Welcome to the IHoP v.2

[MKader17 332]

3 hours ago, ///M5 said:

I am also personally not a fan of odometers.  They make you set the goals strange but what motivates me might not be the samw as others.

 

Time in the saddle at either focused heart rate or muscle burn is much better than miles.  That being said measuring cadence i understand and agree with but it can force you to over analyze shit

I love knowing my cadence. I'd rather cadence over speed.

Odo's are cool to know how far you've gone. I like going out on the bike, pedaling different routes, etc and then seeing later how I went X miles.

[MKader17 332]

16 hours ago, ///M5 said:

I ache everywhere from yesterday.  Fuck me I am out of shape.  Squats, deadlifts and bench press ought to correct that.....if I wasn't too lazy to do them.

Fixed

[MKader17 332]

1 hour ago, ///M5 said:

You are making me want to pull down the road bike again.  Really prefer to ride with someone then though as drifting half the time adds a shit ton to my average speed.  Otherwise i feel slow lol.  I dont on the fattie though.  It is just fun

Big reason I got the bike tuned up was because I plan to ride to work with a buddy of mine. 18 miles one way.

However, they just shut down the back road between home and work to do maintenance on a bridge so I may have to wait. 

 

[///M5 2,833]

1 hour ago, MKader17 said:

Fixed

What is wrong with my own body weight? Not like lifting 200+ is a cakewalk

[dem beats 1,223]

9 hours ago, ///M5 said:

And today how do you feel?

I'm tired but that's from not sleeping. I'm kind of concerned how my legs will feel tomorrow.

My pain usually sets in the day after the day after.

[dem beats 1,223]

2 hours ago, ///M5 said:

What is wrong with my own body weight? Not like lifting 200+ is a cakewalk

Nothing wrong with it. Just different skills. Moving your body through space is usually preferred to moving weight through space.

Right now I blend my resistance training. Especially for my back. I want to get better at picking things up and varying heavy objects so I do a lot of techniques for pulling weight with my back. Working back up to deadlifts too.

The pushup and burpee thing is great for conditioning, but doesn't develop muscles the same. For me strength and flexibility is more important than global conditioning. 

 

[dem beats 1,223]

Ok... Today my legs hurt just a bit...

[///M5 2,833]

Just now, dem beats said:

Nothing wrong with it. Just different skills. Moving your body through space is usually preferred to moving weight through space.

Right now I blend my resistance training. Especially for my back. I want to get better at picking things up and varying heavy objects so I do a lot of techniques for pulling weight with my back. Working back up to deadlifts too.

The pushup and burpee thing is great for conditioning, but doesn't develop muscles the same. For me strength and flexibility is more important than global conditioning. 

 

What I need is core strength.  Figured those exercises were good for that.  What should I do instead?

I should add my sole goal in doing anything is to avoid further back pain that currently limits my life a bit.

[dem beats 1,223]

Those three aren't bad for building some core, but they all take a toll on your back.

 

No lie, for back pain/stiffness, I would recommend yoga and/or Indian wrestling routines. Easily the best for back strength and health that also focuses on body weight movements.

[dem beats 1,223]

I actually feel that those wrestling and yoga workouts, did as much for helping correct mild scoliosis, as deadlifts and rows did for helping strengthen that base.

Bridges and all their forms are amazing.

[nem 2,019]

19 hours ago, Tirefryr said:

I returned it today, but they don't do return or refunds.  They'll send it in to the factory for repair.  If I get it back the same way, I'm going with the LCP 380. 

The LCP is the better of the two in my experience. I was going to buy my wife one at one point, but she held the and shot a Kimber miro 380. So I may get her that at some point.

[nem 2,019]

Another option is the Walther PPK/S 380. Very nice gun with a little weight to keep it tame.

[nem 2,019]

All this bike riding talks makes me want to get my bike out and pump up the tires.

[MKader17 332]

13 minutes ago, nem said:

All this big riding talks makes me want to get my bike out and pump up the tires.

[nem 2,019]

32 minutes ago, MKader17 said:

I gotta work today, but the thought has been planted.

[///M5 2,833]

9 hours ago, dem beats said:

Those three aren't bad for building some core, but they all take a toll on your back.

 

No lie, for back pain/stiffness, I would recommend yoga and/or Indian wrestling routines. Easily the best for back strength and health that also focuses on body weight movements.

Wait push ups are bad for your back?

[dem beats 1,223]

33 minutes ago, ///M5 said:

Wait push ups are bad for your back?

Sit ups and burpees are stressful for your back. Pushups do less for your core than a static plank, and the chest muscles pushups build are worthless unless you push things in your day to day life. They develop shoulders however and that can be helpful. 

 

None of what you mentioned is bad, just inefficient for your goals. My point is if you want to do bodyweight movements, and core is your focus, I would change your excercises and create a circuit.  I also like picking up heavy objects and then putting them down.  Deadlifts, rows, squats etc. Those will help your back and stability directly.

 

[dem beats 1,223]

Do Hindu pushups if you gotta do push ups.

That will blast your core and all your shoulder muscles.

[dem beats 1,223]

This might be hard to read. I walked away midway reading her speech and had to come back to it.  It deserves to be passed forward.

 

No pound of flesh can attone for the crime, but I wish we could put our most creative minds to the task.

Since there isn't a way to satisfy that kind of sin, I would be ok with using fucks like him as a guinea pig for new ways of creating pain. Just a lifelong career of suffering for him. At least we can then say we tried.

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/heres-the-powerful-letter-the-stanford-victim-read-to-her-ra?utm_term=.trJp30LK5#.cfqxKk2wX

 

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Just now, nem said:

All this bike riding talks makes me want to get my bike out and pump up the tires.

That's why I wanted a pocket pistol so badly.

 

[MKader17 332]

Anybody work with Solidworks and/or know a good place for some training in it?

 

 

[MKader17 332]

My general philosophy in workout is ever evolving, but the more I get into it the more I feel you should be at either extreme or just having fun.

Bike riding example: If your looking to improve your overall health (not train for a specific biking event) either ride at a fat burning heart rate or do all out 15-45 second sprints. Otherwise just ride in a way that is fun (i.e. - taking your kid to soccer, mountain biking, etc)

If you have a lack of time, I feel like the best bang for your buck is low rep high weight lifting. In both dead lifts and squats it takes great abs and back muscles to keep your back in line and maintain proper form. NOTE: If there are problems with your back you would have to work this in VERY slowly. I do feel like there are very FEW situations where it is advantageous for a person to quit lifting all together. I think a lot of people lift with poor form, make their issue worse, then blame it on the lifts and stop. You will always need to lift something in life so getting practice in a controlled environment makes sense to me.

If lack of mobility or equipment is a problem I would recommend yoga. It's on the low end of the extreme spectrum and is just good for the body. I wish I did more. I would also recommend sprints. Sprints are, oddly enough, a good core workout. Your workout will be shorter than your warm up and cool down and you accomplish a lot in a small amount of time.

Disclaimer on the extreme workouts: They have to be worked into. Your power making muscles are usually stronger than your supporting muscles. The first few times you do them it may not seem like you did much as you hold yourself back.

[///M5 2,833]

I have an extreme workout every time I take a dump.

[MKader17 332]

Got a 10 mile ride in last night. Took the big hill at the end of my ride and hit 38 mph 

 

[nem 2,019]

The TRD wheels go on today!