The Workout and Fitness Thread

Only managed 11km today in my 30 minutes. Our power went off at 6AM for ESKOM "maintenance". Still hasn't come back, so I wasn't very motivated today.

Edit: Power did come back just after 9PM.
 
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Crusader said:
Only managed 11km today in my 30 minutes. Our power went off at 6AM for ESKOM "maintenance". Still hasn't come back, so I wasn't very motivated today.

Edit: Power did come back just after 9PM.
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With the kilometers you're clocking, just add a dynamo to the bike and you'll power your house for 2 hours. :ROFL:
 
Month 1 17/17
Month 2 19/16


Month 3
Week 1 2/2 (sick week)
Week 2 4/4 + shoulder workshop
Week 3 5/4
Week 4 5/4

Conditioning ("cross fit") day done and dusted and another week comes and goes - Have a great weekend and all the best to the weekend warriors!



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Crusader said:
Only managed 11km today in my 30 minutes. Our power went off at 6AM for ESKOM "maintenance". Still hasn't come back, so I wasn't very motivated today.

Edit: Power did come back just after 9PM.
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Nice to see someone else that also prefers stationary cycling.

Have been at it for 7 years. On my second Ergo bike (seems like you don't get these anymore).

At the beginning it was about weight loss, now I cycle just for the hell of it and I stay fit, very fit in fact.

I also used to experienced weeks where you feel that you get stuck (when weight loss was the main goal), what I did was to change the intensity completely for a few days (normally to a very low intensity) and then back to the normal routine. And drink lots of water, water rentention will become less of an issue as you go along.

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Koosvanwyk said:
Nice to see someone else that also prefers stationary cycling.

Have been at it for 7 years. On my second Ergo bike (seems like you don't get these anymore).

At the beginning it was about weight loss, now I cycle just for the hell of it and I stay fit, very fit in fact.

I also used to experienced weeks where you feel that you get stuck (when weight loss was the main goal), what I did was to change the intensity completely for a few days (normally to a very low intensity) and then back to the normal routine. And drink lots of water, water rentention will become less of an issue as you go along.

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Thanks for the tips. I don't have a fancy stationary bike, just a LiveFit LF2000 I managed to pick up when they were on sale at Takealot. Didn't even know if I was going to stick with it, and it kinda grew on me.

I normally stick to lower intensity and resistance trying to keep in Zone 2 and 3. With my late evening sessions I don't see my bpm go higher than 130 or so. During morning sessions I can go 150+ if I push a bit. I don't think I've ever been this fit in my life, a resting heart rate of 54 is the lowest it's ever been.


I think I might be over the plateau, or at least managed to break below 95kg for 2 days running. So there's progress.

Our load shedding slots are terrible right now, so I'm stuck doing my sessions after 20:00. Just did an hour session for 22.3km. I could have gone longer, but my butt was killing me. Any tips for saddle discomfort, especially during longer sessions?
 
Crusader said:
Our load shedding slots are terrible right now, so I'm stuck doing my sessions after 20:00. Just did an hour session for 22.3km. I could have gone longer, but my butt was killing me. Any tips for saddle discomfort, especially during longer sessions?
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Not really an easy fix for that

When I bought the 2nd Ergo I made sure it had a decent large and flexible seat, this made a substantial different in terms of comfort. But alone probably not the best reason to purchase a new stationary bike.
 
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Another belt loop down thats three since Jan and also the last loop of this belt...

This is now the awkward part when to buy new clothes usually a 36 but likely 34 again.. Will try pushing out new clothes for as long as possible... Don't think there is anymore to lose around my waist but wanna give it a few more months.

Need to get another belt tho
 
6spdmanual said:
Been injured. Haven’t done anything, been hitting the beers. Can’t wait to get back.
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Keep going. Not sure what injury you've got, but keep moving whatever you can move. Do mobility work, walk, push/pull with whatever is injury free.
 
Month 1 17/17
Month 2 19/16

Month 3
Week 1 2/2 (sick week)
Week 2 4/4 + shoulder workshop
Week 3 5/4
Week 4 5/4
Week 5 1/4

My word getting up this morning was rough but I did it, realized the colder weather makes it more difficult to get up.

Looking forward to hit all 5 days this week and then take next week in the Cape off (well ill be hiking so mostly off)!!!!!

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So I havent run since Dec last year at all, thinking about doing an easy 3.25km this afternoon and seeing how the "cross training" has impacted the running. Hoping to be in for a surprise cause I havent been this fit in years.
 
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