<p>Nice work, Abasket! That’s a lot of laps on the indoor track.</p>
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<p>I’ve enjoyed watching Al Kavadlo’s workouts (on his website or YouTube)… Fun. Impossible. ;-)</p>
<p>On crunches – iDad, I know you’ve got some great ideas for alternatives. If you have a moment, perhaps you wouldn’t mind sharing some of them here again? Seems like there are a lot of people on the site just starting up with new fitness routines for whom it might be helpful.</p>
<p>Warbrain:</p>
<p>I don’t pay any attention to the sodium recommendations. From everything I read, it’s another one of those nutrition recommendations that emerged pretty much out of whole cloth, without any particularly compelling science behind the recommendation: low fat, low salt, etc. </p>
<p>I’m not aware of any particular benefit to a healthy person severely limiting salt intake (and the RDI is a severe restriction) and there are problems with low salt intake for an athletic active sweaty person. Unless you have reason to believe that salt restriction will benefit you in some ways, I wouldn’t pay any more attention to the RDI for salt than I would to the recommendation to eat carbs for at least 60% of my calories. I think that government nutrition guidelines are more likely to be wrong than right…</p>
<p>Here’s an article from Dr. Michael Eades on the latest salt restriction RDI guidelines:</p>
<p>[Another</a> one bites the dust](<a href=“http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/another-one-bites-the-dust/]Another”>http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/uncategorized/another-one-bites-the-dust/)</p>
<p>I have not had the chance to do them correctly as of yet. My knee felt a little word after Monday. Thank you for the help! I’ll be on the hunt for some squat progressions!</p>
<p>Ahh, found it!
[1000</a> Workout](<a href=“http://instagram.com/p/i5JTDtRopT/]1000”>http://instagram.com/p/i5JTDtRopT/)</p>
<p>It’s too cold to skip off to the gym. This I can do in my room.</p>
<p>And an overview of some salt restriction studies from Mark Sisson at Mark’s Daily Apple:</p>
<p>[Salt</a>? What is it good for?](<a href=“Is Salt Healthy?”>Is Salt Healthy?)</p>
<p>At the very least, it would seem that the scientific support for cutting sodium intake is mixed at best…</p>
<p>To the gym for 3 miles of treadmill running, planks, pushups, biceps and triceps weights.</p>
<p>Sabaray–8 miles on the tread mill!! Wow–did you have music? That’s great</p>
<p>I sent you a PM–don’t know if it went through.</p>
<p>Bromfield, I had two PMs from you - and you should have a reply. </p>
<p>I haven’t been listening to music while running; when I’m outdoors I want to hear approaching cars. I do a lot of thinking while I’m running (my husband calls it obsessing) and I find that music interferes with that, I guess. My brain just isn’t good at multitasking!</p>
<p>Here you go idad, something new for you?
[Kettlebell</a> Burpee Variations - YouTube](<a href=“Kettlebell Burpee Variations - YouTube”>Kettlebell Burpee Variations - YouTube)</p>
<p>Of course I think I like this video better ;)</p>
<p>[Kettlebell</a> Training: 4 Kettlebell Variations - YouTube](<a href=“Kettlebell Training: 4 Kettlebell Variations - YouTube”>Kettlebell Training: 4 Kettlebell Variations - YouTube)</p>
<p>I like the first one better (and boy am I glad I don’t have two matching kettlebells).</p>
<p>The woman in the second video is doing horrible KB swings. Too light. Using her arms. Swinging too high.</p>
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<p>We can include those with the pink tights if you promise to post a video.</p>
<p>5.3 miles on the treadmill. I have run 103.4 miles in the last 30 days, which is close to a record for me. My cold didn’t seem as bad after I ran, too!</p>
<p>sabaray- LOL. We’ll get that all ready for iDad.</p>
<p>Maine- nice going! You are doing great and I know it’s a good feeling.</p>
<p>I did something today I haven’t done in 30+ years – take a fitness class. Last one I took was an aerobics class in the early 80s. </p>
<p>I’m not really a class person, and I’m still not. I took it because my gym is offering its classes free this month. I find it really hard to follow someone else’s moves – there were times I just couldn’t quite figure out what to do. I’m not a kinetic learner, that’s for sure. The class involved lifting weights, so when it ended I walked on the treadmill for cardio. </p>
<p>Despite my lack of enthusiasm for the class, it worked muscles I didn’t know I had. Feeling sore right now.</p>
<p>5 mile tempo run today.</p>
<p>Now, I can’t wait for my birthday. Matching pink kettlebells?</p>
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<p>To the basement for a workout. Cold down there. 47 degrees when I turned the little heater on. Got it up to a whopping 54 degrees. Needless to say, it was a long sleeve, long pants workout. I did use my non-matched 50lb KB – for goblet squats.</p>
<p>Bumped up the DB bench press to 2 x 40lb DBs for ten reps. I’m going to mark the occasion with a bbq dinner – baby back ribs and pulled pork combo platter. Yumm…</p>
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<p>Fireandrain: </p>
<p>I probably would hate the classes, too. I suspect I’d always feel like they are going too fast and I’m two steps behind. I enjoy “classes” on video or iPod so I can hit the PAUSE button when I start to feel lost or left behind.</p>
<p>Off the treadmill today. 8 miles on the indoor track. Faster each mile except the last one. Ran out of energy. Sometimes I try to force myself to “smile” to make the running easier. Seems to work.</p>
<p>A very cool interview with a guy who lost weight to be able to run - from about 285 to 165 lb:</p>
<p>[I</a> Lost 125 Pounds by Running](<a href=““I Lost 125 Pounds by Running!””>“I Lost 125 Pounds by Running!”)</p>
<p>Well, he did not lose all of that by running, but running was an integral part in his exercise plan.</p>
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<p>Way to go, MaineLonghorn!</p>
<p>Congratulations, fireanddrain! There are some fitness classes I will never take. Most of them being cardio classes. It’s great that you got yourself back in there even if you’re not going to go back again. </p>
<p>My [url=<a href=“http://instagram.com/p/i65oD1ljwW/]motivation[/url”>http://instagram.com/p/i65oD1ljwW/]motivation[/url</a>] today during my self-driven workout! If she can do it in the negative temperatures up north, I can do it here in my room! </p>
<p>I can’t wait to get the warm weather again so I can try this coast’s beaches. The sand AND water is a lot better. Excited for what the upcoming months will bring. :)</p>
<p>Deborah T:</p>
<p>Arghh. I just had a long post with YouTube links on ab exercises that I brain-faded and lost before posting. I’ll have to re-trace my steps tomorrow and try again…</p>
<p>MOWC:</p>
<p>Congratulations on taming the holiday weight beast. I was looking at the graph of my weight since I’ve been stable after losing weight. I noticed a definite spike in each of the last three years centered around December 1st. I don’t know if it’s Halloween candy or what, but my guess is that it’s a seasonal swing. Cold weather? Shorter days? Change in exercise with cold weather? Beats me.</p>