Brat 2006

[CF-OC_gal]

Thanks for that info. I sort of understand.

So although glycogen is muscle fuel it isn't physically stored in the muscles but rather the liver?

[.V.]

It's stored in both places. The liver is considered the primary glycogen storage place and it is used from there first. But it is also stored in and used from the muscle cells.

[CF-OC_gal]

Took both weekend days off (that shoulder still needs a rest)

Today Feb. 13 Mon:
Cardio- Treadmill (Precor)
8min run /1 min. wall x 2 + 2x 2min run, total including WU and CD - 33 min.
Max training HR : 151bpm, min 136 bpm, speed setting: 4.5


I'm now at the next level from where I left off last fall! Dropping my speed was the key. I didn't get all "puffed out" like I thought I would.

I do now go back to those hip flexor stretches that Amanda gave me last fall. I'm feeling it again, although not as badly.

[CF-OC_gal]

Tues. Feb. 14

Simple leg workout (8-12 rep sets)
Warmup as usual

2 sets back extension
2 sets squats
2 sets single leg calf raise
2 sets single leg curl

stretches

[CF-OC_gal]

Well I took all those days off, first because I was tired. The the "other stuff" which needs to be taken care of got in the way including the nagging left hipflexor.

I did a cardio session this morning on the tread mill:

2x 8 minute run/1 min walk + 2 x 2min/1 min run walks. @ 4.5-4.9 mph, HR 136-150 bpm.

This length of running session is starting to get boring. That must be why I liked the interval training - short and sweet! I have a mission to do a 5 k though and to get these aches conditioned out of me.

I have found that ramping up the speed of my runs quickly dissipates any boredom I may have about running. It's hard for boredom and intensity to co-exist.

[CF-OC_gal]

You are right about that, but remember my oxygen exchange is my weakness.
At this point I would have to have my mouth open and gasp air if I was to take it up a notch.

I'm trying to coax it up (and remember to take my iron supps).

Originally Posted by Brat

At this point I would have to have my mouth open and gasp air if I was to take it up a notch.

And what is wrong with that? If you want to be comfortable, put on your pajamas, sit on a couch in front of the fireplace, with a glass of good vino in hand, and listen to some classical music.

[CF-OC_gal]

LOL true, but it makes me tired all day when I hyperventilate during cardio. I love the push and I will get there.

Success today! I did an upper body workout and not even a hint, trace or nag from my shoulder! My working weights are only about 10% behind what they were last year when I had to wind things down.

Now with the same patience and coddling I can hopefully get this hip flexor to "relax"!

[.V.]

: on the comeback and: : on the joints.

[CF-OC_gal]

Thanks welch.

Yesterday I had to drive my son to Toronto and back again. (12:00am - 4:00pm) I slept well last night.

Today:
Cardio- Treadmill (Precor)
8min run /1 min. walk x 2 + 2x 2min run, total including WU and CD - 33 min.
Max training HR : 153bpm, min 135 bpm, speed setting: 5.0-5.3 mph
76-78 strides/minute

I played with the incline 0-1% just to make it more interesting!

Hi Brat,

I saw your post on Tim's thread about not having access to an assisted pullup machine and that you cannot perform an unassisted pullup.

Here's a great alternative. If you have access to a Smith machine or a squat rack, set the bar at a height around your eye level. Then perform a pullup using your legs for an assist. You get the benefit of an assisted pullup and you work your legs nicely also. By adjusting the height you can get more or less legs depending on what you want to accomplish.

[CF-OC_gal]

Smith machines are good for everything but doing squats!

I'll have to try that. Right now I use a SM for an alternative to a pullup. It's like a reverse pushup where I plant my heels on the ground, hang from the bar with my body (core tensed) like in a plank, then pull up to the bar (wide grip) using my heels as the pivot point.

I think Most Muscle has a name for this exercise. It is a good lat workout.

If I wanted to drop my weight closer to 120lbs I know I could work at reps for full pullups / chin ups, but the benefit of one exercise is not worth the shrunken head face that comes with a drop in bodyfat to that level! (actually my running effort would probably get easier, but as I am now it is like running with extra weight for added cardio workout benefit)

[midgetcop]

That's a good idea for pullups.......must try this at some point.

[CF-OC_gal]

A restful weekend.

Today Mon. Feb. 27:

Cardio- Treadmill (Precor)
9min run /1 min. walk x 2 + 2min run, total including WU and CD - 32 min.
speed setting: 4.6-5.0 mph