OT - Health, Fitness and Nutrition

[wu-dai clan]

The Powder Blues.

A top tier
championship level
Chargers
fan forum.

[Fleet]

My one time personnel trainer is a former Olympic kayaker for Poland.

He speaks English with a fairly heavy accent, but I always got the message.

He has a lean, sinewy strength and is off the charts, cardiovascularly speaking.

Great job, Fleet...mix in some Nordic Naturals !!

Ive done many kayak expeditions up and down the coast of Baja. Cortez side. Loredo to La Paz a few times. 10 Mile days. Sleeping on the beach. Living off the sea. Good times. My God i used to be big. Me at 40.


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[wu-dai clan]

Going on a monster hike. I figured this thread could get some use on the main forum for now. The Movie/Finance threads were dead.

Just banged 250 pushups. 5 sets of 50. 150 dips. Now a hike. Looking for a new house in Encinitas. Hopefully with a pool. I have a bunch of pool stuff ive done most of my life and havnt in recent years. Ill kayak and paddleboard in a pool. lol

Paddling a surfboard and stand up breast strokes are amazing upper body workouts.

My one time personnel trainer is a former Olympic kayaker for Poland.

He speaks English with a fairly heavy accent, but I always got the message.

He has a lean, sinewy strength and is off the charts, cardiovascularly speaking.

Great job, Fleet...mix in some Nordic Naturals !!

[Fleet]

Going on a monster hike. I figured this thread could get some use on the main forum for now. The Movie/Finance threads were dead.

Just banged 250 pushups. 5 sets of 50. 150 dips. Now a hike. Looking for a new house in Encinitas. Hopefully with a pool. I have a bunch of pool stuff ive done most of my life and havnt in recent years. Ill kayak and paddleboard in a pool. lol

Paddling a surfboard and stand up breast strokes are amazing upper body workouts.

[ChargersFan78]

My routine is the following:

- weight lifting Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, and Sat, with rest days on Wednesdays and Sundays.

- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu - 7pm-9pm; Sat 11:00am - 12:30pm

[floydefisher]

My running has been ok, however my pushups/planks/ and all other type of activity have disappeared.

And my diet has been crap.

Fricking basketball season man. Every year I tell myself, "this year I'm not gonna let myself go, I'm gonna keep working out..." and I always end up with a couple of half assed months in which not much gets accomplished.

Don't be too upset with yourself.....every once in awhile, you body does need a break, or you'll break down in ways you never knew.

Made that same mistake, didn't give myself a proper break, and ended up in overtraining hell...what a mess that was to get out of. Took me over 6 months to get everything back right. Resting heart rate shot to the moon, running form went to shit....thank god that is all that happened.

This year, I'm going to take two weeks of enforced rest so my body can actually heal. I hate doing it, but remembering last year, I don't think I have a choice but to go into bon-bon mode for awhile.

[floydefisher]

Gotta get my fat self back in shape. After having plantar for far too long it looks like Im finally ready to workout.

Any suggestions?

Learn chi running. Had runners knee issues that were completely fixed by it, so I know it works.

http://www.chirunning.com/

Find an instructor there and get to it.

[sandiego17]

Quit that shit cold turkey! Love hate relationship with running. Hate it. Hate not doing it more. Love finishing. Love data.

[TABF]

Crossfit Gypsy here! Former distance runner who found another way to stay in shape. Running was fun, but I quit that shit Cold Turkey for CF.

[Coachmarkos]

My running has been ok, however my pushups/planks/ and all other type of activity have disappeared.

And my diet has been crap.

Fricking basketball season man. Every year I tell myself, "this year I'm not gonna let myself go, I'm gonna keep working out..." and I always end up with a couple of half assed months in which not much gets accomplished.

[sandiego17]

My Mom's memorial services and my dog dying kinda slowed me down. But I'm still getting in a few a week. Although I've been eating real bad so it's not much help. But running more and more each time

Sorry to hear about your Mom, hope your family is doing ok. Good work progressing. Personally, I'm not going to push anything more than 5 miles or a 10K until at least this summer. Was doing ok going 4.5-5 miles (9/9:30 pace, so not fast at all) and two to three days in between. Felt good enough to go with one day of rest a couple times and the ankle/foot didn't appreciate my efforts. Sucks.

[sandiego17]

Been working since may with a stress fracture in my heel. Gonna be wearing "the dreaded boot" once work slows down in about a month or so. Tightness in calf area and achilles, with aggravation to existing plantar condition as well.

Any suggestions for rehab/atrophy control once I'm no longer walking and biking on it?
I'll take your answers of the air...

Never did the sock thing, but calf raises (progressing to on a step), towel rolls and toe curls (I'm not sure of the right term) have helped keep my plantar in check. Been running in Mizuno Wave Nirvanas, but they are replacing that with the Wave Paradox this winter. Support shoes are key. Never walk around barefoot with Plantar, I don't buy that minimalist thing for a second, although Born to Run was a great book.