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Re: New year new me
« Reply #240 on: July 02, 2020, 10:43:57 pm »
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Yoga 30m meditation 30m

Run 8km 5.07km pace legs super tired

Diamond push up 3 x 25 3m rest
Chins 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+5 (reps x 10s = rest)

First nicotine free day since I stupidly got addicted  :personal-record:

u got addicted to nicotine wtf? damn :o

ya keep it up (getting off that b.s. !)

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Re: New year new me
« Reply #241 on: July 03, 2020, 05:40:20 am »
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Yup, from someone who has been addicted to smoking for about 30 years now, with a couple of 2-3 years off periods, smoking is the dumbest thing ever.
A whole bunch of tar and carbon oxides and other deadly poisons slowly killing you, making you less fit, more stinky,  imposing social restrictions , in exchange for an untold pleasure that doesn't really exist.
There is no real organic addiction too. Nicotine addiction goes away in 48 hours or so, the rest is all mental.
You're a meditating doctor, you know all that better than me, should be a piece of cake for you to dump that shit. Go get it!
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Target training paces (min/km), calculated from 5K PR 22:49 :
Easy run : 5:48
Tempo run : 4:50
VO2-max run :4:21
Speed form run : 4:02

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it's the biggest trick in the run game.. go slow to go fast. it doesn't make sense until it smacks you in the face and you're like ....... wtf?

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Re: New year new me
« Reply #242 on: July 03, 2020, 01:06:32 pm »
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Yoga 30m meditation 30m

Run 8km 5.07km pace legs super tired

Diamond push up 3 x 25 3m rest
Chins 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+5 (reps x 10s = rest)

First nicotine free day since I stupidly got addicted  :personal-record:

u got addicted to nicotine wtf? damn :o

ya keep it up (getting off that b.s. !)

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Yup, from someone who has been addicted to smoking for about 30 years now, with a couple of 2-3 years off periods, smoking is the dumbest thing ever.
A whole bunch of tar and carbon oxides and other deadly poisons slowly killing you, making you less fit, more stinky,  imposing social restrictions , in exchange for an untold pleasure that doesn't really exist.
There is no real organic addiction too. Nicotine addiction goes away in 48 hours or so, the rest is all mental.
You're a meditating doctor, you know all that better than me, should be a piece of cake for you to dump that shit. Go get it!
:headbang: :highfive: :lololol:

Lol yeah, there was a point where I just stopped caring.. Life got stressful and I just went in for escapism. mostly used an ecigarette and then for the last few weeks weaning off with gum. It for sure is a stupid habit, if you have no tolerance it makes you feel sick and if you're addicted then it's using just to avoid withdrawals.

Thankfully i didn't use cigarettes too often. But yeah you're totally right, it's dumb as hell and I'm glad to be over it now!

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Re: New year new me
« Reply #243 on: July 04, 2020, 08:19:49 am »
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Hope i didn't sound patronizing or criticizing or something like that, my bash was against smoking, not smokers. I was fully aware of how stupid it was all those years decades that ive been smoking, yet i couldn't quit. And when i did, for 2 and 4 years, i started again. And even now that im more determined than ever, 10 months clean now, i am not even saying i quit it, im saying im not smoking lately and im trying/hoping to keep it for ever.
Glad it is working well for you too, keep at it!  :highfive:
Target training paces (min/km), calculated from 5K PR 22:49 :
Easy run : 5:48
Tempo run : 4:50
VO2-max run :4:21
Speed form run : 4:02

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it's the biggest trick in the run game.. go slow to go fast. it doesn't make sense until it smacks you in the face and you're like ....... wtf?

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Re: New year new me
« Reply #244 on: July 05, 2020, 11:03:31 am »
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Hope i didn't sound patronizing or criticizing or something like that, my bash was against smoking, not smokers. I was fully aware of how stupid it was all those years decades that ive been smoking, yet i couldn't quit. And when i did, for 2 and 4 years, i started again. And even now that im more determined than ever, 10 months clean now, i am not even saying i quit it, im saying im not smoking lately and im trying/hoping to keep it for ever.
Glad it is working well for you too, keep at it!  :highfive:

No not at all man and I'm in total agreement with you! 10 months clean, that's fantastic!!! No turning back now! My addiction didn't even run that deep and i totally appreciate the struggle with stopping so props to you!

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-2 days
Yoga 30 m meditation 30m
Push up 55, 50, 50 3m rest
Pull up 12kg 3 x 8

-1day
Yoga 30m meditation 30m
Run ~6km slow as heck and my shins were SUPER sore, maybe even posterior tibialis tendinitis? Idk... Walked the rest as it was getting stupid. My calves feel like a big knotted mess.

Much foam rolling and stretching needed and a little break I think

Today
Yoga 30m meditation 30m

Been in a course this weekend so not much time for anything else. Going to hold off running for a few days, get some walking in and see howy legs are feeling... Probably only have a couple v easy short runs this week

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Re: New year new me
« Reply #245 on: July 08, 2020, 01:45:42 pm »
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6/7/20

yoga 30m meditation 30m
long ish walk

7/7/20
yoga 30m meditation 30m
v lazy day

8/7/20
yoga 30m medtiation 30m
push up 3 x 30
pull up 5 x 5
bike back so cycle commute like 14km or something

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decided to take a deload week from both running and strength work, was feeling a little beat up
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Re: New year new me
« Reply #246 on: July 09, 2020, 04:04:01 am »
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This is interesting stuff. Nicotine is very powerful. i tried it because of a stupid gimmicky diet which claimed it increases ANP which  can get u ripped fast lol lol. but i found i could stop it cold turkey without a problem. I kind of was looking forward to the challenge of crazy bad withdrawals just to say i beat them but i never had any. but from what ive read, the way of taking it is more important, if you smoke it or vape or whatever, it hits you straight away, which is what you get addicted to, that instant feeling, kind of heroin i guess? but even then, i feel the lozenges work pretty quickly too, obviously not as quickly. not sure of the science behind it. still, i'm sure smoking it is what makes it addictive though. i'd use nicotine again for performance but the idea of smoking anything just repulsive. wonder if there are other classes of recreational drugs which would be not as addictive if you took them another way.
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Re: New year new me
« Reply #247 on: July 09, 2020, 08:18:54 am »
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This is interesting stuff. Nicotine is very powerful. i tried it because of a stupid gimmicky diet which claimed it increases ANP which  can get u ripped fast lol lol. but i found i could stop it cold turkey without a problem. I kind of was looking forward to the challenge of crazy bad withdrawals just to say i beat them but i never had any. but from what ive read, the way of taking it is more important, if you smoke it or vape or whatever, it hits you straight away, which is what you get addicted to, that instant feeling, kind of heroin i guess? but even then, i feel the lozenges work pretty quickly too, obviously not as quickly. not sure of the science behind it. still, i'm sure smoking it is what makes it addictive though. i'd use nicotine again for performance but the idea of smoking anything just repulsive. wonder if there are other classes of recreational drugs which would be not as addictive if you took them another way.

Not sure about it helping weight loss via any mechanism other than appetite suppression but it definitely helps there. For sure the route of administration is important and you're right, that's the case for most drugs with generally the faster the route the greater the rush. It does seem that cigarettes are more addictive than other routes, even vaping and that may also be down to MAOIs (monoamine oxidase inhibitors) in tobacoo which prevent breakdown of dopamine/serotonin etc and therefore adds to the effect.

I'm unsure on nicotine, I found it incredibly useful during my finals as a wakefulness/focus enhancer when it was too late in the day to be drinking caffeine. Never got addicted or had any withdrawals but spread my use to avoid this. And nicotine in itself doesn't hold too many health drawbacks but obviously dependency is very un ideal.


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Re: New year new me
« Reply #248 on: July 13, 2020, 03:57:57 pm »
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oh missing a few days here

9/7:
yoga 30m meditation 30m
16km cycle commute

10/7:
yoga 30m meditation 30m
16km cycle commute

11/7:
yoga 30m meditation 30m
cycle 57km w/ ~900m elevation - visiting my parents for the first time since like feb?

12/7:
run 6.65km 5.36 avg pace took it very easy on some trails back by my parents house
cycle back home 52km w/ ~500m elevation
yin yoga 30m meditation 30m

13/7:
yoga 30m meditation 30m
cycle 16km commute did not feel like getting back on my bike.
push up 3 x 50 3 min rest hard as fuk
pull up 13, 7, 6, 5, 5 weak as heck - sore/tired/dry/raw hands

LOL so after ~110km of cycling this weekend, i turned the final corner and my apartment building came into view. for some reason I just lost all concentration and promptly threw myself over the handle bars head first onto the road in front of a bus. I am so very glad i had a helmet on otherwise it would not have gone very well at all. miraculously escaped with a sore neck/trap area and a graze on my knee. so dumb, could have very easily been a few weeks off training if not much worse. sore necked ruined my pull ups today tbh.

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Re: New year new me
« Reply #249 on: July 14, 2020, 04:11:45 pm »
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Yoga 30m meditation 30m
Run 8km slow 5.13avg pace
Diamond push up 25, 20, 20
Pull up 12345675

Really tired and just not with it today. Pain from bike crash has arrived, namely my left hip (impact?) and left adductor - sore like muscle but is bruised...tear? Neck still hurts.

Also had heartburn the entire run cos I was stressed from work and came home and ate a crap tonne of nuts.

Have two weeks to find a new house as my tenancy ends in August which is making life a pain in the ass right now

Oh also marathon officially cancelled. Going to sign up to a 30 mile ultra instead

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Re: New year new me
« Reply #250 on: July 14, 2020, 10:53:55 pm »
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yikes man glad to hear you walked away from your crash relatively unscathed! i'm scared of biking tbh, have too many friends who've had bad accidents around DC. one took a year and two surgeries to recover after getting doored.
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Re: New year new me
« Reply #251 on: July 15, 2020, 03:01:15 pm »
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yikes man glad to hear you walked away from your crash relatively unscathed! i'm scared of biking tbh, have too many friends who've had bad accidents around DC. one took a year and two surgeries to recover after getting doored.

Yeah it can be really dangerous for sure. I've had a few nasty crashes, all my fault (often tramlines) but had a few close calls with cars/doors. I worked as a deliverooo courier for a couple of years so gained a lot of confidence cycling in a busy city. Only started as a 90 minute + bus commute was killing me (cut in half at least by cycling!)

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Yoga 30m meditation 30m

Cycle commute 16km

Push up 3x50 3m rest
Pull ups 9 x 5 1m rest

Goblet squat 12kg 3 x 20
Sl rdl 12kg 2 x 10
Rev lunge Bw 2 x 10

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Re: New year new me
« Reply #252 on: July 16, 2020, 03:59:15 pm »
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Yoga 30m meditation 30m

Cycle commute 2x~8km

Run 8km 4.57avg pace usually tempo but stressful afternoon at work and late finish and just didn't have the heart

Feet elevated push up 32, 25, 20 2m rest
Chin up 6 x 7, 4

Feeling burnt out


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Re: New year new me
« Reply #253 on: July 16, 2020, 04:00:59 pm »
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Feeling burnt out

ice cream, TV, sleep.
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

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https://www.savannahstate.edu/cost/nrotc/documents/Inform2010-thearmstrongworkout_Enclosure15_5-2-10.pdf

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Re: New year new me
« Reply #254 on: July 18, 2020, 10:08:33 am »
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Feeling burnt out

ice cream, TV, sleep.

Absolutely, did exactly this last night haha

Yesterday
Yoga 30m meditation 30m
Cycle 16km
Push up 3 x 50
Pull up 12kg 5 x 5

Today
Yoga 45m meditation 40m
May have a quick run later will update

Edit didn't run went for a stroll instead
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