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by FlbrkMike
Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:07 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Dog Days of Summer
Replies: 33
Views: 2217

Re: Dog Days of Summer

I normally row on MWF shooting for an average of at least 13,333 meters per session. That’s usually a little more than 60 minutes of rowing for me. I’m pretty slow but I get my meters in. My schedule was thrown off during this of all weeks due to my wife’s ear surgery on Monday. Guess I can’t hold t...
by FlbrkMike
Fri Aug 19, 2022 9:13 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Dog Days of Summer
Replies: 33
Views: 2217

Re: Dog Days of Summer

I retired in April and still getting used to the routine. I thought retirement would make it easier to get a regular workout, but it still takes a lot of discipline. I've now settled on a MWF schedule and shooting for 40K+ per week. I've been successful for the last three weeks and four out of the l...
by FlbrkMike
Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:59 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Lifetime Millionaires Club
Replies: 3565
Views: 285531

Re: Lifetime Millionaires Club

Thanks Jon!!
by FlbrkMike
Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:39 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Lifetime Millionaires Club
Replies: 3565
Views: 285531

Re: Lifetime Millionaires Club

Hello everybody, I haven't posted here in probably a couple of years but I wanted to share this milestone because it has some significance, to me at least, beyond being a big round number (you don't have to make the million meter milestones exact, do you?) https://i.imgur.com/nhKHQWl.jpg I purchased...
by FlbrkMike
Thu Sep 10, 2020 4:54 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

https://i.imgur.com/zvMbDmu.jpg?1 Not much to report here..just pretty steady for a few weeks. I finally broke down this week and brought the erg indoors because it's been too hot over he past four weeks to work out outside. On Monday I felt like I'd completely lost all the progress I've made since...
by FlbrkMike
Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:01 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

Not much change here from last week. At least I'm not moving in the wrong direction...

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by FlbrkMike
Wed Aug 19, 2020 2:43 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

It looks like I've gotten back on track, somehow. It's a bit surprising, since I haven't been able to do much erging this week due to the weather. My Model C is outside, in the shade, but outdoors nonetheless. The heat wave we've been experiencing here in Southern California has made it difficult to...
by FlbrkMike
Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:05 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

I'm a couple of days late in posting this, but it's my weight from Wednesday morning when I usually check in. I gave a little back on vacation but, all things considered, it's not too bad. What I'm really worried about is that we are starting about 5 days of what's supposed to be 90+ degree weather....
by FlbrkMike
Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:27 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Anyone had any PBs recently?
Replies: 12517
Views: 474688

Re: Anyone had any PBs recently?

At my age I don't have any real hopes of setting any PBs on timed pieces, but I've been concentrating on putting in as much distance as I can. I'm not very fast but, with the right music, I can row for quite a while. Last week I had a PB, at least in the nine years I've been saving workouts online, ...
by FlbrkMike
Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:17 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

I stepped up my time on the erg a little last week and it seems to have paid of. Dropped a full lb since last Wednesday. https://i.imgur.com/yLq607R.jpg?2 I'll be going on a one week trip next week and being away from the erg will be challenging. I'll do my best to avoid the fried breakfasts... :win...
by FlbrkMike
Wed Jul 22, 2020 10:42 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

Paul, it's good to see you're back on the right track. A pretty nice reduction in the last week.

I'm still moving, slowly, in the right direction.

I'm on vacation, away from the erg, the week after next. So we'll see how that goes.

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by FlbrkMike
Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:42 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

Good luck Paul. Don't get too frustrated - remember you're in it for the long run. I've been very lucky this year. Healthy enough, for the most part, to work out regularly. And with working from home I have more time than ever before to do it. I had to take a week off in June because I jammed my rin...
by FlbrkMike
Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:24 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Cover for Model C
Replies: 8
Views: 1163

Re: Cover for Model C

Thanks Dave. We installed it 20 years ago when we still had kids at home. They’re both gone but we still get a lot of enjoyment from it.
by FlbrkMike
Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:10 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

OK, here's my result from this morning. Looks like I'm getting back on track. When I saw my Doctor on March 12 he gave me a goal of 10 to 12 pounds in six months. It's been four months (minus three days) and I've lost almost 16 pounds, so I'm happy with that. https://i.imgur.com/1rPnX0t.jpg?1 I weig...
by FlbrkMike
Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:38 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Tell us about your Holiday plans
Replies: 401
Views: 69286

Re: Tell us about your Holiday plans

Thanks Wolfmeister. Yes, Tahoe City is on the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe. And you're right, not much of a "city" but definitely a beautiful spot. Just a few minutes drive from the Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows ski areas, and close to Truckee. A lot of people go there to ski in the win...
by FlbrkMike
Sun Jul 05, 2020 12:08 am
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

Nice work Paul.

I weighed myself this evening and came up with 216.4 lb (97.25 kg) but that was just after rowing 15 km in 86 deg weather, so I’m not counting it. I’ll weigh in again on Tuesday or Wednesday morning and see where I am then.
by FlbrkMike
Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:09 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Tell us about your Holiday plans
Replies: 401
Views: 69286

Re: Tell us about your Holiday plans

My wife and I were scheduled to go to Italy for two weeks in late August to celebrate her 70th birthday. We have never been to Europe together, and my stepdaughter was going to rent a villa in Tuscany and fly us there first class. We would have been there with her and our two grandchildren. This, ob...
by FlbrkMike
Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:52 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

Well, I'm back to where I was two weeks ago. I guess, under the circumstances, that's a good thing.

Big holiday coming up this weekend though, and will probably have the bbq up and running. There's always something...

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by FlbrkMike
Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:50 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Cover for Model C
Replies: 8
Views: 1163

Re: Cover for Model C

Unfortunately the pool isn't long enough to row in.
:wink:

Barely long enough for lap swimming.
by FlbrkMike
Fri Jun 26, 2020 9:47 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: Cover for Model C
Replies: 8
Views: 1163

Re: Cover for Model C

My new cover finally came yesterday. It cost $55 from Concept 2. I also ordered new footpads and a new chain guide. https://i.imgur.com/tfV8N3G.jpg?1 I moved my erg outdoors from the garage last week. This is what I look at now while I row. It's a much nicer view than the inside of my garage. I shou...
by FlbrkMike
Fri Jun 26, 2020 9:32 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Musical Opinions - add yours here :-)
Replies: 189
Views: 31581

Re: Musical Opinions - add yours here :-)

Here area a couple of others that are in the rowing rotation

Sonny Landreth - one of the more underappreciated guitar players.

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Lowell George - RIP

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by FlbrkMike
Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:55 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

Not such a good week for me either, at least in the weight loss area. We had a small Father's Day pool party in our yard on Sunday. It's the first time since March that we've seen our two (grown) children and their "significant others." I'm afraid that I have some work to do to counteract ...
by FlbrkMike
Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:09 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Musical Opinions - add yours here :-)
Replies: 189
Views: 31581

Re: Musical Opinions - add yours here :-)

First time I saw Van Morrison was in 1972 at Stanford University, when I was in high school in Palo Alto, CA. The next time I saw him was almost 40 years later in 2009 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. During one set they re-created the entire Astral Weeks album. Second set was mostly old favor...
by FlbrkMike
Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:47 pm
Forum: The Sanctuary
Topic: Musical Opinions - add yours here :-)
Replies: 189
Views: 31581

Re: Musical Opinions - add yours here :-)

When I row I have to have music, or I just can't do it. It has to be familiar and it has to be loud enough to hear over my Model C. I can't stand earbuds so I use a Bose Mini II Soundlink wireless speaker. I seem to prefer live recordings, maybe because the songs tend to be longer and there's a lot ...
by FlbrkMike
Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:23 pm
Forum: Free Spirits forum
Topic: 2020 weight loss thread
Replies: 99
Views: 11301

Re: 2020 weight loss thread

Thanks Paul. That seems like a worthy goal and would put me at my lowest weight in 10 years. 210 lb in American English... At that time I had been on a low carb diet, which wasn't sustainable in the long run. This time I'm doing it differently and actually enjoy the change in diet. I'll make 95 kg m...