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- Mon Jan 15, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
- Replies: 9262
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Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?
I have about 39k to go :-) I'm doing HR-driven, too, but much more cautiously than you need to, I think. My first long row after re-starting was keeping to max 145 or so, and was very slow. Last one I aimed at a bit faster pace, but I seem to have got back into it faster than I thought, and the HR d...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
- Replies: 9262
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Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?
I’m back after quite a while away: firstly forced, then laziness/inertia. I’m starting gentle, with 5Ks at a limited HR, aiming to speed up the average pace each time. I’m within 10 ish rows of my first million metres, so using that as a milestone target. Hope everyone’s well, and training in their ...
- Sat Jan 21, 2023 10:29 am
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: 2022 weight loss thread
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7821
Re: 2022 weight loss thread
Plummy, sounds like the illness, and consequent lack of metres, has caused you to go out of balance a bit. I'd have thought it will fix itself over the next few weeks (if it hasn't already). I got ill over Xmas, too. 2 weeks of it! Not savage illness, but just a continuous temperature, cough or ches...
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 9:10 am
- Forum: The Sanctuary
- Topic: Name that tune
- Replies: 5882
- Views: 354637
Re: Name that tune
It's Abba something...
The winner takes it all??
J-Dog
The winner takes it all??
J-Dog
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 9:02 am
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: Meter board banter
- Replies: 3520
- Views: 200962
Re: Meter board banter
Well done, Phil.
I'm trying to break 200 by Christmas, and I've noticed it's getting harder to make progress, even at 222, so you must have put a proper shift in!
J-Dog
I'm trying to break 200 by Christmas, and I've noticed it's getting harder to make progress, even at 222, so you must have put a proper shift in!
J-Dog
- Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:12 am
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: 2022 weight loss thread
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7821
Re: 2022 weight loss thread
Oh dear.
J-Dog
26 Nov 89.80 0.0
3 Dec 89.10 -0.70 -0.70
10 Dec 89.75 +0.65 -0.15
17 Dec 90.00 +0.25 +0.20
Another week of no sacrificing, and just hoping it would work out...J-Dog
- Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:58 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: what training have free spirits been doing today?
- Replies: 9262
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Re: what training have free spirits been doing today?
First 5k since my heart op.
Taking it very easy; keeping HR below 150.
Seems to be working fine, still. Result
Watching the England game is probably more risky, though...
J-Dog
Taking it very easy; keeping HR below 150.
Seems to be working fine, still. Result
Watching the England game is probably more risky, though...
J-Dog
- Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:56 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: 2022 weight loss thread
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7821
Re: 2022 weight loss thread
Thanks, Carole. My stats now: 26 Nov 89.80 0.0 3 Dec 89.10 -0.70 -0.70 10 Dec 89.70 +0.60 -0.10 So back up a bit this week, but a tiny bit lower than my start. :-( I'll have to avoid the snacks better, if I can. I am gradually doing more metres, though, so I'm probably getting fitter (but not less t...
- Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:38 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: Meter board banter
- Replies: 3520
- Views: 200962
Re: Meter board banter
I’m now at position 245, about to hunt down a pack of resting Americans.
Maybe even breaking 200th before Chrimbo
J-Dog
Maybe even breaking 200th before Chrimbo
J-Dog
- Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:12 am
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: Nonathlon 2023
- Replies: 77
- Views: 7247
Re: Nonathlon 2023
Thanks, Peter.
J-Dog
J-Dog
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:20 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: 2022 weight loss thread
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7821
Re: 2022 weight loss thread
Sounds like acceptable 'damage', Paul, as long as you had a good time
You did have quite a big loss the week before, too, so maybe this week was always likely to be more consolidating than further progress?
J-Dog
You did have quite a big loss the week before, too, so maybe this week was always likely to be more consolidating than further progress?
J-Dog
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:28 am
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: Beginners
- Replies: 460
- Views: 150647
Smartphone cradle
Just a quick note about my current set-up, in case beginners want to copy it. I got a second-hand Model C from eBay. It's very good. I eventually upgraded the PM3 to a PM5 through Concept2, because then you can use wireless connections from a smartphone. I'd really recommend doing this. I just bough...
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:00 am
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: 2022 weight loss thread
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7821
Re: 2022 weight loss thread
I've not really changed anything, this week: just had good intentions
This is probably a blip, although I have done more exercise than usual.
J-Dog
This is probably a blip, although I have done more exercise than usual.
26 Nov 89.8 0.0
3 Dec 89.1 -0.7
J-Dog
- Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:46 pm
- Forum: The Sanctuary
- Topic: Returning back-slider...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 963
Re: Returning back-slider...
Well done, Paul. Great effort. I hope your back copes well.
Maybe just do some gentle 3Ks at an absurdly slow (for you) rate, for a while, just to let it get hack in the swing of it?
J-Dog
Maybe just do some gentle 3Ks at an absurdly slow (for you) rate, for a while, just to let it get hack in the swing of it?
J-Dog
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 3:49 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: Nonathlon 2023
- Replies: 77
- Views: 7247
Re: Nonathlon 2023
Muchas gracias.
J-Dog
J-Dog
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:05 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: 2022 weight loss thread
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7821
Re: 2022 weight loss thread
Paul, I hope you have a great time, away. Maybe, your body can't extract and store more than X calories a day, anyway, so it's better to go berserk — very rarely — than eat extra 10 calories a day for a long time? I think 'portion control' is important, as you say: I'm still eating plates like a tee...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:01 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: Nonathlon 2023
- Replies: 77
- Views: 7247
Re: Nonathlon 2023
Jon, yes. I was in the Nonathlon in 2017 (227th) as "J-Dog". I tried to register as that ID, but it didn't like the hyphen, so I guess that restriction came in since then? Happy to have the accounts merged, if there's a way to do that, but don't worry if it's a pain :-) I also registered (...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:36 am
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: Nonathlon 2023
- Replies: 77
- Views: 7247
Re: Nonathlon 2023
Could you add in JDog as a Free Spirit, please?
I'm just getting back into rowing after some years away, so please don't worry about my 11:55 2K time - I'm going super slowly to start with, after a minor heart op
Thanks.
J-Dog
PS - many thanks for the free Nonathlon site, those who support it!
I'm just getting back into rowing after some years away, so please don't worry about my 11:55 2K time - I'm going super slowly to start with, after a minor heart op
Thanks.
J-Dog
PS - many thanks for the free Nonathlon site, those who support it!
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:05 am
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: 2022 weight loss thread
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7821
Re: 2022 weight loss thread
Paul, thanks for the advice. It sounds very wise. My reason for cutting out breakfast (although I've just had some lovely Marmite on toast, under the "it's Sunday!" rule) is to do with marital harmony. In the evenings, we sit together and watch films and/or detective series on the TV. It's...
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 9:40 am
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: 2022 weight loss thread
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7821
Re: 2022 weight loss thread
Thanks, Carole. My first weigh-in is 89.8 kg. My target is 80.0 kg (a BMI of about 25 - the start of 'healthy'). I know BMI doesn't work well for rowers with lots of muscle, but that isn't me: I'm just fat and bones :-) My losing-weight strategy, for now, is to just to stop eating snacks, and miss b...
- Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:06 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: Meter board banter
- Replies: 3520
- Views: 200962
Re: Meter board banter
I have stonked past 5 rowers at the bottom at the table to take 290th place with my first meters for 4 years!
Don't think I can catch the leaders, this season, but at least I'm back on the board
J-Dog
Don't think I can catch the leaders, this season, but at least I'm back on the board
J-Dog
- Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:00 pm
- Forum: Free Spirits forum
- Topic: 2022 weight loss thread
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7821
Re: 2022 weight loss thread
Hey, Free Spirits.
I'm back rowing after 4 and a bit years, and I need to lose 10 kg or so.
I'll post weight check-ins (good or bad) each Saturday.
Thanks for the great support thread - I think I'll need it
J-Dog
I'm back rowing after 4 and a bit years, and I need to lose 10 kg or so.
I'll post weight check-ins (good or bad) each Saturday.
Thanks for the great support thread - I think I'll need it
J-Dog
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:25 am
- Forum: The Sanctuary
- Topic: Returning back-slider...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 963
Re: Returning back-slider...
Paul, OK. Weight's fine. Good luck breaking your erg cherry after a long time away :-) Anything counts, so if you need to do 3 mins, then that's fine. I've gone down with a bit of a cold, after looking after my wife (who's been ill for a while), so I may not get much today. Still not closer to findi...
- Sun Nov 20, 2022 5:01 pm
- Forum: The Sanctuary
- Topic: Returning back-slider...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 963
Re: Returning back-slider...
Paul, thanks for the reply. 10 pounds in a few weeks sounds a bit severe, but well done! Yes - very happy to be a training and weight-loss buddy - that sounds like a good idea. Maybe we should measure BMI, as I'm on 28.7 and you seem to be 28.6 (from your sig), and we both need to be 25.0 (where the...
- Sat Nov 19, 2022 2:38 pm
- Forum: The Sanctuary
- Topic: Returning back-slider...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 963
Returning back-slider...
Hey, Freespirits! Not done any rowing for 4 and bit years. Mainly getting lazy, but also getting a minor heart issue, which got worse for a while, until having an op last April. Since then, I'm now off the tablets, and waiting to see if the problems come back; nothing so far, so it's time to get exe...