to dinner before the show, but way cooler than jeans and a polo.</p>
<p>^ Wow, lots of excitement. Things were so sedate in these parts, look who’s feeling like the geezer now ;)</p>
<p>The panache bra suggested by CJane is a really good choice for larger chested ladies who do high impact exercise, including running. Many smaller sized ladies erroneously think that they do not need much support and use cheapo department store brand tank tops with a built-in bra as their exercise tops. Really, really bad idea to skimp in the bra department! I swear that 9 of 10 runner ladies I see on the Beer Trail wear a wrong type of bra for running, and I feel sorry for them! It is not just inconvenient when “the girls” bounce all over the place, it can be very painful!</p>
<p>^TaTaTamer…too cute :)</p>
<p>So, I “almost” bought a bikini on the weekend. However, while I realized that relatively speaking, I might be ready…the world may not 
So I’ve decided that a year of core and at least -11 more pounds and I’m wearing one summer '14, spectators be damned!</p>
<p>But I had to buy something, because ALL of my swimsuits fall off now, and I love diving, so its a problem, at least, when mcson is home and there are people around Got home with a new two-piece that seemed to fit and correspond with my current size. Dove into the pool
and the bottoms promptly rolled down my hips on impact, to everyone’s great amusement. I didn’t mind a bit spending the money on a second, smaller pair of bottoms yesterday it’s a good problem to have…
While I was there, I was tempted to buy the bikini top I liked so much but didn’t…in retrospect, I should go back and get it because just wearing it around the house may inspire me to do spontaneous planks with a little more frequency and vigor :)</p>
<p>Been gone for a few days…I’m guessing I have lots to catch up on cause I’m thinking you all didn’t just lay around eating potato chips and watching fireworks over the long weekend…</p>
<p>Four days at the beach - 3 runs and daily kayak crusin on the lake…</p>
<p>I’m trying to get my daughter into running - and that means clothes. It’s been interesting getting her clothes for interviewing too.</p>
<p>Glad you enjoyed the concert, Idad. I’ve just started getting into country music a bit.</p>
<p>Had a very busy and active week last week. Got my 10,000 steps in everyday and did lots of lifting and carrying of sofas, chairs, dining room benches and mattresses as we ready for moving things in to the new cabin. Goal today is to continue clean eating and try a longer walk.</p>
<p>The concert sounds great! </p>
<p>3.1 miles this morning on tired legs. Daughter made 15 1/2 of the planned 17 this morning on a hot, humid morning. I think that’s good enough and we both might survive the midnight marathon on the 19th. Or not. We shall see.</p>
<p>Dwight Yoakum is great…one of the real true country artists left…not Nashville pop.</p>
<p>my opinion.</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with Nashville pop!</p>
<p>Do any of you measure your heart rate as a way to gauge your effort while exercising? My coach has us do it. My resting heart rate is about 60 and usually goes up to 180 after sprints.</p>
<p>SG, you’re in good company. Several people in this group use heart rate monitors for their workouts.</p>
<p>I think it’s a good tool- strength tests can favor certain sports.</p>
<p>sg12909:</p>
<p>I’ve worn a heart rate monitor for all exercise for over three years now, probably over 750 workouts with heart rate monitor. It a great tool for learning about how your body responds to exercise, how your fitness changes over time, and how to adjust the intensity of the workouts. Fantastic that your coach is doing that. It’s pretty cutting edge in a team enviroment, although there are some packages (Polar has one) that allow the real time results of an entire team to be recorded (or displayed on a big flat screen TV) at the same time.</p>
<p>Sprint intervals should drive your heart rate up to 90% of your max or higher. You max is mostly genetic and doesn’t say much about fitness. Most college age kids are going to have a max of around 200 or so. Most people age 50 and above won’t see numbers that high. The highest I’ve ever seen is 172.</p>
<p>At the low end, resting heart rate will typically go down as cardiac conditioning improves.</p>
<p>idad, I hate to be dumb here, but if I go with what I see during sprints or real all-out running (similar to the “tests” described in your link), I get to roughly the same level – let’s call it 170 – that I cannot sustain. However, if I were to say - I don’t want to go above 90% of that, say, 153 – I can’t go as fast as I’d like to, or I can only in much shorter sprints. I’m afraid that “keeps me down,” so to speak. What IS the benefit of being at different places along your heart rate continuum? Today I did the elliptical and was at something like 125. I can’t help but feel that that’s “wasted effort,” so to speak.</p>
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<p>It’s better than regular pop music, but I’m more of a fan of the “outlaw country” branch. I think the “alt-country” genre is one of the very few interesting creative strains in American music these days. It’s pretty much all I will pay money to see live these days. They actually still sing and play instruments and stuff instead of lip-synching to auto-tuned backing tracks while doing burlesque dance routines.</p>
<p>Heart rates are typically higher for teens, that’s why it was 180 the sprints are about 30 seconds, too (swimming, 50 meter freestyle) Our team is great, too. The coach is a former Olympian.</p>