2019 weight loss and fitness accountability club

[Felonious Crud]

Good progress all around, by the looks of it. The fittest car forum in the world!

Well, not good progress from me - I've done sod all this week on account of having had a stinking git of a cold. Today was my first day feeling closer to normal and I clocked up 17.8k steps, 12.8km and 11 floors including 119 'brisk' minutes of walking. It was all in London so I've doubtless inhaled several grams of noxious shite, mind.

All being well, tomorrow I shall be back on the rower and the weights. Jon, I'll be ordering a set of those cards you have. They look very good at ensuring variety with the resistance work.

PS, Newton - epic!

 

[JonW]

Right then
Cycling today on my Mountain Bike around the local fields when a thought occurred.
I am usually in one gear (not many hills on my route) for 90% of the journey and I need to pedal briskly against a low resistance gear to maintain a constant speed.
Is this better or worse or no difference to a different gear with more resistance to pedaling and a less brisk action?

Depends what you mean by better I think?

Most research shows that there is less overall stress on the body and your muscles if you maintain a highish cadence (85-90rpm) and an easier gear, as opposed to having really grind away at a harder gear and lower cadence. This stacks up in real life and is why its easier to cycle up a hill at low speed in a low gear (with your legs going round like crazy), as opposed to going up it at the same low speed but having to stand up and really push hard against a much harder gear ratio,

This is why lots of experienced cyclists seem to have their legs going round super fast, and almost look like they are making no effort (when actually they are pumping out huge amounts of power)

However, at the end of the day you need to expend a certain amount of energy to move the bike forward and to counteract the effects of gravity and friction, etc, and therefore if the speed were the same in either case, I think the energy expended would be equal.

So it depends if you want it to feel like hard work or not

 

[CatmanV2]

After the last two days, I suspect my numbers are going to be **** on Wednesday *sigh*

C

 

[Wattie]

Depends what you mean by better I think?

Most research shows that there is less overall stress on the body and your muscles if you maintain a highish cadence (85-90rpm) and an easier gear, as opposed to having really grind away at a harder gear and lower cadence. This stacks up in real life and is why its easier to cycle up a hill at low speed in a low gear (with your legs going round like crazy), as opposed to going up it at the same low speed but having to stand up and really push hard against a much harder gear ratio,

This is why lots of experienced cyclists seem to have their legs going round super fast, and almost look like they are making no effort (when actually they are pumping out huge amounts of power)

However, at the end of the day you need to expend a certain amount of energy to move the bike forward and to counteract the effects of gravity and friction, etc, and therefore if the speed were the same in either case, I think the energy expended would be equal.

So it depends if you want it to feel like hard work or not

You might want to get yourself a heart monitor watch. Fairly inexpensive nowadays. There are exercise techniques that keep your heart rate in zones, fat burning, cardio etc.
One of the above will get your heart moving faster and you'll be able to tell which and use it depending on your goals. I suspect on the flat and in a low gear you'll be in the cardio zone. High gear- fat burning.
For example most bodybuilders/muscley types do very little cardio (High heart) rate stuff as it tends to burn the muscle they are creating as well as fat. Not what they want.
As a result they do lots of walking which keeps the "fat burning" process going whilst maintaining as much new muscle as possible.
Regardless of what gear you use what you are doing will be benefitting your overall health and fitness so its positive

 

[zagatoes30]

Another week and another pound gone so half a stone which was target one. sStill no booze and actually getting use to that now so hopefully start to move towards target 2 which is a weight starting 13 St something

1st Jan 15 St 0 lbs
5th Jan 14 St 10 lbs
12th Jan 14 St 9 lbs
19th Jan 14 St 8 lbs
25th Jan 14 St 7 lbs

 

[MrPea]

Depends what you mean by better I think?

Most research shows that there is less overall stress on the body and your muscles if you maintain a highish cadence (85-90rpm) and an easier gear, as opposed to having really grind away at a harder gear and lower cadence. This stacks up in real life and is why its easier to cycle up a hill at low speed in a low gear (with your legs going round like crazy), as opposed to going up it at the same low speed but having to stand up and really push hard against a much harder gear ratio,

This is why lots of experienced cyclists seem to have their legs going round super fast, and almost look like they are making no effort (when actually they are pumping out huge amounts of power)

However, at the end of the day you need to expend a certain amount of energy to move the bike forward and to counteract the effects of gravity and friction, etc, and therefore if the speed were the same in either case, I think the energy expended would be equal.

So it depends if you want it to feel like hard work or not

This is the video I saw a while ago about cadence - grinding vs. spinning

 

[D Walker]

I've just been to the gym in work. The exercise bikes have an ftp test facility. I daren't do that in front of people so will need to wait until a quiet empty time.

 

[JonW]

I’ve just done an intervals sessions on the rower.

2km warmup (2:09/500)
10 * 500m @1:59; 2min easy recovery
3 sets of 15 reps of
- Chest press
- Lat pullover
- Shoulder press
- Bicep curl
- Tricep dips

Can’t describe how much I’d love a beer now!

 

[Felonious Crud]

Brilliant! Well done, Jon. My 52 cards of dumbbell exercises arrived today but I'm still shaking off this sodding bloody cold so all I've done is look at them. I've got some catching up to do with the rest of you.

Dave - will the gym be a regular spare-time haunt now you're in Denmark? Tough choice between that and the bars.

 

[allandwf]

I have two daughters and a one year old staying, so it's all gone horribly wrong! Back to normal at the weekend.

 

[JonW]

Morning all,

Sunday morning weigh in for me, and the stats on the doors are:

1st Jan - 91.5kg
6th Jan - 90.2kg
12th Jan - 88.7kg
19th Jan - 87.5kg
27th Jan - 86.7kg

This is pretty close to 5kg overall, which is 11lbs. However, the even better news is I have just measured myself as well, and the numbers there are

Neck - 16 3/4” (was 17.5”)
Waist - 36 inches (was 37”)
Gut (or Jeremy Clarkson belly) - 41” (was 44.5”)

All of that makes good reading, and the slight slow down in rate of weight loss is probably a good thing as it will encourage me to not let bad habits like snacking on chocolate to creep back in.

 

[CatmanV2]

Well done, Jon!

C

 

[Dan!]

Weekly weigh in time: 12st 6 down from 13st 4 at the beginning.

Nearly a stone lost since Jan 1st, just from cutting out the booze!! 4kg in new money.

 

[JonW]

Weekly weigh in time: 12st 6 down from 13st 4 at the beginning.

Nearly a stone lost since Jan 1st, just from cutting out the booze!! 4kg in new money.

12lbs is 5.5kg? You’re selling yourself short there... fantastic result though!

 

[Dan!]

Cool, better than I thought then

 

[Han QP Sport GT]

[QUOTE = "Dan !, Bericht: 669202, lid: 301"] Gelukkig nieuwjaar!

In navolging van Newtons is post die started als een thought en snel aan het worden is, zal hij (en nu ook als ik) in september / oktober van 2020 vanuit Engeland naar Zuid-Frankrijk gaan kajakken. De realiteit is dat moet fitter en sterker worden!

Om ervoor te zorgen dat we elke kans op succes hebben, heb ik besloten om een forum-accountclub op te richten. Het staat open voor iedereen! Hoe meer hoe beter.

Het idee is dat iedereen die wil meedoen, hun startstatistieken (dat zijn de gewichten van omtrek, wat jou moet het meest opwindt ...) moet posten en vervolgens hun maandelijkse activiteiten en voortgang publiceert.

Klaar om te plaatsen. (Fotografisch bewijsmateriaal is optioneel!)

Alle leden zijn verantwoordelijking verschuldigd aan elkaar. En zonder alle Mumsnet te gebruiken , kunnen we elkaar niet laten zorgen dat we niet van de wagen vallen. [/ CITAAT]


Whow, er moet zeker 30 kilo af voor mijn vakantie deze zomer naar Bella Italia, hoe kan ik meedoen.?

Ben 58, altijd zittend werk, te weinig beweging, maar er moet iets gebeuren, anders ben ik dood denk ik in een paar jaar, veel collega's en vrienden verloren de laatste 2 jaar, Bizar.

Wat moet ik doen om mee te gaan met deze goede actie, hoor van jullie.

Ben 180 cm
130 kilo
Buikomvang .. haha Te veel.

Drink bijna geen Bier, meer Rosé, dus boven suiker.

Ciao Han

 

[MrPea]

Han, that's brilliant, but Im afraid I've no idea what you just said!

 

[Han QP Sport GT]

Heb ooit een bijna nieuwe Spinner gekocht, hou jullie op de hoogte, ....
Hij komt weer onder het stof vandaan ...

Nice Weekend.

Ciao Han.

 

[MrPea]

Sunday morning stats...
2nd January:
Age: 36
Height: 6'4"
Belly flopped: 51"
Waist: 44"
Weight: 19st 8lbs

20th January
Age: 36
Height: 6'4"
Belly flopped: 48.5"
Waist: 42.5"
Weight: 19st 4lbs

27th January:
Age: 36 - no change
Height: 6'4" - no change
Belly flopped: 47" - 1.5" this week (!!) and 4" this month
Waist: just over 43" - more than last week? I'm guessing that I must have measured after some slightly tighter waisted trousers had compressed the waistline. Still overall it's good!
Weight: 19st - 4lbs this week and 8lbs overall. HapPea days!

 

[2b1ask1]

[QUOTE = "Dan !, Bericht: 669202, lid: 301"] Gelukkig nieuwjaar!

In navolging van Newtons is post die started als een thought en snel aan het worden is, zal hij (en nu ook als ik) in september / oktober van 2020 vanuit Engeland naar Zuid-Frankrijk gaan kajakken. De realiteit is dat moet fitter en sterker worden!

Om ervoor te zorgen dat we elke kans op succes hebben, heb ik besloten om een forum-accountclub op te richten. Het staat open voor iedereen! Hoe meer hoe beter.

Het idee is dat iedereen die wil meedoen, hun startstatistieken (dat zijn de gewichten van omtrek, wat jou moet het meest opwindt ...) moet posten en vervolgens hun maandelijkse activiteiten en voortgang publiceert.

Klaar om te plaatsen. (Fotografisch bewijsmateriaal is optioneel!)

Alle leden zijn verantwoordelijking verschuldigd aan elkaar. En zonder alle Mumsnet te gebruiken , kunnen we elkaar niet laten zorgen dat we niet van de wagen vallen. [/ CITAAT]


Whow, er moet zeker 30 kilo af voor mijn vakantie deze zomer naar Bella Italia, hoe kan ik meedoen.?

Ben 58, altijd zittend werk, te weinig beweging, maar er moet iets gebeuren, anders ben ik dood denk ik in een paar jaar, veel collega's en vrienden verloren de laatste 2 jaar, Bizar.

Wat moet ik doen om mee te gaan met deze goede actie, hoor van jullie.

Ben 180 cm
130 kilo
Buikomvang .. haha Te veel.

Drink bijna geen Bier, meer Rosé, dus boven suiker.

Ciao Han

Allow me to Google translate Stevie:

Top bit is Dan's opening post.

Han says:

Whow, there must be 30 kilos for my vacation this summer to Bella Italia, how can I participate?

Am 58, always sedentary work, not enough exercise, but something has to happen, otherwise I'm dead in a few years, many colleagues and friends lost the last 2 years, Bizar.

What do I have to do to go along with this good action, hear from you.

Ben 180 cm
130 kilos
Abdominal circumference .. haha Too much.

Drink almost no Beer, more Rosé, so above sugar.

Ciao Han

Han, jump in mate, the more the merrier loosing weight with the forum, between us we have already lost the equivalent of a small adult!