TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 - Page 229
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GoTuNk!
Chile4591 Posts
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decafchicken
United States19901 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
Finding a good coach is a good idea but I think I’m fairly limited, got lucky in the wrestling because a guy moved here for a girl after he quit Canada’s national team. He was our 79kg champ for a long time and went to the pan am games 3 times with top finish of third. Also me and him only have so much time and I already feel spread pretty thin. I will look into what they have, and when it runs . Summer would be nice because most of the other is fall through spring. And then we can train together in the mornings when he’s got the other stuff. I also need to look into winter running gear! 😅 | ||
JimmyJRaynor
Canada15564 Posts
this is awesome | ||
FiWiFaKi
Canada9858 Posts
Just want to say thank you for your help with the training, the first ride of the tour is in the bag... And completely smooth sailing on keeping up with the lead group in our company. Those Gp5000 tires are really heavy weights. I probably had enough in the tank to go 32km/h, but first and foremost, it is a team ride for cancer so I took it easy and tried to do my part to break the wind for the others. Tomorrow 114km, but very flat with 380m or so of elevation. I was able to get down to 170lbs morning weight (maybe 172-174lbs in the evening), so 20lb loss in the last 2.5 months, and over 25lbs in the last 3.5 months or so. That definitely made a big difference. My recent training rides have had a lot of climbing, and I've been averaging 30km/h on the 50km rides with 500-600m elevation gain when riding solo. I cut out the gym workouts maybe 2 months ago, not sure how big a role it played, but it felt significant... Seems like the human body doesn't like to get good at multiple things at once. | ||
Salazarz
Korea (South)2405 Posts
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decafchicken
United States19901 Posts
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Salazarz
Korea (South)2405 Posts
On July 28 2023 06:08 JimmiC wrote: I'm thinking of getting my kid a running watch, the Garmin's look good and he does not need any of the smart phone functions (he does not have a cell phone/number). I'm deciding between their base model and their mid range. Does anyone have any experience or insight about them? They're very fancy gadgets, but there's not much useful functionality in any of the higher tier models, imo. Garmin Forerunner 55 does everything it needs to do; unless for some reason you need maps (you almost certainly don't), the more expensive models are just bling. One exception is music I suppose -- if you need a watch that does music then look at w/e model supports that I guess, other than that, the upgrades are very superficial. All the extra training metrics and training plans yadda yadda are okay for like, older people who are strapped for time I suppose or something, but if you're serious about training then there are much better third party apps and if you aren't serious about training then you don't really need that stuff to begin with. | ||
JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
On July 28 2023 21:16 Salazarz wrote: They're very fancy gadgets, but there's not much useful functionality in any of the higher tier models, imo. Garmin Forerunner 55 does everything it needs to do; unless for some reason you need maps (you almost certainly don't), the more expensive models are just bling. One exception is music I suppose -- if you need a watch that does music then look at w/e model supports that I guess, other than that, the upgrades are very superficial. All the extra training metrics and training plans yadda yadda are okay for like, older people who are strapped for time I suppose or something, but if you're serious about training then there are much better third party apps and if you aren't serious about training then you don't really need that stuff to begin with. Thank you, that sounds like good advice. I mainly want to encourage the work he’s done and he is like looking up training and wants to do certain distances and stuff. And with out tracks near this will help. But really I just want him to feel cool 😎. And I feel much better about a birthday present that encourages fitness instead of a RC or video game! | ||
decafchicken
United States19901 Posts
On July 28 2023 06:08 JimmiC wrote: I'm thinking of getting my kid a running watch, the Garmin's look good and he does not need any of the smart phone functions (he does not have a cell phone/number). I'm deciding between their base model and their mid range. Does anyone have any experience or insight about them? I love my garmins - had a vivoactive 4 for a couple years and just upgraded to the fenix 7. If i was going to get a barebones watch I'd get the Instinct (probably still way overkill for your kid), but looks like they have a couple kid-oriented options you could look at (vivofit jr, bounce) | ||
JimmyJRaynor
Canada15564 Posts
i agree with the guy in the video. AG1//Athletic Greens is pretty much useless. | ||
JimmyJRaynor
Canada15564 Posts
SO many "meta analysis" studies being done. WIth "meta analysis" you don't have to do any lab work. My Meta anaylsis of all this "meta analysis" going on is.... it is a cheap way to go after some easy low hanging fruit, super-obvious medical facts. All while making it look like you are some kind of scientist. However, a mathematician IS NOT a scientist and math IS NOT a science. Be careful to pick thru the methodology of any meta analysis study. If the meta analysis people are botching at a layman level how can we trust the advanced math trickery they employ? How can we even trust they are using any of the fancy math correctly? They have plausible deniability on their side. "oops sry guys we didn't realize that orthogonally diagonalizing a linear diophantine equation gives a meaningless result". ya ok man. great. i trust the math. i don't trust the people. That's my meta on the meta-anaylsis trend. | ||
TaKeTV
Germany1189 Posts
I'm now around 94kg and did a 420kg Powerlifting Gym total this week. 135kg Squat 105kg Bench 180kg Deadlift https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxc_B6yMk2C/ I think most improvements % - weight wise can come in the Squat. In terms of technical skill I believe Deadlift is proper solid. Squat is very decent too but could work on cutting some depth to increase weight on powerlifting level. Bench can be improved pretty far with better stability. Overall very happy with my journey. Cheers people - Bovo | ||
decafchicken
United States19901 Posts
Dialing back my weights a bit and focusing on my breath & core work to re-align my annoying hips/ribs/shoulders. I think I've adapted to my imbalances so well at this point that I manage to stay pretty pain free i.e. did a bunch of shitty deadlifts at 405-455 where I could see my form breaking down and bar rotating pretty noticeably and felt find the next day - but I can just feel when i'm playing rugby/cycling/running that my movement patterns are suboptimal and need to re-pattern them. Only managing about 2x lifts per week now that we're into rugby season unfortunately. Hard to get a third one in on top of practice, games, cycling 100 miles/wk, work, etc. but I could def use the extra session for core and upper body work to stay healthy. Not enough hours in the day lol. | ||
lestye
United States4104 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada15564 Posts
it is time consuming... its also time well spent. | ||
TaKeTV
Germany1189 Posts
On September 29 2023 05:03 decafchicken wrote: Great progress and really solid looking lifts dude. Dialing back my weights a bit and focusing on my breath & core work to re-align my annoying hips/ribs/shoulders. I think I've adapted to my imbalances so well at this point that I manage to stay pretty pain free i.e. did a bunch of shitty deadlifts at 405-455 where I could see my form breaking down and bar rotating pretty noticeably and felt find the next day - but I can just feel when i'm playing rugby/cycling/running that my movement patterns are suboptimal and need to re-pattern them. Only managing about 2x lifts per week now that we're into rugby season unfortunately. Hard to get a third one in on top of practice, games, cycling 100 miles/wk, work, etc. but I could def use the extra session for core and upper body work to stay healthy. Not enough hours in the day lol. thanks guys Best of success fixing your issues. Health trouble and annoying issues are truly the worst x.X | ||
decafchicken
United States19901 Posts
https://www.instagram.com/p/CySCW7ctykk/ | ||
Malinor
Germany4701 Posts
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