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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
Hi Tildes Fitness Pals!! It has been a deeply hot minute since I posted. That is in part because I was like sick for 4 weeks and then being sick flared my asthma and I had a whole drama when I switched birth control. It's been a weird month for me lol.
Shout-out to @updawg for the suggestion of skyr yogurt. That stuff is delicious, thank you for the recommendation.
I finally got to run on Tuesday! It was just so nice to be out, I did a little over a mile. I want to ease myself in a bit softly. On the plus side, despite lack of running, I was surprised my pace was at about a 12:45! At the start of my y running journey, anything under 15 was a miracle, I'm very proud with how far I've come. My ultimate goal has been to run a 10min mile consistently so I'm working my way there!
I am taking up roller skating! I had my first to lesson last Saturday. I am miserabley bad at it and despite the hard Biff and my bruised butt, I had a lot of fun and am going to stick with it. I was sweating my ass off so it was a good workout lol. I'm also looking forward to learning how to ski in December as well so I'm stoked about this winter.
Did you try both Siggi's and Icelandic Provisions or just one of them? Or do you live somewhere with different brands?
I tried Icelandic Provisions! Where I'm at also has Siggi's but I have yet to try that one so I suppose I'll go ahead and add that to my grocery list for next time.
I usually prefer Icelandic Provisions, but I also get a decent amount of Siggi's because it's easier to choose how much fat you want.
I've run casually for a while. A couple months ago I got talked into running a half marathon in January, and I decided to take it half seriously. I am doing a free 12-week training program from runnersworld.com. Goal is under two hours (9:00 per mile pace).
This kind of training is very different from casual running! Before training, I would have expected a 60% effort training to be fairly light. Now I know it to be 60% of the torture I can withstand. My torture tolerance is increasing, but I'm starting to feel a little ptsd from it! My daughter has run cross-country for two years, and now I understand why she is triggered by any mention of running.
On the plus side, my resting heart rate is under 60 bpm and my sleeping heart rate is near 40 bpm. It's probably the healthiest my heart has been in a long while.
It's finally cold and snowy up here in the Canadian Prairies and I'm finding that this is now my favourite time to run! The snow, at least in its current state, is really pleasant to run on. I've even tackled a few trails that I had avoided in the past due to their busyness and muddy areas, but the cold and snow have taken care of both those issues. I've been mostly sticking in Zone 2/3 and that seems to be about the sweet spot for me.
I'm kind of excited to see just how cold I can endure. Today was the coldest run so far at -10C with wind chill of -19C (14F/-2F) and I feel with a few wardrobe adjustments, I can easily go down to -20C. One piece of advice I do want to start trying to follow is to start the run in a headwind, finishing with a 25+km/h wind in your face is somewhat less than pleasant.
Oooh for some reason I had no idea Tildes had a weekly fitness thread. Hi everyone!
That being said, I haven't made any exciting changes to my training lol. General strength training/bodybuilding 3-4x a week, indoor bouldering 1-2x a week (more like once now since I recently moved further away from my gym). I've been teetering on the idea of running again for a bit, but the first two things are plenty enough for me to balance with everything else in my life.
Recent PRs of 365x8 RDL, 210x8 pendulum squat (I don't know how pendulum squats vary from gym to gym, but mine is one of those ones where you have to load a ridiculously light amount of weight; 210 is 1 plate so wooo milestone), 195x8 lying machine press.
As I type this, I remembered the one exciting thing I've got going for me. I've been dealing with a shoulder impingement forever now and haven't been able to overhead press or do certain movements with my shoulder for months, but I've found a rehab routine that works well enough for me that I can specifically do neutral grip machine overhead presses without pain, which is awesome. I've been out of that game for a while so I have no benchmark for how my current intensity compares to what it was before, but I'm just happy to be doing some kind of vertical pressing again.
I will leave you all with a simple recipe that I've been making most days this week: Meathead imitation crab salad (like what you get at a poke shop or in a California roll). Food processor or hand blender recommended.
That's it! Imitation crab is pretty high in sodium so beware if you're sensitive to that, but otherwise, this makes a pretty good way to satisfy a sushi craving (which is like every day for me). Macros roughly 256kcal/6F/29C/19P
I got a membership at a local climbing gym that some friends go to. It's been really fun and I've been wanting to do more workouts other than just running so it's been a great addition. I'm making some friends at the gym, too, which is cool.
I do suck though. Need to get both stronger and lighter. But it's nice because nobody cares how bad you are and everyone is encouraging.
I went to Pilates class again this week. I'm ready for my medal of honour presentation and the parade now. :p