Fitness Goals: Helping Each Other Reach Our Goals

[taylorjonasher]

Been a busy week! Classes are in full swing, and my kids have had something every night this week. I am still only about 95% recovered from whatever illness I had last week; sleep has been suffering and as a result, I haven't been waking up at my 405 alarm time, but somehow turning it off in my sleep and waking up unassisted promptly at 530 instead, which is the normal time that I hit the gym. So my morning routine has been all messed up. Monday I didn't even make it in to the gym, but I did get to sit around in my sweats all day at work as it was kinda the last day of feeling not well enough to do anything. 

I've modified my splits as follows:

Monday - Push Pull Day 1 - Heavy (6-8 sets x 4-5 reps @ higher weight)

Tuesday - Legs Day 1 - Heavy (6-8 sets x 4-5 reps @ higher weight)

Wednesday - Off / Run

Thursday - Push Pull Day 2 - Light (3-6 sets x 8-12 reps @ lower weight)

Friday - Legs Day 2 Light (3-6 sets x 8-12 reps @ lower weight)

Saturday / Sunday - Yoga, Run, Eat, Drink, Recover

Tuesday - Push Pull 1 Heave - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/16997918283

 

Still tracking, but not as religiously as before. I miss some days. I've tracked probably 4-5 days out of the week for the last month. 

Yesterday's In: 1,569

Yesterdays Out: 3,383

Today's Weight: 179.5 - been floating around this number for the last week or two. Still working to track down to that magic 173 number. Still working to hit 145-180g of protein each day. 

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 week 8, day 3: shoulders/arms/core

[JFish350]

I feel like I can finally workout more than 2-3 days a week now. Problem is my body is so far out of shape I am truly at the beginning of workouts. 

I had PT yesterday and we did a lot of leg (quad) work. Sled pull, Body squat with a twist while picking up an 8lb med ball, then 10 lunges each leg for 3 sets. 

On top of that I worked a JV football game. End of the 1st qtr was 27-0 and both teams ran a hurry up offense. I was smoked after the 1st qtr to say the least. The head ref (white hat) is 72 years old and made me look slow. I have worked with him before and he never had to spot a ball for me. I am positive he spotted the ball 60% of the time.

Final score was 60-0 but the loosing team kept their heads up and fought the whole game. 

I have a varsity game tonight and I am extremely worried as the white I am working with tonight is one of our lazier officials. 

 

I have some recovery to do and a lot of work to do. 

[FallenSaber]

Got in 6 miles yesterday with some Zone 2 speed work over the course of 2 miles. 1 mile warm up, 8 minutes running about a 9 minute pace, followed by a 4 minute jog, then picking up speed for another 8 minutes and an easy 3 miles to finish.

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 day4 week 8: full body HiiT/core.  Walk treadmill/medicine ball work

[Owengeorge13]

1. LiiFT4 day1 week1, then 1 1/2 mile jog on treadmill

2. walk double stroller

ill be doing a practice session with my MLM2pro later today.  I’m finding out that I generally burn 200-500 calories hitting golf balls into a net with speed training some days 

[tony@CIC]

Looking for a compact fitness tracker and like the Garmin Vivosmart 5. Any feedback on it? Is there a subscription involved? Any better alternatives? 

[taylorjonasher]

2 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Looking for a compact fitness tracker and like the Garmin Vivosmart 5. Any feedback on it? Is there a subscription involved? Any better alternatives? 

No subscriptions for the fitness components. I used to have a Vivo and it was good. Battery life is pretty good, the only thing that really kills it is going on long runs. The Garmin Connect app on your phone is free and gives you great insights. I still have access to the 20% off coupons on any fitness watch through Garmin, so before you buy let me know and I'll get it to you! They are good for 24 hours once they are pulled.

I played on Friday with a guy and his $600 range finder; my Fenix 7 GPS was good on 17 of 18 holes to within 1 yard of what he was shooting with it. The only exception was the hole that they redid last year that hasn't been updated in Garmin Golf yet. The golf component requires a subscription, which is $120 / year. Otherwise the Vivosmart is a great fitness tracker; it has all the health tracking metrics that my Fenix has. 

Edited September 16 by taylorjonasher

[tony@CIC]

8 hours ago, taylorjonasher said:

No subscriptions for the fitness components. I used to have a Vivo and it was good. Battery life is pretty good, the only thing that really kills it is going on long runs. The Garmin Connect app on your phone is free and gives you great insights. I still have access to the 20% off coupons on any fitness watch through Garmin, so before you buy let me know and I'll get it to you! They are good for 24 hours once they are pulled.

I played on Friday with a guy and his $600 range finder; my Fenix 7 GPS was good on 17 of 18 holes to within 1 yard of what he was shooting with it. The only exception was the hole that they redid last year that hasn't been updated in Garmin Golf yet. The golf component requires a subscription, which is $120 / year. Otherwise the Vivosmart is a great fitness tracker; it has all the health tracking metrics that my Fenix has. 

Thx I'd love the coupon, send via DM 

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 day2 week1: back/bi/core

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 day 3 week1: shoulders/core/treadmill 1 mile jog

[VernL4]

23 hours ago, taylorjonasher said:

No subscriptions for the fitness components. I used to have a Vivo and it was good. Battery life is pretty good, the only thing that really kills it is going on long runs. The Garmin Connect app on your phone is free and gives you great insights. I still have access to the 20% off coupons on any fitness watch through Garmin, so before you buy let me know and I'll get it to you! They are good for 24 hours once they are pulled.

I played on Friday with a guy and his $600 range finder; my Fenix 7 GPS was good on 17 of 18 holes to within 1 yard of what he was shooting with it. The only exception was the hole that they redid last year that hasn't been updated in Garmin Golf yet. The golf component requires a subscription, which is $120 / year. Otherwise the Vivosmart is a great fitness tracker; it has all the health tracking metrics that my Fenix has. 

Just to clarify something... The majority of the golf features are free. This page has the list- https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/850633/pn/010-13322-SU

The subscription is currently $100/year. It provides you with: Green Contours, Home Tee Hero virtual rounds, and the ability to Store video clips of shots.

Personally, I go with the free stuff.

AND!!!! Garmin's annual sale just started. Plenty of good deals out there right now.

Edited September 17 by VernL4

[VernL4]

On 9/16/2024 at 7:07 AM, tony@CIC said:

Looking for a compact fitness tracker and like the Garmin Vivosmart 5. Any feedback on it? Is there a subscription involved? Any better alternatives? 

My wife had a vivosmart (I don't remember the exact model) for several years and then gave it to her mom. It's still going... She liked that it would display text messages from her phone, weather, and her favorite feature is "find my phone". It's got a few basic activity features. It does NOT track golf. It does have quite a few of Garmin's health and wellness features, though.

The cheapest Garmin with golf tracking is the Approach S12- https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/721216 . Golf is pretty much the only thing that watch does, though.

The vivoactive has many more features than the Approach. 11 days of battery life per charge. Lots of activity profiles. AMOLED screen. It's not the top-of-the-line, but it's a good way to be introduced to the Garmin ecosystem.

https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-6649654/garmin-vvoactive-5-silicone-band-smartwatch.jsp?color=Black&prdPV=1&isClearance=false

I always get my stuff from Kohls.com . Their prices are the same as what you see at Garmin's website. They often have deals that include Kohl's cash. When I got my Fenix 7 I got around $200 in Kohl's cash. I used that to buy some clothes and shoes.  

Edited September 17 by VernL4

[tony@CIC]

58 minutes ago, VernL4 said:

My wife had a vivosmart (I don't remember the exact model) for several years and then gave it to her mom. It's still going... She liked that it would display text messages from her phone, weather, and her favorite feature is "find my phone". It's got a few basic activity features. It does NOT track golf. It does have quite a few of Garmin's health and wellness features, though.

The cheapest Garmin with golf tracking is the Approach S12- https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/721216 . Golf is pretty much the only thing that watch does, though.

The vivoactive has many more features than the Approach. 11 days of battery life per charge. Lots of activity profiles. AMOLED screen. It's not the top-of-the-line, but it's a good way to be introduced to the Garmin ecosystem.

https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-6649654/garmin-vvoactive-5-silicone-band-smartwatch.jsp?color=Black&prdPV=1&isClearance=false

I always get my stuff from Kohls.com . Their prices are the same as what you see at Garmin's website. They often have deals that include Kohl's cash. When I got my Fenix 7 I got around $200 in Kohl's cash. I used that to buy some clothes and shoes.  

Thanks - great info. I only want to use the Garmin for fitness rather than a fitness/golf combo. I currently use Shotscope X5 for golf and love that device. 

[taylorjonasher]

Monday - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/17048341042

Tuesday - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/17061499827

Today - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/17061499827

Today's Weight - 182.0

[taylorjonasher]

Legs Day 2 - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/17075482028

Weight - 181.0. 

Smoked myself today with legs. My superset with weighted GHD situps, medicine-ball pull downs and body weight squats had me drenched in 8 minutes.

173 seems like stretch at this point as I've hit a plateau for about the last 4 weeks. I've been pretty good, but not perfect on my nutrition and maintaining a deficit. The days I don't track are not 3,000 - 4,000 surplus days, so I'd think that I should still be losing weight; I must just be building mass. I need to take a look at my nutrition and see if I can make some tweaks to cut further. Body fat is probably around 13% right now, but still trying to dip down to 10. We'll keep at it and see what happens!

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 week2, day1:chest/tri/hiit/core

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 day2 week2: back/bi/core.  Treadmill walk

[Owengeorge13]

1. Walk doubles stroller

2. LiiFT4 day3 week2: shoulders/hiit/core then golf medicine ball work walk treadmill ten minutes

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 day4 week2: Legs/hiit/core/treadmill

[cksurfdude]

Hey guys haven't checked in for a while .. hope y'all r doin great!!

Just stating "out loud" I'm gonna work out more, and more regularly, in prep for a hip replacement surgery in a month. Want to build up some strength and stamina; also work on balance and the small motor muscles.

No specific goals, just get stronger!

[cksurfdude]

I generally eat fairly healthy and have been making protein shakes more often - help maintain the muscle in trying to build up. 

Today was some light stretchy band exercises and some of the old PT hip exercises really; them some Orange Whip swings while trying to stay upright on two balance disks and then in the afternoon aerated the front yard with a manual push tool that has several wheels with big tines and a 10lb weight so it's a good leg (and while body) workout.

[Owengeorge13]

Yesterday LiiFt 4 week2 day1 chest tri

today golf warmup medicine ball, golf warm up MLM2pro sim with prodendr.  Then walk/carry 18 holes

[jbern]

I haven't been keeping up with posting on this thread. I am now in a Tonal program called "Muscle Mountain" and it's one of the most intense workouts I've ever done. They are 35-50 minutes of GO! One workout I lifted 20k Tonal pounds. Which is the most I've done in a single workout on the Tonal by about 5k pounds. I still have one week left of the program, so we'll see how it ends.

It's been nice working out in the mornings and I haven't found myself too tired throughout the rest of the day. I do find that I am sore if I do golf, so it either takes me several holes to loosen up, or I need to do a lot of stretching/range time before the round (which I almost never do ).

[cksurfdude]

Good friend (who's also a golfer and a chiropractor) came over sad showed me several leg and hip strengthening and mobility exercises to work on. And how to keep proper form while doing them! 

Then 30 mins on the air resistance bike followed by a few more squats and calf raises (body weight only).

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 day2 week3: back/bi/HiiT, 2 mile run on treadmill/walk 1/4 mile

walk pushing double stroller

I joined the weight watchers app just to track my food intake.  I’d love to get back down to my marathon weights

[cksurfdude]

A few "back" lunges (the way my friend, a chiropractor showed me to protect the old knees), a few wall squats and a few (short, just the first step on a staircase) box jumps. Then 30 mins elliptical.

[taylorjonasher]

Had an abysmal week last week working out. Super busy at work and with classes, so I took the week off and also used the time to crush beers and eat like an unhinged maniac. I felt like a dead animal swelling in the sun all weekend; it was really nice to get back into the gym this morning and back back after it!

 

Push Pull Heavy - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/17166955518

Weight - 182.5

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT 4, week2, day 3: shoulders/Hiit/core

[cksurfdude]

Light day today - after the typical a.m. routine of back roller, a few basic yoga moves, a few situps and pushups then added some hip exercises. Then ingested some protein.