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Hi all! Just doing a drive by to check in. Thought I would weigh in on the early morning deal. I'm up and at it at 3:45 or so to get my runs in before work. I hate it, but I won't do it later in the day. So, I figure get my arse out of bed and, as Nike says, Just Do It.:cursing:

Frank-first off, congrats on the great start. Like you, I've been lifting weights and been an athlete for my entire life. I've been lifting ever since 2 wks post op. I made sure to check with my surgeon as to when I could get going on that again. I've done pretty good at keeping my strength up, especially relative to my new weight. I was never a power lifter per se (high bench was 380 and squat was right around your 500), but I can still put up over 330 on the bench and around 400 on the squat-natural, no shirt or suit. I make sure to concentrate on my Protein and take in as much as I can of quality. Otherwise, I seperate cardio from lifting as much as possible. Cardio in the morning 5-6 mornings a week and weights 4 nights a week. Only now, I concentrate on circuit training more than heavy lifting. I do 3 circuits of 9 upper body exercises twice a wk and 3 circuits of 6 leg exercises another 2 times a wk. I do this in 6 wk cycles. Start with 7 reps/exercise/circuit in wk 1. By wk 6, I'm doing 12 reps of each exercise. My bench weight for this past cycle was 215. So, it is possible to keep the weight up. Keep up the great work. Sounds like you know what you are doing. Just keep at it.

Lots of margaritas and COWBOYS FOOTBALL!!!!!!:cursing:

Gotta look good for you in Oct.:cursing::cursing:

Just got done with another 1.75 miles of running along the Mississippi. Had extra energy to burn off.:cursing:

Great job Kagoscuba. I applaud your tenacity. I attempted a sprint tri last Aug. I found out I am just not a swimmer. No matter what, it just isn't in the cards for me. I am going to maybe try some duathlons. And, of course, running. But, I love the fact that you kept going no matter what. It's great to see how far some of us have come in such a short time.

Legs last night. Ran 2 miles this morning on along the Mississippi this morning. Felt like I could keep going but the guy who just started running again was hurting as it was. So, softball tonight and then back at it tomorrow.

No exercise over the weekend. Just too busy. Did upper body circuit training yesterday followed by 35 minutes on elliptical. Then, home to mow the backyard. Played fetch with my GSD. Then, tried to get him to go out running with me. Don't know if it was because of the fetch or his age, but he was only able to make it about 1/3 of a mile before lagging too much. Didn't want to kill him, so we walked the rest. This morning, I ran the loop bossman took me on last Thur. Bastard lied to me.:purplebananna: Said it was a just under 3 miles. Turns out it was 3.6 miles. He really did push me. Oh well, I survived last week and today was easier. Had my normal running partner and another Sgt. here at work with me this morning. Went at a nice pace. Have to do it again this week. Legs tonight.

Ok, to update from my run with the boss man yesterday, he did exactly what I thought he would do: KICK MY ARSE! We did at least 3 miles. I do 5k's, so this should not have been a problem. However, I don't know if it was the softball the night before (very few beverages), or the pace, or the time of day, or the fact that he kept asking questions and making me talk, but I wanted to stop after only 1.25 miles. He kept me moving. Would allow me to slow the tempo down and then gradually ramp it up again. When we finished the run, we went up to the fitness ctr and proceeded to do sit ups (w/o anyone holding feet down), pushups, crunches, bicycle kicks, another ab exercise I don't know the name of, and then more pushups. He just racked them all out like it was nothing. I was able to do a little over 60% of what he was doing as far as reps. Joke is on him though. Got done with it and I immediately asked to do this routine once a week.:tt1: Just, not on the day after softball. After stretching out whatever soreness I had this morning, I ran 2.25 miles outside again. So, while it hurt yesterday, I was able to recover quickly.

Holy Crap!:ohmy: We have a new leader.:smile2: Congrats on the job your doing. By way, I thought great dane young were supposed to be called "colt".:tt2:

Great job on making your goal!:tt2: Now, try to push a little more. And trust me, he will push me as hard as he can. He may be 13 yrs older, but has run marathons before. I'll be sucking wind, but won't quit unless I drop:cursing: Good job lulu! Keep kicking his butt. It's tough to maintain any sort of cardio fitness with a wheel busted. Of course, now when I come down in Oct. you won't have any excuse for not kicking my butt in a run before we go for margaritas.:smile2::wub: That is the 2nd step, pushing/convincing yourself to go just a little further. First step is getting started. You keep pushing yourself and you'll find it starts to get easier and easier to not only get out there, but to go a little further. Keep up the good work.:eek: Nothing wrong with a bad day. We've all had them. Don't know how many times I've gone into the gym to lift and immediately found I just could not do it. I had to learn that it's ok to just get up and walk away. Gotta give the body a rest once in awhile. It's ok to push it harder, but you also have to give it time to rest as well. As for me, my carpoolmate said he was not going to run outside if it was raining today. Little bastard lied to me. So, of course, I could not be shown up by him. If he was going to run in the mist/rain, I was going to. Instead of a light 1-1.5 mile run on the treadmill, we did 2.25 outside. At the end, I pushed him to go the extra .25 mile just to get one up on him.:ohmy:

TMS, great job. That is the best way to get into the habit of exercise as alot of us will tell you. We don't start at a run, we start off pushing ourselves a little further/harder/longer each day. That was what I did when I started this journey. If you didn't make it yesterday, push yourself a little more today. Then, a little more tomorrow. We'll be here for you.:mad2: As for me, my carpool mate/cardio partner/coworker talked me into going outside to run this morning rather than on the treadmill. Ran a loop along both sides of the Mississippi River for a total of 3 miles. Took it easy and did it in 30 min. Then walked to cooldown for about 15 min. New bossman is wanting to take me for a run with him on Thursday. As he is taking us one at a time and trying to push us to our limits, I am going to take it easy tomorrow and Thursday morning.

Thanks. Had my best time yet btwn last year and this year. Ran the 3.1 miles in 27:17. I ran this course in 28:30 or so last year I believe, maybe 29, so I was very happy with it. Course is set for faster times. The hills aren't too demanding and the rest is a little more flat. 'Bout time. Now you can't use it as an excuse anymore.:thumbup: I ran 3 miles on the treadmill this morning in just under 29 min. on hill level 3. Followed that with 10 min. cooldown and 15 min. on elliptical. No lifting this week. gotta have a week off once in awhile.:frown:

Had my first being stuck experience ever yesterday at lunch. Had a fill last Thur. and am tighter than ever before and lunch did not agree with me at all. So, no exercise yesterday pm. This morning, just did an easy 1.6 miles on the treadmill followed by 10 min. cooldown. Legs are feeling GOOD for tomorrow mornings 5k run. I'll get into the gym this afternoon for the upper body workout I was supposed to do yesterday.

Drive by: I got only my 3rd adjustment last Thursday. Needed it as I didn't feel as if I had much restriction. Today I had my first true experience with PB and sliming. Damn that hurts.:thumbsup: Luckily, only lasted about 10 minutes. So, I guess I was lucky in that respect.

2.2 miles this morning on treadmill, 10 min. cooldown, and 25 min. on elliptical. I am going to try to hit the gym for upper body. But, softball last night went late and morning came early, not sure I'll make it tonight.

Ok, alarm went off at 0345 this morning. I immediately reset it for 0515. Just could not get out of bed.:cool2: Got softball tonight. Tomorrow I'll hit the gym for cardio in the morning and upper body in the afternoon. Friday will be light cardio in the morning and maybe light legs in the pm.. Want fresh legs for my 5k on Saturday.

Ok, here we go again. I'll start it up: 3 mile/27:30 min run this morning. I'll definately make it in tonight to get legs done. Add in a little more cardio as well. Let's see if we can increase our new "faces" in here as well.:thumbdown:

Sunday-started training with DD for a fun run 1 miler after the 5k I'm doing next month. Made it perhaps a total of 1/2 mile out of 1 mile running. Monday-Upper body circuit training. Followed that with 35 minutes on elliptical/1 mile run on treadmill/20 min. on ellpitcal. This morning-3.1 mile run on treadmill on hill setting/level 3. Hope to get in this afternoon for legs. 2nd 5k of the year this coming Saturday. Going to be scaling back the running 1/2 mile each day this week to ensure fresh legs on Saturday.

Esophagus (sp?) still a little too sore and swollen to want to try (plus a little lazy:redface:) some cardio this morning. Looks like I may have to be in as early as 2300 tonight to fill in, so tomorrow looks like a lost cause as well.:thumbdown: Oh well, I will get back at it on Monday at the latest.

Ok, I'll say what everyone is thinking.......You have to have a brain for Deep Brain Stimulation to work.:ohmy: Of course, I would fall into that category as well.:thumbup:

Off work yesterday, hit the gym in the morning prior to my fill appt. Did upper body workout followed by 35 minutes on elliptical.

I noticed that as well. They didn't do a great job on Mikes skin, you could see the fold going into his shorts. They go out of their way to not show the loose skin so we don't think about it when they show up to the finale I think. My question is: Did anyone else notice Alyson said they had started 152 days previously at the weigh in. If you do your math, that adds up to almost 22 wks, not 17. Curious? Was that a slip up and she exposed they are there longer? Or did she screw up her math?

Ran 4.5 miles on the hill program on the treadmill this morning in 45 min. set @ level 3 for 1st 30 min and then lvl 2 to finish. Very tired at the end, but felt good. I figure I'll do the hill setting from now on to get more used to road work when not actually running on the road. Supposed to start softball tonight, but it's raining. Not looking good for that.