LVL1 Fitness thread reboot

For recomp, yeah I can see how that might work. The thing about high intensity training for recomp is you’ve got to do it for like an hour or you won’t get as much of the “afterburn” effect.

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Monday’s Workout

Strength: Back Squat 2 sets 225x4, 2 sets 235x3, 3 sets 255x2

Metcon: 20 min AMRAP
Completed 5 rounds + 9 calories bike

  • 200 meter run
  • 5 calories row, ski, bike, row, ski
  • 10 push ups
  • 15 air squats

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What bodily function monitors is everyone using? Wrist watch style? Waterproof preferably as I may take up swimming again. I’m looking for something that doesn’t serve the cloud if possible. Include price C$ if known please.
Thanks

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I got a whoop strap.

I paid up front and got the price down to about $15 a month, and I actually have no idea where the computation is being done when it creates these graphs I’ve been posting. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

I still can’t figure out why I’d want to be a “pro” member, but I’ve been digging it so far.

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I have a Fitbit Inspire HR (a bit old). Looking for something else, but not seeing anything I want atm. Cloud free probably the hardest requirement to meet :salt:

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When I was dabbling with metrics, Garmin Instinct solar.


It’s meh at best. I stopped using it last year- I wear it, it’s just a watch to me now, and sometimes I’ll glance down at it to see heart rate from time to time.

It’s heart rate is pretty inaccurate IMO, it’s sleep monitoring super inaccurate.

The app is clunky and spammy, I don’t bother with the website, and they broke splunk integration. I’d troubleshoot splunk integration more but why bother? The data sucks (inaccurate) anyhow.

Next watch will be a non-bluetooth dumb watch, G-Shock if they make bigger screens (eyes getting old)

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Didn’t sleep well last night, and I could totally feel it this morning, but I made it through a quick half hour of intervals and kept getting after it. :metal:

Edit: might as well add yesterday’s yoga while I’m at it. I took an active recovery day yesterday and just did the yoga. Another sub-100 average heart rate 1 hour session. I’ll take it. :yay:

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More cardio intervals this morning.

Didn’t sleep well, again… But I kept getting after it… again. :yay:

This one made me wonder just how quickly gains in cardio could be a thing, because it sure feels like this one would have been a whole lot harder for me not too long ago.

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Wednesday’s Workout

Strength: Back Squat 135x6 225x4 2 sets 235x3 2 sets 255x2 2 sets 285x1 295x1

Metcon: for time
Completed in 18:14

  • 30 calories row
  • 30 thrusters 75lb
  • 30 ring rows
  • 60 walking lunges w/ 15lb DBs
  • 30 calories bike

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Having recently done skull crushers until my arms were sore for like four days… yeah, I almost died. :yay:

Yesterday I did more cardio, but with the weight vest which I hadn’t used in a while. I’ve definitely seen some improvement there, because with an average heart rate of 120 I almost felt like I should have picked something harder.

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Friday’s workout

Metcon A: AMRAP in 15 mins
Completed 98 “reps”

  • 5 burpees to target
  • 10 50ft shuttle runs
  • 10 burpees to target
  • 10 50ft shuttle runs
  • 15 burpees to target
  • 10 50ft shuttle runs
  • 20 burpees to target
  • 10 50ft shuttle runs
  • 8 burpees to target

Metcon B: Max reps of thrusters in 5 mins
42 DB thrusters w/ 15lb DBs

8 rounds of situps: 20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest

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Monday’s Workout

Strength: Back Squat 135x5 6 sets 185x3

Metcon: 3 rounds

  • 400m run
  • 20 weighted situps
  • 10 thrusters 75lbs

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Time to start again. :metal:

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Did arms, and I usually do a jog afterwords, but the gym was having new stuff delivered. Did bike instead- was a real burn having done legs just the day before.

Keep getting after it peeps- the medical issues in old age from being overweight is horrible. Big time horrible. I was a 911 ETM and for a stint aa IFT (interfacility transfer) EMT (oddly pays more than 911 because reasons)- the things I saw are a constant reminder in my memory of what long term abuse does.

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Wednesday

Strength:
Bench Press 135x5 6 sets 155x3

Metcon: 5 rounds for max reps (movement 3)
146 reps

  • 200m run
  • 5 burpees
  • DB snatch, sit-ups, DB snatch, sit-ups, DB snatch (25lb DB)

Friday

Strength: none

Metcon: 4 rounds for time
10:26

  • 5 burpees, 5 burpees, 20 hand release pushups, 20 hrpu
  • 50 single unders (jump rope)
  • 15/15 DB snatch, 12/12 DB snatch, 9/9 DB snatch, 6/6 DB snatch (25lb DB)

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Turned into jelly.

Doing burpees at the end of the routine is not the same as doing them at the beginning. :yay:

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My nickname for them is hurt-mees

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GG the lot of ya…

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Too literal for me. I’m boycotting burpees for a while as they seem to be behind some nasty upper bicep tendonitis I got- granted Iron Wolf isn’t ‘some’ burpees but rep-city of hundreds at a time, so that might be more to blame (the reps) then the exercise itself.

Thinking of doing a simple push, pull, legs 6 day split (Sunday an off day) + cardio after almost every session during a few months of cutting- simple, smooth, low injury. Stop putting off my target of loosing 20lbs.

There will be negative gains, there will be much hunger… I hate cuts.

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