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BoarIcon...11-04-2020 @ 21:04 
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My darling Wayne ,

Sadly this is the pattern all my strength training seems to have taken over the last couple of years. Earlier today I announced my intention to the wife and youngest child that I will be joining the gym when it re-opens, It is only a few 100 meters from my house , So i have no excuses left.

please keep praying for my weak musculoskeletal system,

yours forever

J
BoarIcon...12-04-2020 @ 12:31 
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Rowing


  • 2km - warm up
  • 2km - 7:23.5
  • 2km - cool down



As soon as i set off I knew in my porcine heart of hearts that I would be happy with sub 7:25 ..... i am very pleased to have completed the row , I have never quit but at 1000m I had the superb idea to stop , but didnt and carried on 100m at a time.

new season at the start of may , so this is another decent marker on the way to sub 7.

https://i.ibb.co/hyDTWpL/seasons-best-2km-7-23-5.jpg
jtIcon...12-04-2020 @ 15:54 
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Well done, a little too fast out the blocks perhaps?

The temptation to "handle down" is always lingering on a tough row, congratulations on resisting it.

Have you seen the USA kid Isiah Harrison? 5.53 at 16years of age 6'9''.

Forget lightweight there should be an under 5'7'' class.
BoarIcon...12-04-2020 @ 16:09 
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Post Edited: 12.04.2020 @ 16:26 PM by Boar
will take a look at the young beast

A guy who used to work at ours was 7 foot tall , but he was so unathletic - such a waste of many inches

I set off at 7:20 pace, it was when my pace drifted over 1:50 that i made a recalculation of my goal Grin

once I get in the 200's i start counting down the strokes, I knew I was at my limit when even 'going for it' in the last 300 didnt bring my final 500 time down into the 1:40's , so on we go !!

now I am old and weedy , im not really into videos but i did it anyway



plus my rubiks cube solve

BoarIcon...13-04-2020 @ 12:44 
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  • 12km ride on bike
  • 20 minutes weights
  • 3km jog on treadmill (zwift)


ride was windy and just replaced my usual commute

weights were using 24kg kettlebell plus bodyweight

jog was using my treadmill
BoarIcon...14-04-2020 @ 15:36 
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Post Edited: 14.04.2020 @ 15:37 PM by Boar

  • 30:00 row- Keeping HR around 142bpm


reading up on rowing and stuff, it seems getting longer rows in helps, rather than smashing out intervals all the time.

start with 30 mins @ 80% max heart rate and try to work up to possibly 1 hour or 2 x 30

work was BUSY B-U-S-Y

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RickIcon...14-04-2020 @ 18:09 
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Hadn't realised (or had forgotten, with my decaying brain) you were a cuber, Mr Boar. I haven't timed myself recently, but I used to hover around the upper 30s for the most part. Ridiculously, I can't remember what my PB was. At the moment I'm mostly playing with shape mods, with just the occasional 4x4 and 5x5 to keep my hand in.
BoarIcon...14-04-2020 @ 18:47 
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i'm into to the low 40's , but im pretty happy just being able to do it in under 1 minute , I have lots of the others to tinker with but always return to the simple 3x3 , especially my outrageously expensive GAN356X
EDCLARKEIcon...14-04-2020 @ 19:02 
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that was actually pretty impressive , the only time I completed a cube was when I took it to bits and put it back together
Wayne_CowdreyIcon...14-04-2020 @ 20:47 
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I couldn't solve one face of a 'cube' if my life depended on it. Useless at them.

I enjoyed watching your forearm muscles in action Happy
BoarIcon...15-04-2020 @ 16:15 
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i enjoy cubing but (for me) its not worth the extra effort to get down to 20 seconds and below


  • weight training
  • 5km run on treadmill (zwift)


running on zwift is slightly less boring than just running on the treadmill, I can still feel my extra 'heft' while running
RickIcon...16-04-2020 @ 10:53 
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Boar said:i enjoy cubing but (for me) its not worth the extra effort to get down to 20 seconds and below


Yeah, exactly. I do four-look last layer and cannot be bothered to move to two-look. Though the real thing that slows me down is terrible lookahead and recognition.
BoarIcon...16-04-2020 @ 11:25 
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Shed Triathlon


  • 5km row
  • 20km ride on Zwift
  • 5km run on Zwift


The ride included box hill, which was a bit of a pain.

https://i.ibb.co/ZNbmf0c/leg-1.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/HTf3CP4/leg-2.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/0fJ8582/leg-3.jpg
WILLSANIcon...16-04-2020 @ 11:40 
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Boar said:Shed Triathlon


  • 5km row
  • 20km ride on Zwift
  • 5km run on Zwift



Eek

you have a mental resolve I can only aspire to.
EDCLARKEIcon...16-04-2020 @ 13:57 
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WILLSAN said:
Eek
you have a mental resolve I can only aspire to.


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