The Rage3d Fitness Thread

[Elysian]

I'm starting to have a hard time recovering from my longer runs. My left calf winds up hurting quite a bit, and I have to take more days off than I want. I want to be able to run every other day, but when I run 4-5 miles I wind up having to take 2-4 days off. I'm stretching and foam rolling my calves regularly, but it's not enough. I also do a lot of stretching before I run. Anyone have any suggestions?


edit: Part of it may be my shoes, I've worn them out... Going to be looking for new shoes tonight...

[Elysian]

Bought a new pair of shoes yesterday, my expensive Nike running shoes only lasted 5 months. This shoe had the most similarly shaped sole, and really does feel pretty nice. It's also half the cost. Broke them in this morning on a 2.5ish mile run, kept a good pace and felt pretty good about everything. No soreness in my left calf is the most important thing, I think my Nikes were just way past their prime.

[Elysian]

5 miles this morning, took a breather at 2.5mi, but went non-stop otherwise. New shoes felt good.

[ice]

Back in the swing of things finally after a bad few weeks of personal stuff. Begrudgingly lost 10lbs.

[Elysian]

Recovery from the 5 mile run yesterday is actually going pretty well this time, I stretched my calves a few times yesterday, did some heating pad, and foam rolled. Today there's a little bit of soreness but nowhere near what I had before.

[Lazy8s]

Originally Posted by Elysian

Recovery from the 5 mile run yesterday is actually going pretty well this time, I stretched my calves a few times yesterday, did some heating pad, and foam rolled. Today there's a little bit of soreness but nowhere near what I had before.

Those workarounds for aging muscles do help

[Renocide]

Hit 212 today. From 247.


Yesterday I weighed in at 215 in the morning.

I had a banana split after dinner(figured **** it I hit 215 lets celebrate).



My body is like "**** nutrition. I DO WHAT I WANT!!"

[Elysian]

Got 3 miles in this morning, felt good. Also weighed in at 195 this morning.

[ice]

Made some changes, got motivated again.

[Java Cool Dude]

6 feet tall, 212lbs as of today mashAllah!

[Lazy8s]

Note: The last 6 lbs is a heart breaker.

I’m eating just a little bit too much every day, and some things I eat certainly don’t help.

Ice cream, too often


/lost_cause

[Exposed]

Don't get too excited

I'll get back as strong as I was 15 years ago, someday.

[Lazy8s]

Yo Vin Diesel, put some effort into it will ya?

says the skinny hairy old man

[Exposed]

Originally Posted by Lazy8s

Yo Vin Diesel, put some effort into it will ya?

says the skinny hairy old man

I try to Sir, but I'm afraid I can't turn back father time and become younger.

[Lazy8s]

Originally Posted by Exposed

I try to Sir, but I'm afraid I can't turn back father time and become younger.

Oh jeez tell me about it My heart says 40, my body dearly pays for it when I try to act like it

[acroig]

Originally Posted by Exposed

I try to Sir, but I'm afraid I can't turn back father time and become younger.

Damn bro you look cut! Sexy devil you!

[Exposed]

Originally Posted by Lazy8s

Oh jeez tell me about it My heart says 40, my body dearly pays for it when I try to act like it

It's happening to me too, believe me. Every compound movement I feel the joints begging for oil.

Originally Posted by acroig

Damn bro you look cut! Sexy devil you!

Thanks, I do it to make my wife and her sisters happy

[Lazy8s]

Originally Posted by Exposed

Thanks, I do it to make my wife and her sisters happy

what the heck

[Exposed]

Tiz a joke. A really bad one.

[Lazy8s]

Originally Posted by Exposed

Tiz a joke. A really bad one.

It got me laughing. First thing I thought of was MY wife’s sisters, and then “Aw heck NO!”

[acroig]

Originally Posted by Lazy8s

It got me laughing. First thing I thought of was MY wife’s sisters, and then “Aw heck NO!”

Ex wife's sister, OTOH.....

[Evileh]

I need new basketball shoes. I wore a hole in the bottom of them and they are barely 6 months old.

[Lazy8s]

I did my first “workout” since having covid this morning. 30 minutes, more like an active recovery. I just felt weak, but heart rate and breathing were ok.

So it felt really good doing something, but man, can’t wait to feel a little more myself rather than this “tired old dude” feeling I have now.

[Exposed]

Originally Posted by Lazy8s

I did my first “workout” since having covid this morning. 30 minutes, more like an active recovery. I just felt weak, but heart rate and breathing were ok.

So it felt really good doing something, but man, can’t wait to feel a little more myself rather than this “tired old dude” feeling I have now.

Just remember, even Rocky couldn't catch the chicken in the beginning. If that makes any sense. Which it probably doesn't.

Glad to hear you're making a recovery, that's really the important part. Only a matter of time before you're back to running marathons

[Lazy8s]

Originally Posted by Exposed

Just remember, even Rocky couldn't catch the chicken in the beginning. If that makes any sense. Which it probably doesn't.

Glad to hear you're making a recovery, that's really the important part. Only a matter of time before you're back to running marathons

That chicken…caught me

yeah it’ll get there eventually

[Lazy8s]

I got my next scheduled workout finished this morning.

I decided to stick with body weight for 1 week, so nothing but squats, pushups and pull ups today - 40 minutes at a decent pace, definitely feeling an improvement over the last attempt.

One day at a time.

[nutcrackr]

Last year I lost a fair bit of weight (18kg or 40 freedom units), so this year I'm trying to build muscle and tone. So far I've worked out that my flexibility is poor, especially in my hip area. My posture is not good either but I knew that already. I'm rotating through youtube videos for abs, legs, arms, ass, etc. Most of them get my muscles burning by the end. My first few sessions resulted in pretty bad soreness 2 days after, but that has reduced now.

I'm amazed at how many fitness videos there are on youtube, for all types of muscle groups and various lengths/intensities. It's a great resource and a number of them are quite encouraging and/or explain the targeted muscles really well.

[jimmt]

Originally Posted by Elysian

Recovery from the 5 mile run yesterday is actually going pretty well this time, I stretched my calves a few times yesterday, did some heating pad, and foam rolled. Today there's a little bit of soreness but nowhere near what I had before.

Try to get in some leg strength training a few times a week. I do squats, calf extends, and jump roping about 2 to 3 times a week. This will help with your calves. Another thing I do is rotate my shoes. I have 3 pairs of shoes I rotate each run.

Since tearing my ACL three years ago I have had a hard time running like I used to. Gained a lot of weight which has led to planter fasciitis. It really hit me bad in September and I am just now getting back to running. Keeping it small distances 3 to 5 miles.

225 goal to get back to 200 by summer Yeah, long way from 175 6 yrs ago after losing 140 in 2012 (315 max). Sucks getting old :P

[ugly]

Originally Posted by jimmt

Try to get in some leg strength training a few times a week. I do squats, calf extends, and jump roping about 2 to 3 times a week. This will help with your calves. Another thing I do is rotate my shoes. I have 3 pairs of shoes I rotate each run.

Since tearing my ACL three years ago I have had a hard time running like I used to. Gained a lot of weight which has led to planter fasciitis. It really hit me bad in September and I am just now getting back to running. Keeping it small distances 3 to 5 miles.

225 goal to get back to 200 by summer Yeah, long way from 175 6 yrs ago after losing 140 in 2012 (315 max). Sucks getting old :P

That sucks. In my experience, getting older slows you down a little bit. But getting injured really screws you.

If you're out for 3+ months where you can barely walk that's very difficult to recover from. You're almost guaranteed to put on 15 pounds. You feel terrible when you get back. You're likely to run into some other injury when you do finally get back to getting some fitness in, which will result in a setback. Because you're heavier, and out of shape everything is harder. And just to pile on, you tend to feel totally discouraged by how much of a step you've lost in that time.

I remember blowing out my groin muscle playing hockey when I was about 27. I was out for a year. Once I got back to playing again, it probably took another year before I felt close to where I was before. And that's at pre-30s.

It's really tough to get back where you were.

[Jasef]

Did some redecoration in the gym. Time to get strong again.