In Fitness and in Health
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it's a few inches too short and I keep hitting myself in the head and/or tripping on it. Maybe I'll adjust eventually. If not, guess I'll switch back to the regular rope.
I'm 6'3" and have this problem with the heavy rope I got from Academy — it's just barely long enough and I'll trip over it if I get sloppy. I think I'm going to upgrade to a Crossrope eventually. Sort of pricy but they seem to be great — all signs point to me needing their XL length for something that better fits me.
@Giles man that sucks! Sending vibes for a speedy recovery. Probably out of the question considering Covid, but is there anywhere you can swim at the moment? I've considered getting into it once things get back to "normal." Low impact seems good.
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Pretty good ropes
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I'm using this one, only because I was trying to use up the last of some store credit they gave me. It would be great if it were 12-18 inches longer. And I'm barely 6'0", so it's not like I'm way outside the norm for height, either.
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Man those Rogue heavy ropes look so gnarly! Like telephone cable
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Yeah, I think it is. Yes, I am on anti-inflammatory's, have to try and protect than leg as much as possible, and have physio. It's going to 4-8 weeks of sorting and then a gentle introduction to strengthening exercises. Luckily @Madame Buttonfly bought me a course of PT for Christmas, so no excuses.
Actually have the PT this afternoon, but will only do upper body and try and protect my legs as much as poss….
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Anyone out there using a Whoop, @BOTC_OLLY and I started an Iron Heart team for a little friendly competition. Feel free to join using the Team Invite Code COMM-16FC15 or DM me your username and I can manually add you.
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Had to Google Whoop, so needless to say the answer is no.
I did get a bollocking from my PT last week. I was wearing running shoes (he had to tell me because I had no idea), and was getting zero support where I needed it. So he told me to get a pair of these. Not this colour, but funnily enough, these were on special…..
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I had to google it too. It looks cool, but I can’t believe they charge that monthly rate for what it does. Since I feel like it’s death by a thousand cuts with all the subscription services in my life, I’ll stick with my $0 / month Garmin that does a lot of the same stuff and more, though probably not as well in some areas. Intriguing product though. Someone like Peloton or Apple should consider acquisition. They should do something like 30 days of data is free and tiered subscriptions for longer lookbacks and additional insights. The subscription will be a wet blanket on growth IMO. Everyone’s sick of paying subscription because vendors can’t resist that recurring revenue.
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Poor Amazon workers… just got some very heavy packages. These go higher than my old ones, select much more rapidly when changing weight, stay there, and support planking and push-ups. My other ones were round, long spindles to allow for many disc shaped weights to be added, and this was cumbersome and difficult to use in workouts where you do circuits with various weights. Very clever design that mitigates all of those disadvantages!
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I attempted to complete my first marathon on the rower today and failed miserably. I was able to make it 27 km's but pulled the plug with just under 15 km's to go. The pace was good, but I screwed up the drinking/eating part of it. I rowed 12 km's before my first water break and then stopped again to eat a granola bar and have another water break at 18 km's. The energy levels started dropping pretty quick after about 24 km's and the last 3 km's was brutal.
I'll take a break, go back to normal training, and try it again in a month or two.
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Doing 27km on the rower is pretty intense! Nice work. You'll get the marathon eventually.
I was told that practising nutrition is part of training. When I did the ultra I played around with eating and drinking to found what worked. I ate a clif blok (sic) every 30 mins and drank 500ml of electrolyte water and 500ml of plain water every hour (more or less depending on conditions), then on Raceday also ate a small handful of salty peanuts at aid stations. Caffeine can be helpful too.
Ran for two hours today and it felt easy with 250ml of water and three clif bloks.
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@Nkwkfld Thank you for the advice. I had a feeling that the nutrition was the Achilles Heel this time. I was drinking water (no electrolytes) and a fruit/nut granola bar. When I finished, I quickly ate two more bars and was still hungry. Just finished dinner and feel like I could row the rest of the distance…
Going to use your suggestions and figure out what works for me. Anything in particular you recommend for electrolytes?
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Most recently I've preferred the flavour of Nuun but for most of the training I was using high5 or scienceinsport. They're all pretty much the same: a tube of dissolvable tabs that give you water a salty taste with no carbs. If you wanted the Iron Heart of nutrition go with Maurten. They might do some stuff with carbs and electrolytes. Some people also like salt pills. I haven't tried them.
