Metals Fitness Thread of gaaargh!

[Dave]

Bloody gutted so far this week.

Rain and poor trail conditions mean that Ive not ridden at all this week so far and I feel fat for it. Like... all the work I did last week has been undone

Will try and get on me bike for the weekend if the weather holds but 1 day of rain = 3 days of sh*te trail conditions as it turns into a bloody quagmire of tree crap.

u might want to think about doing a bit of running too - then if its crap weather you can do that instead - otherwise come winter you could find yourself making excuses not to go out

[M3ta7h3ad]

yup thats what im worried but to be honest I get leg pains and aches from walking when I was 280lbs. I dont think running would be the wisest exercise to do 200lb+

Gonna fit my damn mudguards and after reading on another bike forum about people who ride in -20F temps and through ice and snow, Ive realised I have the gear to ride, and can always change in work if I really need to, so I just need to go "oi! no!!! you lazy arse! get your arse out there!!!".

[Dave]

fair point - though you might find that if you carry on as you have been then you may well be a lot slimmer when winter comes round

tis a good effort mate good to hear youve lost a stone already

[maximusotter]

yup thats what im worried but to be honest I get leg pains and aches from walking when I was 280lbs. I dont think running would be the wisest exercise to do 200lb+

Even walking at 280 can be nasty to your joints. Stay on the bike. Im just shy of 180# and over 6 foot myself, verging on lanky, but I wouldnt even think of running unless I got down to around 165. Its really just suited for flyweights.

[M3ta7h3ad]

165 is what Id love to be.

Think after another stone loss I should probably aim for a target weight or something.

[M3ta7h3ad]

Another 11.2 miles to the total.

However due to me being lazy the last few weeks a weigh-in this morning came out at 19stone 10lbs so Ive put on 8lbs.

Dammit.

Wont be lazy again at least for the summer, that bike WILL be used every day.

Had a sh*tty commute today though, broke my rack mounting on one side, got a chain jammed in both ends, got wheeled at by a twat on a BMX and my card got swallowed by a cash machine, and my damn boss didnt invite me to the company shindig.

Grr... crap day.

[maximusotter]

Throw away the damn scale and judge your progress by the way your pants fit. Theyre evil those things. Easy enough to weight 5# less one day due to a big crap and slight dehydration--but you rationalize it and either take the day off or have a Cadburys or something.

Been there, done that. I was at my thinnest when I went to the gym 5X per week as I loved the exercise, and wasnt obsessed with mass. I ended up weighing myself when a workmate commented on how lean I was--Id managed to get down to 162#. :shock: Id love to be that svelte again...but I wubs me bbq pork as well.

[M3ta7h3ad]

Done a full mapping of my route thanks to gmap-pedometer.com



The white line is the incline (think of it as a side profile) the blue... the sky.

Its for the complete there and back route (so weekends)

To see the map of my route here: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=269307

[M3ta7h3ad]

Ah damn... the forums cut the image short. Basically the numbers are mile markers, from mile 0 - mile 11 is the route one way, reverse for the return journey.

[M3ta7h3ad]

Throw away the damn scale and judge your progress by the way your pants fit. Theyre evil those things. Easy enough to weight 5# less one day due to a big crap and slight dehydration--but you rationalize it and either take the day off or have a Cadburys or something.

Been there, done that. I was at my thinnest when I went to the gym 5X per week as I loved the exercise, and wasnt obsessed with mass. I ended up weighing myself when a workmate commented on how lean I was--Id managed to get down to 162#. :shock: Id love to be that svelte again...but I wubs me bbq pork as well.

lol my pants fit tighter Think its because my legs have gotten bigger though, I can pull my trousers down still without undoing them now lol... but not past my legs

[maximusotter]

lol my pants fit tighter Think its because my legs have gotten bigger though, I can pull my trousers down still without undoing them now lol... but not past my legs

And you wonder why theyre not asking you out in public to watch a cricket game.

[M3ta7h3ad at the office] "Hey guys, check this out"

[M3ta7h3ad]

The road route if I wanted to take it over that bastard of a mountain in my way lol.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=269349



The blue at the start above the 0 mark is the incline!!!

[maximusotter]

No doubt its worse than what I consider one of my hard training rides, the route through Radnor Lake:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=269366.

[M3ta7h3ad]

Bloody hell... would not like your ride at all!!! lol.

And you do that on a single speed?! bloody hell!!!

[Chaostime]

two pints of testies a day keeps the fatness away