ePlaya Fitness Club

Post by **Savannah** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:37 pm

I have managed to get 5 lbs of winter fat off. (Running, elliptical trainer, weights). I would like to lose another 5 to reach the weight at which I feel kickass. I am short enough for it to really make a difference in confidence and mood (chemically speaking. The estrogen in body fat literally screws with my moods).

I've been putting foil stars on my wall calendar again on the days I work out to hold to my 3x week average (4x is better, but I don't always manage). Coming off of Winter, my energy is not yet quite up to snuff, so there are a funny series of unstarred Sundays, Mondays and sometimes even Tuesdays, meaning I have to work out Wednesday, Thursday OR Friday, and Saturday. Heh. There is not a Saturday in the last few weeks where I haven't had to run.

But it's light out now, after work, which has really helped. I can run home after work rather than go to the gym.

I don't want to measure my blood pressure 'til I lose another 5 lbs, 'cause my systolic is often at high end of normal, which disturbs me, whereas the diastolic is ever so slightly low. Pff.

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:05 pm

AntiM wrote:Well, they're on me about my BP again. Three days of going in to have my BP checked next week. Impending medications.
So I'm going to join the gym downtown, they have water classes and I can get there on the bus. To get the best discount, I joined

sigh

AARP.

Cry.

Ageing

Amazon

Raiding

Party?

Post by **Savannah** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:13 pm

That's a new camp just waiting to happen.

Post by **AntiM** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:51 pm

First day at the gym taking my water classes. Fun.
Bus ride home with wet hair and a 15 minute wait between buses in teh slushy snow with wind blowing in my ears: Not Fun.

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:08 pm

yes but think of the calories your body burned while trying to stay warm...

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:33 pm

If this is a virtual fitness club like we have virtual bars on eplaya, then don't we need a virtual sauna and jacuzzi?

AntiM, after my workout, I usually spend some time in my club's hot tub. By the time I leave, I'm warm as hell, regardless of the weather outside.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:11 pm

Mr. Dougly! Yes, this is a "virtual" fitness club! And thanks for the nice picture. It is just like my bath here in Clearlake -- that is, it has a little yellow rubber ducky.

Winter will soon be over, AntiM.

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:48 am

Oh, you bet I hit the hot tub after the workout. Lovely. I got chilled standing in the snow with the wind whispering in my ears outside.
My mesh panel and scar tissue have been causing pain since I've begun moving again. The muscles of my abdomen have been sliced and diced enough they can't support their own weight. I'm thinking Spanx. Blurg.
We did go hit a big box for clearance gym clothes. Not that I care about looking good, but I have to have some workout stuff. They don't let you go nekkid in the gym.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:38 am

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The bike trainer is doing me no good. It just sits there.. Guess I will have to make the first move..

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:29 am

unjonharley wrote: The bike trainer is doing me no good. It just sits there. Guess I will have to make the first move.

There are recumbent stationary bikes now, and some even have a hand crank for upper body training at the same time. I find myself pedaling full time, and hand-cranking about half time lest I become too winded. (No jokes, please. We all understand.)

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:28 pm

Just finished a 19 mile run. The Boston Marathon is in 22 days. Because I am such a giving guy, if any of you want to receive my complete heartfelt love, I will need a nice full body massage, several bottles of beer (Sam Adams will do, but I would hope you could do better), and you ladies, I don't want to run the risk of hypothermia, wink wink nudge nudge. So, who wants to help the poor ol' Doc out? I mean, shit, I get thirsty running 26 friggin miles; now come across with the love goddamn it or else I'll have to cry like some kind of sniveling baby, and none of you want to see that.

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:50 pm

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:49 pm

Whew. Home from the gym. 30 minutes of lap swimming. Granted, I am very slow, and stopped for stretches at each end, and I primarily back-kick or dog paddle, but I DID 30 MINUTES!!!!!!

I'm wiped and must take a nap.

My resting heart rate is 95~ish.

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:23 pm

Good job! And swimming is the best possible exercise, because it works pretty much all the muscles in the body.

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:46 pm

Kudos to you AntiM. Sometimes starting is the hardest part...

And don't you just love the feeling you get when it's over?

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:51 pm

lucky420 wrote:
And don't you just love the feeling you get when it's over?

Not immediately!

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 1:51 pm

It's like hitting your head with a hammer: it feels so good when you stop.

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:16 pm

Wait! When was I suppose to stop?

The Hustler · Post by **The Hustler** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:24 pm

Dr. Pyro wrote:Just do what I do: train for and then run the Boston Marathon. (This year, April 19th. We will be partying in Cambridge the Saturday before and after the race.) I run 50+ miles a week and four times a week I do 240 situps with 30 pounds on my chest, three sets of weights at four different stations. Knock off the liquor for a month (that is the hard part, and that includes all alcohol including beer and wine) and eat a lot of fish and veggies. It works for me, but then again I'm a masochist.

I'm a mad man on my bike but I can't do much more than 150 sit ups with no weight three times a week. And running, I'm good for about 18-20 miles in a week but I try to beat the hell out of myself when I'm running to make up for the short distance. I don't have the attention span to run far, so I try to do it fast.

I need to get on it ...

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:53 pm

AntiM wrote:
lucky420 wrote:
And don't you just love the feeling you get when it's over?
Not immediately!

Stop me if you have heard this before:

The first time I rode the Two Ton Tricycle in the Kinetic Grand Championship, all my leg muscles were sore for two weeks. It was an exquisite, joyful, satisfying pain!

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:13 am

Swam a mile last night at the Y. It's the first time I've swum in three weeks, since I "rolled" my ankle (like a dumbass, stepping down a little two-step curb) while out walking a few weeks ago. The ankle's been healing up slowly but surely. Last night in the pool, freestyle was only slightly painful, breaststroke was no problem at all, but backstroke was out of the question (way too painful on the ankle)

[Note: I know "swum" sounds weird, but in this case, it is grammatically correct. Past tense is "I swam"; present perfect tense is "I have swum"]

Also, I've lost five pounds (two kilos) in the past few weeks, just from portion control and limiting my carbohydrate intake. Woo-hoo!

The Hustler · Post by **The Hustler** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:03 am

Fire_Moose wrote:i just took a dump that had to of weighed 6 pounds. thats a pretty good fitness routine

I can picture a poo-smeared scale next to a toilet ...

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:03 am

Children! Behave! I'm trying to run a nice clean fitness club here!

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:07 am

RingO'Fire, I feel your pain for I too have fallen off of many curbs.

Elliot, that bike is amazing it does look like a leg killer though...and thanks for running a clean club here

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:26 am

Can I get a stationary motorcycle?

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:33 am

Thanks, yes the "Two Ton Tricycle" was great fun! There were three of us on it, all pedaling our best. I still have the front wheel and plan to rebuild the whole trike eventually, and for five people. (It was horribly heavy.) People tell me it "needs" to come to BRC.

RingO'Fire, I'm glad to see somebody takes English seriously! A bit to mush slopiness araund her. (As everywhere these days.) Maybe we should start an English language thread?

Elliot · Post by **Elliot** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:46 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:Can I get a stationary motorcycle?

Yes, I'll be happy to sell you mine, identical to this one:

This monstrosity, by Exercycle, is actually powered with an electric motor. I gather we were supposed to get exercise by trying to keep up with it. The silly thing is horrible dangerous, but a collector item.
Did you see the (cheerfully hideous) "rag dolls making love" display at Kinetic Cab Company last year? That was one of these powered Exercycles.

Post by **Elderberry** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:46 am

Just checking in to see how everybody has been doing. Looks like congrats are in order.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:42 am

Mom had one of those, it broke her leg. Her health never did pick up after that.

My BP was in the normal range this morning, but after doing relaxation exercises. No gym, the air duct cleaner comes this afternoon.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:01 pm

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Ok Ok! Back on the trainer for me.. Two O five this morning.. Will shoot for one nine five by Burning Man 11.. This should be in the fuck thread..