<p>Not too bad considering that I had KFC for brunch, munched on cashews by the shores of Lonesome Lake, and drank a tanker truck of half n’ half in coffee throughout the day:</p>
<p>*Calories 1986</p>
<p>Protein 98g
Fat 134g
Carbohydrate 94g</p>
<p>Dietary Fiber 14g
Net carbs 80g
Sugars 29g</p>
<p>61% fat
20% protein
19% carbs*</p>
<p>SportTracks says I burned just over 1000 calories on my hike. Who knows? It’s like doing StairMaster on snow shoes.</p>
<p>MKat:</p>
<p>I never use my barbell. Dumbbells are much, much safer with no spotter. You can always just throw them down if you get in trouble, although I’ve never had to do that. I never do sets of less than six reps, so I’m not trying to lift 1 rep Max weights. There’s no reason to, given my goals.</p>
<p>I’ve played around with the barbell for front squats and hang cleans, but I think it’s probably a bit late for this ol’ dog to be learning olympic lifts. Dumbbells are probably better from a functional strength standpoint, because you’ve got to stabilize each one independently.</p>
<p>I do use a hex bar for deadlifts, but, again, six to twelve rep sets.</p>
<p>IDad, I agree, DBs are great. They really force you to develop all the secondary muscle groups that provide control and stability. I only use an Olympic bar for benches these days and use DBs for shoulders, lats and bi’s and the various stations of a “universal” gym for additional arm and upper body work. I have a combo hack squat/leg press machine I use for heavy leg work although in reality, I rely more on cycling hill climbing for leg strength. In fact, one off season I did extensive leg work inside, getting to the point where I was doing sets of 8-12 reps of leg presses with 5x my body weight and discovered, much to my dismay, that it didn’t enhance my cycling an iota. All it did was put my lower back at risk and put tremendous shear forces on my knees.</p>
<p>With my upper body work, I do multiple sets of 8-12 reps , two exercises per muscle group. I am very cautious about tendon and ligament damage. On benches I am mindful of some studies that found in men over 40 there is an increased risk of aorta rupture if doing bench presses with more than your body weight, although I do exceed that limit while being very careful to regulate my breathing and maintain good form to minimize that risk.</p>
<p>Awesome hike, idad!
MomWC, you are always welcome to my hill if you miss snowshoeing 
I could use some help tramping down that trail right now! </p>
<p>I was out with a friend last night who was grousing about her walking partner not getting up early enough on the weekends. Since I get up early, I told her she was welcome to join me here early ams for the hill. She thought that was a great idea, but clearly had a few glasses of wine in her. She’s kinda new to flat walking so in truth I’m betting it will be once and done if it happens at all But I really should find another snowshoer this weekend for a longer wander because then I could get a little more time and distance on the weekdays if I’m not having to wade!</p>
<p>Today is the third and final leg of the “trail breaking” so that I have an extra half mile available if I want it. If we get another foot or two of snow I think I’ll cry :)</p>
<p>Done for the day–6 mile walk with two friends. One had just downloaded the Map my Walk app to her iPhone–so we got to hear the mile times. It was good motivation because we’d try to beat our previous mile. Overall 16:49 mile pace. Temperature was 24 degrees. </p>
<p>New PT water exercises that I was taught on Monday, then water aerobics class. </p>
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<p>I would have turned around yesterday if the trail hadn’t been broken. As it turned out, I didn’t even need the snowshoes for most of the trail – only the bit across the frozen lake that gets drifted in every night. But, there was enough snow at the car that I knew I had to carry them, either on my feet or lashed to my backpack. So, I figured I might as well wear them. </p>
<p>I put the heel lifts to good use on the way up. This route, as you can see from the [GPS</a> track](<a href=“http://■■■■■■■.com/me8uabd]GPS”>http://■■■■■■■.com/me8uabd), is well suited to using them as part of it covers 3/4 of mile in two long straight steady switchbacks that rise nearly 900 feet of elevation gain. Looking at the elevation gain of those switchbacks make me see why I was sweating. They aren’t that steep (a constant 20% grade), but that’s steady uphill.</p>
<p>I did this same hike last February. I can say that my hiking conditioning has increased significantly.</p>
<p>Got to do the lunchtime run today that I didn’t get to do yesterday. It was 45 degrees, but very overcast and I still felt a chill in the air. 4.2 miles DONE and I don’t have to do anything after work.</p>
<p>Ran 5.25 yesterday 38 degrees outside but no wind (yah)! I was very warm by the time I got home.</p>
<p>Curious - for those of you who walk/run - are your distances you tackle for the day usually predetermined in your mind? Or are they based on time available or just how you feel in the midst of exercise??? </p>
<p>abasket:</p>
<p>I’m a creature of habit. I have a little 5K route around the neighborhood – quiet streets, no traffic, good hills. When I go for a walk or walk/jog, that’s the route I follow. I started that early on with a 5K route to and around a state park at my old house and the distance/time seemed to work out pretty well.</p>
<p>Hiking, I always have route in mind and have read the guide book descriptions and downloaded an actual GPS track to my Garmin, if at all possible. I’ve got a firm turnaround time in mind so I can be back at the car by sunset, but that would mean I’ve severely misjudged my route or my time. I really try to not put myself in those situations. Knock on wood, I haven’t had to cut a hike short from the planned objective yet – although I did skip an optional “add-on” leg on the third day of hiking on one of my trips last summer. My legs had had enough to take the turn and start climbing again.</p>
<p>I have a general weekly training plan which includes one longer run (usually) on the weekend. I tend to make my mileage plan for the day based on my work schedule, weather and how I feel. Last night I needed 4-5 miles to keep on my plan for the week and I did 5. My Mondays tend to be a lighter day. I used to have a rigid schedule with the week all planned out, but I’ve gotten away from that.</p>
<p>Abasket, when it comes to running I can be pretty number driven, so I have more than one number in mind, lol.<br>
<p>When I run outside, since I’m without Garmin (that could change at any time…) and usually don’t wear or carry a watch these days, at least I’m only sensing pace, not zeroing in on the number for that.</p>
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<p>Good workouts posted here yesterday and today. Kudos to those of you keeping on it and thriving in the frosty climes! </p>
<p>Blank, good luck in your race this weekend. :)</p>
<p>A very short YouTube from yesterday’s hike. It’s a pain to take a lot of pics on winter hikes, what with gloves and all…</p>
<p>Good to hear your patterns for exercising. I find myself usually limited by time available and sometimes that’s real annoying!</p>
<p>Gym day today - track, running elliptical, treadmill.</p>
<p>That is so pretty. Love the green jacket.</p>
<p>Yes Idad, gorgeous scenery - pardon me for not remembering - which state?? I know east coastish but ant remember the state.</p>
<p>Hi all, just checking in!
Well, both my pilates person and my strength-training person tell me I have “overtraining syndrome.” </p>
<p>It was a light switched off in me and I just wasn’t finding exercise fun any more – versus the last couple of months in which I was actively seeking it out, planning it into my day, thinking about trying new things, etc. </p>
<p>I started feeling my heart race and feeling very anxious in the middle of workouts – for no apparent reason, when doing things that I could pretty easily do. It was VERY odd. I wound up stopping one of my weight training sessions midway through, and for a hot yoga class, spending 5 mins in child’s pose in the middle of the class while I calmed myself. Extremely odd, and it feels physiological in nature – was also craving carbs like no one’s business (though healthy carbs).</p>
<p>Anyway, they suggested I take a mini-break, which I did. I’m still getting these mini-panic feelings, but they pass a lot more quickly. Today, in pilates, I had one while doing an exercise I know how to do - so we just moved to stretching til it passed. I did run afterwards, but only for 5 minutes. They both want me to sort of start again from scratch and doing walk / run kind of stuff.</p>
<p>Anyway, it’s very odd - and I’ve never had panic / anxiety attacks in “real life” - but I’ll persevere! It’s nice to at least read what you all are doing! </p>
<p>BTW, it feels really weird to say that I’ve “overtrained” when there are people who run marathons (ahem, MOWC) and I am nowhere near that level – I’m one of the lighter runners on this board compared to MOWC, sabaray, abasket, BunsenBurner, Deborah T. But they’re telling me it’s very individual to the person, so I’ll go with that!</p>
<p>I kind of feel like January was a bust - but tomorrow is February 1 - so it’s a new New Years!</p>
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<p>New Hampshire. Franconia Notch State Park in the White Mountains.</p>
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