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koopa

Would that really help with impact though?

Personally, I leave my sledge naked like the day it was bought. I support sledgehammer nudism apparently!

koopa

hi captain_trismegistus

in your case what is as clase at the end of the hammer as possivle? in my case, i have seen that if one hand is moreless at the end and the other in the middle, thats more less as far as i can go, i mean, i may try more, but then i feel the exersise becomes too different ...

koopa

Tim,

Great work at keeping with it! In America, the next natural jump is from 12 lber to 16 lber. This is also a 4 lb jump so going from 10 lb to 14 lb would be similar.

Do not get frustrated when you make the jump. I started with 8 lbs, then went to 10 and that transition was smooth. I then ...

koopa

Obviously, I am not a thin person :) I now have a "two pack" which divides where my abs are to where my fat covers my abs. I have always had a large gut, and it makes it seem that I am much heavier than I truly am. I currently weigh 223, and look as heavy as other people who weigh 260 or 270.

My ...

koopa

fwinter:

The problem that I have with HRMs is that you can naturally have a higher heart rate when performing things than what is suggested. For example, my heart rate while running can get up to 180 which is too high according to the charts. I feel fine and can have a conversation while running ...

koopa

The biggest suggestion would be to just do it and see how it goes! When you were 12, did you worry about your joints? NO! So if you are going to run for enjoyment (and health benefits) now, why worry about it?

For people that pound the pavement 20-40 miles a week, this becomes more of a concern ...

koopa

Sounds like a good program, but right now, the length of time it suggest that I run during each running segment, is too much for me. I'm taking such baby steps right now, because I'm recovering from some very personal traumas that left me exhausted, so I have to take this in even smaller steps, to ...

koopa

I used the UR to track my running when I did the couch to 5K program. UR is whatever you make out of it! The forum is supportive regardless.

If you are interested in becoming a runner, I strongly suggest doing that program. I did it last year, and I still run today!

http://www.coolrunning.com ...

koopa

For the record, I gave up on this workout aspect

koopa

Well, if anyone cares, still doing well on the weight loss front. Down to 226. Started and completed P90X which didn't really do much for weight loss, but took 2 inches off my middle region. During the P90X craze, I scaled back the running, doing 3 miles 4 days a week and no long running days ...

koopa

I don't know about anyone else, but I so hate walking in cold weather or in rain or snow. So, for the past few weeks, before I joined No S, I decided to climb my stairs (5 reps up and 5 down for 10 total reps) on the days when I only do cardio, and then 3 reps up and 3 down on the days when I do ...

koopa

I guess I fall into the WoW addict, as I started with 8 lbs... sad times.

Even though I haven't shugged in awhile, got myself up to 12 lbs before I started and finished P90X. I'm going back to the sledge now, as I am giving myself a break before doing another round of P90X.

12 LBs seems much ...

koopa

Been thinking of sneaking an SG into the room whilst working away, but feel I might look like some kind of axe fiend - too weird.

Anyone get creative in the abscence of having an SG to hand?

I've brought my sledge to a hotel before. When walking into the hotel, I put my jacket over it, and then ...

koopa

You can do the fireman to simulate bashing in zombie skull....that should get you to 12 minutes.

Driving the fence post to fix defences after the zombie attack. Get you closer to 14....

koopa

Sucker born every minute....just bought that app for .99 cents for my iPhone.

See Reinhard, people are willing to pay for habitcal, which is pretty much what this is.

koopa

Really sorry this is taking so long -- it's about 80% done but I'm having a really hard time making the time to wrap it up. It'll work on both ios and android (and should work on other platforms as well via the mobile browser as a webapp).

Reinhard

If you are in need of a new ipod touch, I can ...

koopa

I had lower back pain when I first started sugging. I was also very weak when I started.

I eased into the routine by doing 1 move a few days and waited for the soreness to go down in the back and arms. For example, I did shoveling the first week with my 8 lb sledge.

Next week, I did shoveling and ...

koopa

My long time goal is to be able to do a pullup. I've never been able to do one, and would love to accomplish this feat.

Been shugging for close to a year now, still no pullup...in due time. It doesn't help that when I started shovelglove, I weighed 285, now down to 230. Still too much weight to ...

koopa

Just rehashing my rantings in this thread. So weight seems to have stalled out at 235 but still going strong with the running. I am running 5 days a week, doing 3 to 5 miles a session. On saturdays, I am running about 7-12 miles depending on what the guides tell me to do. So far, this has been ...

koopa

That's great to hear -- congratulations!

I had a similar experience. It's hard to tease out the contributing factors, but with no-s alone I lost 20 pounds. When I started shugging a few months after, I lost another 20. And I'm guessing I lost a lot more fat poundage than that, given the muscle I ...

koopa

I just about never drink alcohol. My parents are big drinkers, and ending up like that just doesn't appeal to me. If I am to drink, I like wine. The only rule I have with wine is when the bottle is opened, the wine needs to be finished that day. With that said, I NEVER drink wine alone.

koopa

I have switched to training for a marathon. Here is my schedule. I am on week 3.

http://www.halhigdon.com/marathon/MaraNovice1.html

koopa

Well, for those of you that do not know. I started shovelglove with an 8 lb hammer back in January. I then moved up to 10 lb hammer in march. During this window, I had lost 20 lbs, and then the weight loss slowed.

This brought me from 280 to 260.

I then adjusted my diet (not really following NoS ...

koopa

I took Friday off last week. I twinged something in my shoulder (I think). It just felt a little off on Friday, so I didn't do SG. I had started about a week ago and on Thursday, I went pretty intense and unfortunately, I did not hear my timer go off, so I am not sure how long I actually did it. I ...

koopa

Still doing 200 crunches. I try to do it every work day. Abs of steel, baby!

koopa

Monday: 0

Had to do a training session in NJ, didn't get home until 9 pm

Tuesday: 0

bike: 1.2 miles

Wednesday: 6 miles
Treadmill style: 4
Running: 3
Walking: 1

Walking with wife: 2 miles

bike: 1.2 miles

Thursday: 1.5 miles
Walking from GC to union square: 1.5 miles

Friday: 1.5 miles
Walking ...

koopa

Week 3 Goals

Lets stick with week 2 goal numbers.

Easy Goal: 15 miles
Medium Goal: 20 miles
Hard Goal: 25 miles

Bike goals: 5 miles

Current weight: 240 (weekends are killing me :))

So, while I did hit the hard goal, it was indeed, hard. I had to really ramp up the numbers a few days because I ...

koopa

Do you put cream and sugar in your coffee? Depending on how you make your coffee, it could add up to a decent amount of calories, and people tend to make tea differently.

Make sure that you are drinking lots of water and see if it happens again. A staple healthy pick me up or I will not make it ...

koopa

Mission complete. 200 crunches performed by me!

koopa

Week 6 day 2 in the books. I think I'm just going to try 200 crunches and see if I can do it today....having to deal with all those sets is starting to make my head spin.

koopa

Week 2 Running tally:

Monday 3.6 miles
Treadmill style: 2 miles
Running: 1.3
Walking: .7

Walk with wife: 1.6 miles

*Note: purchased bike yesterday. Very excited!

Tuesday: 1.6 miles

Walk with wife: 1.6 miles
*note: had interview with apple for second job. If anyone in the NYC/CT area needs a ...

koopa

I was going to UR to work this morning (2.5 miles), but my dear wife told me it was too hot today. Do you find temperature extremes keeping you from otherwise enjoying a nice walk?

I don't run in the hot weather, but I do still walk. Sometimes you have to think about it as that you are walking in ...

koopa

Week 2 goals:

Seems 15 miles was very achievable. Lets try something a bit different.

Easy Goal: 15 miles
Medium Goal: 20 miles
Hard Goal: 25 miles

Also, I am getting a bike today, the plan is to bike to the gym and bike back.

Bike goals: 5 miles
*Note: I am not sure how far it is to bike to the ...

koopa

Week 6 Day 1 in the books. Again, did the 150 at the end thing.

koopa

Friday: 0

Does mowing the lawn with a power push mower count as walking? Probably not. Did the mower thing for an hour. Rain began and ruined the walking plans.

Also did the wii fit running with the wife for 2 minutes. Does that count as well? Nope, didn't think so!

koopa

Week 5 Day 3 is done.

Last set was 150 crunches. Again, could have done more, but why?

koopa

Thanks!

I'm currently rehabilitating my knees after wrecking them running a half marathon in bad shoes and I've been trying to find a sensible way to quantify my walking as I can't start any running plans until the end of September.

This is perfect, thanks again and good luck with it!

Sarah ...

koopa

Hi koopa,

I love it! Can I steal it? I've been looking for a sensible plan for walking for a while now but because I walk everywhere and do half a mile here and a mile there I was finding it difficult. 15 miles a week is ideal.

I think maybe I shall do 15 miles per Mon-Fri with any done at the ...

koopa

Monday - 3 miles.

Treadmill style: - 3 total miles
1.5 miles running
1.5 miles walking.

Tuesday - 5.1 miles

Treadmill style: 3.5 total miles
2 miles running
1.5 miles walking.

Walk with wife.
1.6 miles

Wednesday:3.6 miles
Grand central to 8th Street - 2 miles
Walk with wife - 1.6

Total so far ...

koopa

Goal: 15 miles a week.
Method: Doesn't matter. This can be either running or walking.
Purpose: To reach 239 lbs. I've been hovering between 241 -247 for too long. I would like to see a new number

Current weight: 245

koopa

Week 5 Day 2 is done.

The only interesting thing to note is that I did the crunches while on a conference call. It was definitely value added to those boring calls.

Last set was 150 crunches, but felt like I could do more.

koopa

Week 5 Day 1 is complete.

Final session did 150 crunches. 200 crunches seems very likely within the next week or so.

koopa

Hows the walking going? It has been really hot in the NYC area this past week.

Last week, I was in a business trip in Tucson. This week, vacationing in PA.

I wish I was back in Az as the weather was nicer!!!

Anyways, I hope the weather isn't preventing your UR plans....

Bill

koopa

What a lovely photo of your beautiful family. Many congratulations and very best wishes to you all.

Thank you! The baby has been here for one month now (as of yesterday) and it is just good to have a child in the house again. Life feels much more natural again.

I'm still hovering between 240 ...

koopa

Week 4 Day 3 done.

So far, I'm still maxing at 100 crunches at the end, though if I wanted to, I probably could do more. I am "feeling the burn" pretty good after 50, and I push through it to 100. Considering the max for week 4 is 60, I'm still considering myself ahead of the game...

koopa

It isn't pain, just soreness. It just isn't what I expected, especially since my body was carrying around 40 more lbs a little over 6 months ago.

Good luck on the run! I'm going to attempt 4 miles today.

Back soreness bothered me during the run, so ran 20 minutes, walked 5, ran 10 minutes ...

koopa

I've been traveling lately, so haven't had a chance to regularly shovelglove, but I still notice back soreness on the 12 lber. I mostly notice it when swimming or running, which is just annoying. Doing most other things doesn't bother me much.

Since I no longer have soreness with normal activity, I ...

koopa

Week 4 day 1 in the books.

Week 4 day 2 in the books.

For the last set, I've been hitting 100 crunches. After about 40 or so, I start to feel that burning sensation and then I can go farther. I could push it even farther than 100, but I don't want to hurt anything. Besides 100 crunches seems ...

koopa

A quick tip on strength training: slower is better. Don't try to get it all done as fast as possible; you'll end up kicking off with the wrong muscles and using momentum to drive the movement, leading to possible injury. That's probably why your neck is sore. It's a lot more beneficial to do the ...

koopa

hi koopa, you might want to get one of those "ab roller" tubular metal crunch things.. they're great and not too much of an investment.. rather than straining your neck and arms, it gives them a padded cushion, and place to rest, and takes them out of the equation, and then you can concentrate on ...

koopa

Apparently, I may not be doing my crunches correctly, my neck is sore moreso than my abs. I will need to work on this...

So far though, so good.

koopa

It isn't pain, just soreness. It just isn't what I expected, especially since my body was carrying around 40 more lbs a little over 6 months ago.

Good luck on the run! I'm going to attempt 4 miles today.

Back soreness bothered me during the run, so ran 20 minutes, walked 5, ran 10 minutes ...

koopa

Grumble. I hate dealing with HTML. Here is the link instead.

"http://blog.sillica.com/wp-content/upl ... G0052.jpg"

And with this

I give up

koopa

Here is the picture of the family

koopa

Oh and in honor of the everyday systems, I was done in less than 10 minutes.

koopa

So, I've been doing my Urban Running (on a treadmill) and that has been going great.

I have been shovelgloving, which has also been going great.

What has not been going great? The fact that I still have a round belly. While this doesn't bother me, for inspiration, I've been following the following ...

koopa

It isn't pain, just soreness. It just isn't what I expected, especially since my body was carrying around 40 more lbs a little over 6 months ago.

Good luck on the run! I'm going to attempt 4 miles today.

koopa

Well, it is more back soreness, but this is a new experiance for me. I started shugging with a 8 lb'er in January, and just graduated to a 12 lb'er. After 2 days of shugging, I woke up today with a stiff lower back.

Today is a day of rest!

I've had arm soreness and ab soreness, but I never ...

koopa

Baby was born last week. She is healthy (thank god) and doing great. She has been home since Friday and has been doing all the things a baby should be doing.

Weight: lowest was 241. Currently 245

Exercise:

2 days a week, I run for 30 to 33 minutes. I do roughly 2.6 miles total including warm up ...

koopa

Welcome to shovelglove!

12 pounds is heavy, but keep your top hand close to the hammer head and you should be all right. And force yourself to go slow, because there will be a delayed reaction till your body feels just how hard your workout was and what hitherto underutilized muscles it hit.

I ...

koopa

I live in new england, I have enough rocks to provide to the whole community! I have several rock walls and constantly digging rocks out of the ground....would love to get rid of some of them!

koopa

W9D1: Success
W9D2: Success
W9D3: Success

Well, I just wanted to recap the goals that I had when I started this journey:

Primary: Jog 1 Mile - ACHIEVED
Secondary: Jog 3 Miles - ACHIEVED
Secondary: lose more weight. - ACHIEVED - Down to 245 as of this morning

So, I wanted to graduate the C25K ...

koopa

W8D1: Success
W8D2: Success - Performed 3k in 49 minutes. Ran two miles, walked the third.
W8D3: Success - Performed 3k in 44 minutes. Ran 2.3 miles, walked most of the rest. Did run the last .15.

Weight: 246

I am still hovering around 246, but the summer food season is happening, and well, I am ...

koopa

Seems I haven't updated in awhile....

W7D2: Success. On treadmill and no major issues.
W7D3: Success. On treadmill and was done after 4 days of rest. I went on vacation to wildwood and didn't get a lot of exercise in, but did manage to eat too much food. Thankfully, weight gain did not occur too ...

koopa

W7D1: Success

For those of us in the NYC area know, the weather has been rather dismal, so it was another treadmill day. This run was hard and had a lot of issues, but they can all be logically explained.

1. I did not get good sleep monday night. I went to the mets game and didn't get home until 1 ...

koopa

thanks koopa :) good for you for ditching the soda and booze! that's great :)
yes i'm basically gonna be doing indoor walking back and forth, and dancing.. my son is at school, so i will hopefully be spared any embarrassment, but then again he's used to me looking like a spaz :wink:

If you have ...

koopa

i haven't had a good week for walking last week. i was totally unmotivated.. i'm not sure why.. i did have a few days, but mostly it was a lot of "red" days on my habit cal... so far, this month i had 8 green days and 6 red days..but i'd like to get back on the horse this week. only thing is it's ...

koopa

And I'm actually proud of myself (hey, it was out of 1150). For my first race, and barely twice a month practice runs, I don't think that's too bad.

http://www.coolrunning.com/results/11/ma/May7_Boston_set1.shtml

(scroll or control/apple f for "reinhard" to find me)

8 mile run pace is ...

koopa

W6D3: Success

Well, as anyone in the NYC area knows, it is bad weather out, so I decided to hit the treadmill and see how things go. Well, I set the speed and went at it and it was a remarkable success. I had no pain in my legs, and breathing was just right. I went the 20 minutes, and decided, why ...

koopa

W5D3 R1: Success

So, yes, I know, I am on W6D2 right? Why on earth am I going back in time? Well, I proceeded to run my mile again, and was like, you know, I never did complete W5D3 outside, perhaps today is the day? YES! Here is the new plan. I am going to do W5D3 2 more times, than increase to 25 ...

koopa

If I did drive into NYC, I would not have walked to the office. (1.5 miles)

If I did mail the cable to the client, I would not have walked to the client site. (1.2 miles)

If I did leave early (totally could have), I would not have walked back to the office after the client site (1.2 miles)

If I ...

koopa

How has the walking been going? Again, a GREAT day for a walk! This morning, the temperatures are just amazing and I enjoyed soaking up the atmosphere of NYC. I was able to walk the entire distance without even breaking a sweat!

May has been very nice to the UR in the east coast! I can't speak for ...

koopa

W6D2 R2: Success

So, I decided to change it up a little bit. I figured that 10 minutes was getting me close to a mile, I might as well actually RUN the mile, so I did. I did the mile in 13 minutes, my best recorded time. This is, of course, injured. I jogged a little bit slower yesterday because ...

koopa

W6D2 R2: Success

Did this outside on Saturday and the weather cooperated perfectly. Using my new theory of minimum being my maximum, the run went so much easier than it has prior. My legs did not hurt as much, no shin pain. The first 10 minutes went by without a much to do. It almost made running ...

koopa

W6D2 R1: Success

Weight: 251.1

Yesterday, it was a treadmill day as it was yucky out. Still did the 10 minutes, 3 minutes, 10 minutes of running and had some ankle issues. I found an article that detailed running as a minimum instead of your maximum and it hit home for me. The new goal is to ...

koopa

I guess you'll sweat more because you don't create a "head wind" on the treadmill.

I'm not doing too well on the program. It's been hard to find a consistent time to do so. Because of the Type I diabetes, running around dinner time is hard (my Bg plummets), and my wife runs the dog in the morning ...

koopa

Deb,

Hows the walking going? If it doesn't rain, today is an AWESOME day to go for a walk. I walked from Grand Central to my office, and it was a treat. Perfect temps, just hot enough that I didn't need a jacket, but not too hot where it would make you sweat.

If you have the opportunity, today is ...

koopa

Friday: failure

Didn't get a chance to run. I had to assist an employee do a network install two hours after I was supposed to leave work. I did get to go for a walk with my pregnant wife for 20 minutes. It wasn't a complete waste.

Saturday: Success.

Weight: 252

W6D1 is in the bag. I had some ...

koopa

oh my, that thread is from 5 years ago so the reference was a bit obscure..
also, that post in dutch was by mrs j, not me.. :)

Of course it wasn't by you, you didn't complete the 21 challenge a couple of times already... :)

Can't be THAT obscure if I was able to reference it 5 years later after ...

koopa

I was just trying to leave the options open on No S for those who might want to cultivate some other cardio activity. I do want consistency in my life, but my real goal in terms of fitness is to be able to keep up more in dance class, so I want to give myself the option of doing a dance tape as my ...

koopa

I'm with you all the way on energy intake having a greater effect on the weight gain/loss equation than exercise only.

So does fat. Carrying an extra 100 pounds around all day, arms with built-in wrist weights... there's a reason fat people are usually quite physically strong. They've got all ...

koopa

My suggestion would be to have instead of anything cardio for 14 minutes to actually have a specific exercise in mind. UR, for example, would probably work better for the habit forming aspect. Ideally, you should also have a set time to perform the exercise as well, to make it more likely that you ...

koopa

Make it out of NYC yet? Avoid Newark, nothing good in there

koopa

This is from your original 21 day attempt thread....

http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1333

Day 1, Jan 31: Yellow day, but I still tromped 4463 steps today. Pretty good considering that I slogged through 15 centimeters of snow. Real hard going. And, I'm pretty beat today because I was ...

koopa

Wednesday: Success

I must admit. I cheated. I decided to perform the 20 minute session on a treadmill instead of outside. I heard rumors that running on a treadmill is easier than running outside, so I wanted to the extra boost to ensure that I am able to run for 20 minutes. Of course, it turned ...

koopa

You should start a new 21 day campaign....

And maybe add some dutch in there after successfully completing it after a few months...

koopa

No, it isn't, especially if you went from winter to summer this week like we did.

Indeed, it was much nicer out for me to do my exercise, I preferred it when it was about 40 degrees out. Wednesday is the next day to try out the 20 minute monster, but I figured I already can bang out 16 minutes ...

koopa

filipe wrote:Chi Ishi - It's used for martial art (karate?) physical conditioning.

That guy has some nice arms, but could use some more......

physical conditioning.

Nice vid!

koopa

Monday: Failure

Primary goal: SUCCESS!!!!!

Technically, this is the first workout that falls under the failure category. the goal was to be able to run for 20 minutes, but I only was able to sustain continous running for 16 minutes. I was able to run a mile in 13 minutes, so all not a bad workout ...

koopa

wednesday: pass. I indeed did give blood on wednesday so I did not end up going for ur. no problems with it, went better than I expected.

Friday: success - did W5D2 with flying colors. The first 8 minutes went perfect, and walked for 5 minutes. Then the second 8 minutes, it was rough, but I was ...

koopa

What about going to a park to walk, as opposed to walking to a specific destination? I drive 15 minutes to the park that I UR at.

You can also walk on your lunch break. You still get the same benefits without needing to sack your car :)

I only work four hours in the evenings so I don't get a ...

koopa

Thanks for the comments and advice.

I've even considered driving to work and then parking a certain distance away, like at a shopping center and walking. We have nice sidewalks in the area where I work.

What about going to a park to walk, as opposed to walking to a specific destination? I drive ...

koopa

Congrats on your progress thus far! Especially sticking with the program! :)

I was doing c25k recently, I think I quit in week 9. (I was doing the program to convince myself to like running, and when I still hated it after 9 weeks I gave up.)

going 3 minutes, then only having a 90 second walk ...

koopa

Just finished Week 1 of Couch to 5K. Thanks again for talking about it.

Excellent! Lets knock it out of the park together! Though tough, it gets a lot more fun around the week 3 or week 4 period when you start to notice significant improvements in your running distance.

Monday: Success. Since I ...

koopa

This is an excellent idea.
...
maybe convince him to go with you a few times and come up with a predictable route in advance. this way if you are late or anything, at least he knows where to look for you in case you have an accident.
good luck.

Agreed! If he knows your route, and you both deem ...

koopa

I walk to avoid using the subway. I hate how dingy and so close quarters it is! Not to mention, I get to save a decent chunk of change when I avoid using it! The cost of a subway ride is too much in NYC these days....

koopa

I am slightly disappointed that the 10 lb is no more of a challenge as the 8 lb'er was.

Anyone else go through this?

{*} ie. 8lbs was ridiculously underweight for you

Hah yes, 8lbs is underweight, now!

Back in January when I started this program, I hardly was able to perform a routine and ...

koopa

Seems I did a bad job of updating so no time like the present...

Thursday: Success. Due to high gas prices, I plan on taking the train some more, and I UR'd from the train station to the office, to the client site, to the train station again. All in all, it equated to a few minutes. Good times ...

koopa

Besides the fact that I know it is heavier, I went up from 8 lbs to 10 lbs, and the 10 lber didn't slow me down at all. Doing the back scratchers was a bit more work, but I was able to do my entire routine with barely noticing a difference.

Perhaps it would make more sense for me to jump up to 12 ...

koopa

Wednesday: Success

Had a bit of a tough time with going 3 minutes, then only having a 90 second walk before the 5 minutes. I can tough through it, but it is a rough session. I did cheat a little, the 90 second walk ended at the peak of the big hill, so I walked up the rest of it prior to running. I ...

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