I’m totally in, looks awesome!
Awesome to watch
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Right like I understand for some people that kind of exhaustion is their only moment of peace but that ain’t me either lol
Gonna be a good watch for anyone who wants to raise a handful of popcorn with me every time someone drops 
either someone would wander in randomly or i would die upside down.
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2 sets of 115 weight bench. 10 reps, some squat nautilus and 2 miles on the treadmill before this old man started to falter
Hit a 5-teamer , tho
And just as I opened the book moments ago
A’s over 1.5 lmao
Phillies and white Sox over 2.5 each
And cubs n royals to win. Ship it. Heading back to Kansas momentarily
Who we like?
I’m signed up for an early October marathon, and it’s fair to say I’m going to be significantly under-prepared. I had a health issue in late May and then went on a ~2 week trip to Europe in July with a lot of walking each day, but only one short run on the entire trip.
So rather than aiming for a PR, I’m just aiming for survival. This is probably a bad idea, but I decided to parachute into a Hansons plan midway through. (That is, lining up the end date with the race, and starting in like week 8 or whatever.) And it turns out this is a pretty tough plan! For reference, my prior marathon training was not really well structured–basically, just try to get a decent amount of miles in at a relatively low heart rate, and make sure to hit at least one long run of 18-20 miles.
This Hansons plan has long runs that top out at 16 miles, but the overall weekly mileage is still pretty high (I hit 50 this week) AND there’s actual speedwork. This week’s schedule:
Monday: 5 easy miles
Tuesday: 1.5 mile warm up, 5x1km @5k-10k pace with 400m jog rest in between, 1.5 mile cool down
Wednesday: off
Thursday: 1 mile warm up, 8 miles at marathon pace, 1 mile cool down
Friday: 6 easy miles
Saturday: 5 easy miles
Sunday: 15 miles
I converted the Tuesday speedwork to an easy run, because I think it’s more important for me to work on an aerobic base than speed. But I did do the Thursday run, and man that was no joke; I did the 8 miles at an 8:00/mile pace and am not sure how much faster I could have done it. (I don’t even think I’ll come close to averaging that pace in a marathon, so it was probably over-ambitious.) And I’m dreading Sunday–15 miles on no rest is going to be extremely challenging.
I’ll bet that this is a perfectly good plan for people who follow the whole thing correctly, and maybe I’ll try that at some point in the future. But I wish I had actually done a structured training block for one of my first ones, when I was young and single and full of energy and endowed with lots of free time. Because now I’m none of those things.
Anyway, marathons are incredibly stupid.
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Good luck to you. I am registered to do a 150k bike race in three weeks. Mostly I feel good about it, but at the end of every long ride I think „How am I supposed to do this for two more Hours?“
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I’ve historically only brought liquids with me only on long runs (say, 10 miles or more), but I recently bought this and it’s been pretty great:
It’s definitely overpriced–it’s just a cheap water bottle with an attached strap. But that cheap strap makes all the difference, because I don’t have to exert any thought or grip on actually holding it. I’ve taken it out on most of my recent runs, and (not suprisingly!) being better hydrated has left me feeling better afterwards.
I may not be prepared for the upcoming race, but at least I’ve got a new accessory.
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fucking guy got me good at the gym the other day, i’ve been doing the hand gripper thing whenever i walk/ride the bike, partially bc this 76-year old beast had forearms the size of popeye.
anyway, he told me last week he had a grip strength test he was gonna bring in, monday when i walked in, him and another guy had it out. so i squeezed it as hard as i could and got 57 or something.
they both hand-waved and lol’d me and said they both were just over 100. well, fuck. i was bitching to my gf monday night and squeezing the fuck out of my grippers yday/today.
i’m sitting on my deck just now and he randomly texted me saying he must have missed me today, and played a trick on me. didn’t really understand what he meant, then my phone rang.
this fucker PUT MINE ON KILOGRAMS. so my 57 was 57kg, or 125 LBS! his total was ~106 pounds…
maaaaan if he was in front of me i mighta grabbed him 
so the whole time i was stronger than both of them by almost 20lbs 
got me good that fucker.
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That is an excellent burn. Old fucks always play the best practical jokes.
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For the golfers elbow folks.
The guy in this video is like “hey. If you have golfers elbow. You will have this specific problem in your opposing hip”
I do the stretch, and I am horribly inflexible on the predicted side only, fine on the other.
This shit is freaky.
He’s also got a video on thorasic spine mobility for golfers elbow. And my mobility there is terrible too.
This guy overall seems great. Well worth checking out.
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I’m on vacation at the beach this week. Got up to do a tempo run before 7 this morning, and it was already 78F and 90% humidity. It was tough but I got it done. Really looking forward to cooler weather.
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I have the opposite problem - we’ve been enjoying some nice cool mornings that are great for running, and I’m got a nagging knee pain that I don’t want to run on.
That’s too bad, though you’re better off in the long term letting it heal
For sure. It’s a weird knee injury - it only hurts when I run, I can walk, bike, even squat and deadlift with no pain. So in some ways it’s not so bad - I can still be active. I do miss running though. Since September and October are great running months, I’m just going to avoid running this month and then maybe go for a slow jog in early or mid September and see what happens. If it still hurts then I will maybe get some medical imaging done. I think I must have tweaked a ligament.
So.
The last 4 times in the gym, someone has left their weights in the squat rack.
Was a bit of a mystery, because it’s the exact same set up every time, all set up for those bar hip thrusters that girls love. Plus the same bands and some other stuff.
Weird that someone did that same workout 3 times per week on the same schedule as me.
Anyway today I saw one of the trainers kind of in there with a client. But not using the bar . So now I figure it’s the same trainer every morning
The trainer then left the gym with all that shit laying there still.
If I see it again next time, AITA if I confront and tell her to pack her fucking shit up?
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If you are certain that it’s the trainer, I would tell the gym so they can tell the trainer. No real need for you to be the one to confront her.
One of my great pleasure in life is my home gym with a squat rack. Do I do barbell curls in there every day?
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Didn’t figure you for a snitch!
I’m not sure yet. Will see if I can confirm.
On the squat rack thing. Every year or so Mrs Rugby asks me about my goals in life. I haven’t yet told her that my most significant unfulfilled goal is to have a squat rack at home.
Don’t run to her boss, come on. You were right to say something to her directly.