Need some help after I pat myself on the ass. As of September it will be a year since I dedicated myself to working out 6 days a week. During this time I've completed Insanity twice (always loved cardio) and P90 X once. Over the past 3 months I've mixed the workouts together. I pretty much eat the same and still drink but staying dedicated to my workouts has made a huge difference. I've lost 30 lbs and from the waist up I look like I've been taking the cream and the clear. After I reach my 1 year goal I'm going to need something else to shoot for. I need something challenging to compete against myself so I won't fall off. I want to run a marathon. I ran cross country in high school and while I wasn't the fastest sprinting I had great endurance. I would be interested in training with the WZ's of the world so I can figure out what I need to do. So if any of you have a routine that you use I would be interested. I would also be interesting in finding out where you run. Thanks in advance.

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Once again, congrats to everyone for their efforts. T Bone, I would agree with others about the two-a-days. You might be able to get more accomplished with one outing. I'm that overweight guy that knows quite a bit about health and fitness. However, although it's leveled right now, I'm at my lowest weight since 2002. I'm at 197, and need to get to 185.

Keep it up everyone.

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endurance is so much more important, i think. it allows you to keep it up as you get older. not too many sprinters in their 40's or older. my dad didn't run his first marathon until he was 39, and his last when he was in his mid 40's.

i have a very fine convenience of being close to the prairie path elgin branch that is over 11 miles long, so that's what i use when training. this summer has been so humid, i haven't run outside since early june; i just do treadmill running, using a 10% incline. hoping to use the path late summer when the heat dies down.

my routine is S,M, W, F cardio (running 8.5 miles on treadmill, 70 minutes; or, one day of the elliptical, about 10 miles, 70 minutes, level 15); T, THR, SAT lifting. Tuesday i do bi's/back, thursday chest/tri's, saturday bi's/shoulders. I've kept that routine roughly for 9 years, and I haven't really have had any injuries. Sometimes I'll change it up and lift lightweights but I don't strain too much nor do I max out a lot, so all I really do is maintain, which is why I stay at the same weight...I like feeling that way better. And I'm happy with my build.

Just play ball with me 5x's a week and you'll toughen up.

There are some trails by the crib and the track at the High School, not sure which one is closer for you.

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You never miss your wealth, till your well went dry
Seem like only yesterday, you were here smiling
Now you gone away, but I know you in a better place
No traces of you, what can I do?
Alone and confused

Officially down 100 lbs since the beginning of the year!

Did the divorce go well?

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We got some life changing mofos in here. Keep up the good work, everyone!

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Definitely some alternate life mofos in here.

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i lost 8lbs while on vacation. 144#...oh yeah!

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I hear that. After a long bike ride on Wednesday, I thought I'd go for a run on Thursday and it went very poorly. I only made it 2 miles before I stopped since I was so miserable due to the heat and humidity. It's been years since I stopped mid-run.

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I ran a 5K on Thursday outside and it was a thing. My stamina was way down but I didn't quit. Worked in the
yard yesterday for 2 hours and that was a rough one. Mowed, trimmed, and pulled and sprayed weeds. It was the
best 4 hours of sleep I had in a week.

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If you're a video game nerd or just looking for a fun way to track workouts like lifting or cardio take a look at Fitocracy.com It's video-gamey in that you get points for your workouts that allow you to "level up." There are also "quests" that try and get you to try new routines and "achievements" for certain milestones like benching your weight or squatting or deadlifting certain bodyweight numbers. I have the same username there as I do here if you want to check out how it works. No workouts logged for a bit since I'm in Florida on vacation. If you want to join here's an invite link.

http://ftcy.co/qzCx3Q

Killed it on my hour-long ride today. Awoke my inner Andy Schleck on the last big hill of the day. Heart rate monitor said I went up to 172 but it felt more than that.

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No day for leg workouts? Does this 70 mins include warmup and cool down or is it actual training?

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no real a warmup, and no i don't do leg exercises...well, running is the leg exercise. what i do i wouldn't really recommend to other people. i would recommend people walk a few minutes or start off kinda slow and then build the run. i pretty much start off running and just inch it up faster until i get to about 9.4 for the end. then i walk it off for about 5-6 minutes. it's about 64 minutes of straight running, and i'm at about 7:45 minute miles.

I know. I was trying to find a partner. They don't stay anywhere near us.

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Okay. I'll have to warm up and stretch. I'm going to give this a try in a month. I'm running 6.5 miles twice a week. That includes a 5 min warm up and cool down. I'm not going far up on the incline though. My knees weren't happy when I tried to do that. I'm going to shoot for 30 miles a week. Thanks

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the more you run, the better it'll get. it's always hell getting started. but once you get in the groove, it's awesome.

incline on a treadmill for running isn't really good for anything but possibly hurting yourself; so that's why i keep it low. when i was training i had it at 4.0, declining after about 40 minutes, and because i was running 40-45 miles a week, i could handle it.

no way i could be doing that now.

i do stretch before i run, and i do ab workouts.

I love the high from a good run. If that's how crack feels I see why people get addicted.

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6 days until my first half marathon. Had my best times at Poplar Creek (8.9 miles in 78 minutes) and Busse (7.7 in 66 minutes) the last few days. Think I'm peaking at the right time. If I can stay under 2 hours for the half, I'll be thrilled. I realize that's not too fast, but I gotta start somewhere.

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221. Only 2 lbs over the last 2 weeks or so.
Here's my current routine now...
5 days a week, M-F... 50 minutes @ 4mph on #4 incline on treadmill =3.33 miles
10 minutes @ 6 mph on #4 incline = 1 mile.
I take the weekends and just walk on the treadmill for 60 minutes on Sunday. Been taking saturdays off... sorta. Mowing the lawn and shit like that is kind of like a workout, so I'm basically working out 7 days a week now BUT...
I'm down 44 lbs and I feel like I'm getting back to normal. I used to be a pretty fit looking dude and I've been sloppyfat for too long. Getting back into shape feels good.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Nice work Darkside. I can't wait to get to 220. Hoping to get there just after
Labor Day weekend.

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Road 42 miles in 3 hrs 10 minutes today on the Old Plank Trail in the south suburbs. Averaged 13.3 mi/hr on the mountain bike. Really bonked out in the last 10 miles or so. HR monitor said I burned 4800 calories. Had this fattie pass me on mile 36. Went into race mode and nearly passed out. I do stupid things sometimes.

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In fairness are there any women in WI that weigh less that 200?

It seems short little guys like that often like the bigguns. I work with a guy down here that is about 5'5 and maybe 120lbs and his wife is at least 300lbs and a couple inches taller than him. He often references them fucking and people are all the time telling him to shut up, no one wants to hear about that shit

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No doubt. In fact whenever I see a chick that big I chuckle to myself because I
know there is a guy out there half her size hitting that and is completely happy
with it.

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KS nice try, but I have absolutely no doubt that you have split open a couple fattys in your day

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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I just laughed out loud and a couple people looked at me like I was nuts.

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You guys are so weird about looks.

How you feel about fucking pregnant women? Just as gross, a little less gross?