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[MarioMark]

Just done a 20 mile bikeathon this morning for charity, it was 10 mile but you could go round twice, I was only going to do 10 mile but thanks to the rain it kept me cool so I went on another lap.

Did it in 1 hour and 45 minutes which I'm quiet pleased with, and there was a bit of traffic with the other bikes on the 2nd lap.

Woah! Can't believe this was a year ago already!

Doing it again next week. Dreading it.

If anyone else wants to do it you can check your local bikeathon here: http://www.bikeathonbritain.co.uk/

[SuperDanX]

Any advice for me please? Want to take up jogging in an effort to shed the old beer gut and improve my fitness levels which currently is around level zero. Thanks in advance.

[fragmast3r]

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

i used this training plan. from not being able to run around the block without collapsing to being able to run 5miles and still be standing

[Rossco]

First day back at gym today after pretty much a month out!

2 weeks were spent doing just uni work and studying for exams and then almost 2 weeks off with throat infection so gym was a no no then too!

It's good to be back but my oh my it was tough, felt so much weaker than ever before!

Was mucking about at the end with people that work there doing some ab stuff with the medicine balls etc, and then we started doing the balancing on your arms thing which turned into all of us trying headstands! Never done it before but managed it this time, was weird, and still quite sore to keep yourself balanced and straight up!

[MattyD]

Been off for nearly a month myself because I did some serious damage to my rotator cuff

I think I might need physio to correct it as the side that got hurt is incredibly weak compared to the other and it just doesn't 'feel' right.

[babs]

Still training at least three times a week in martial arts, but ramping up the running too now with one eye on the Great North Run in October. Including warm-up walk I did 3.5 miles in 37 minutes last night which I'm reasonably happy with. I'm looking forward to getting that first number up with each week now, I'm positive I can do it and I'm going to. I think we're aiming for a realistic 2h 15m half-marathon on the day.

[MattyD]

What brand of chop-sockey are you doing?

[babs]

I train in Tang Soo Do (essentially Korean Karate), have done for about two and a half years now. I think I used to post alongside you in the "I know kung fu" thread here. I'm at 2nd Gup now (gup = kyu if you're Japanese inclined), so about another year and a half probably before I test for Dan grade.

Hard work but great fun, I went to a local tournament a couple of weeks ago and walked away with 2nd in heavyweight points and 3rd in heavyweight continuous.

I have an odd pain thing at the top of my left leg, I can't tell if it's a muscle thing or something deeper, but it's very painful to rotate as a supporting leg doing a decent side or roundhouse kick. I'm sure it'd heal up nicely if I took a few months off.... but that would mean not going training. Not going to happen .

[Rossco]

I was always interested in doing some kind of martial arts or even more recently getting into boxing. Never had the balls to go ahead and actually do it though...

[stainboy]

How's everyone's plans going? I did absolutely nothing since I first posted in this thread but while I was staying in Leeds a couple of weeks ago I did a LOT of walking (walked to work, walked into town instead of bus, etc) which was painful but a satisfying painful. Since I've come back I've meant to keep at it but haven't till today when I actually had a need to go for a walk somewhere.

So tonight I started my weights again, weights I got for xmas 2000 they came with a training plan that I'm going to follow. I feel absolutely f**ked and not sure I've got a couple of the exercises right but it wasn't as dreadful as I was fearing. One pain I wasn't keen on was when doing "pullovers" (laying on your back and pulling the barbell from over your chest to behind your head) it hurt the inner elbow of my right arm. I'm guessing that's some kind of wrong position pain, don't know though.

Gonna try and keep it up every other day along with some walking as well. It'll also put to the test whether exercise helps depression as well as I've never tried it for that reason before.

[fragmast3r]

I was always interested in doing some kind of martial arts or even more recently getting into boxing. Never had the balls to go ahead and actually do it though...

go for it, did semi contact karate for a year or so then went to full contact kickboxing, loving it, entered some tournament last year and came away with a gold and silver medal club i joined were really friendly all higher grades but made me welcome, being the lowest grade has its good points im always sparring better people and learn a lot from it

go to a class nowt to be worried about worst ive had is a black eye and broke a finger

[babs]

I cursed myself posting in this thread for the first time in ages it seems. I ran Thursday night, trained Friday night and then headed out for the night. Danced the night away, drove home and when I tried to get out of the car I found I couldn't walk properly .

I've got a pain down the outside of my knee. It's more of an ache rather than a sharp pain, which is a bit sore when I walk, but going up or down slopes or steps - wow, that hurts. I'm hoping it's just a strain of some kind, but I'm going to lay off of anything too exerting for the next couple of weeks.

This sucks to be frank.

[cutmymilk]

I've been training for almost a year. Lost a load of fat first (went from 18.5% to 12%). Now trying to build muscle but keep the fat off too, which is solid.

I'm thinking of doing a low calorie diet, with a shedload of protein and some carbs 30 minutes before the gym now, then protein shake for supper. Does this sound good? Cutting fat was hard work but building muscle is now the priority but its hard to do it without seeing my belly grow back!! (I have a low metabolism so i kind of am what i eat and weights food is pretty high calorie grrrrr)

[stainboy]

I've been training for almost a year. Lost a load of fat first (went from 18.5% to 12%). Now trying to build muscle but keep the fat off too, which is solid.

What worked best for you in getting the fat off?

I really don't think food is my problem, I don't eat loads at all or a lot of wrong things. I need more exercise.

[MattyD]

I'm thinking of doing a low calorie diet, with a shedload of protein and some carbs 30 minutes before the gym now, then protein shake for supper. Does this sound good? Cutting fat was hard work but building muscle is now the priority but its hard to do it without seeing my belly grow back!! (I have a low metabolism so i kind of am what i eat and weights food is pretty high calorie grrrrr)

Are you bulking up as well though? It's pretty tough even for a thin guy like me to put on muscle without putting on at least some fat unfortunately. When I started lifting weights a few months back I ended up with the beginnings of a pot belly

The easiest thing to do to manage this is the 200 rule - if you're making gains but putting on too much fat, cut your daily calorie intake by 200 and wait a fortnight to see what effect it has (any shorter won't give you a clear picture). Just keep dropping by this amount until you reach an acceptable level of weight gain. If you stop growing completely add 200 back on. You'll probably find you level out pretty quickly and as your lean mass increases you'll need to eat more to continue gaining weight.

Aside from that the only real 'solution' is to divide your time into phases, say spending three or four months bulking up and then a month or six weeks cutting down phase where you switch to a low fat low carb diet, drop to two workouts a week and take three sessions a week of intense sprints, interval training or swimming.