bbstark Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I lift.And I listen to Taylor Swift, Beyonce and Drake while I do it.I have no regrets :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 I don't listen to any music when working out outdoors.It would distract me from my surroundings and I can't stand that - whether I'm running, rowing in a boat, snowboarding, riding a bike or whatever.Indoor training is a whole other story, I listen to whatever is on as long as it's not extremely crappy and/or loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairBearHero Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Had my last league of the rugby season, bit of a disappointing loss, last weekend and after a bit of a mini tour next weekend and a cup final the week after that it's rugby done for another year. I really want to make the effort to try and stay/get fit before starting preseason this year. I say that every year and always end up doing bugger all for a couple of months then preseason's bloody horrible so I'm going to try and keep up the running plus I could do with finding a summer sport to do to keep me motivated. I used to play cricket in the summer but a. it's pretty expensive for something I'll probably end up sacking in halfway through the season when rugby starts back up and b. it's not really that good for staying fit anyway. A few of the guys from my rugby club play rugby league over the summer which I'm tempted by but I could do with a bit of a break from full contact sports, getting a bit old to do it all year through. I'll probably just end up playing a bit of five a side. No idea if it's practical and it's not the cheapest of sports, but I was in pretty much the same situation when I took up rowing. Thoroughly recommend it - seriously good fitness (I lost 9kg March-August last year with minimal alterations to diet) and pretty low risk of injury compared to a contact sport or even something like running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellus Explorer Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Out of curiosity, do you (anyone) listen to music when you work out? And if so, what do you listen to? I've been toying with a playlist, but it's mostly just Led Zeppelin and Queen. Looking for recs, genre no issue. Music is how I function! LoL I listen to a lot of electronic, downtempo, and heavy metal Though I will switch it up depending on my mood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Gendry Baratheon Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I train for this sport: Nordic cross country-skiing and I am curious, how many of you have heard of it? It is a big sport In my country( Finland) even bigger in Norway, Sweden and Usa has too good skiers, but I understand that it does not get much attention there? http://images.skiresorts-test.com/skigebiete/905/pitztaler-gletscher-rifflsee_langlauf_3_l1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liffguard Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I train for this sport: Nordic cross country-skiing and I am curious, how many of you have heard of it? It is a big sport In my country( Finland) even bigger in Norway, Sweden and Usa has too good skiers, but I understand that it does not get much attention there? http://images.skiresorts-test.com/skigebiete/905/pitztaler-gletscher-rifflsee_langlauf_3_l1.jpgI've done some cross-country skiing though not in any way competetively. Tough sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 I train for this sport: Nordic cross country-skiing and I am curious, how many of you have heard of it? It is a big sport In my country( Finland) even bigger in Norway, Sweden and Usa has too good skiers, but I understand that it does not get much attention there? http://images.skiresorts-test.com/skigebiete/905/pitztaler-gletscher-rifflsee_langlauf_3_l1.jpg It is an olympic sport so I guess it's safe to say most of us have heard of it. ;) I've never tried it myself, though I've heard it's one of the best cardio activities available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lany Freelove Cassandra Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 2.5 hrs of karate last night after what feels like nearly 2 months of no workouts. I felt so giddy afterwards! Today my legs are sore. The is obviously only one thing to do: MORE SQUATS! :P Back to the gym tonight, just doing the treadmill (have a 5k mud run in July...my first!) and body weight exercises on the TRX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I listen to Bachelorette Party Radio on Pandora when I do powerlift/strongman work. It's straight fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I'm still running but it isn't getting easier. In fact it's getting harder and I'm just ducking in air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 I'm still running but it isn't getting easier. In fact it's getting harder and I'm just ducking in air. What's your running schedule? Do you mix your runs or do you always run the similar distance at a similar pace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 What's your running schedule?Do you mix your runs or do you always run the similar distance at a similar pace?Monday through Friday. The pace generally doesn't change and I'm trying to build it up to 1.5 miles. Having asthma doesn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionAhaiReborn Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Usually the best advice for beginners: slow down, run every other day only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Ya. Everyone keeps talking about running like its something that you can improve on. I think it's a grand conspiracy, and everyone is miserable while they are doing it. It still suck at it. Maybe some people just aren't born to run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I don't need to be able to run a marathon or anything. I need to be able to run 1.5 in under a certain time and that's it. My future job situation rides on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Please elaborate on your goal and also the current state of affairs. Like, the time requirements, what you're currently running and how fast, when you need to meet this goal. That said, stop being a stubborn mule and listen to the people trying to help you. You should definitely not be running every day as a beginner. You need rest days and a training plan.There are things you can do to improve performance, but they are tweaks when you are already running a lot. When you are starting out, the answer is just to run regularly, and as a new runner you will see some pretty significant gains pretty fast. But only if your training regimen makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubies & Jade Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Music is how I function! LoL Its the only thing that lets me function on a treadmill, that's for sure! If my iPod dies, I stop. I'm still running but it isn't getting easier. In fact it's getting harder and I'm just ducking in air. I'm no expert on running by any stretch, but I find that making gains in running is a long, slow process that one barely notices. lol I don't find it gets any easier, and I'm rather miserable the whole time I do it. Seriously, the only way I can run at all is by listening to music that I love, so I can try and pretend that its not happening. And the music has to be my all time favorites that I'm not bored to tears with that is upbeat enough to keep me going. Its kinda awful. Sorry... that's not very helpful. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Unfortunately I don't know what the time requirement is going to be. I need to be able to complete a mile and a half by this time in June. I'm averaging 8 or so miles per hour and finishing in a little over five minutes. I could definitely live with scaling it back to every other day. I don't mean to be stubborn. I appreciate everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Unfortunately I don't know what the time requirement is going to be. I need to be able to complete a mile and a half by this time in June. I'm averaging 8 or so miles per hour and finishing in a little over five minutes. I could definitely live with scaling it back to every other day. I don't mean to be stubborn. I appreciate everything.My pt req is 1.5 miles as well. I've used stew smiths prepping for pt test program (Air Force). Look that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionAhaiReborn Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Unfortunately I don't know what the time requirement is going to be. I need to be able to complete a mile and a half by this time in June. I'm averaging 8 or so miles per hour and finishing in a little over five minutes. I could definitely live with scaling it back to every other day. I don't mean to be stubborn. I appreciate everything. Yea, you need to slow down and get some distance under your belt. Slow way down to like 6.5-7mph (or even slower) and get yourself to the point where you can comfortably run 3 miles at that pace. It shouldn't take you that long to get up to that point, probably 3-4 weeks at most. Then you can work in a day where you focus on doing 1.5 miles at a faster pace. Trying to build up distance at a pace that's leaving you breathless after 5 minutes is not going to work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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