Wherever you are in the USA, it’s lighter later and longer, the weather is warming up, and spring is in the air. Time to shake off the winter blues and set some goals. So Glibfitters, here is your opportunity to put your three month fitness goal in writing. We will all report in the last week of June.
Passover started last night and I’m taking it as opportunity to reset. My weight has been largely trending down over the past year but largely is the operative word. I got so close to my intermediate goal of getting down to 170 but then slacked off. My state’s stupid lockdown and some personal stuff definitely created a problem. But in the final analysis, I took my eye off the ball and allowed my weight to very slowly drift upward.
So here it is in writing. My goal is to weigh 170 or less by June 27th.
Put your goal(s) in the comments. It can be anything fitness related i.e. weight, length of workout, amount lifted, distance run, numbers of days per week with a workout, etc. Pick whatever is important to you.
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California’s 7–day Covid case rate is now 5% of what is was at the peak. Our numbers are back to where they were at the beginning of June 2020. This thing is over. I know Newsom & Co. will keep milking this thing. I just can’t figure out how.
You probably knew what this week’s music choice would be.
I’m recording,
Miles walked
Beers drank
Hours slept
Holes played
Daily, then a weekly tally
Here’s my 2nd week results,
50.4 miles
75 beers
53 hours of sleep
88 holes of Disc Golf
I eat like a pig, and am skinny as a rail, but I feel great, I think a lack of stress helps a lot,
And I smile a lot more, I heard it suits me, and it does, mentally
That’s a smart move Yusef.
I should hit my final weight goal of 180 by the end of June. The plan is to hold that for a month or so, and then evaluate if I want to push to get down to 160 or hold at 180. I’ve dropped my full season riding goal over in the forums, I’m hoping to be able to get 1,500 miles in the saddle this year. So far, three rides this year for a total of ~43 miles. It’s too cold, rainy, and windy to be riding today, but it looks like Tuesday should be good, with spring finally landing on Saturday for good.
I’ve mapped out some decent 20 mile destination rides (which then lead to a 20 mile ride back), I’ve got a destination for my metric century ride again, and I have kit that fits. Doesn’t look like any of the local supported rides are coming back this year, and I’m done with virtual rides. So unless I want to do a fairly boring loop a full century isn’t looking very likely this year.
I walk more than you ride? I honestly thought you did many more miles,
I know mine are over a week’s period, but jeez, gimme some miles!
First rides of the season are the shakedown rides to make sure that the bikes and I are still working without an issue after they’ve been sitting in the garage all winter. I’ll probably get 15-20 miles in on Tuesday, and aim for 25-30 miles Saturday and Sunday (schedule and weather permitting). The rest of the week it’s expected to be in the 40’s as highs or raining. End of April is probably when I’ll start scheduling some long rides in on the weekends (50+ miles).
Sweet, that’s what I’m talkin’ about,
Why were you sitting in the garage all winter?
it was cold?
All the more reason not to be in the garage and in the nice warm abode instead.
180 it is Neph. We’ll check back on June 27th.
So Glibfitters, here is your opportunity to put your three month fitness goal in writing. We will all report in the last week of June.
Be below 260 lbs. Ideal for end of June is 255 lbs, but I’ll settle for 259.9 lbs.
Current weight: 270.3 at 27.1% bodyfat.
Very good DEG. How is “repairing” your back coming along?
It’s a mixed bag.
The goal for the new program my trainer came up with is to load my spine while continuing to work on conditioning and strength in other areas.
Squats with the Rogue safety bar are going along just fine. No problem what-so-ever.
Sumo deadlifts aren’t going that well. Even with plates to reduce the range of motion. Last time I deadlifted I went back to the trap bar, and that was fine.
The trainer thinks sitting down will work better for pressing. I now think sitting if I am pressing is a bad idea if I am using a barbell. It’s too hard on my shoulders and back to get out of the way of the barbell while trying to maintain good form and protect my back. I’m fine if I’m using kettlebells or dumbbells. I’ll talk to him next time I see him about standing up while pressing. I might need to do that under his supervision.
Upper back work, chest work, arm work, hamstring, and calf work are all going along well. None of them are causing trouble for my back. I’m back to bench pressing with a bar, though for some variety I’m using a Swiss Bar.
I’m back on using a leg press for my calf work. I can’t load up enough weight on the seated calf machine my gym has. I loaded up 630 on the leg press last time for my calf raises, and that was a good weight. My trainer was a little worried about the leg press putting too much stress on my back, but if I set the seat up correctly and keep my core braced, I have no problems with it.
California’s 7–day Covid case rate is now 5% of what is was at the peak. Our numbers are back to where they were at the beginning of June 2020. This thing is over. I know Newsom & Co. will keep milking this thing. I just can’t figure out how.
In other Lil Rona Panic news, I heard from a friend of mine in Vienna, Austria. A few bits she told me (there are more, this is just a summary):
Everything will be closed down for Catholic Easter except for big supermarkets and pharmacies.
Current restrictions are you can go shopping only if you have a negative Lil Rona test in the last 48 hours (groceries and pharmacies excepted).
The government completely closed off a town near Vienna due to high case numbers. Later it turned out all the tests run were garbage.
The government completely closed off a town near Vienna due to high case numbers. Later it turned out all the tests run were garbage.
Imagine that.
Das ist verrückt.
199.6 yesterday. First time under 200 since I got to SC, I think.
Goal is 184.
Congrats! I have not been under 200 for at least 8 years. 200 is my initial goal, and has been for 3 years according to Fitbit. My final goal is about 185, although 175 is probably what my max should be.
Good work robc. I’m clear on your goal.
TARDis, this isn’t about should and it isn’t about. Pick a number that is right for you. There is on judgment here. Just pick a number that you will commit to as your goal.
Well under 200 it is then. 199.9 here I come. 🙂
Hi Chafed! Thanks for this edition and greetings from NOCal. Made another trip around the sun this past week…but I am not counting an additional year.
G-fit update: Sleep was great. Food was fabulous but the treats/cheat resulted in weight increase… Hike mileage has been leveling off 35 miles. Wim Hoff/meditative “ancient man” techniques; I am working back into it. Weight is up a couple pounds (I lost some discipline in food and exercise). Did some MIIT…stairs. 48 hr fast planned for this week.
Goals: Maintain weight range (169-175) from April through summer (Morning weight 178.4). Not die from Covid.
Covid19 Weigh In: Lots of chatter about the origin of the outbreak…most of it wrong.
Here is “The Untold Story of Covid 19—The Early Days”:
-Day 0 -Juneteenth 2019: Batwoman tech is late transferring virus culture. Biosuit failure occurs. Happened before, no worries.
-Day 5- Tech feels sick but must transfer culture again. Don’t want culture to die..don’t want to get fired. Has lunch with cohortes.
-Day 6- Tech calls in sick. Man, this is a bad cold
-Day 10- 2 other techs call in sick. Man, there must be something going around… summer colds suck!
-Day 16- 4 others call in sick. WTF. Who is going to transfer these cultures. There is a paper to write up about the new developments.
-Day 30- 8 sick. Batwoman thinks there is a problem. Must transfer my own cultures… Maybe there was a lab leak.
-Day 35-16 sick..really sick. Batwoman won’t be able to publish exciting new developments.
-Day 40- 32 sick. We need to notify others.
-Day 41-36 sick. Hey Fauci(Unofficial)… we have an outbreak at the lab. We think we can contain it.
::Fauci: Oh shit. Those Wuhan guys are cowboys. Glad we moved that research out of North Carolina. Wonder if they can trace work back to me. Boy I hope they don’t have to Broken Arrow::
-Day 45-Containment unsuccessful. Institute “Broken Arrow” option. Let’s put some undocumented variants into the Wet Market to see if we can reassort and make less deadly.
-Day 50- Too numerous to count..sick. Outbreak not containable but direct traceability to Wuhan Viral lab is really confounded by undocumented variants from Broken Arrow.
-Day 60- Hey Fauci, Containment unsuccess.. this virus culture is a real screamer. 100% infectivity rate in lab. Traceability back to lab is covered by Broken Arrow. It’s going to be a long winter..start dancing!
::Fauci: Screamer you say (smiles, pats self on back)..oh well!. Second thought: hey, this is a real disaster and could look bad for me. Sure hope it can’t be directly traced to the Lab and me. They better keep me in the loop…Third thought; I could be relevant again::
Day 90 -September 2019- Official communication to Fauci. Friendly FYI: There is an outbreak of Corona virus. Unknown origin. Not comunicable. No worries. Have a nice day. :Starts welding doors closed: –CCP
De todos modos, ¡tenga una gran semana y sáltese una comida o tres!
Happy Birthday!
Thanks!
Fauci is a disgusting human being.
You’re too nice to him.
He is an opportunist and a politician at heart, which is much worse than disgusting.
Thanks to your multiple mentions of Broken Arrow, I now have this earworm:
Who else is gonna bring you a broken arrow
Who else is gonna bring you a bottle of rain
There he goes, moving across the water
https://youtu.be/MiOISz3S8UQ
Oh, and happy birthday!
Thanks for the well wishes. When we hit Green… we should meet up at the Round-Up. Stay well!
Or Jeff Chandler as Cochise
When I think Broken Arrow, I think of this.
Then the sidebar gives me this. Check out the harp player at around 1:27 or so. She was one my first few concerts around this same era. Saw this live at the Santa Barbara bowl.
I bought that album shortly after it was released. It’s wonderful and has held up over time. It’s a little funny because I’m not much of a fan of The Band. I really don’t like U2 but hot damn if Sweet Fire of Love isn’t a great song.
I didn’t click on Dr. Chet’s link since I just assumed it was this
Cut your hair and get a job, hippy.
Happy (belated) Birthday IRBE!
Thanks!
I remember when the CCP door welding was happening. I thought (naively) that there’s no way that’ll fly here. Now I just laugh. Because I hate crying.
Made all three workouts this week. Ripptoe beginner, Day A: squats, bench, deadlift, dips. Day B: squats; military; cleans; pull ups. 20,000 steps according to the watch pedometer. Two nights of umpiring, the next three weeks is every day except Wednesday and Sunday.
Goals: Squats at 300; Bench at 225 (To low for end of June?)
Question: Seeing as how Planet Fitness only has the stupid weight racks, I can’t do military with an olympic bar standing up. I am doing it sitting down. I think that is better than doing it with dumb bells standing up.
What say y’all?
I’d prefer standing up as I can move better to get out of the way of the bar.
I’m trying presses again but sitting down. It’s an attempt to load my spine again. I think it’s actually causing trouble.
One addition: I don’t mind sitting while pressing when using dumbbells or kettlebells. It’s the barbell that’s a problem.
Lazer your numbers are your numbers. I’m not going to critique your goals. You choose what is right for you.
Could you clean and press?
Goals, gain weight, eat better, play Disc every day.
Long term, i bought a hard shell Kayak, and with my other 2 for cargo vessels, I plan on tripping the Big Manistee River, a neighbor offered tow to me me upriver, then I go down and camp on one of the many islands, that’s how you Glibfit!
The number on the scale is important to me, as it has been since I was 5 years old. But I’m embarrassed, so I won’t say.
However, what I will say is that almost 2 weeks ago I simply stopped stress eating without care because I had no more stress, and went back on plan (low carb). I have lost 6 pounds.
Also, Gatorade Zero is the best thing that ever happened to me.
Not really. But it’s awesome.
I really miss Gatorade Zero. Not for nothing, in the Texas heat I once consumed three 20oz bottles within half an hour, then went for a big ol’ walk. That’s a blonde one shy of a half gallon (US). It looks like they’ve added tartrazine for color now, like Peeps. I prefered the cloudy color, like lemonade.
*lemon lime
When I ride through the desert, I drink a 32oz bottle every gas stop and I carry a spare one with me. I’ve downed 5 of them in a day like that. I don’t mess with “zero” anything, though.
I can pack on pounds just drinking Gatorade (not just the salt). I need the electrolytes without the sugar.
I get it. I’m skinny, so it don’t much matter if pack on some pounds.
Exactly. I don’t know of any zero sugar sport drinks here that don’t taste like garbage (although it’s not like I’ve tried them all). I found one I liked but it’s somewhere beyond the sea.
Let me know if I can send you some.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pB2VJp0aSUE
I’ll highly recommend Nuun (although not zero sugar, it’s 1 gram per tablet). Propel was also pretty good (though I prefer the Nuun).
I’ll second the recommendation of Nuun.
I found lower stress helps a ton, it feels ok to be normal, If you know what |I mean,
Yes I do know exactly what you mean. It’s nice.
I guess I do have a goal: get a bicycle.
Good luck with that, the supply in the stores was already short before the Suez canal got blocked.
I’m still stress eating, but I’m getting better. I’m back on a downward trend and want to get below [REDACTED].
Let me suggest you publicly commit to number of pounds lost since you don’t want to share your current weight. Putting something definitive in writing is part of what makes goals powerful.
Starting from point 0, I went down to -15.4, but am back up to -5.4.
To be fair, my highest point was +50ish a few years ago.
What’s your goal for June 27th?
Stop stress eating.
Goals: try to balance diet again and go 90% keto. Balance when I eat, and try eat more earlier in the day, and less later in the day.
I just can’t figure out how.
Tens of millions of useful idiots who find meaning and status in perpetuating the covid moral panic.
Assembling the bike.
I moved concrete rubble yesterday. I think that qualifies as exercise.
My goals:
Complete at least 20 weightlifting workouts
Complete at least 10 HIIT workouts
Lose at least 10 lbs
Lose at least an inch off my stomach
Nice.
I did an hour on the rowing machine today, while watching the F1 race.
Goals:
– continue to row every other day.
– get the dumbbells in the mix a few days a week
– get the weight consistently under 180 (185 today, though that’s probably a little high, as I had eaten, etc.)
An hour? Good job!
Thanks – I’m keeping my heart rate in Zone 2 (60-70% max), so it’s an endurance work out – probably good for around 600 calories though.
ISTR you attempt to explode your heart with your rowing machine, so a slightly different tempo.
Ya, I do a slow start and then sprint until I am feeling dizzy. My water rower is leaking when I go hard so I need to figure that out. I don’t think I could go over 30 mins. It is boring af.
I usually watch something while rowing – the F1 racing is good as the time goes by quickly. I have to watch my pace when things get spicy on the track.
I ended up having to replace my waterrower tank when it started leaking like that – $175 for a replacement tank assembly.
Not too terrible for something I bought used over twenty years ago (with, admittedly, uneven use over that period).
I bought mine used as well. Got it for 20 clams and then looked up the price of the things. Offered the guy I bought it from more money because he is a friend and figured I ripped him off. He declined. I have replaced many parts on the rower and ya, the tank is next. I have discussed this rower in the zooms and it has history if you are into movie people. It was auctioned from a liquidation sale out of Telluride. Rich people with broken shit is the best shit.
$20 is an insane price. You made out like a bandit.
Nice goals. May I suggest a consist time of day for your weigh ins?
I’m normally good about weighing myself just after the morning bathroom break but I hadn’t gotten around to replacing the dead batteries since the 5th, so I hopped on after I finally did so this afternoon.
Tomorrow will be more useful data.
I do post morning movement weigh ins with a cheap af scale. I honestly do more how do my jeans fit judgement. The cheap scale is just a reinforcer. I dusted that pos off a few weeks ago and learned I am down so it made me feel good.
Agreed that the “jeans test” is the most important, which is why I haven’t gotten around to replacing the batteries in a few weeks.
This one does bodyfat % too, which is nice, but not something I need to check daily.
I’ve been informally using the “jeans test” to a certain extent. The ones in my preferred (smaller) size have been feeling more snug, but I keep wearing them at least during the work week to try to discourage overeating. The next size up are still a bit too big, but I allow myself to wear them on the weekends.
I can’t do that, all my pants are sized for my past self, who was slightly fatter than I am now.
I think you should treat yourself to at least one pair of pants in the currently-correct size. You deserve it, and maybe it’ll help you stay motivated.
(As added incentive for me, my smaller size jeans are also “skinny jeans.” That REALLY forces me to watch my eating. Not necessarily recommended for you.)
When I was a kid, my girlfriend weighed about 100lbs. She had those jeans with the zipper that went all the way from the back to the front. She was always reluctant to take them off ( I know, I know!) Then one day, I watched her put them on. She had to get a wire coat hanger, straighten it out and hook it through the hole in the zipper tang and pull the zipper closed while laying flat on her back. I just let her keep them on every time after that. She was crazy hot and half crazy, too. She became a cop with LAPD.
@GT, a transient size would not help my morale. And an oddball pair of pants would be out of place in my wardrobe.
SGT Derpy is discharged:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyQc6fZjaUE
It would have been nice to go back to my old job as a civilian. Oh well. Too late for that.
Congrats, Derpy! Welcome back to civilian life.
Congrats!
Why didn’t you tell us you’ve been posting your welding videos on YouTube?
https://youtu.be/HlRNukD8BA0
https://youtu.be/WZulbsL_K1c
So, what now?
I jumped the gun a little. I get my DD214 next week and then terminal leave. Off the books officially by the end of May.
Okay, then what?
Mission accomplished. My new mission is to be happy.
*insert Bobby McFerrin here*
Better happy. Bonus: at 2:46 thru 2:53, one of my family in Alençon (the infamous Norman cousins) dances. Guy’s in his 50s in this shot, full head of dark hair. ?
As far as happy songs go, this song reminds me of south eastern Nigeria. There were some interesting house parties. (good story sloper)
Oh my. I have a story about that song. It involves a seedy bar on the water in Grand Caymen, friendly girls and a poorly loaded juke box. It was one of a few songs on it. I was happy so I didn’t care. (good story sloper)
Good story Mr. Heston.
I hope whatever you do next works out for you.
Boat trip
2 kayaks
3 oars
2 PDF
Butane stove
Firepit
Duraflame logs
E kit
Sleeping bag
Cooking kit
Pad
Shelter
2 coolers
Rope
Carabiners
Knives
Cutlery
TP
Wipes
Towels
Lamps
Power
Ground cover
Water
Food
Beer
Smokes
Weed
WP Box
Multiple clothes
What did I forget?
early April, I land back at my home,
All of your guns. Don’t accidentally let them fall overboard, whatever you do.
I don’t see head lamp.
First aid kit?
E kit, includes full 1st aid, guns yes, head lamp yes,
Thanks for the extras, I have them and forgot, i.e. Headlamps,
My goals by June are to be down to 170, finish the drift boat build, (years now) hopefully be out of constant pain and spend time on the river catching giant trout. Todays success was actually trying to go for a bike ride here. I was good for awhile (it is steeper than it looks). Todays other success was getting a charcoal bag open by pulling on the string zipper sewn top. That never works and it worked!
” pulling on the string zipper sewn top. That never works and it worked!”
You are a God among Men, Huzzah!
Chicken thighs cooking soon.
I’m grilling salmon and green beans later then tossing with shallots and tomatoes in a vinaigrette. Leftovers will be eaten for lunches.
That sounds very good. I made shredded chicken yesterday that will soon be baked into baked tacos for the morning drive breakfasts. The grilled thighs are for snacks late morning when I am hungry. I have issues with giving in to breakfast burritos. Some folks here make some really good breakfast burritos.
Brats, eh,
My goal is get back to regular run/walk. I’ve been pretty sporadic. Goal is two maintenance runs 1/2 hour each every week, plus distance run on Saturday.
Nice. Sounds like a good goal.
The once-a-week “Butts & Guts” exercise class and nothing else simply isn’t cutting it. Between that and boredom-eating at work, my weight has been creeping up a little bit. Even though it’s more of a hassle, I think I need to add swimming once a week back to the exercise regimen. For a goal, if we have three months to get there, I’ll say losing ten pounds (about two-thirds of my overall goal) by late June.
To combat the boredom-snacking on breakroom carbs, I picked up deez nutz at the drug store. They’re a more satisfying serving size than the Blue Diamond 100-calorie packs, but still pretty low carb. The main thing is to keep me away from the Pop Tarts. (I went to a PTA meeting thinking it was the appropriate 12-step group, but it turned out to be something entirely different. Narrowly escaped being put in charge of a bake sale.)
You do have 3 months. June 27th is the final day.
170.5 pounds (77.3 kg). I’m aiming for 155 at the end of May, 150 by the end of June (I have a wedding to go to at the end of May and I wanna try to fit back into the bespoke suit I wore to my own wedding!). I have a 26.7 BMI at the moment, and wanna get it down to the range of 23 to 24 or thereabouts. I have dropped much lower in my life when I was younger, but the idea that such was a “normal” weight for me was risible — I felt like hollowed-out shit during those times.
I’ve stopped drinking any booze. Besides the fact that it’ll just get in the way of my weight-loss goals, my IBS has really been acting up during our many “pseudo-lockdowns,” and booze (beer in particular) has been giving me grief.
Other than that, I’m weight-training for the first time in several years, dealing with chronic impediments (such as “golfer’s elbow” in my left elbow, and remnants of a supraspinatus [rotator cuff] injury from, oddly enough, about 2+ years ago). As the saying goes, getting old ain’t for sissies.
No Molson for you.
I drank the first beer I’ve drenk (tense?) in a couple months last night. It was okay. It makes me sleepy and I’m already sleepy in the evenings. Useless carbs. St. Gary of Taubes is the patron saint of weight loss for me. Keto or GTFO (get the fat on).
drank and drunk are both past tense forms of drink.
drenk is a non-english present-tense form of drink.
I’ll dronk to that.
That, and even Drynk means the same thing in yet another language.
There’s not a common vowel in that spot that you can’t drink to.
Because “drunk” has become an adjective meaning “inebriated,” as a kid I had a hard time grasping that “have drunk” was the correct past participle of “to drink.” I kept thinking, “Shouldn’t it be ‘have drinken’?”
My kid would say, “drinkeded” and he ain’t even drunk!
“Dranked” is always the one that set my teeth on edge.
I hate when the Brits say “orientated.”
#metoo
I don’t know anything about golfer’s elbow. I had a rotator cuff injury. One thing that helped, after resting it for a good long while, was very light weights at high reps that work the rotator cuff.
I have a schedule of isometrics that are specifically-targeted to the supraspinatus, designed by a team consisting of a physio, a kinesiologist and a “reformed” chiro (y’know, one of those ones trained in the last decade or so who doesn’t think that the answer to all your problems consists of cracking your back or neck). They’re working, but they’re boring AF. Although seeing isometrics coming back for certain types of therapy exercise is fascinating — what’s old is new again!
SGT Derpy is discharged:
When does your new life as an off-world mercenary begin?
artist’s depiction
https://youtu.be/QW57mVNNJM8?t=81
LOL. I forgot about that one.
And- one less fifth columnist waiting for the signal for Trump’s robot army to overthrow DEMOCRACY!
GT, if you’re hanging around, I just saw your question from the morning thread.
If I use that, do you know whether I’d best use Greasemonkey or Tampermonkey?
Tampermonkey. I don’t know that they’ve stopped supporting Greasemonkey completely, but I get the impression that they’ve stopped actively developing it. Tampermonkey still seems to have “somebody home” trying to make it better.
Thanks! In the meantime, I’d hunted up some info on Kiwi that had another suggestion:
That name puts me off a bit, and I wonder if it’s as safe using something open source.
I didn’t have any problem installing tampermonkey on kiwi. Not sure what they’re talking about there.
I find your plug in works fine with Brave.
Up to 175lbs, still short of my goal of 185lbs.
*sips beer, eats processed chicken, clutches heart*
/reverse Glibfit
Ha! Lookit the Glibfitlord over here.
I’ve been using my bum ankle as an excused to be a lazy fat fuck for a few years now. Hopefully those days will soon be behind me and in 4-6 weeks when I get back on my feet I’m going to get back into running/biking. Not knowing how my recovery will go it’s hard to set any exact goals but I do intend to be doing something, even if it’s only walking a few miles extra everyday.
A weighted jump rope and access to a swimming hole will work immediate wonders.
Fingers were pointed
“The malicious incompetence that resulted in hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths starts at the top, with the former president and his enablers,” Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., tweeted. “And who was one of his enablers? Dr. Birx, who was afraid to challenge his unscientific rhetoric and wrongfully praised him.”
Please assemble the circular firing squad and blast away.
“If only we had started welding people into their homes in January 2020!”
Is Lieu the racist retard that wants to handwave away actual racism in higher ed in favor of a phony made up anti Asian violence?
Sorry, he’s the racist retard that wants hiring quotas for the judiciary.
artist’s depiction
Nice. I like that movie.
“What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to kill them all, Sir.”
GlibFit.
https://archive.li/b1pGo
Blech. Face diapers.
Goal by June 27th: Get my resting heart rate under 60 again. They switched up some meds and it’s been hovering around 66. Annoying.
I have never checked my resting heart rate.
Me neither, don’t want to wake it up.
I was surprised when it was 58 at my last doctor’s visit.
I was equally surprised that my blood pressure is normal every time it’s checked. With my weight and stress I expected elevated levels of both.
62, smoker,
I have never checked my resting heart rate. I figure that is for the best.
OFFS
That’s a sign that your resting heart rate is off. Better check it out.
*checks resting heart rate*
72 bpm. Just about the same as it’s been for the last thirty years. I’ve been under the impression that this is a perfectly healthy rate…at least for men.
I also seem to recall hearing that the reason many women live longer than men is because they have a slower bpm. Are you outside your target range for any particular reason? On the average, you seem to be just fine.
If I’m prying too deeply, please just ignore my response.
I tend to do three four-month training chunks a year. My last officially ended a week ago, meaning yesterday was my first “free” Saturday in a while. It also means that June 27th will not directly correspond to my next goal, which is to finish a challenging “run” that starts on July 16th. However, I do have a warm-up event on June 26th, so my GlibFit goal is to finish that event with enough speed to never be anxious about making the cut-offs.
Cut-offs are times at certain places throughout a run which you must beat in order to be allowed to keep running. They’re there for a combination of safety for the runners and to put a bound on how long the volunteers have to stick around. When I first started doing ultras, I’d have to “chase the cut-offs” which added mental stress to what was already a fairly physically challenging experience. For the last few years I haven’t had to worry about cut-offs, per-se, but the event I’m doing on June 26th is non-trivial and the event I’m doing on July 16th is tricky.
The last real mountain bike race I did they didn’t really have cutoffs because there was a “fun class” which were the families and kids on teeny bikes and some with training wheels. I finished with them and that was when I was relatively fit. Smoked two packs a day back then but that is not the point.
Those Restoration Home people are insane. 600k pounds over budget. I could never restore a house, but I do enjoy seeing it.
You could buy a new house for that.
* checks local listings, starts laughing hysterically *
I didn’t realize GBP dropped that much to USD.
It hasn’t – call it $830k American – that won’t get you a new stand-alone house around here. That won’t get you a 1,500 sq. ft. condo around here.
Here, not quite new, but in your budget. Luxury!
That thing looks like a half-finished jenga game, not a house.
It’s . . . interesting, I’ll give it that.
You need a better neighborhood.
I mean my 1300 sqft house was $82k If you can’t get a decent house for ten times that, you’ve got lousy location.
If you can’t get a decent house for ten times that, you’ve got
lousydesirable location.FIFY
There’s nothing desirable about such a place. It’s too expensive.
. . . you’ve got lousy location.
The coastal areas of California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia all wave “hi!”
There’s nothing desirable about such a place.
Well, people think there’s something desirable about such a place, clearly. De gustibus, etc.
You’re proving my point for me, thanks.
They were all great locations until us Boomers decided to get all hippy-dippy, move west and demand government solve all of our, and society’s, problems. Fast forward 50 years, and ta-daa!
“the price is a turn-off” is not the same thing as “there is nothing desirable”.
UCS lives outside the gates.
The price is an indicator that there are horrible people about.
People are a plague.
Especially people willing to pay that much for a house.
@spud – the homeowners’ association has no sway out here.
Yogi Berra, Realtor
What ~$830K will get you in the greater Dayton, OH area.
Once knew a couple who moved from CA to Muncie, IN. Went from a modest house to a virtual mansion.
The windows are too big, the budoir is too bright and the neighbors are too close. But that workshop looks nice.
If only I had an electronics lab that big . . . {pouty face}
‘Round here, you get an empty 1/10 acre lot for that.
You could buy
a newthree new houses for that.Let’s start small. 230.
After my second heart attack in 2017 I went in a program called Cardiac Therapy, which is basically just going to a gym and being hooked up to all sorts of machines while you exercise so they can monitor your heart. Kind of a PITA to get set up. By the time I was done, I had already dropped 30 pounds (in 3 months). I was exercising heavily 6 days a week, rowing, running, and light lifting. By the time another 3 months had passed I was down another 30 pounds, for a total of 60lbs in 6 months.
But something weird happened. I couldn’t stop losing weight, and I was at least 10lbs lighter than I wanted to be. I didn’t feel very strong at that weight, a weight I hadn’t been since I was in high school, and so I sought ways to first stop the loss, and put on a few pounds. But I still kept losing weight, which prompted me to basically stop everything. No exercise, and a sad reversal of my diet. Once I got back to desired weight territory I wasn’t able to get any real motivation back,. I hovered thee for a couple months, then started gaining again. I hovered again about 10lbs over that weight (which is still a good weight for me), then again at 20 and 30lbs over desired weight category.
Fast forward to now and after a year of doing virtually nothing that’s exercise, and I’m back to where I started when I had heart attack 2.
I need to lose weight again. I feel like trash most of the time carrying all this shit around. So I’m starting small. Get down to 230 and re-evaluate.
Ultimately I’d like to be somewhere in the 195-205 range. That’s where I feel both fit and strong, but we’re a ways off from that right now.
End of June: 230lbs.
Anyone have any movie suggestions?
I have heard good things about “Boss Level” on Hulu
If you haven’t watched ‘Ford v. Ferrari’, it’s great – you don’t have to be a gear head to appreciate it.
Agreed. I’m not a gear head, and it was fun. The Spousal Unit is definitely not a gear head, and she enjoyed it too.
I liked it quite a bit – even though it wasn’t 100% realistic with the race car drivers eyeballing each other.
I saw it was good.
What do you like?
I watched The Caine Mutiny again last night, and still continue to notice new things in it.
Picture Mommy Dead.
Not very good, but a lot of fun.
OT: Can’t get enough of this young lady’s guitar playing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTUw7N4oOCE
She’s pretty.
It does not hurt that she’s easy on the eyes, but man can she play! Fart around in her back catalogue a little and you’ll see what I mean (I’m particularly fond of her rendering of “Sultans of Swing”).
I want to be her groupie. Assuming I don’t get to be Samantha Fish’s.
Being in the midst of my second mid life crisis I recently purchased a new guitar. ya girl in video can play. (and super cute) I try to convince myself I can learn to play guitar during a midlife crisis. It is what I do. The new purchase is a surf green telecaster. I suck but the guitar looks good.
As long as you keep trying, you’ll be getting better. There ain’t no time limit, just keep moving that way.
My last mid life crisis was 20 years ago. Everything I learned then has been Bidened.
Yow. Yeah, she’s got some serious chops.
She misses a few beats there in the middle part and can’t keep tempo, needs work with a metronome.
I’m still working out 5-6x a week; three for weightlifting (I’ll never be a pro but I like having upper body strength), and then a mile or two run for the other days.
My weight is usually 195ish, currently bumped up to 203. I’m 6’2″ with Dutch farmer legs and butt, so I can carry a heavier weight off pretty well.
My biceps – on my long ape arms – are bigger than they’ve ever been, even when I was 30. Part of it is just getting better at exercise versus the haphazard way I did it when I first started – a constant routine and adding more weights as you go. Also a good supplement regimen and understanding how my body works helps.
I may be 50 now but I don’t mind taking my shirt off at the pool 😉 Most peeps can’t correctly guess my age but I feel it up here ::taps head::
Huh.
My head is about the only place I don’t feel 62. Every morning I wake up and momentarily think I’m 18 again, until I start to move. Then my body disabuses me of that silly notion.
Crazy piece of trivia:
Some of you probably already know that the 9/11 terrorists took their flight training at the Venice, FL airport. And some of you may also know from one of my articles that Mrs. N and I are snowbirding in Venice this year (Jan-Mar).
Well, we just found out that when the terrorists were taking that training, they stayed in the same condo that we rented this year. We head back to Ohio on Wed and have a different unit in a different complex reserved for next year.
Too late. You’re on a list now. You’ll find out next time you fly somewhere.
Probably true.
We had already selected the other unit for next year because we wanted a first floor unit with 2 bathrooms, as well as other features. But I have to admit, I’d be a little hesitant to come back to this unit now that I know it’s history.
Nah, do the most deviant, capitalistic, drunken, Great Satan things you can think of in their ghost’s faces.
Hell, draw a sketch of Muhammad giving you a thumbs up and tape it to the wall before the festivities begin.
Like NIN did at the La Bianca house, or like that shitty band did at the Wonderland house?
Take a stripper home and do lines off her ass. It is tradition in that unit. If your wife is into it she is the best wife ever.
Speaking of movies, I watched a documentary called Dinosaur 13; about the 1990 discovery of the most complete T. Rex ever found.
And then how the Native American “landowner” reneged on his $5k payment. The FBI, including the National Guard, swooped in to this independently owned fossil hunting company and took the T. Rex away. And then sic’d the IRS on this company, sending one of the owners away to prison for 2 years, all for improperly filling out a form. It turns out that the land is actually put into ‘trust” by the Feds and wasn’t actually owned by the Indian in question.
The dinosaur was then – years later! – auctioned off for 6.7 million dollars, to the landowner who received it all. ???
Anyways a good screwing over by the Feds made me pissed.
Fucking Indian giver!
Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHnPfuga5l8
Ironic? It was made by CNN and it has quite the Libertarian – at least to me – message.
You’re an American, all your lands belong to us!
Made 48 chicken wings for the gang of five teenagers over at the house today. Sadly, the bourbon BBQ sauce I made is more of a warm ketchup sauce.
Thats fine, when I make meatloaf in a couple days it will be a great glaze.
Optimism, it’s what’s for Dinner,
Hopefully…
On another note…sitting outside watching bees do their due diligence, gathering pollen from my broccoli that I allowed to flower. I have 6-8 bees going about on this wonderful day, on this beautiful Earth.
I am in a great mood today.
How’s broccoli honey taste?
Good Days Brah!
I rode about 75 miles this week. We did an 8 mile hike today and then went to a local winery for a glass of champaign.
My goals this year are to get down to about 175 pounds and do a 200k ride.
“How far is Joe Biden going to stop the American people from seeing inside the Donna CBP facility?
Biden sent a political operative from DC to block our cameras and even threatened another senator to obstruct legitimate congressional oversight.”
https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1376183991162834948
Second most transparent administration ever!
And in typical fashion its just all Ted Cruz doesn’t care. Which is probably true, but look at what is happening. Joe told the country you can’t see it until I fix it.
So, never?
https://64.media.tumblr.com/951a17edb8f7772129825d39ebc135cd/3b4506db689c8131-ce/s640x960/3cedb2f318bbc52bac1db6da7a7671990c1c696e.gifv?fbclid=IwAR1xdftIA7UDZkRNU39_OQw1aDzWBpRZvhv_5BsvJ0XgkoPpWAXmW9lkzyA
Any mention of parking failures goes down as an Asian hate crime. Stop the hate!
Chafed!
This week was 310×5 for deadlift. By that time I should be 375×5.
Strike that. Will be.
After months of building habits, my goals are shifting in two directions. 1) maintaining healthy habits when going back to work and 2) making aggressive numerical improvements. My birthday is just a few days before the 27th, so I’m targeting some improvements before turning 33.
Daily Goals
1 gal of water consumption per day
1 hour of active healthy activity per day
0 gluten and 0 processed sugar for 5 days per week
Targets
Weigh 260 lbs (from 292)
Run a 5k in sub 30 minutes (currently on the couch)
Disc golf drive average to greater than 300 feet (currently around 200 feet)
Weightlifting goals TBD (starting from basically nothing)
Seems like a lot, but I’m doing things to trend in the right direction on all of these. Now it’s about mashing the accelerator before getting back to work and carrying the momentum through the rest of spring and early summer.
?
My kingdom to be 33 again. Good luck Trashy! Do It!
No shit.
I have trouble remembering 33.
But I have no doubt that you can kick it!