Fitness Goals: Helping Each Other Reach Our Goals

[Preeway]

Just now, JFish350 said:

Sorry didn't see this earlier, Newport Oregon.

Aw. man. I love Newport. Check out Rogue Brewery and don't miss out on Mo's!

[JFish350]

2 minutes ago, Preeway said:

Aw. man. I love Newport. Check out Rogue Brewery and don't miss out on Mo's!

I am pretty sure we will see a brewery or 3. friends that I am going with have a plan, so I just rolling with the plan. I have been there for a day at a time. This is my first multi day trip to Newport. We tend to go to Seaside as my neighbor has house there 2 blocks from main drag. 

Mo's is good, but we have found a few smaller localist joints that are better. 

[Preeway]

4 minutes ago, JFish350 said:

I am pretty sure we will see a brewery or 3. friends that I am going with have a plan, so I just rolling with the plan. I have been there for a day at a time. This is my first multi day trip to Newport. We tend to go to Seaside as my neighbor has house there 2 blocks from main drag. 

Mo's is good, but we have found a few smaller localist joints that are better. 

Definitely better spots than Mo's. Having grown up in Oregon I learned early to know the local joints as opposed to the tourist hot spots.

[jbern]

10 hours ago, JFish350 said:

Order taken on the Seafood, I'll see if I remember to take a few pics as share. 

Yes, please share photos if you think of it! 

[jbern]

This week has been pretty good calorie intake wise. My only hiccup was that I pounded through about 8 oreos yesterday afternoon. I haven't been tracking on an app, but I used to and have a pretty good idea about it. I should probably get back on the calorie tracking in an app.

Workouts have been good for me this week. It's the final week of this "Everyday Fit" Tonal program and I'll be happy when it's done. I do have to admit that even though I've been down on the program, I have lost weight during the program and gained muscle, so the results were solid.

Keep at it everyone!

[JFish350]

2 hours ago, Preeway said:

Definitely better spots than Mo's. Having grown up in Oregon I learned early to know the local joints as opposed to the tourist hot spots.

I’m still learning, I’ve only lived here for 17 years. 

[JFish350]

1 hour ago, jbern said:

This week has been pretty good calorie intake wise. My only hiccup was that I pounded through about 8 oreos yesterday afternoon. I haven't been tracking on an app, but I used to and have a pretty good idea about it. I should probably get back on the calorie tracking in an app.

Workouts have been good for me this week. It's the final week of this "Everyday Fit" Tonal program and I'll be happy when it's done. I do have to admit that even though I've been down on the program, I have lost weight during the program and gained muscle, so the results were solid.

Keep at it everyone!

How do like the Tonal? Is it worth the cost? 
space wise, how much room do you actually need? 
 

I could start a small gym just with the stuff I have in my garage. 

[jbern]

1 hour ago, JFish350 said:

How do like the Tonal? Is it worth the cost? 
space wise, how much room do you actually need? 
 

I could start a small gym just with the stuff I have in my garage. 

I like the Tonal:

I really like the Tonal a lot. It is hands down the best and easiest strength training setup I have ever seen. Also, I have never strength trained as consistently as I have since owning the Tonal. It's definitely worth it for us because the closest gym is more than 15 minutes away and with 3 little kids it's hard to get out of the house for anything. We have it arranged where my wife works out in the mornings and I work out in the evenings, after the kids go to bed. I use it 5-6 days a week.

The only people who would not be able to use a Tonal are people who are striving for the highest single rep max weight or body builders who are too strong for the max digital weight the Tonal can provide. I consider myself pretty strong and I'm not close to maxing out the weight on any workout program. 

Cost:

Even though I say it's worth it for us, it's probably not going to save you any money over most conventional gyms and definitely will not save money over most free weight setups. However, you are basically doing workout programs with a personal trainer all the time and I know that costs a lot of money at gyms. The purchase cost is about $4k (you can do payment plans but the interest rate is bananas) and the monthly cost is $60. It was easy for us to justify the cost because of the convenience, no easy access to gyms, it has pre & post natal workouts for my wife, no room for free weights and it'll be used by the whole family eventually. There are other benefits also, but those were the list we had going when we made the purchase.

Space:

My ceilings are 7' high and that's enough room for me at 5'9". If you were 6' tall you would definitely need a 7'6" or taller ceiling. With the Tonal arms out, it only takes up about 3'x4'. With the arms stowed it sticks out 6" off the wall. If you were to put a Tonal in a bedroom, I think the room would have to be 8' wide x 10' long to be able to do all the workouts.

Let me know if you have more questions about it. Here's my setup with it:

 

 

[JFish350]

9 hours ago, jbern said:

I like the Tonal:

I really like the Tonal a lot. It is hands down the best and easiest strength training setup I have ever seen. Also, I have never strength trained as consistently as I have since owning the Tonal. It's definitely worth it for us because the closest gym is more than 15 minutes away and with 3 little kids it's hard to get out of the house for anything. We have it arranged where my wife works out in the mornings and I work out in the evenings, after the kids go to bed. I use it 5-6 days a week.

The only people who would not be able to use a Tonal are people who are striving for the highest single rep max weight or body builders who are too strong for the max digital weight the Tonal can provide. I consider myself pretty strong and I'm not close to maxing out the weight on any workout program. 

Cost:

Even though I say it's worth it for us, it's probably not going to save you any money over most conventional gyms and definitely will not save money over most free weight setups. However, you are basically doing workout programs with a personal trainer all the time and I know that costs a lot of money at gyms. The purchase cost is about $4k (you can do payment plans but the interest rate is bananas) and the monthly cost is $60. It was easy for us to justify the cost because of the convenience, no easy access to gyms, it has pre & post natal workouts for my wife, no room for free weights and it'll be used by the whole family eventually. There are other benefits also, but those were the list we had going when we made the purchase.

Space:

My ceilings are 7' high and that's enough room for me at 5'9". If you were 6' tall you would definitely need a 7'6" or taller ceiling. With the Tonal arms out, it only takes up about 3'x4'. With the arms stowed it sticks out 6" off the wall. If you were to put a Tonal in a bedroom, I think the room would have to be 8' wide x 10' long to be able to do all the workouts.

Let me know if you have more questions about it. Here's my setup with it:

 

 

WOW, Thats a setup thanks for sharing. Wish something this would have been around when my kids were littles. 

My kids are for the most part out of the house. I now have my sons old room as my "cave". Won't call it man as my wife still gives me input as to what should go in here. :). 

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 week6, day2 back/bi, HIIT, core, walk treadmill 30min, golf specific 

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 week6,day3 shoulders HIIT core, treadmill walk, run,walk, jump rope 

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFt4 week6day4 legs/hiit.  Walk treadmill 30 min.  Hitting golf balls later (week6 done)

Edited February 25 by Owengeorge13

[BallsLeon]

Weekly accountability post, didn't make good on my cardio goal but kept up the work with everything else. Weather is still gonna be nice this week, so we will try again

Weekly summary:

• 4 yoga classes: 2 power sculpt, 1 hot yoga, and 1 restore
• 1 home workout: missed a power sculpt class this week, so did my best to keep the heartrate up for 45 mins: squat/lunge variations, planks, pushups, burpees, and core excercises
• Walked 27 holes: 18 on president's day, and 9 on Saturday
• 3 nights of swing practice

[jbern]

3 hours ago, BallsLeon said:

Weekly accountability post, didn't make good on my cardio goal but kept up the work with everything else. Weather is still gonna be nice this week, so we will try again

Weekly summary:

• 4 yoga classes: 2 power sculpt, 1 hot yoga, and 1 restore
• 1 home workout: missed a power sculpt class this week, so did my best to keep the heartrate up for 45 mins: squat/lunge variations, planks, pushups, burpees, and core excercises
• Walked 27 holes: 18 on president's day, and 9 on Saturday
• 3 nights of swing practice

Nice job @BallsLeon! I'd say walking 27 holes would be pretty good cardio. 

What does swing practice look like for you?

[BallsLeon]

@jbern 1-2hrs of full swing clubs at the simulator. Some days I’m swinging one club and focusing on a swing change, and other days are much less structured/sim rounds.

[jbern]

For my weekly update; I finished the last 4 workouts of the "Everyday Fit" program on the Tonal. I also did one stretching workout on the Tonal. 

I'm glad to be done with the Everyday Fit program, but now I've got to select another program. There are golf specific workouts, but no full golf specific program. So I'll probably end up choosing a HIIT style program for maximum calorie burn. 

I also did a meal plan with my wife for this week. I'm going to try to stick to it! So far so good today.

Edited February 26 by jbern
added meal plan spreadsheet

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4week7 day1 chest/back, core. Golf specific, treadmill

[taylorjonasher]

It's been a couple days since I've been able to get on here and put up what I've been doing or not doing. 

Last week I was in Miami for a work conference, had a little too much fun on Wednesday night and skipped my Thursday workout. Shoulder workout was completed on Friday, and after a series of maintenance delays on Saturday I spent 20 hours traveling home, so nothing happened Saturday or Sunday. I also did minimal caloric tracking outside of what I ate during the day last week, as I ate out at a couple of nice restaurants with the rest of my group and let myself enjoy some very fine cuisine with next to zero regard for its nutritional value. It was pretty fantastic. 

Friday's Workout - Shoulder Hypertrophy 2/4 -  https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/14096108485?share_unique_id=199 

- 2 mi Run - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/14096109356?share_unique_id=202

Monday's Workout & Numbers - Legs Hypertrophy 2/4 - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/14139469454?share_unique_id=196

Calories Consumed - 1,371

Calories Burned - 3,301

Weight - 196.9

Today's Workout - Push Hypertrophy  3/4 - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/14154548383?share_unique_id=193

Weight - 195.7

[BigLebowski]

First time posting to this thread but no better time than now as I was just given the green light to resume strenuous exercise after about a month of forced rest because COVID did a number on my lungs last month.

Before that I was doing a lot of running, with the hopes of running a marathon in the fall of this year. That plan may have to be abandoned now, but I got back to both running and workouts this past weekend. 

I did a 4km run on Sunday which used to be a short and easy run for me, but I struggled and my heart rate was quite high the whole time. A bit demoralizing that I lost the fitness so quickly but looking forward to some of those newbie gains again.

Also did a home bodyweight workout, mostly push-up variations and core for this first one back. I plan to ease back into to some kettlebell workouts that I was doing before. But would welcome anyone's tips for home workouts that are golf focused now that my season here in Canada is fast approaching.

[taylorjonasher]

Welcome, Dude! Sounds like your marathon plans have been delayed, not abandoned! Long COVID can be brutal, sorry you have to deal with it. Just keep plugging away and getting a little bit better everyday - you'll get back to where you were and can celebrate with a White Russian and doing a J. BTW, it's my favorite movie. 

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4 week7Day2, Legs,HIIT,Core.  Treadmill walk uphill30min.  Golf specific medicine ball/swing trainer.

Edited February 29 by Owengeorge13

[Owengeorge13]

Yesterday I took off weight training and did a hour and 1/2 walk.

[JFish350]

On 2/27/2024 at 9:04 AM, BigLebowski said:

First time posting to this thread but no better time than now as I was just given the green light to resume strenuous exercise after about a month of forced rest because COVID did a number on my lungs last month.

Before that I was doing a lot of running, with the hopes of running a marathon in the fall of this year. That plan may have to be abandoned now, but I got back to both running and workouts this past weekend. 

I did a 4km run on Sunday which used to be a short and easy run for me, but I struggled and my heart rate was quite high the whole time. A bit demoralizing that I lost the fitness so quickly but looking forward to some of those newbie gains again.

Also did a home bodyweight workout, mostly push-up variations and core for this first one back. I plan to ease back into to some kettlebell workouts that I was doing before. But would welcome anyone's tips for home workouts that are golf focused now that my season here in Canada is fast approaching.

Covid did my lungs in when I had it in Oct 2020. Walking 500 yards would put me on the couch for a 2 hr sleep.  Took me a few months to get close to where I was. It does get easier, just be consistent which it sounds like you are. 
 

Hope you heal up quick. 

[JFish350]

Ok so I suck at taking pictures. Only got a couple I’ll put up. 
seafood and wine festival was fun. Kinda funny how ( I don’t mean to bash my wife here) has no issues spending $500 on 8 bottles of wine, but if I want to play a nice course for $100 it’s the end of bank account. 
 

Saturday was the festival and Sunday was a 2 1/2 mile hangover beach walk.  That was way too far but it did a headache good. 
 

last week I over did my workouts. My back was pretty pissed and decided to be a little biotch. So walking the festival, the beach and hooking the trailer all took 4 times longer. 
incident track food intake either and haven’t this week yet. 
 

I did play in a simulator tourney on Tuesday. it was a scramble, indoors and basically no walking. I feel ok today 

 

im hoping to get back to workouts next week, just need to be more mindful of frequency 

[cksurfdude]

Did a 30 minute "sport training" program on my elliptical as part of my exercise yesterday .. it's basic interval training and I managed to keep a fairly steady pace going of about 60 rpms.

Last year I wouldn't have been able to do that!

So thx all in here for helping me get motivated and staying on track to a better '24

[Owengeorge13]

LiiFT4, Week7,Day3:Arms, core.  Walk on treadmill 25 minutes, jump rope 

[taylorjonasher]

Wednesday - No workout. Wife got me a massage for my birthday, so I spent the morning getting put through the meat grinder before working from home the rest of the day in the basement.

Calories Consumed: 1,622

Calories Burned: 2,564

Thursday - Hypertrophy Pull / Shoulder Hybrid 3/4 - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/14194165022?share_unique_id=205

I went to the gym around 4, which meant it was packed. It was jammed full of college kids that have stopped caring about how they smelled, and it makes me wonder. This place is literally crawling with good looking girls with a thin layer of clothes barely painted on, what factors lead these dudes to the decision of "Nah, showers just ain't for me"?? When I walk into a 258,000 square foot facility and it smells like an onion chopping contest on all three levels with the high level opportunities walking around there I start to lose faith in the next generation. Rant over. 

Calories Consumed: 1,746

Calories Burned: 3,061

Weight: 194.2

[jbern]

On 2/27/2024 at 12:04 PM, BigLebowski said:

First time posting to this thread but no better time than now as I was just given the green light to resume strenuous exercise after about a month of forced rest because COVID did a number on my lungs last month.

Before that I was doing a lot of running, with the hopes of running a marathon in the fall of this year. That plan may have to be abandoned now, but I got back to both running and workouts this past weekend. 

I did a 4km run on Sunday which used to be a short and easy run for me, but I struggled and my heart rate was quite high the whole time. A bit demoralizing that I lost the fitness so quickly but looking forward to some of those newbie gains again.

Also did a home bodyweight workout, mostly push-up variations and core for this first one back. I plan to ease back into to some kettlebell workouts that I was doing before. But would welcome anyone's tips for home workouts that are golf focused now that my season here in Canada is fast approaching.

Welcome to the forum! I highly recommend adding a profile photo and filling out the rest of the profile so we can get to know you a little better! This is the best golf community on the interwebs!

Sad to hear about the COVID situation, but glad you're on the tail end of it and can resume normal exercise! Do you have a new goal in mind, since you might be moving the marathon to another time? 

[jbern]

On 2/28/2024 at 7:45 PM, Owengeorge13 said:

Yesterday I took off weight training and did a hour and 1/2 walk.

Great idea to change it up and go for a walk instead of lifting. I should probably do the same. I haven't gone for an extended run or walk in quite some time. Wednesday weather was 20* and 30mph winds, so hopefully yours was better! 

[jbern]

43 minutes ago, taylorjonasher said:

Wednesday - No workout. Wife got me a massage for my birthday, so I spent the morning getting put through the meat grinder before working from home the rest of the day in the basement.

Calories Consumed: 1,622

Calories Burned: 2,564

Thursday - Hypertrophy Pull / Shoulder Hybrid 3/4 - https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/14194165022?share_unique_id=205

I went to the gym around 4, which meant it was packed. It was jammed full of college kids that have stopped caring about how they smelled, and it makes me wonder. This place is literally crawling with good looking girls with a thin layer of clothes barely painted on, what factors lead these dudes to the decision of "Nah, showers just ain't for me"?? When I walk into a 258,000 square foot facility and it smells like an onion chopping contest on all three levels with the high level opportunities walking around there I start to lose faith in the next generation. Rant over. 

Calories Consumed: 1,746

Calories Burned: 3,061

Weight: 194.2

Awesome that you got a massage for your birthday! That sounds nice!

I never went through the smelly gym rat stage of college life, so I can't relate. I did have a few nights after a Call of Duty game release in college where the shower didn't get much use! No females in sight during that time though!