Well, for those of us that aren't necessarily doing fasted LISS in the mornings specifically, I figured it's time for us to have a challenge of our own.

My challenge to you:

Do your cardio your way for the month of June.

Personally, my goal is to score 29/30 (I might take my birthday off) by doing a combination of fasted LISS, fed HIIT, and golf (definitely fed)...or any other combination that gets me out and doing something to increase my aerobic or anaerobic fitness as well as get some of this fat burned off.

I'm personally hoping that by removing some of the constraints and opening up the definition of cardio a little bit, this will get me motivated enough to go and do SOMETHING, ANYTHING on the days where I just wasn't able to do fasted morning LISS.

If you're in, great, if you're not, that's okay too!

Silver, do you mind if I join as well? You know, just in case there aren't that many people who want to do fasted cardio (and what if I win both!?!?)...But anyway, my birthday is in June as well! When exactly in June is yours?

challenge is wide open, anyone who wants to join can!

15th for me

I was thinking this morning that such a cardio should exist because I am going to mix up some fed HIIT this month with my LISS. Count me in!!

Oh and by the way :

1/1

1/1 - I'm in. :tu: It was fasted LISS on the bike this morning. But this challenge seems like a great opportunity to get creative with cardio. I'm going to have to find some new exercises to try this month.

1/1 - 45:00 LISS - Stairmaster - 141 Heartrate

New month. Bring it, punks! :D

M@

Great challange by the way.

Woke up at 5:00am and ran backwards on the beach for 9 min. as fast as I could. I than ran forward as fast as I could for 9 min. total time 18 min.

At 7:50am I rode my road bike 9 miles to work. I will be riding home later; total 18 miles. I love the outdoors in the summer time. :D

1/1

hey guys, good to see you, even you M@ ;)

on my way to the gym for a lifting session with the p/t and then I'll do my cardio tonight after work

So I just wanna check. This month I have wisom teeth being pulled and so for a couple of days I won't be able to do any kind of cardio. So I plan to double on a few days that I don't do weights.

Can I still count those days twards my total count? Hunh? Hunh? Hunh?

I can doctor's note to excuse me from cardio for a few days, if you want....:D (:lol: )

SO I am off to mine this morning and I'll check out the answer when I get back......

Good going you'all... :tucool:

Justi, the way I see it, we're challenging ourselves more than anything and if that makes you feel like you're accomplishing your goals (in my mind, it's something that would make me feel like I was accomplishing my goals), then I'd count it.

This is the "freedom" cardio challenge - you do what you need to do to make it work for you!*




*I'm not talking cheating, if you don't do cardio, don't count it, but if you think that doubling up works for you, then great. I can see it as counting because time and days are some finite entities, it's a continuum and it's not like our bodies start fresh every day, so I say go for it.

Justi, the way I see it, we're challenging ourselves more than anything and if that makes you feel like you're accomplishing your goals (in my mind, it's something that would make me feel like I was accomplishing my goals), then I'd count it.

This is the "freedom" cardio challenge - you do what you need to do to make it work for you!*




*I'm not talking cheating, if you don't do cardio, don't count it, but if you think that doubling up works for you, then great. I can see it as counting because time and days are some finite entities, it's a continuum and it's not like our bodies start fresh every day, so I say go for it.

Thanks... I knew you guys would understand.

So Fasted cardio for today, June 1, 2006, 45 min LISS. Elliptical Trainer. Heart rate stayed about 125 ave, fluctuating between 122 - 130.

1/1

45 min LISS at 148bpm

Sore throat, lack of energy, it was brutal, but I wasn't planning on 0/1

1/1 :D

I'm 1/1 today.... stayed at the gym for about an hour... did 25 minutes of ellipticals and the rest on the exercise bike :)

can someone tell me what LISS is?

can someone tell me what LISS is?
Low Intensity Steady State (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobic_exercise) cardio or some bullshit like that

Well, I missed my fasted cardio this morning, stupid work :cry: Which means that I'll be doing cardio tonight instead :claphigh: Which also means that I'll be switching to this challenge as well but am going to get in at least some cardio in the morning since things are getting increasingly harder to do it after work

Low Intensity Steady State (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobic_exercise) cardio or some bullshit like that


Always count on Who to give the right answer but his own special flare. Basically you do Cardio at about 65-75 % of your max heart rate. You never run/jog, sprint or anything- just a steady pace where you can still have a conversation if warranted.

Always count on Who to give the right answer but his own special flare. Basically you do Cardio at about 65-75 % of your max heart rate. You never run/jog, sprint or anything- just a steady pace where you can still have a conversation if warranted.

ok thanks :)

I'm definitely in. June's gotta be a big month for me. My cardio today is in the evening after work and lifting, so I'll update then. Gotta shoot for 26/30 days (All Sundays = NO training at all.)

35 miles on bike
1hr 50min

1/1

35 miles on bike
1hr 50min

1/1

Must be nice to live somewhere flat. This is more of what we would call a bike ride (at least around here).

Must be nice to live somewhere flat. This is more of what we would call a bike ride (at least around here).

Dayum... That's in NC?! It looks like San Francisco or something! Texas in general is pretty flat (at least Eastern TX)

EDIT: I read your location as North Carolina - now I see it's Northern California. It all makes sense now.

1/1. I was a little late to work because I woke up a little late for my cardio ;)

Must be nice to live somewhere flat. This is more of what we would call a bike ride (at least around here).
Ya it was a flat route today.
The hill route was yesterday. (nothing THAT insane tho)

1\1 for me, 25 minutes of HIIT running, 1hr of yoga/pilates

Don't know if I want to (or should) do this every day like last month but I did do 45 minutes of non-fasted LISS this evening so I am

1/1

1/1 for me...35 minutes of semi fasted (4.5 hours) elliptical LISS

2/2 - hindu squats and stationary bike

Way too much snooze this morning. Does running late count as cardio?

Way too much snooze this morning. Does running late count as cardio?


that is funny cause that is exactly what I did this morning- ran late. For the first time in 46 days I did not do LISS; however I planned to do HIIT today after work- so yell at me if you do not see my evening post!!

2/2 - 45:00 LISS - Elliptical - 143 Heartrate

My god did I crush my legs last night. I had to knock the resistance down early to keep my HR on target. Ow. :cry:

M@

1/2 I had to get sick. There goes my "streak." :bang:

6/1/2006 64 blood sugar 106 blood pressure 180/77 - 56 3:15P One hour on stationary bike.
6/2/2006 263 .................107.....................169/77 - 56.....9:00A calf raises & squats..10r, 10, 10 &18reps
.................................................. ................................7:00P half hour on stationary bike
6/3/2006 262 .................120....................169/77 - 58 3:00P biceps & triceps ...........10r, 10, 10 &18reps
.................................................. ...................................40 minutes stationary bike
6/4/2006 ??? .................106.....................131/72 - 59....9:19P one hour on stationary bike.
6/5/2006 261 .................118.....................157/79 - 57.....7:00P 55 min stationry bike
.................................................. .....................................11:00A pull/over, flye/press, abs 10/10/10/19reps
6/6/2006 263 ..................100.....................131/79 - 58......8:00P 20 minutes on stationary bike
6/7/2006 ...........................98..................... .158/79 - 56 2:30P calf raise & squat..10r 10r 10r & 19reps
.................................................. ..................................9:00P 20 minutes on stationary bike
6/8/2006 261 ..................106......................133/77 - 57 .... 2:00P biceps/triceps/abs 10/10/10/19reps
.................................................. .......................................8:30P 30 minutes on stationary bike

1/2 I had to get sick. There goes my "streak." :bang:

Ippo, the beauty of this challenge is that you can get it in anytime today! Do some HIIT tonight or go for a long walk with a gorgeous woman tonight. It'll still count!

June 2, 2006 Fasted LISS 45 minutes

2/2 :)

June 1, 2006

HIIT
20 Minutes
10 Reps: 1 minute 60-70% MHR and 1 minute 80-90% MHR

1/1

HIIT
1 hr 10 min
20 miles on bike

Two for two, what it do

OK, I've gotta get in on this challenge. For the past MONTH I've been seriously slacking on my weight loss program. I've stayed between 271-276, but I haven't lost any net pounds at all since mid-March! I'm disappointed in myself, but June has got to be a big month for me!

So, I will be hitting the gym tonight for 45 minutes LISS on the bike. Everyone yell at me if I don't chime back in tonight saying I followed through!!

2/2. Fasted HITT cardio on 3 hours of sleep. Woo-hoo!

2/2- Fed HIIT- I forgot how tough HIIT can be. Been doing LISS for so long. Tomorrow should be LISS.

2/2 - semi fed HIIT, 25 minutes on the treadmill alternating between walking for 1:30 and running at 9 mph for 1:00

good workout, feels great

tomorrow will be a moderate paced bike ride though...have to leg day in the afternoon, don't want to kill myself

3/3 - 45:00 LISS - Elliptical - 144 Heartrate

Forgot to start my HRM when the workout started 'cause I was still screwing with my iPod. :rolleyes: I think that 1:30 of ramp-up missed would've knocked the 144 HR down to 143/142 so I'm still on-target. Having tunes was verrah nice!

M@

Treacherous - Did you do your cardio?! C'mon! Make with the updates, even if it's just to say you didn't and you'll try again. Consistancy man! :nod:

I sort of did. I fell asleep on the couch after work from 5:00 - 11:45 PM. Argh. But I was up until 5:00 AM cleaning my apartment...I got a really good sweat going, so I suppose I did cardio.

But you know...I don't really consider it the same.

I've been sooooo inconsistent. I gotta make some new goals and paste them up everywhere and get myself back on the ball! My scale said 279 this morning because I pigged out yesterday! Argh!!

did my usual 9.5km route - didn't push it but didn't take it easy either and ended up another 1:30 less than the last time, down to about 28m:15s today

started it at something more like 33m:30s and it's just been going down steadily

so 3/3

But you know...I don't really consider it the same.

Yours is the opinion that counts. I wanna see you posting in here every day. I don't care if it's just "hi", end of file. You're never gonna get what you want without consistent effort and, having already lost 60 lbs, you deserve to get what you want.

M@

3/3 - Walking for an hour through the 'burbs.

I was half-tempted to quit after about 45 minutes because I had to pee, but then I got lost in the maze of beige houses and ended up going the full 60 minutes anyways. :lol:

2/3 16 min bike sprints 75 seconds at level 10 then 45 seconds at 20. Rinse, repeat. :nod:

2/3 Did 2 ellipticals for 20 minutes each, and did the bike for about 10 minutes.

3/3 - 45 min. LISS- Good stuff

June 3, 2006

45 min Fasted LISS... treadmill, 5% incline Max Heart rate 142.

I am finding it harder and harder to get my heart-rate up... It only gets up into the mid 120's after 20 minutes pass.. stays there for another 10-15 minutes and then it starts to climb in the last 10 minutes or so.

Technically at my age for doing fasted cardio, fat-burning it should be at max 75%(226-my age)= 75%(226 - 58) = 126. But I just don't feel nothin' at that level. I think I have been doing cardio sufficiently consistently for a couple of years that my goal is to reach mid 130's. I put the tread mill up to 5% to day because I couldn't reach that and I overshot a bit.. but I think it is OK.

I switch off between the tread mill and the elliptical and it is about the same but I don't even get it up as high on the elliptical.

I think I am going to consider introducing HIIT. I don't like it but I may have to so something. Maybe a couple of days a week on my non-weight-training days.

Anyway, it is 3/3 for me...:cool:

Justi, increase incline and resistance and those should do it for you, modify as necessary to keep the heart rate where you want it.

Basically, simply crank it up to 10% at the beginning, your HR will shoot right up, and then reduce the incline to keep it at where you want it, as necessary.

2/3 I skipped all cardio yesterday and then did fasted LISS this morning. I can tell that I won't be doing this consistantly so I probably won't continue to post here. Good luck to everyone. This is a great way to lost bf.:tu:

4/4 - 45:00 LISS - Treadmill - 143 Heartrate

M@

4/4 - 64m walking while dodging dogs, overgrown trees, lawnmowers, and goose-poop.

75 mile bike race
3 hr 29 min

3/4

2 minutes 10 seconds all out bike sprint at level 26, 49-53 rpm. I was wiped after that. It's not the quantity but the quality.

1/4 No cardio since thurs and no liftin since tues. Even though I was sick, I had SUCH an urge to go do something physical. Ended up reading a lot of threads and some training protocols. It quelled my thirst. Hope to get back on track tomorrow. :nod:

Took a long, sweaty, brisk walk with my dog yesterday. Felt great!

Today, I am going to hit the gym and do 25 minutes HIIT.

I hope I don't die! ;)

So, I guess I'm 1.5/3 and will soon be 2.5/4 after my dinner has settled :D

(.5 because I'm only counting the hard housework as 1/2)

3/4.

Justi, increase incline and resistance and those should do it for you, modify as necessary to keep the heart rate where you want it.

Basically, simply crank it up to 10% at the beginning, your HR will shoot right up, and then reduce the incline to keep it at where you want it, as necessary.

Silver, I'll try that... I am assuming that the incline measure on the treadmills represent percentages. I am wondering if that is true. 5% seems like a low number and the incline is a fair bit at an angle. If I were eyeballing it from a degree perspective... I would guess that the angle is at least 10 degrees when the incline counter is on 5... The counter goes up as 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, etc. I just started boosting it to 5 a couple of days ago. I was thinking that was 5% but now I am not so sure... 5% of what ? anyway.

Wh0: wh0areume owns 2500 people. Does that mean you won the race?

Ippo: it is really important that you take care of yourself. I don't think we should count sick days. (I myself am going to have wisdom teeth out at the end of this week.. so I know I will be missing at least one day if not 2 days of cardio.)

Carguy: if you burn anything more... you are so lean... it's gonna be muscle... don't want to to do that...:nope: Not after all your hard work... It is going to be interesting to watch bulk come fall.:nod:

Great going guys... M@ & Ecrivain & specialK... :claphigh:

So I did 45 min LISS, heart rate did not get over 132... used building's treadmill as my gym was closed. My building put in home type treadmills instead of professional gym equipment... what a difference... the comfort is not as high, I found it more stressful on my legs... and I couldn't get my heart-rate up....

So 4/4.... :)

Jumping on board. Goal 20/30

So far: 3/5 (2x90min LISS + 1 Golf - carrying bag)

5/5 - 64m walk through the 'burbs.

Suburban Ranger Routine: spend 30m getting lost, the rest of the time trying to find my way back. Keeps it fun. ;)

5/5 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 142 Heartrate

Carb explosion yesterday left me with a ton of energy for this morning's LISS. May be a PR for cals and distance based on the machine.

Justitia - The treadmill is giving you the % grade when it says .5/1/1.5/etc incline. How that works (clickadiddy). (http://www.howstuffworks.com/static/question380.htm)

Checking In

Friday, June 2 - 50:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM
Saturday, June 3 - 30:00 HISS @ 156-170 BPM
Sunday, June 4 - Scheduled Off Day

3/4 - with Monday to come this evening.

4/5 19 miles total on street bike to and from work.

3/4 right now but will be 4/5 after I play golf tonight.

Bike
21 miles
1hr 10min
5/5

5/5- missed posting yesterday- headed to the Indian Casino in CT (Mohegan Sun) and saw an awesome Jewel/Rob Thomas concert and the wife won $600 in slots ( I lost $200 in Black Jack :) ) - Tomorrow is back to work- thinking of morning LISS to get back into the work groove.

4/5

6/6 - 20 hindu squats, 73m walking the 'burbs

I got 8 hours sleep, I woke up before my alarm, the Sun is shining, and I feel great. Apparently, 6/6/06 is my day. :evil:

6/6 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 142 Heartrate

Urgh. Note to self: Avoid treadmill #22! It squeaks loudly with every footfall. Didn't do it 'til I got up to full incline so I was already into my routine and didn't want to switch machines. iPod drowned out the noise for me but I feel like a tool for annoying all the other members like that.

Get done with my workout, go to change, one other guy in the entire locker room...whose locker is he in front of?

Get done with my shower, go to get dressed for work, one other (different) guy in the entire locker room...whose locker is he in front of?

W...T...F? :confused:

5/5- missed posting yesterday- headed to the Indian Casino in CT (Mohegan Sun) and saw an awesome Jewel/Rob Thomas concert and the wife won $600 in slots ( I lost $200 in Black Jack :) ) - Tomorrow is back to work- thinking of morning LISS to get back into the work groove.

Sweet, the Mohegan Sun looks cool - at least from what I saw of it on TV (GSN's World Series of Blackjack.) I used to play a lot of blackjack, now it's exclusively No Limit Hold 'Em.

Check in:
Monday, June 5 - 25:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM

4/5 with Tuesday's (today's) to come this evening.

4/5 with golf yesterday and 5/6 after just getting in from my ride

Just under 10k in about 27:30 with heart rates fluctuating from low 130's to high 160's (hilly neighbourhood)

2/6 140ish for 45 min elliptical. Feeling almost 100%, had an explosive maxot workout yesterday, I am PUMPED. :spaz:

Justitia: Hope everything goes well with the wisdom teeth extraction.

6/6- The classic ( 45 min LISS)

5/7 2 minutes 10 seconds all out sprint on bike at level 25 :) 45-55 rpm

7/7 - 25 hindu squats, 65m walk in the 'burbs

7/7 - 45:00 - Stairclimber - 141 Heartrate

My gym costs $81.10/month and it's nothing special, just in very trendy area. Now, do you think the demographic that pays dues at a gym like this would have the social grace to NOT stick their chewed gum in the holding tray of the stairmaster?

Not that the above is a rhetorical question, but if you said yes, you're f'ing wrong.

Check In:

Tuesday, June 6 - 45:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM

5/6 (Wednesday, June 7 to come this evening.)

7/7- One week down. :D

1.5/7 :(

6/7 another bike ride today because the weather is so bloody nice

lovin' it

8/8 - 30 hindu squats, 72m walk in the 'burbs

8/8 - 45:00 - Stairclimber - 143 Heartrate

Either a weak morning or Starclimber #2 is wonky in comparison to the one I usually use (which had no display this morning, for some reason).

In paarrtiiicularly interesting observable phenomena: The alpha-blonde's boyfriend (?) was giving an impromptu personal training session to another girl for at least a half hour. He was so close to her the whole time he could've been a cape.

Could she be single now? :confused:

6/8 I wanted to try something new so I decided to run on the treadmill backwards for 9 minutes. It was a deliberate attempt to draw attention to myself. HaHa. I finished it off with another 9 minutes of running forwards as fast as I could. Last week of "Waterbury Summer" Madness.

Alright, I'm going down to do my "day 2" (legs, shoulders, tris) workout shortly and I'm going to modify it a bit to ensure that my heart rate stays up over 120 (will probably average out at about 140) for the whole time - shorter rests etc.

This will get the leg workout in as well as something that I think is essentially cardio.

Do you guys that that sounds about right or is that not really equivalent to cardio? (I'm not asking for permission as much as wondering whether that would be cardio-esque --- I know Zenpharoahs would think so)

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Wednesday, June 7 - 25:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM

6/7 (Thursday, June 8 to come this evening.)

7/8 - 1h:05m with heart rates ranging from about 122 - 170 (peak in heavy squats) - average about 140

good times

9/9 - 35 hindu squats, 57m walk in the 'burbs

Do you guys that that sounds about right or is that not really equivalent to cardio? (I'm not asking for permission as much as wondering whether that would be cardio-esque --- I know Zenpharoahs would think so)

1h:05m with heart rates ranging from about 122 - 170 (peak in heavy squats) - average about 140

Looks like you answered your own question. Sounds like a great workout. :tu:

9/9 - 45:00 - Elliptical - 141 Heartrate

Anybody who uses the term "Brangelina" needs to be hit in the face with a shovel.

Silver - I'd definetly count a workout like that as having cardiovascular benefit but warn against cheating your lifts by trying to do them while you're gassed from the pace. Just my $.02 (American) :D

M@, I don't cheat myself - that's why the HR goes up to 170! :D

My PT wanted even shorter breaks until he saw how high my HR was getting - then he suggested longer :lol:

8/9

The usual bike ride in 25m:30s. Killer.

Sorry I haven't checked in for this week.

Monday June 5th, 45 min LISS -- sorry I don't remember whether it was tradmill or elliptical. If it was elliptical (which it probably was), my HR never got out of 120's -- 5/5

Tuesday, long early day down to DC to see doctors & dentists, timed my food so that when I got back mid afternoon, I could do fasted cardio... planned to go to 1 store to get one item, passed another and said "let me just drop in and look..." and then said "WTF, I haven't been shopping for clothes in almost a year and I am bored with my clothes" -- spent the next 9! hours shopping at my favorite stores--non-stop. Did not sit down once.... nor did I eat...:lol: Does that count as fasted cardio?!? I think not:nope: ... my charge cards took a beating too.. :lol:

So Tuesday was 5/6

Wednesday, made it back for LISS... treadmill pushed up to 5 (which means 28 degree angle -- Thanks M@) 45 minutes, HR up to 142...

SO Wednesday was 6/7.

Thursday... the day of the wisdom tooth extraction... Did not sleep well the night before... could drag myself down to building treadmil for about 20 minutes Fasted LISS, then down to DC for the extraction... In and out fast--nothing wrong with the teeth... just bad dentist in past accidently drilled hole and perforated the floor.. too dangerous to leave. So they yanked out each after about 2 minutes. No work outs for 48 hours

So Thursday 6.5/8

And Friday, no cardio on doctor's orders so 6.5/9 :(

I hope to make some up this weekend. I plan to try spinning for the first time Saturday and maybe 2 cardios on Sunday, AM and PM on elliptical and treadmill. I may give up elliptical.. I just don't seem to have the oomph to get my heart rate up on that one.

So good going everyone...

Ippo: thanks for asking about the extraction... yes it went well, I am exhausted and sore but it is relatively painless compared to others' expereinces.

Ecrivain: hindu squats.... hmmm very impressive...:nod:

M@: I think you have a sexy locker.. check out its pheromones...;)

Good goin BamBam, Silver, Phitness (nice bi-cep there in your avatar!!!)

Treach... just jump in there... anything, everything is really good... come on, get on the treadmill with us...:tucool:

I'll let you know how my spinning class went tomorrow...

7/10 40 minutes of am fasted LISS Cardio.

10/10 - 40 hindu squats, 61m walk in the 'burbs

Enjoy your weekend! :cool:

Hey everyone- I missed a couple days of posting thanks to my useless horrible job but luckily this is cardio any time cause I am still 10/10 but there were some close calls including a 10 pm HIIT on Thursday!!
Good Job everyone!

Whats a Hindu Squat?

And has anyone seen Brangelina's Baby? That is for you M@ :lol:

10/10 - 45:00 - Elliptical - 144 Heartrate

Man, I blinked and missed cardio this morning. Was just in a zone the entire session. Didn't pay attention to my heart rate and almost fell off the f'ing elliptical when it went into it's automatic 2-minute cool-down phase (I hate that, btw).

Justitia - I will...particularly since it's attracting the wrong gender! :lol:

Bam - I'll keep a shovel handy for you. :nope:

Well after sleeping several hours during the day yesterday and falling asleep around 11:30 last nigt... I woke up at 10:30 AM :spaz: Must have needed the sleep... but missed the spinning class.. so I did regular treadmill. It took everything out of me to do it... motivation was close to zero.

I boosted the incline to 5.5% (angle = 29 degrees); that is more than halfway up the 45 degree angle! and my heart-rate never got over 134 and stayed around 130 most the time. My walking speed was 4.1 mph whihc is about the max I can handle as a walk in general. (I can't jog or run b/c of knee and back issues.)

Anyway...that makes 7.5/10 I think it is too soon after my wisdom teeth surgery for me to try a second cardio today. But I might try a 20 minute one so I can get that .5 up to a 1.0

9/10 for me. I busted my ass for this yard sale. I basically moved out of my house...and then moved back in 6 hours later. What a waste of fvcking time.

I hate moving, but I now hate yard sales almost as much.

8/11 40 minutes of fasted LISS Cardio on the bike this morning. Pluged earphones to the TV and watched Headliners & Legends, Michael Jackson revealed. What a sorry story. I'm glad I don't have anything near what he has about self-image. ie. I want to look better and will accept my short comings. I'll still be bald, still be 43 , and still be male, but I'll be healthier and I'll look good naked. :moon:

11/11 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 142 Heartrate

11/11- EFX at the gym before banging out lifting!!

10/11 - another bike ride, easy pace this time, I'd say MIIT if not LISS, only took me 28 minutes, too.

Funny how much of a difference a few rides can make. First time I did it was something like 33:30 or 35:30 (don't remember offhand) and now it's almost "easy" to do it in 28. When 25 gets easy, I'll rethink the route and add a few kms to it.

11/11 - 45m on stationary bike

Whats a Hindu Squat?

Here's a description. (http://www.mattfurey.com/hindusquats.html) And here's a picture. (http://www.bronzebowpublishing.com/HinduSquat.gif)

11/11 - 45m on stationary bike



Here's a description. (http://www.mattfurey.com/hindusquats.html) And here's a picture. (http://www.bronzebowpublishing.com/HinduSquat.gif)


DO you find that these effect your leg workout negatively? For example over training legs?

9/12
40:00 - Elliptical - 125 Heartrate

12/12 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 143 Heartrate

12/12 - 42 hindu squats, 59m walk in the 'burbs (with very short periods of jogging and sprints)

DO you find that these effect your leg workout negatively? For example over training legs?

So far, it doesn't feel like it. It feels more like a stretch / warm-up. They get my knees ready for walking and kick my heart-rate up. Of course, if I ever get into the realm of doing hundreds of reps, I may feel differently. ;) Try a few and see what you think. I find that it takes me about 10 before I get the right rhythm.

11/12 - went for the ride fasted this morning - last nice day for awhile, it looks like so I wanted to get out, although it's awfully early for me

No cardio yesterday, Sunday. Got cardio in today: 45 min LISS, heart rate squeaked onto 140 in the last 3 minutes for a flash. Felt better today doing it. Last week it started to drag...probably good I took a break.

so that's 8.5/12

I also did weights today too...

13/13 - 45 hindu squats, 67m walk in the 'burbs

10/13
40:00 minutes - bike - 125 Heartrate

13/13 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 142 Heartrate

Haven't been online much these past few days, but have been keeping the cardio faith!

Check In:

Thursday, June 8 - 25:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM
Friday, June 9 - 20:00 HIIT
Saturday, June 10 - 65:00 LISS/MISS @ 117-155 BPM
Monday, June 12 - 25:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM

10/12 (with Tuesday, June 13 to come this evening.)

12/13

25:00 of some badass HIIT tonight...I'll tell the story in my journal in a bit

11/14 fasted morning LISS 40 minutes on eliptical

14/14 - 47 hindu squats, 62m walk in the 'burbs

14/14 - 45:00 - Stairclimber - 140 Heartrate

dont injure your knees. they are very very important.

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Tuesday, June 13 - 35:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM

11/13 (with Wednesday, June 14 to come this evening.)

dont injure your knees. they are very very important.

Is that re M@ and the stairclimber or just random?

It's random. wh0 is dealing with a nagging knee injury. :nod:

I see

I'm 13/14. Another "workout/cardio" combination today. I can really only do it on leg day where my heart rate gets elevated in the warmup and keeps keepin' it real throughout the 1h:05m. Today, it never dropped below 130 and got up into the 170s because I pushed it pretty hard.

Best workout yet, I think!

15/15 - 45:00 - Stairclimber - 142 Heartrate

Silver - Wow! That does sound like a hell of a cardio workout. Nice. :D

Further evidence that the alpha-blonde is free and clear came to light this morning. Time to break the ice with her. :nod:

No cardio Tuesday or Wednesday... 2 grueling days that started at 7:00 Am and ended not until early evening.... But today was better and I got cardio in. Heartrate would not go over 134....

So I am 9.5 for 15.... :(

At the end of this month I will be having major abdominal surgery... no cardio probably for at least 1 week and then taking it slow... No weights for 2 months...:( In the 3rd week I will have a second surgery on my foot that will keep me off of cardio for another 2 weeks...

I am not looking forward to this..... :nope:

15/15 - 68m walk in the 'burbs

I ran my fvcking ass off tonight on the treadmill tonight HIIT style. Seriously.

Something like 450 calories in 23 minutes.

14/15

This weekend should be interesting - trip home to the parents, I think I can handle getting it all in without too much trouble.

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Wednesday, June 14 - 20:00 HIIT @ 136-179 BPM
Thursday, June 15 - 20:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM
Friday, June 16 - To Be Skipped

13/16

Have a good weekend all!

16/16 - 45:00 - Elliptical - 143 Heartrate

16/16 - 61m walk in the 'burbs

15/16

30 minutes of loading my car with boxes to take home (was sweating like a pig --- I wish THAT would stop)

1 hour of working out at no less than 120bpm

20 minutes of jogging, approximately 6mph

17/17 - 49 hindu squats, 180m walkabout

Wanted to see if I could walk to my office and back (about 9 miles, total) in a reasonable time.

17/17 - 45:00 - Elliptical - 145 Heartrate

Man, I could NOT keep my heartrate under control this morning. I put in about 3/10ths of a mile less than average on the elliptical and kept dropping the resistance 'cause every time I'd look at my monitor I'd be around 150 BPM.

Can't....shake....Ecrivain! :mad: .......... :D :bow:

16/17 - yoga for the first time ever (not very cardio'esque) followed up by the elliptical for awhile

was a good workout

18/18 - 53 hindu squats, 90m walk in the 'burbs (5.4 miles)

Bonus: I'm working on a nice tan with all these outdoor walks. :cool: (Not quite to M@'s "Soul Man" level, yet, though)

Can't....shake....Ecrivain! :mad: .......... :D :bow:

Get used to it, buddy. :neener: I'm in this for the long haul. And I'm far too stubborn to finish with anything less than 100%.

18/18 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 144 Heartrate

Another day of spiked heartrate. I had to drop my pace 2/5ths of a MPH slower than normal and still wound up above my target range. I wonder what the hell this means? Wonder if it has to do with my dietary change? I'm a hypochondriac so it's not cool to have statistics I'm monitoring change for the worse like this. :cry:

(Not quite to M@'s "Soul Man" level, yet, though)

WhyIoughtta! :mad:

:lol:

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Saturday, June 17 - 40:00 LISS @ 117-135 BPM
Sunday, June 18 - Scheduled Off Day

14/18

17/18

Good run tonight. 5km in 22:57. Still tired.

19/19 - 55 hindu squats, 56m walk in the 'burbs

19/19 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 144 Heartrate

Another grossly inefficient session. Instead of walking at a steady 2.9+ mph for a 142 Heartrate I was doing 2.2- mph for 145 or higher. I'm worried. :(

Nice 5K time Silver! :claphigh: :bow:

20/20 - 58 hindu squats, 56m walk in the 'burbs

(Lady in the grocery store yesterday: "You're the walking guy, aren't you?! I see you out there every day. Keep up the good work!) :D

20/20 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 142 Heartrate

My resting heartrate is up almost 10 BPM. Does this mean my metabolism's elevated? :confused: I don't know whether it's the dietary changes or if I got a particularly good dose of Adderall this month.

Either way I seem to have figured out how to deal with it during cardio. I didn't spike the machine so high to get my rate up early so I wasn't playing catch-up the whole session.

Ecrivain - Nice! Unsolicited compliments rule. :nod:

18/19 (19/20 will come later tonight)

Yesterday was run + workout + run + golf.

Disappointed to see that the 5km time is not accurate. Final tally on the distance based on Keyhole is actually only 4.28 km. Guess now I have a challenge :D

19/20 - 27m:10s on the bike for the usual 9.5km.

21/21 - 60 hindu squats, 67m walk in the 'burbs (in the rain) (yes, I am a fool)

21/21 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 144 Heartrate

Didn't pay much attention to HR this morning. Whatever. Happy first day of summer. :tu:

I was thrown off the wagon by work- I had a mental issue where I simply could not work anymore so I went home and had a pretty bad panic attack. Needless to say I let this effect my cardio/eating and everything good. Look for me in July. Thanks guys and good luck.

Good luck Bambam, mental health always comes first!

I was just thinking "is it just down to the three of us now?"

Golfing tonight for cardio, will post then.

5 hours of golf. Not sure of the true caloric expenditure from that, but I put it in at 120 minutes and it comes up with something crazy like 1154 cals burned.

Whatever.

20/21

22/22 - 63 hindu squats, 57m walk in the 'burbs

Bam - Good luck getting things squared away. Don't be a stranger while you're doing it. We're here for support when you need it. :tu:

22/22 - 45:00 - Stairclimber - 143 Heartrate

Ice is officially broken with the platinum blonde. She seemed thrilled. :D Mission: Get a date tomorrow. :blank: <-- Resolute face

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Monday, June 19 - 40:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM
Tuesday, June 20 - 20:00 HIIT
Wednesday, June 21 - 20:00 HIIT

17/21 (with Thursday, June 22 to come this evening)

Bam - Good luck with your personal issues, like M@ said, we're here!
M@ - Good luck with ole' gal!

21/22

run

4.822km in hilly neighbourhood
26m:38.72s

23/23 - 66 hindu squats, 78m walk in the 'burbs

23/23 - 45:00 - Elliptical - 142 Heartrate

No platinum blonde this morning. Mission failed. :cry:

The beautiful indian girl got onto the elliptical next to me with some Starbucks concoction that smelled like fresh-baked brownies. :drool:
It was heavenly and torturous at the same time. :doh:

23/23 - 45:00 - Elliptical - 142 Heartrate

No platinum blonde this morning. Mission failed. :cry:

The beautiful indian girl got onto the elliptical next to me with some Starbucks concoction that smelled like fresh-baked brownies. :drool:
It was heavenly and torturous at the same time. :doh:


Does't the starbucks defeat the point of exercising?

Hey all- thanks for the support- I feel pretty good today- I upped my meds a little - just some axiety medicine I take and today I feel great- Man that last week was awful- I could not do anything but mope- Anyway I look forward to July any time Cardio to make up for June Eat anytime.

Does't the starbucks defeat the point of exercising?

Man, this stuff must have. She could've been on that elliptical for 40 more minutes and not burned off the calories that thing must've had. It smelled like a bakery.

...but she's probably 20% bodyfat and beautiful. I guess she can drink whateverthehell she wants. :cry:

24/24 - 75m walk in the 'burbs

24/24 - 45:00 - Elliptical - 143 Heartrate

23/24

Went super hard in my leg/shoulders/tri workout yesterday. Barely dropped below 140 even with longer rests.

Good times.

3hrs 14min on bike
heart ranged from 125-175 bpm

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Does 6 hours of intense housework count as cardio? (Out of town guest.)

Not counting that, I had 5 45-min cardio sessions M-F, 3 on treadmill, 2 on elliptical. I am now doing 4.0 MPH at 5.0 incline on the treadmill. I only get my heart rate up into 140's in the last 10 minutes or so, if I get there at all. I decided to go on the elliptical for a couple of days even though I can never get my HR over 130-131 on that machine, no matter how hard I try... and most the times it sits in the low 120's. And that's at 3.8-4.0 mph at level 6-7. But I can feel I am using different muscles that I haven't in a while. So I just put up with the reduced heart rate.

Today Saturday, I headed over to the gym to do cardio and when I got there I felt like doing weights instead. I hadn't lifted in about 11 days. So I worked out with weights for about an hour & 15 minutes. I did a made-up on the spot total body routine and I alternated exercises (antagonistics) and supersetted sets towards the end. I hit a new PB for me on deads: 80 lbs and a new PB on squats 65 lbs. I did more than I usually do..it just felt great... I was just sort of listening to my body and choosing exercises that seemed to do what it wanted: Deads, Squats, Standing Arnolds, 30 degree incline flies, cable front pull downs, vertical hip raises, cable pushdowns, Lying leg curls, and standing calf raises. I did 3 sets of everything, most with 5 reps, some with 7-8 reps. 60 sec rest period between each set except when I supersetted towards the end (the last few exercises listed.)

I never worked out like that before. It felt great. I think I have to reconsider when I do my weights. I think the end of the day does not work for me.. I miss out on my weight workouts a lot...

So not counting the day of housework or any cardio from today's weights...

I am 14.5 out of 24. Well I probably will not catch up, so I just hope I will get cardio in for the rest of June.

23/24

25:41 on the usual ride. I wish I had a bike computer that measured elevation change. That'd be cool.

23/24

25:41 on the usual ride. I wish I had a bike computer that measured elevation change. That'd be cool.
That's what i have, and i transfer the data to a PC and it shows a nice pretty graph.
Polar S725 (http://www.polarusa.com/Products/Consumer/S725x.asp)

here's an example from last year:
http://img235.echo.cx/img235/8366/june23bike4oc.png

25/25 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 142 Heartrate

That's what i have, and i transfer the data to a PC and it shows a nice pretty graph.
Polar S725 (http://www.polarusa.com/Products/Consumer/S725x.asp)

here's an example from last year:
http://img235.echo.cx/img235/8366/june23bike4oc.png

that's frickin' cool

I'm just guessing that it costs more than my $25 Cateye POS :lol:

24/25

Funny to do fasted cardio (the usual ride - 26:38 today) at 1:30pm - I guess that's what happens when you have a huge Denny's breakfast at 3:30am

25/25 - 30m on stationary bike

15.5 /25 45 min on treadmill, fasted, 4 MPH, elevation=5.0, HR maxed out at 136. :rolleyes:

26/26 - 48:00 - Walk outside with Orion - 104 Heartrate :eek:

I couldn't get my heartrate up short of running and I couldn't run with Orion on most of the streets we were following (very busy). Lackluster cardio at best. :doh:

I'm really itching for a run. I took the walk 'cause I thought it'd be fun for Ri and I had to do cardio at home today 'cause the landlord's coming over at 10:00am. I have to preserve my parking space.

Awesome running weather. 70 degrees and very humid. It's gonna get unbearable in the afternoon.

26/26 - 69 hindu squats, 70m walk in the 'burbs

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Thursday, June 22 - 30:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM
Friday, June 23 - 20:00 HIIT
Saturday, June 24 - 55:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM
Sunday, June 25 - Scheduled Rest Day

20/25 (with Monday, June 26 to come this evening)

25/26

Extended the "usual ride" by 4.25km to 14.05km - that's 8.73 miles

39m:58s, average speed of 21km/h or 13mph, max speed of 51km/h or 31.7mph

Good ride, but it's getting hot out, so I'm glad I did it now

16.5/26

45 min fasted LISS - treadmill, 4 mph @ 5% incline; HR maxed at 134... :p

27/27 - 72 hindu squats, 50m walk in the 'burbs

27/27 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 145 Heartrate

Now that's more like it! :nod:

Major dental work that made my gums SORE!!!! No cardio for me today :(

Where did I get the idea that I would take care of all my dental and medical needs all at once to get them out of the way.... I feel like a f*ck'n pin-cushion. and open wound.. I want to die I am in so much pain... well, I don't really want to die... that's why I am doing this...but does it have to be so painfulllllll.....:( :( :(

I forgot to post this morning

Did the 14k in 37minutes today. So 26/27

28/28 - 75 hindu squats, 67m walk in the 'burbs (with a bit of jogging & sprinting)

Are there really only 2 days left? This month has flown by! Who's in for next month?

4 hrs 20 min on bike yesterday, 4100 calories burned, what it do.

Who- how do you have so much time?? whats your secret.

I am in next month.

Fu** work and getting in the way of my emotinal and physcial health!!

27/28

26minutes for 4.7km run

28/28 - 45:00 - Run Outside - 145 Heartrate

My god there's some scenery on the trails around here. Felt awesome to run outside again. One of these days I'm gonna run to the Washington Monument and back. :nod:

29/29 - 30m on stationary bike

29/29 - 45:00 - Stairclimber - 144 Heartrate

8 laps in "lane 4" in just over 19 minutes

that's apparently equivalent to 3388.4955592153872 metres

neat

28/29

1hr 40min on bike
Heart rate hit 194 for about 60 seconds, which is 1 more than my max hr.

Who- how do you have so much time?? whats your secret.

I am in next month.

Fu** work and getting in the way of my emotinal and physcial health!!
During the weekdays outside of work, i have nothing else to do other than bike/read/watch tv
No family to worry about, plus i go for 20mile rides during lunch hour with coworkers.

1hr 40min on bike
Heart rate hit 194 for about 60 seconds, which is 1 more than my max hr.

Not any more it's not.

17.5/29

One of my last cardios before my surgery Monday. I was checking out at T-nation with some other women who surgery in the same area but not quite the same. One of them is a power-lifter. She said it was 10 days before she could do a 3.5 mile walk with hills, 12 days before she went on the elliptical for 20 minutes. She started lifting after 3 weeks against her doctor's advice, but she dropped the qty of weight and increased her reps. By 4 weeks, however, she was benching 100 lbs...:tu:

30/30 - 30m on stationary bike

Congrats to everyone! Have a happy Friday and see ya next month. :D

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Monday, June 26 - 30:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM
Tuesday, June 27 - 60:00 LISS @ 117-135 BPM
Wednesday, June 28 - 20:00 HIIT
Thursday, June 29 - 35:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM
Friday, June 30 - 50:00 MISS @ 136-155 BPM (AM Fasted)

25/30 - All in all, a pretty good cardio month I think. Dropped another couple of percent in body fat and still getting bigger in the right places ;)

30/30 - 45:00 - Treadmill - 135 Heartrate

Almost slipped. If it hadn't been for this challenge I don't think I would've done cardio today. Thanks everybody. :tu:

I was wondering where you were at, M@ (hey a rhymin' mofo).

29/30 - 33m:25s for 14.61 km - average pace of 26.2km/h

I'm pretty proud of everyone this month, especially the 100% club - you guys are dil-a-gent!

I'm proud of myself as well. I don't think I ever did more than 20 days in a month before. Good stuff.

For the record, I don't plan on participating in a similar challenge next month because I'm now training for the mini-triathlon which will mean that I'll probably need some rest days and will not be avidly pursuing a 100% goal.

Good luck to everyone who chooses to participate next month and thanks for joining the challenge this month!