 |
11-24-2008, 08:04 AM
|
#1
|
|
That frikken Canadian
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Orleans, Ontario, Canada
Age: 41
Stats: 5'6", 209 lbs
Posts: 1,459
BodyPoints: 4728
|
Increasing cardio and surprised by my results
So, some of you might know that I had problems with my toes and elliptical. Well, it seems it's the tension I had it at, it was high so I found that exactly as others pointed out I was pushing with my toes.
Well, last week I switched to the treadmill.
This morning, I got up 2 hours earlier to go do cardio before work near where I work. Well, I did 40 minutes of that and I surprised myself. I was able to run 15 minutes of that 40 minutes. That for me was a personal best. I usually did 2 minutes and it would kill me.
So all this week I am hoping to improve since I will be doing cardio each morning Monday to Friday before work, then strength training after work. Weekends I might just relax (or like I have been doing lately go do more cardio).
__________________
djl_ottawa
"The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work."
Body type: Mesomorp
"You have a naturally fit body but to maintain it or improve it you should exercise and diet correctly for your type."
Don't listen to your scale, listen to your clothes
|
|
|
|
11-24-2008, 08:11 AM
|
#2
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Minnesota, United States
Age: 41
Stats: 5'6", 163 lbs
Posts: 1,456
BodyBlog Entries: 0
BodyPoints: 0
|
Nice work! Sounds like you and I are on the same workout schedule!
__________________
The Best Is Yet To Come!
"Whatever you do,work at it with all your heart,as working for the Lord..." Colossians 3:23
Endure To The End..."The Land of Promise awaits those who endure."
"I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me." Philippians 4:13
|
|
|
|
11-24-2008, 08:14 AM
|
#3
|
|
That frikken Canadian
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Orleans, Ontario, Canada
Age: 41
Stats: 5'6", 209 lbs
Posts: 1,459
BodyPoints: 4728
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 5krunner
Nice work! Sounds like you and I are on the same workout schedule!
|
Thanks! :> If it means I can look like you at 40, I am SO keeping it up lol.
__________________
djl_ottawa
"The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work."
Body type: Mesomorp
"You have a naturally fit body but to maintain it or improve it you should exercise and diet correctly for your type."
Don't listen to your scale, listen to your clothes
|
|
|
|
|
11-24-2008, 08:20 AM
|
#4
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: New Jersey, United States
Age: 43
Stats: 5'10", 200 lbs
Posts: 1,055
BodyPoints: 0
|
Good job on the personal best keep it going !
__________________
It may be a small world but I'd hate to have to paint it.
"The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right." Edward Simmons ...
|
|
|
|
|
11-24-2008, 09:26 AM
|
#5
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Colorado, United States
Age: 40
Stats: 5'6", 160 lbs
Posts: 1,280
BodyPoints: 0
|
Grats man!!!!
When you are doing your cardio, are you engaging your brain? Listening to something, watching a TV if you can? When I started doing cardio, I would find the littlest things as a reason to stop. (Not saying your toes issue was a little reason. You definitely had a good reason) But mentally, I would be preoccupied by this sensation or that and would end early or whatnot.
After I got my mind engaged on other things, those annoyances seemed to go away and I could train longer and harder w/o things distracting me. Eventually, I got to the point that no annoyances were enough to derail my training.
Again, grats to you man and keep up the great work!
|
|
|
|
|
01-06-2009, 02:53 PM
|
#6
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Age: 47
Stats: 6'1", 207 lbs
Posts: 13
BodyPoints: 0
Rep Power: 0 
|
Djl
Congrads on your cardio
|
|
|
|
|
01-06-2009, 02:57 PM
|
#7
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: New York, United States
Age: 45
Stats: 5'8", 173 lbs
Posts: 877
BodyBlog Entries: 0
BodyPoints: 3761
|
Good going man... Keep it up!!! Remember to keep the "cheat" food FAR away from you!!! Make it count... 
Peace...
__________________
God is always with me and I'll never give up...
|
|
|
|
|
01-06-2009, 03:04 PM
|
#8
|
|
Gettin Healthy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: California, United States
Age: 42
Stats: 5'10", 243 lbs
Posts: 517
BodyBlog Entries: 0
BodyPoints: 2806
|
Right on !! Keep it going.
__________________
" Strive for the impossible to be the possible. " - Roger Serafin
" Using no way as way " & " Having no limitation as limitation " - Bruce Lee
" Pain is temporary. It may last a day, a week, a year or longer, but eventually it will subside and something else will take it`s place. If I give up, THAT lasts forever." - Lance Armstrong
|
|
|
|
|
01-06-2009, 03:25 PM
|
#9
|
|
Counts Almonds & Walnuts
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Union, Maine, United States
Age: 43
Stats: 6'0", 215 lbs
Posts: 6,354
BodyPoints: 0
|
Outstanding! I was there. I know EXACTLY how you feel, how you felt , how you are feeling. Next time just make it a goal to run for at least 16 minutes. Find those 60 seconds somewhere in your soul. If you can go more, go more...
Next time after that - 17 minutes, or whatever you can do.
All you can ask of yourself is your best. Give what you have.
Great job!
__________________
"Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don?t want something badly enough. They are there to keep out the other people."
- Randy Pausch, "The Last Lecture" (1960-2008)
---------
"I will tell you why they made the leg press: to keep the pussies out of the squat rack." - Arlecchino
|
|
|
|
|
01-06-2009, 09:05 PM
|
#10
|
|
Just my .02 cents
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: San Diego, California, United States
Posts: 5,077
BodyBlog Entries: 0
BodyPoints: 1782
|
good for you. I dont care for the elliptical. The treadmill is the way to go for me.
I actually dont trust the elliptical to give me a good enough workout. I dont want to seem overly sexist but I tend not to use the same equipment that the women use.
__________________
Phase 1- Lose 130 lbs.- Done
Phase 2- Bulk- Work In Progress
|
|
|
|
|
01-07-2009, 06:45 AM
|
#11
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: United States
Age: 35
Stats: 6'0", 211 lbs
Posts: 55
BodyBlog Entries: 0
BodyPoints: 38
|
Great job! Keep pushing for that extra little bit like BuckSpin said. You can do it!
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
Rate This Thread |
 Linear Mode
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Member Login
Sign in for more FREE features and tools!
|
|
