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Phillyterp85

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Re: Exercise
« Reply #30 on: September 09, 2020, 01:46:11 pm »
Quote from: HollowHustla on September 09, 2020, 06:34:28 am
The thing to me w Spin is music playlist and instructor.   They both gotta be good.  The first time I tried Spin I was a wreck...😂.  I finished the class, but it was a struggle.  Took me like 4 months to really do an entire class at a respectable level.

Ah yes I can see how that would definitely be a factor when doing that.

I used to do this crazy a s s hill interval workout on the treadmill, and if I forgot to bring my iPod with me, I couldn’t do it.  Tried it once without music, and forget it, couldn’t get through it.   Needed the music plus a towel to cover up the time on the treadmill so that I wouldn’t be constantly looking at it, otherwise mentally it was just too hard to get through the interval.
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #31 on: September 09, 2020, 02:15:17 pm »
Quote from: Phillyterp85 on September 09, 2020, 01:46:11 pm
Ah yes I can see how that would definitely be a factor when doing that.

I used to do this crazy a s s hill interval workout on the treadmill, and if I forgot to bring my iPod with me, I couldn’t do it.  Tried it once without music, and forget it, couldn’t get through it.   Needed the music plus a towel to cover up the time on the treadmill so that I wouldn’t be constantly looking at it, otherwise mentally it was just too hard to get through the interval.

YASSSSSSSSS...when I have to do the elliptical or treadmill.....hiding the display & music is definitely a must.  When I'm outside I don't think about time, miles, or HR, but on that dumb treadmill I'm always looking at the display.....  The machine plays Jedi mind tricks on me.  When I was a Soldier, we would run every morning for as long as the Commander wanted....2, 3, 4, 5 miles, whatever.  We would all be in formation and somebody would sing cadence and mannnn it was so easy to run...all you'd see is a-holes and elbows in unison.  Winter, spring, summer, fall, rain or snow...we'd run.  But as soon as I tried to run on my own w/o my fellow comrades...I was dead in the water...sucking wind & looking for O2...   I don't know, its just weird that I could run for days w others, but couldn't run a mile by myself.  Its a mental thing...like my time around a track for 2 miles is slower than when I run straight line 2 miles.    Mental...🤯
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #32 on: September 09, 2020, 02:39:16 pm »
Quote from: HollowHustla on September 09, 2020, 02:15:17 pm
YASSSSSSSSS...when I have to do the elliptical or treadmill.....hiding the display & music is definitely a must.  When I'm outside I don't think about time, miles, or HR, but on that dumb treadmill I'm always looking at the display.....  The machine plays Jedi mind tricks on me.  When I was a Soldier, we would run every morning for as long as the Commander wanted....2, 3, 4, 5 miles, whatever.  We would all be in formation and somebody would sing cadence and mannnn it was so easy to run.  But as soon as I tried to run on my own w/o my fellow comrades...I'm dead in the water.  I don't know, its just weird that I could run for days w others, but couldn't run a mile by myself.

Yes exactly! I think It’s just a mental thing.  When you are doing something mundane like going for a distance run, it just goes by so much faster when your mind is on something else other than how long you’ve been running.  Back when I was boxing, I’d do all my distance running outside as it was just so much easier mentally than on a treadmill.  So I’d map out some 4-5 mile loops through neighborhoods, trails, etc...  and then I’d get pretty bad shin splints from running so much on the concrete, and would have to do it on the track instead where the surface has a little bit of give to it.

I cannot stress enough how BORING it is to go around that damn track 20 times! I’d start making up games to play to pass the time.  Like a new song would start in the middle of the lap, and I’d go “ok finish the lap before the second verse starts” Lol.
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #33 on: September 09, 2020, 03:22:34 pm »
Quote from: Phillyterp85 on September 09, 2020, 01:46:11 pm
Ah yes I can see how that would definitely be a factor when doing that.

I used to do this crazy a s s hill interval workout on the treadmill, and if I forgot to bring my iPod with me, I couldn’t do it.  Tried it once without music, and forget it, couldn’t get through it.   Needed the music plus a towel to cover up the time on the treadmill so that I wouldn’t be constantly looking at it, otherwise mentally it was just too hard to get through the interval.

Have to be more mentally tougher than that imo
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #34 on: September 09, 2020, 03:53:04 pm »
Quote from: MayockIsTheProblem on September 09, 2020, 03:22:34 pm
Have to be more mentally tougher than that imo

Lol ok kid. 
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #35 on: September 09, 2020, 04:06:50 pm »
Quote from: HollowHustla on September 08, 2020, 04:14:58 pm
Burpees are brutal for me...ARTHUR aka arthritis are in most of my upper & lower body joints.  Running in combat boots on asphalt over the years BEFORE the military got smart and provided a better option, took its toll on my body.  When you're young and spry its cake, but now I'm paying the price as an old woman!  Alot of exercises I have to modify due to my knees not cooperating.  Like I'll do burpees but use a chair so I don't have to do all that get up/down action.  I use a stability ball for exercises too.  I'mma jog/walk 5 days a week at the track.  Today I did 5mi and it was brutal.  I also do Zoom Zumba at home, and last Sat took a Metabolic Conditioning class outdoors.  I go to the Kroc Center (Germantown) and its a really nice place.  Its a Community Center that truly has something for everyone.  https://pa.salvationarmy.org/kroc-center-pa/education  (shameless plug for my friends who work there).  Right now, I won't go in unless the weather is inclement.  They have the equipment spaced out nicely and the classes can only have 10< people, unless outdoors, and of course masks.  I just like being outdoors in the summer though.  Once the temp drops...I'll be all up in there though

Make sure you stay scared first and foremost, according to another "celebrity" LYING their azz off to you about some HOAX.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jillian-michaels-reveals-she-recently-had-coronavirus-warns-about-going-to-reopened-public-gyms-144313826.html
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #36 on: September 09, 2020, 04:17:03 pm »
Hollow, have you tried Tabata intervals?   They can be done with strength training or cardio.  Great way to pack a high intensity workout into a short time frame.
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« Reply #37 on: September 09, 2020, 04:33:41 pm »
Terp/hollow,

I used to print out a bunch of newspaper articles (big font) to read on the stair master.  Took a long time but I trained myself to be able to read and balance with my head bobbing. The time flew by.

Then I became a fake green guy and decided it was bad to waste all that paper.  So now what I do is go up and down in resistance.  At the beginning I can go two minutes hard (fill in terp joke here) then 1 minute easy.  Then after a while I do just one minute hard one minute easy. I find when I break it up to real short increments looking at the clock isn’t that bad.  My brain can handle looking forward one minute ahead.  But yeah I agree, when you are staring at 20 minutes as a whole.....with no distractions.....brutal.
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #38 on: September 09, 2020, 04:45:54 pm »
Quote from: Paulmo on September 09, 2020, 04:33:41 pm
I used to print out a bunch of newspaper articles (big font) to read on the stair master. 

Let me guess, the USA Today?
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #39 on: September 09, 2020, 04:52:34 pm »
Quote from: krukster on September 09, 2020, 04:45:54 pm
Let me guess, the USA Today?

Sometimes I would print out the First Take transcript.  Riveting.  Double bold and Extra large font for SAS’s lines.
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #40 on: September 09, 2020, 05:00:25 pm »
Quote from: Paulmo on September 09, 2020, 04:52:34 pm
Sometimes I would print out the First Take transcript.  Riveting.  Double bold and Extra large font for SAS’s lines.

I see nothing shocking in you disliking Mike Wise and thinking SAS's work a fictional "act".

And I'm 100% sure that you find Tony Kornheiser a Michael Wilbon to be 100% honest and on point.
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #41 on: September 09, 2020, 05:04:13 pm »
Quote from: Phillyterp85 on September 09, 2020, 04:17:03 pm
Hollow, have you tried Tabata intervals?   They can be done with strength training or cardio.  Great way to pack a high intensity workout into a short time frame.

Yes, right before the lockdown and gym closure, I tried it and it was fun.  HIIT class but Mike (instructor) doesn't like to give water breaks...so you have to break on your own.....  You are so right, that class packs a punch.  Exercise for like 30s, then take 10s rest, then right back at it.  One of the other instructors does a class called "Dirty Dozen" where she has 12 exercises on a board and rolls a dice to determine which one and for how many reps....its alot of fun too.
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Re: Exercise
« Reply #42 on: September 09, 2020, 05:07:16 pm »
Quote from: Paulmo on September 09, 2020, 04:33:41 pm
Terp/hollow,

I used to print out a bunch of newspaper articles (big font) to read on the stair master.  Took a long time but I trained myself to be able to read and balance with my head bobbing. The time flew by.

Then I became a fake green guy and decided it was bad to waste all that paper.  So now what I do is go up and down in resistance.  At the beginning I can go two minutes hard (fill in terp joke here) then 1 minute easy.  Then after a while I do just one minute hard one minute easy. I find when I break it up to real short increments looking at the clock isn’t that bad.  My brain can handle looking forward one minute ahead.  But yeah I agree, when you are staring at 20 minutes as a whole.....with no distractions.....brutal.

I DESPISE THE STAIR CLIMBER (actual stairs that revolve)....tried it 1 time and have never gone back.  Also tried the stair master where theres only two steps and you go up and down...boring.  They have a couple in my gym that are different, but it still doesn't matter.  its the most boring piece of equipment in any gym....  One of my gf swears by it.  She's a little on the heavy side, but she can do that thing for 45mins at her pace. 

My favorite cardio equipment in the gym is this:

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« Reply #43 on: September 09, 2020, 05:08:07 pm »
Stephen As an entertainer. He saw a market and exploited it.  Unless you think for one second he has everyday conversations in real life in the same cartoonish manner? 

And what more evidence do you need that it’s an act? He got caught making S up.  And of course he said his made up bs with authority too (familiar? Hmmm).

Anyway, it befuddles me that people find it interesting. But the ratings say they do.  So could be me. 

Just ironic that a guy who eats that S up would try to take high ground on what people consume.
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« Reply #44 on: September 09, 2020, 05:13:56 pm »
Quote from: HollowHustla on September 09, 2020, 05:07:16 pm
I DESPISE THE STAIR CLIMBER (actual stairs that revolve)....tried it 1 time and have never gone back.  Also tried the stair master where theres only two steps and you go up and down...boring.  They have a couple in my gym that are different, but it still doesn't matter.  its the most boring piece of equipment in any gym....  One of my gf swears by it.  She's a little on the heavy side, but she can do that thing for 45mins at her pace.

Yeah it’s by far the worst of all the cardio equipment. But I’ve tried everything.  It will make you nauseas at the sight of it it’s so hard, but it gives me the best workout.  There are always only a few diehards that use em (I like that too. Cuz there’s always one open).
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