Yup. What MOfWC said. The hardest part is getting your foot out of the door. The rest is a piece of cake. 
Mama (or Papa)needs a new pair of shoes! Sometimes that’s motivation!
Alrighty - did you get up and go?! Three miles trail walk here now - warm and sunny and DONE!!! You can do it BD!
I caught Coburn winning and Frerichs finishing 2nd live. Amazing. And then the network showed Coburn’s sister and some of her friends watching it live at home and you would have thought her sister had won the race.
I have been following Coburn (on Twitter and Facebook!) for the past 6 months and noticed she spent a lot of time in CO at high altitude training. When I was training in Flagstaff folks there said Mo Farrah was training in Flag during April. This high altitude stuff works!
sushi- that video of Coburn’s family was the best thing ever!
There’s something irreplaceable about sports and athletes. Disappointment, celebration, anguish, success, failure, teamwork, loneliness, diversity, etc.
Back to people’s thoughts on distance, I vary my distances from track work (400, 800, 1,600) to 5K’s and 10K’s. I’ll typically do a half once a year. And try to play basketball once a week. Often I’ll grab a barbell and bumper plates and work in a lift or two at the track. To me, soreness is to be celebrated. As they used to say, soreness is weakness leaving the body. :-c
As long as it is really the “good kind” of soreness.
@BunsenBurner – so true – versus a bad strain or tear.
Just registered for 2 more races. Another one looked good but it was a 5K 6 days after a 5M race. I figured it would probably be ok, but then I found out the 5K registration fee was 2x as much as the 5M, so I’m not doing that. How much are registration fees for everyone? Ours range from $18 (the cheapest if you register in advance) to $260 for the NYC marathon.
I love all the sayings people have to go along with exercise - my personal favorite is sweat is fat crying.
I thought of WildChild yesterday - I was flipping through the television channels while doing laundry and they were televising the Ironman World Championships. Don’t know if it was previously recorded or new footage, but repeated mention of the really tough, unforgiving conditions. Another nice aspect was the fairly equal coverage of both men and women.
^^ That’s interesting that it was on. It must be from last year. The race is in mid-October. It’s really tough conditions. They aren’t allowed to use disc wheels because of the strong winds that can happen. Bikers have been blown off the road even without the disc wheels.
Fat yet fit? Researchers say the risk of heart disease is still higher in such slice of the population:
My daughter and I both made that argument for a long time - we might be overweight but we were fit. HA! Low BP, low resting HR, relatively good lab numbers - but we were definitely both overweight. When I saw my doctor for my first physical in a long time, he noted that my health had really improved and I had just skirted metabolic syndrome simply by losing weight. I really think losing weight is the best thing you can do for your overall health.
What this article doesn’t appear to address is the impact of the extra weight on one’s body in terms of added pressure on the rest of your body, such as back/spine, ankles, hips, knees, shoulders, etc. The rest of your body will thank you for any weight reduction.
Same here. As soon as my 25 lb came off, my nightly heartburn disappeared!
That is a good point about stress on your joints and frame. I have an extremely arthritic ankle that is much more cooperative when I’m at a lighter weight!
I thought of all our crossfit aficionados this morning. I went to a Circuit class and one of the things we did was step up onto a bench and reach overhead to touch a beam. I thought it resembled some crossfit type moves! See, I’m trying to do more and different things. I might be an old dog but I bet I can still learn a few new tricks!
When you begin to do Burpee Box Jump Overs (BBJO’s in CF parlance), then you’re on of “us.” :))
Oh, a BBJO is exactly what it sounds like. A real burpee (chest hits the floor), jump onto and/or over a box (30" for men, 24" for women), perform another burpee and then back over the box for another burpee and do that continuously, and typically paired with one or two other exercises. Called couplets or triplets.
Just remember, “routine is the enemy.”
That article only focused on one health area, as many scientific studies do; it would have required a whole new study to tackle the joint issue.
But that is a very legitimate issue!
@sabaray In all seriousness, I just wanted to say that “step ups,” what it sounds like you did in class, is a CF exercise. And it’s a great exercise, not only for your legs, other stability muscles,but also reaching for the beam works your shoulders too. Maybe some in your class may have added a small dumbbell to increase overhead strength?
No, this is a complete body weight class. It’s also outdoors, so we used park type benches. A million burpees (or so it seemed), lots of planks and push-ups. Crossfit lite? Anyway, it was fun! One of the women lifts regularly - really heavy- and also does crossfit. She has an incredible build and she was sweating like crazy! We all decided weakness had left our bodies.