flatlander here, getting ready for another fantasic year of sledding and high elevation strenuous physical exertion...
anyone else training to lose weight, get in shape for the upcomming season???? i train each year due to living at 900 feet of elvation, and the lodges i "normally" frequent are over 8000. i get AMS (accute mountain sickness), very often and severely. training and Rx therepy have helped ALOT.
if anyone is interested or would like to join in, and show and get support. this could be a great way to get motivated. i'll start with my stats, and what i my goal is.
i weight lift all year for maintainence (nothing serious). my diet normally sucks bad, and i have a serious addiction to coca-cola. started sept 12th with a body weight of 200 even. cleaned up my diet, quit soda cold turkey. (have only had 2 12oz cans since the 12th). i ran 1 mile the 12th, and paid for it. LOL!
as time goes on, i ramp up my weight training, increase the cardio workouts, and clean the diet more and more. i am striving to reach the goal of 180 lbs, december 28th. we leave for outwest the 29th (staying out there 3 weeks this year). the goal is to be able to run 5 miles (real road running not on the tread mill), and or be able to do an hour of cardio, at close to max output as i can, without gasping for air at my current elevation.
i normally weight lift a day, then run a day, with one day a week, no working out (rest day). again i ramp up to this. right now, i am running 3 days a week and lifting only one. as time goes on, i will lift 3 days a week, and cardio 3 or 4 and go seven days a week, no rest day near the end. this morning i ran 2 miles and felt great. mid week last week, i was down to 190 (10 pounds in 2 weeks) but, with the weights, and running giving me alittle muscle, and not eating as clean as i was the first 10 days, i gained alittle back. 13 weeks to go..... i did it last year, i can do it again.
who else is in??? ski
anyone else training to lose weight, get in shape for the upcomming season???? i train each year due to living at 900 feet of elvation, and the lodges i "normally" frequent are over 8000. i get AMS (accute mountain sickness), very often and severely. training and Rx therepy have helped ALOT.
if anyone is interested or would like to join in, and show and get support. this could be a great way to get motivated. i'll start with my stats, and what i my goal is.
i weight lift all year for maintainence (nothing serious). my diet normally sucks bad, and i have a serious addiction to coca-cola. started sept 12th with a body weight of 200 even. cleaned up my diet, quit soda cold turkey. (have only had 2 12oz cans since the 12th). i ran 1 mile the 12th, and paid for it. LOL!
as time goes on, i ramp up my weight training, increase the cardio workouts, and clean the diet more and more. i am striving to reach the goal of 180 lbs, december 28th. we leave for outwest the 29th (staying out there 3 weeks this year). the goal is to be able to run 5 miles (real road running not on the tread mill), and or be able to do an hour of cardio, at close to max output as i can, without gasping for air at my current elevation.
i normally weight lift a day, then run a day, with one day a week, no working out (rest day). again i ramp up to this. right now, i am running 3 days a week and lifting only one. as time goes on, i will lift 3 days a week, and cardio 3 or 4 and go seven days a week, no rest day near the end. this morning i ran 2 miles and felt great. mid week last week, i was down to 190 (10 pounds in 2 weeks) but, with the weights, and running giving me alittle muscle, and not eating as clean as i was the first 10 days, i gained alittle back. 13 weeks to go..... i did it last year, i can do it again.
who else is in??? ski
