GOT Fitness LOG

[potato]

Measured my weight, bmi, and body fat at those scales in Boots.

10st on the nose.
BMI - 20.1
Body Fat - 13.8%

Happy with that.

is it in every boots shop? or only the big ones? and do you have to pay? where can they normally be located in the shops?

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

is it in every boots shop? or only the big ones? and do you have to pay? where can they normally be located in the shops?

1. Almost every single one I've ever been in, including the smaller ones.
2. 50p for purely weight and height, add 20p for bmi and body fat, which I always do.
3. Normally right at the back of shops.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

I've been so lazy with my eating and the gym recently what with all these assignments and exams.

Need to get in shape and fast!

Wouldn't feel bad for not going when the pressure is on at uni, I went up to 11st 12lbs in third year from eating a whole pack of tesco value custard creams everyday. You can get henched again after uni.

 

[Pat's Van]

just bought second weeks shopping

new ingredients include some sweet potato, cooked bacon bits and spinach.

today i was in the park doing some cardio and briskly jogging for around 15-20 minutes and then decided i might try some interval training and completely failed. I think i did about 15 seconds sprinting before i had to stop, then rested for a bit then tried again for another 15 seconds and stopped then got a stitch and gave up.

it certainly increased my workload and i was knackered afterwards with my heart pounding away but they say its the most effective way of stripping fact.

my only query is i was like proper going at it for 15 seconds? are you meant to do that? or are you meant to just raise your heart rate and try to maintain that for 1 minute but not to go mad as a bat and kill yourself sprinting.

second, i wonder whether i failed due to the fact i had done 15-20 mins of brisk cardio beforehand and therefore my energy levels were quite depleted so my body couldn't cope, maybe if i did it at the start i could have maintained it longer.

or maybe i need to be at a certain fitness level to be able to do interval training effectively.

what do you think?

there's bound to be different schools of thought on this spud but I reckon walking in between your sprints is the way to go

I reckon 4-5 mile walk with say 8-10 100 metre sprints evenly interspersed is a good starter

spinach is the BOSS by the way

 

[potato]

1. Almost every single one I've ever been in, including the smaller ones.
2. 50p for purely weight and height, add 20p for bmi and body fat, which I always do.
3. Normally right at the back of shops.

ta

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I don't know much about running, but it's very unlikely to be a lack of energy that's curtailing you after 20 minutes of jogging. That's only gonna burn around 200 calories, so unless you've barely eaten for a few days before hand you'll have plenty of energy reserves to see you through a couple of sprints.

Fitness and strength on the other hand

Maratona training has been going really well lately. Did nearly 300km of good training last week, and am cranking out 5w/kg at the moment, which I'm really happy with. Down to 57kg as well, so weight is spot on. Seven more weeks to improve things a bit more. Should get round in under 6.5 hours.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Wouldn't feel bad for not going when the pressure is on at uni, I went up to 11st 12lbs in third year from eating a whole pack of tesco value custard creams everyday. You can get henched again after uni.

Keeping weight on is my problem. I was 13 stone a couple of weeks ago and now back down to 12.5 ffs.

I feel your pain with the custard creams though. Them and bourbons are so cheap that you can't not buy them.

 

[maddison]

just bought second weeks shopping

new ingredients include some sweet potato, cooked bacon bits and spinach.

today i was in the park doing some cardio and briskly jogging for around 15-20 minutes and then decided i might try some interval training and completely failed. I think i did about 15 seconds sprinting before i had to stop, then rested for a bit then tried again for another 15 seconds and stopped then got a stitch and gave up.

it certainly increased my workload and i was knackered afterwards with my heart pounding away but they say its the most effective way of stripping fact.

my only query is i was like proper going at it for 15 seconds? are you meant to do that? or are you meant to just raise your heart rate and try to maintain that for 1 minute but not to go mad as a bat and kill yourself sprinting.

second, i wonder whether i failed due to the fact i had done 15-20 mins of brisk cardio beforehand and therefore my energy levels were quite depleted so my body couldn't cope, maybe if i did it at the start i could have maintained it longer.

or maybe i need to be at a certain fitness level to be able to do interval training effectively.

what do you think?

There's a number of ways of doing it, time/ distance etc. Time being the most popular

And yes, you're meant to sprint flat out. Try and build your self up to it with some strides first, and build up to sprints over a couple of weeks. Then the fun begins, because the better you get at them the harder you're able to sprint and the longer you're able to keep the intensity up for

It's a mistake to jog for 15-20 minutes before hand though, warm up by doing a very light jog for ten minutes or so, some strides, and then bang into it hard.

I used to do them years ago while helping out a mate for his boxing. We'd get up at 5, do our sprints, I'd go off to work he'd head home to bed........ :blink:

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Keeping weight on is my problem. I was 13 stone a couple of weeks ago and now back down to 12.5 ffs.

I feel your pain with the custard creams though. Them and bourbons are so cheap that you can't not buy them.

Don't even get me started on bourbons, they'll be the death of me.

 

[potato]

There's a number of ways of doing it, time/ distance etc. Time being the most popular

And yes, you're meant to sprint flat out. Try and build your self up to it with some strides first, and build up to sprints over a couple of weeks. Then the fun begins, because the better you get at them the harder you're able to sprint and the longer you're able to keep the intensity up for

It's a mistake to jog for 15-20 minutes before hand though, warm up by doing a very light jog for ten minutes or so, some strides, and then bang into it hard.

I used to do them years ago while helping out a mate for his boxing. We'd get up at 5, do our sprints, I'd go off to work he'd head home to bed........ :blink:

ta, ill try get my body to acclimitise to it gradually by doing some small sprints.

 

[maddison]

I don't know much about running, but it's very unlikely to be a lack of energy that's curtailing you after 20 minutes of jogging. That's only gonna burn around 200 calories, so unless you've barely eaten for a few days before hand you'll have plenty of energy reserves to see you through a couple of sprints.

Fitness and strength on the other hand

Maratona training has been going really well lately. Did nearly 300km of good training last week, and am cranking out 5w/kg at the moment, which I'm really happy with. Down to 57kg as well, so weight is spot on. Seven more weeks to improve things a bit more. Should get round in under 6.5 hours.

Glycogen depletion, it's not aerobics. If you've done too much cardio before hand you're depleted your ATP and your glycogen reserves, you simply can't sprint as hard. That's why the one is deemed high intensity and the other low intensity.

Side note, are you a competitive cyclist?

 

[maddison]

Keeping weight on is my problem. I was 13 stone a couple of weeks ago and now back down to 12.5 ffs.

I feel your pain with the custard creams though. Them and bourbons are so cheap that you can't not buy them.

Your body doesn't lose weight like that, you took a few well needed dumps. That's why you had the weight loss, sorry to be blunt but it's true.

 

[potato]

Glycogen depletion, it's not aerobics. If you've done too much cardio before hand you're depleted your ATP and your glycogen reserves, you simply can't sprint as hard. That's why the one is deemed high intensity and the other low intensity.

Side note, are you a competitive cyclist?

theres a glycogen supplement thats some people use after a workout, would u recommend it?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Ah, fairy snuff. I mainly do endurance stuff so don't tend to sprint that often.

Don't really compete. Most racing in the UK is more suited to bigger guys with a good sprint. I prefer climbing mountains so tend just to head out to Europe each summer to do something in Italy or France.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

theres a glycogen supplement thats some people use after a workout, would u recommend it?

Get a pint of milk down you and save your money.