2015 FITNESS CHALLENGE

[Scott]

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10 miles so far this week, still have 3 mi left on Saturday...

[Rules]

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Good job!

I'm at 12 miles and I need to get in 9 more this weekend.

[Rules]

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Knocked out my 5 mile run without any issues. Getting stronger, faster and endurance is picking up. I've declared war with my training with the intent to get this mission complete.

Tough Mudder cancelled my Pocono's play day in April to Philly in October. Not happy about it but nothing I can do other than stick to the game plan.

[DJ]

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Did a 7-mile run today in 1:07. A little slower than my normal pace, but that was due to the conditions as I had to slow down several times to make it around/over areas that had a lot of ice. The good thing is that I felt like I had a good amount of energy in the tank.

My goal is to try and increase the distance on my weekly long runs by one mile each week, until I get to 13.

[Rules]

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Did a 7-mile run today in 1:07. A little slower than my normal pace, but that was due to the conditions as I had to slow down several times to make it around/over areas that had a lot of ice. The good thing is that I felt like I had a good amount of energy in the tank.

My goal is to try and increase the distance on my weekly long runs by one mile each week, until I get to 13.

Same plan here to increase each Saturday run by one mile then cut it back the day after for a light recovery. I have been running 3 miles per day and I will stick to that but just speed up the completion time. Then I will move to 4 mile daily runs once I get my mile times down.

[AUChase]

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You guys doing some sort of competition ?

We started a program at work. 500 pushups/50 miles.

It takes place over a few month period and there's a matrix for each participant on the mess decks for everyone to monitor themselves. The numbers steadily go up, but the problem I'm having is our schedule at work.

I'll spend a week straight on the ship from tomorrow until Superbowl Monday so I won't be able to run at all. That's going to force me to stop giving a **** about it.

There's no major reward involved, just sort of a self help type of thing. I've been skimping on the run a lot, but I've played A LOT of basketball lately and been doing some actual biking with a friend. There's some pretty cool terrain and areas to bike in Japan so it stays interesting.


I actually came in the thread to ask any of you guys who eat a decent amount of canned tuna a question. Do you ever have any concerns about the amount of mercury found in it ? I've been doing some small research and while I don't get caught up in that type of thing often, It still has me wondering about how much tuna I take in. I usually at one of those double cans each day at some point. I want to stay away from powdered proteins and just take it in naturally.

I do still take a pre workout, though.. Neurocore is on sale for $17 in the little GNC annex inside the NEX on base. I take 3/4 to 1 scoop before working out right now. It's not much, but I don't want to be wired during a workout. I just need some extra motivation sometimes.

I haven't had a legit soda since returning from the States, except for the occasional coke zero and rum. Going home and seeing actual obese people had me really thinking and re evaluating my life again. You would thing being in the Navy would promote a healthy lifestyle, but it really doesn't. we do command PT three days a week, but half the time duty rotation prevents that from happening. My goal is to be in the gym every week day. I've been going during lunch if that's what it takes.

[DJ]

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No competition for me, Chase, just changing up my routine. My times were starting to slow and I know it was due to me running the same routes and distances, so was doing some reading and one of the tips was to bump up the length of your long run by one mile. It paid off, too, because I ran 4.5 miles yesterday on my lunch break and was running at a faster pace than I had the previous weeks.

Commuted into work today on my bike. We are going to be near 70 degrees here in CO again, so figured I should take advantage. It was a little chilly this morning (around 40) but I have some real nice winter gear that made the ride very comfortable, outside of the fact that I grabbed the wrong gloves so my fingers took a few minutes to warm up after I got to the office.

The ride home should be great with temps still in the 60's.

It's about 8 miles one-way and today I got to work in just under 30 minutes. I managed to hit nearly every light on the way in, which hurt my time a bit.

In the spring/summer, my plan is to ride to work 2-3 times a week. It's a great way to get your exercise in without having to try and cram something in on your lunch break or find the motivation to go to the gym after putting in 9 hours at the office.

[Rules]

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No competition at all here. Just trying to work my way up to a 1/2 marathon. I just signed up today for the Hot Chocolate 15k in Philly come April 4th.

9.3 mile run should be fun!

Going out to run now. Plans are 4 miles but it is cold here in Maryland.

[Rules]

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Did 3 miles today. Think I will move to treadmill until the weather improves.

[TarHeelbred33]

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Just found this thread this evening. Always good having something like this to keep you motivated.

Since my college playing days I have really gotten lazy and gained 60+ lbs. My playing weight ranged between 200-210. I am now pushing 270. Really disgusted with myself and looking to make a lot of changes in my life physically and mentally.

This year I have started off doing the couch to 5k program. It has helped "get me in gear" without pushing the limit. Once I drop some pounds doing that I am looking at a kettle bell program as I have a nice set of bells.

Not big on public gyms but my goal is to just get into shape(hopefully back to 200-205) to get back on the field with come club lacrosse teams.

[Scott]

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Made it through 6 miles so far this week, still have 4 miles on Saturday and 3 miles on Sunday to do....


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[Rules]

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At 8 miles this week which puts me behind. Need to get in 3 miles today, 6 tomorrow and 4 Sunday. Trying to stay at 21 miles per week for now.

[NDAlum]

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I'm at that point...

Pissed off because I want to eat some pizza and cookies...

Pissed off because if I eat it I'll be pissed off at myself and loss of progress

Overall I'm just kinda pissed off lol

I'm a hair under 240 and I would like to never again weigh 240 in my entire life, that would be wonderful

[wwharton]

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Guess I'll tell my story...

I decided to kick up my routine for a trip coming up. I've been too busy to hit the gym regularly and haven't been paying as much attention to diet and other activity as I thought. So when I decided to give myself 60 days to get in better shape I was shocked when I got on the scale. Needless to say, being 12lbs and 6% body fat higher than I'd ever seen (haven't been on the scale in a while) was more motivation than any trip or anything else.

So definitely in hard core for 60 days. First decision was to not drink anything but water and alcohol... and when I do have a drink, stay away from the beer besides an occassional guinness (lowest in calories for a non-lite beer), drinking mostly red wine or whiskey/bourbon and paying attention to portion control. I've since added green tea to this, trying to stick to ones with no sweetner at all if possible, small amount of pure cane sugar at worse. What I learned was that I drink a lot of liquid daily and it was rarely water. Those empty calories really add up. Now I have no problem drinking 60-70 ounces or water daily.

I started eating smaller portions at least 5 times a day with 3 "bigger" meals and 2 snacks, paying attention to EVERYTHING I eat by using MyFitness Pal, and watching calories by pairing it with fitbit (more about that in a reply later). One thing I've learned here is that there are A LOT of delicious healthy meals you can make, and the key is really smaller doses for most things and knowing what you can go to town on like veggies and most fruit. Try not to cut corners by buying prepackaged diet meals at the store... if you eat out, know that there's probably more butter and/or salt than you want in everything so drink lots of water and don't finish those big plates... take some home for a meal/snack the next day.

At the gym, I do my normal lifting splits but added 30-40 mins of intervals on the treadmill... gets the heart rate going, a great sweat, and allows me to run farther distances without shin splints or knee problems. I was also working in basketball once or twice a week but slipped a disc in my back so had to modify this a bit. Cardio was now all on me (no hoops) and got scared of the bouncing on the treadmill so I switched to intervals on the elliptical... low level I run just like I would on a treadmill for 2 mins, high level just enough to need to use the whole body to maintain momentum for 2 mins... going for about 45 mins, which ends up being 6.5 to 7 elliptical miles and it reads as over 500 cals burned (accuracy taken with a grain of salt).

I also started using HASFIT which I highly recommend. Free, lots of good exercises and workout routines that you can track on an app. I'm on my 2nd time through the "6 pack abs in 30 days" workout. It works great because it starts with committing about 5 or 6 minutes a day with no more than light dumbbells needed, and usually nothing needed. Towards the end they combine routines so still no more than 11 or 12 minutes committed. All the excuses in the world and I can't think of one that stops me from doing 5 or 6 minutes every day when I get out of bed.

I'm getting close to the end of my 60 days now so I'm kicking it up a bit and also doing the 90 Day Warrior Workout. These HIIT workouts that don't take up much time and don't need a gym can really be tough as hell, as the P90x-ers and Insanity type folk already know. But this one is free and easily accessible so have at it.

I also take the stairs at work (7th floor) and if I am not very active at home, I'll walk the steps in my house... 10 mins at a time for a total of 30 mins, 2 min break between "sets".

With a week to go I'm down 12 pounds and 5% body fat. I had a battle with food poisoning in there which helped (great results in weight loss... absolutely worse feeling in the world) but still really happy with the results so far. After the 60 days I'll dial it down a bit but going to stick to the diet and some Hasfit mixed in with my inconsistent trips to the gym.

Thinking of getting a fitbit. Any recommendation on what the top Model is now? Looking to spend like 150

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I was using S-Health on my Galaxy S5... horrible accuracy but I just wanted to pay attention to steps, track what I eat, etc, etc. The problem was running on a treadmill or elliptical, unless my phone was in my pocket it wouldn't register. That's the main reason I got a fitbit, but I love the thing. I know it's not spot on but I have an idea how many calories I want to total for the day so it tracking my exercise, steps, water intake + MyFitnessPal tracking my food (they talk to each other) and it's a lot easier to stay in my zone and get motivated by any progress.

I also use it to track my sleep patterns and am getting a good idea how much I'm sleeping, tossing and turning and even being extremely restless which I somehow would have no idea of without seeing it. I've got the lowest level fitbit which is in your price range. I wear a watch so didn't see a need to get a more expensive one that shows time or anything (and I can check my heart rate with my phone).

I need to shape up in 2015. With a vacation booked during Thanksgiving I got 11 months to get into beach shape. What's the best way to get my core looking good? I'm not expecting a miracle six pack but I'm looking for some advice. I've already vowed to cut processed carbs/cheese out of my diet so that's a good start (I Think)

I highly recommend checking out Hasfit (link posted earlier). The 30 Day workout I've been doing is great, quick and works for all fitness levels. And there are a ton of other exercises you can do on there too. Of course, diet is the most important as you know.

[Rules]

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Passed on cardio as I wanted to do some lifting. Chest and tri's was completed. Back to running tomorrow.

6 mile run is Saturday's task.