48000 steps and some good antlers that is a fun day!
oh and yes a shot of crown to celebrate

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I did my first Tough Mudder a few weeks ago. It was a blast and I intend to do more OCRs. I am on track to beat 1200 miles for the year. I'm up to 330 so far. I still need to get in my 2 half marathons at some point. I'm sure I will will work a few in during marathon training later in the year. I've been running and doing interval training up til this point. Weight training starts today.
I've had years of chronic low back pain, the best thing that has helped me a ton is stretching my hip flexors without arching my back (kind of like a slow lunge) on a regular basis and also dead lifting very light for higher reps i.e. 85-135 lbs 15 - 35 reps with a straight back 2 times a week. I know everyone is different but these two things were crucial for me to implement on a regular basis in order to eliminate most of the pain.My goal for the first half of the year is to bulk up. I lost about 25lbs last Sept, Oct, Nov from lots of days in the field and not enough food. I'm up 35 lbs in 4 months and holding around 210 now which is where I like to be. Focusing on more athletic type (as opposed to power lifting or bb style lifting) strength and upping my cardio. In the gym eod and bike riding 5-7x/week. Constantly fighting chronic lower back pain but it's subsiding with physio and the gains are coming steady.
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Stretching is definitely key. If I miss two or three days I start going down hill fast. I'd love to start pulling heavy but I keep it under 2 plates/side, it's not worth risking my back health to try and hit numbers I won't be able to reach again anyways. Once I accepted that I was lifting to increase my mobility/athletics instead of hitting pr's, I started healing up much faster.I've had years of chronic low back pain, the best thing that has helped me a ton is stretching my hip flexors without arching my back (kind of like a slow lunge) on a regular basis and also dead lifting very light for higher reps i.e. 85-135 lbs 15 - 35 reps with a straight back 2 times a week. I know everyone is different but these two things were crucial for me to implement on a regular basis in order to eliminate most of the pain.
Nothing crazy here but my goals are as follows:
Run over 700 Miles-
Run 5 miles at a 7:45 minute/mile pace.
I'll throw in some specific strength goals as I ramp up training in preparation for hunting season (pullups, pushups, squats, lunges, weighted pack step ups, etc.) but I run year round regardless so that's what my annual goal focus is centered around.
my goals are as follows:
Run over 700 Miles
Run 5 miles at a 7:45 minute/mile pace.
I’m just shy of 1400 miles and happy to say that 14 of those miles were with meat loads with a 80-100 lb pack
I’m a bit behind in my 2000 mile goal, but not a lot- still a chance
Apparently I jynxed myself with this post and broke my foot yesterday... Not only will I probably not meet my goal but my elk hunt for next week just got scrapped. Lousy timing..3/4's of the year is gone, here is my quarterly report. I accomplished my goal to run 5 miles at a 7:45 minute/mile pace earlier this year. I've since moved and have some new trails to run that are a lot more technical and have a lot more elevation gain. That has slowed my pace but strengthened my legs and overall has been a benefit to me. I've logged 549.5 running miles so far this year so, barring injury, I should make my 700 mile goal fairly easily. It's been a good year so far.