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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Oct 26 2007 16:07 (UTC) |
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| Hey Guys,
howz everyone doing ? Quite a few new names on the thread, which is great ! Good luck guys. I m here after a gap of 2 months. Catching back on things now. Have a great weekend everyone. |
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Sep 03 2007 07:21 (UTC) |
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| Just a passing 'Hi' from me. How is everyone doing? For the first time i had to scroll 4 pages to find this thread. Guess everyone's out enjoying the long weekend. Happy holidays everybody !
Good luck to emskirooni for the test. Go row ! bignate: Sorry to read @ the floods and the loss of life. Great to see you are unhurt. Everyone, keep running and having fun. I will catch back with you in a couple of weeks. |
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| Fitness | How to Properly Squat | Aug 11 2007 17:44 (UTC) |
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| check this thread. You can only read the comments of 'tgpish'. | |||
| Weight Loss | Indians!!! Cuisine and Weight Loss/Management Discussion | Aug 11 2007 06:37 (UTC) |
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| alllligator : I'vent read any scientific studies on the matter but from what i've stumbled over, cholestrol is manufactured by our own liver (what the heck:) ) using the saturated fats in our diet. So eating direct cholestrol isn't as bad as eating sat fats. So agreed egg yolks may not be as bad. But why take chances ! egg yolk is 200-240 mg of cholestrol and that's way too much per egg. Whereas egg white is pure protein (and a complete protein at that), you can even eat 2 at a time.
Assuming u eliminated all sat fat from ur diet, ur liver wont manufacture any cholesterol, but what if ur body uses the one in ur diet? It may not be as bad as sat fat , but even if it is 50% as bad, why risk it. If one has high blood cholesterol, the docs do recommend avoiding egg yolks and mayo. Here is the nutrition info of 'raw unfrozen whole egg' http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c 201n.html You see 210 mg of cholesterol and 2 g of Sat fat !! Egg white, raw, fresh gives http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c 201o.html . No sat fat, no chol, only protein. |
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| Fitness | Squats | Aug 10 2007 05:30 (UTC) |
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| Looks like you found what you wanted. But in case u r interested in more about 'correct form' and everything else, check this post on c-c http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/4421 6.html | |||
| Fitness | Mission: Run Around the World | Aug 10 2007 04:40 (UTC) |
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| 7 miles from 8/8 and 8/9 , 3.5 each.
I did intervals of diff speeds between 8.5 mph and 4 mph. Guess everything counts. |
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| Fitness | Too Sweaty - need advise | Aug 09 2007 16:27 (UTC) |
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| thnx tgpish & canonelle !
tgpish - i will pm u if reqd, if u dont mind. |
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| Fitness | Too Sweaty - need advise | Aug 08 2007 15:43 (UTC) |
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| tgpish: So when a person increases his aerobic capacity 'without' getting rid of body fat, they wud start sweating more. And that is quite logical. You increase ur workouts, get into high heart rate zones but u still hv a fat layer preventing effective cool down. So body has to adapt by increasing sweat gland size or even producing more sweat glands so it can dissipate heat quickly. This is kind of negative effect of increasing aerobic capacity w/o getting rid of fat and again it goes back to the same theory of fat layer under the skin = more sweating. If fitter people tend to increase intensity, naturally they wud sweat more, but it wud be lesser and later than an unfit person doing the same intensity workout (assuming no failure occurs). But if you get rid of the body fat, u shudnt be sweating more with increased fitness. If the research that shows "sweat glands increase in size as capacity for work (again in the physics sense) increases," i don't know whether they took care of the body fat % fact. Why wud the body need to increase sweat glands if the skin is highly efficient in disposing of the increased heat. In fact the more u r used to high temperature build up, your body should take it as steady state n elevate ur internal temp so u dont have to cool down. The people exposed to furnace (forging or the old steam engines) wud sweat less compared to a layman getting one day exposure during science trip. This is similar to 'Have you seen people who doing greater physical activity in day-to-day life sweat buckets?' Why should the body "learn" to start sweating at a lower initial internal temperature" if it has to sustain much higher temp quite regularly. If the body is not used to even a little temp rise, then it wud start sweating at a marginal increase in temp cos it doesnt know if it wud be able to get rid of the heat quickly. I didn't do google on this one yet. May be later in the day. |
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| Fitness | Too Sweaty - need advise | Aug 08 2007 06:18 (UTC) |
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| From what i studied way back in 'thermodynamics' the 'comfort temperature' of men is a degree celcius lower than women of same age. And sweat is the body's way to get to that comfort temp by evaporation of sweat using the body heat. That explains why women tend to sweat less than men, by n large.
There is no 'superior internal climate control' mechanisn inside women. Just that they are naturally made to sustain a degree celcius higher than men. This also explains that u wud find women shivering when the men set the thermostat at their comfort temperatures (sometimes 65-68, while women tend towards 70-73) . On a dancefloor u wud find men sweating than women. This is not a rule of thumb so if u are a woman who sweats more then please do not think u r abnormal. The more fat more sweat theory is true. As fat acts as insulation and hence for the same amout of heat transfer across the skin with fatty layer underneath the body needs to sweat more n starts sweating even after a tiny physical activity. I dont agree with fitter=sweat more theory. If you are fit, you are conditioned to high temp build up during workouts/cardio/any physical activity. The body is used to it and it shouldnt sweat more. Those who do enormous physical activity in daily life tend to get used to it and dont sweat. Have u seen the movers who lift ur sofas n beds sweat? Or the army men sweat while carrying 30-40 lbs over their shoulders? Or those who load ur check in luggage in plane sweat while they toss up ur bags into the cargo? As ur fitness goes up, u shud see decline in sweating. a 5K runner wud sweat more than a regular marathon runner if both run marathon assuming the 5K runner doesnt fatigue n drop out. Cos the marathon runner is exposed to higher distance n his body is used to the internal temperature build up over a large period than the 5K runner. In fact 'conditioned' means more exposure. e.g. someone brought up in a desert wud sweat less than a person who has never seen temp beyond 90F in his life for the simple reason that his body is conditioned to elongated exposures to high temperatures. It wud adjust or adapt to the climate. His comfort temp wud be definitely higher than the one brought up in controlled AC'ed house, never trained. Also if u r fit means u hv very little fat under ur skin. That means very efficient heat transfer across the skin n very little time required to move back to ur comfort temp. This also explains why skinny ppl hardly ever sweat. The heat transfer is just so fast they dont need to produce sweat ! canonelle/tgpish - can u pls explain how the coin flips back when u get fitter? Again there are exceptions and 'every person is diff' rule holds good. |
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Aug 07 2007 18:23 (UTC) |
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| night: You might want to check in the c-c runners thread. I recently read someone ran a race with her husband. And there are others who practice with their spouse.
It sure must be fun. I spotted a few running in groups in my races, parents-kids, couples, friends. Most of them wud chat while running or even wait for each other. May be they were running just to enjoy than race (which is great !) and many were ahead of me all the time meaning they did finish in decent time. mabear: check this post Dee: Good luck with ur shows and great to read u r losing weight :) |
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| Fitness | Mission: Run Around the World | Aug 07 2007 04:09 (UTC) |
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| 3.75 more for me. I wont be running tomorrow, so my week-1 total will be 10.75. | |||
| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Aug 06 2007 19:27 (UTC) |
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| night: Aug 25th should be good, it gives u 3 weeks to relax and train. I ran back to back races n felt it's not a good idea. It wud be great if both u and ur wife run it together.
mabear: i might be the guy who's jumped weeks the most. So when i ran my first 5K (week 5), my body wasnt prepared and the runs were still tough, unlike other runners who used to just ease into their runs after their graduation. But i cud do the whole distance anyway so i dint move back to intervals. I cud shave 2 mins off my 5K time in the very next week. Speed isnt really the issue. I am not doing speedwork even now. Sometimes u feel the urge to know 'how far u can go' and i did such once and ended up running 2 miles straight in week 3 or 4, the way u did 10 mins straight today. That gave the confidence to go all the way in week 5. It's good to do intervals so ur body wud slowly adapt to distance running and once u r graduate, there wd be no stopping u. Where are the seniors ? i dont recall a post from many ! |
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| Fitness | CC Track Club - All runners of any level welcome! | Aug 06 2007 05:38 (UTC) |
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| i may sound like a nut but 5K = 3.125 miles and not 3.1 (if 1 mile = 1.6 KM). BUT by no means it should be 3.2 miles. | |||
| Fitness | Mission: Run Around the World | Aug 06 2007 05:13 (UTC) |
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| Thanks for the update in original post !!
Yes, that was the whole confusion that even in a race u are allowed to walk. I've spotted many ppl doing walk + run even in the 5K race. So whatever is part of the run counts except the walking cooldown. Nice job running on tm today ! |
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| Fitness | well, I THOUGHT I was a good runner.. :/ | Aug 06 2007 04:41 (UTC) |
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| if u r getting dry throat, get a water bottle with u take a couple of sips when u need. I was a treadmill runner to start with, i did my couch to 5K on treadmill in 4 weeks and my first ever experience running outdoors was my first 5K race in 6th week. But i didnt feel that 'grasping for air' in my race. You should start slow, that's what happens when u run on treadmill as u know the speed u can keep it low. If u r running with a faster buddy, it may be difficult for u to keep pace and hence u just dragged urself and burnt out fast. Also if it's too hot or too humid it can do you in as u r used to running only on tm. Also, do a warm up lap (as u r running on track) it wud prepare u for the run. And if nothing works during actual race, it's ok to take a walking break even in the race. If u feel u r spending urself too much, just ease by changing to slow jog or even walk. HIIT - assuming you mean interval training (real HIIT is just too intense) - is good by all means. Pray continue. But dont do it more than 2-3 times a week and when u do HIIT (interval training), dont do the regular cardio. |
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| Fitness | Mission: Run Around the World | Aug 06 2007 03:15 (UTC) |
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| i m back with some questions. Do the run+walk intervals also count ? There can be people learning to run doing intervals or doing speedwork/interval training. Does everything count ? I am also not sure about warm up/cooldown.
Can you please add a line in the roster about what counts n what is excluded ? |
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| Fitness | Learn to Run - Who wants to do this with me?? | Aug 06 2007 03:10 (UTC) |
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| nightc1: That's a great time !! You did amazing.
Same first mile happened with me in my race when the timekeeper said 8 min 24 secs i was in utter disbelief ! Now u know how u get so fast in the race. |
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| Fitness | anyone training for a 5k? | Aug 05 2007 23:55 (UTC) |
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| Running an actual race is quite exciting. I joined the learn to run thread on May 30th and ran my first 5K race on July 7th. That's like in 6 weeks. And i ran my 2nd the next weekend (14th). So inside 1.5 months of learning to run i had run 2 races, the 2nd one was a BIGGIE - Gettysburg 5K with over 700 participants. I wasnt even physically prepared for the races as it was just 1.5 months of training to begin running and i had never been a runner but i didnt want to miss my chance.
If u ask me, hitting the floor alongside so many runner of so many age groups is pure fun. You wud LOVE the adrenaline rush and the feeling of being amongst such a diverse and active crowd. Another point - u wud be surprised to find how fast u run. THe sense of competition (although i didnt run the race as a competition) wud bring the best out of you and by experience i can say u wud be 1 to 2 mins faster in the race than ur usual times. So GO FOR IT ! There is no special trg required. You can do speedwork or interval training now as u have plenty of time before the race. |
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| Fitness | CC Track Club - All runners of any level welcome! | Aug 05 2007 04:52 (UTC) |
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| Thanks Bubba !
I will check back in a few days. |
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| Fitness | Mission: Run Around the World | Aug 04 2007 07:28 (UTC) |
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| 08/03 - 3.75 miles | |||
| Fitness | CC Track Club - All runners of any level welcome! | Aug 03 2007 20:27 (UTC) |
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| jenka, Click here and see # 2 and # 4 I too however have a question for bubba - I dont see 'large' size in the available list, my shoe size is 10 and medium wud be too snug. Can you suggest which size i should go for ? |
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| Weight Loss | Kansas CC's | Aug 03 2007 20:14 (UTC) |
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| I was in Overland Park, KS earlier, if that helps.
Now in PA. |
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| Weight Loss | Indians!!! Cuisine and Weight Loss/Management Discussion | Aug 03 2007 19:58 (UTC) |
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| lovelin - I am extremely happy to see your reply and i wud soon hop in to recipes section.
Personally i wont give much thought to the argument 'Indian food is the healthiest in the world' cos first of all i dont know what diff cuisines are there in the entire world and i hvn't tried all of even those that i can eat in restaurant. Every cuisine will have a mix of healthy and fatty food. And as u've mentioned, u have to make smart choices to eat healthy and that is what matters. Yes - fish, eggs, chicken even pulses are high in protein. You can make a bad choice by eating egg-yolks as they are full of cholesterol, assuming all of the egg is protein and wont even know u r eating bad food. This cant be dumped on the type of cuisine u r having. |
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| Weight Loss | Indians!!! Cuisine and Weight Loss/Management Discussion | Aug 03 2007 19:24 (UTC) |
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| cupidsvictim : There u go ! crock pot is a sure way of minimizing oil !
Closed lid cooking preserves the aroma and gets the work done in half the time ! |
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| Weight Loss | Indians!!! Cuisine and Weight Loss/Management Discussion | Aug 03 2007 19:21 (UTC) |
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| i dont think i can post recipes here but u can find out many sites which give detailed recipes of exotic indian foods.
How to make them low-fat 1. Eliminate all the butter or 'pure ghee'. Replace with olive oil as much as possible. 2. Replace deep fry with 'pan fry' or shallow fry. 3. There are hundreds of luscious and mouthwatering dishes (or entrees or items). If you find you can't make something low calorie or low fat, simply strike it off !! You still have plenty of choice for urself. 4. If you need to fry something, use a shallow non-stick skillet with broad base against a tall vessel and keep stirring. This way u can use oil spray effectively and still end up using less than a tablespoon oil for ur entire cooking. 5. All the veggie dishes with gravy can be cooked on water. So only fry the veggies for just a few minutes with as much less oil as possible and then cook on water. 6. No body says u r not allowed to drain off the excessive oil post cooking. I like pulses a lot, they can be cooked with very little oil. You have so many options here that u can virtually eat pulses 7 days a week. I am a non-veggie and i eat chicken/fish 3 times a week. For chicken, as a rule use skinless chicken. If you are not too much bothered about test, then put the chicken in pressure cooker (with water + spices etc) for 10 mins. Then add it in the half cooked gravy and cook together next 10 mins. Marinating the meat upfront greatly reduces cooking time and adds amazing taste. So u dont hv to use too much oil to cook tasty food !! |
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| Weight Loss | Indians!!! Cuisine and Weight Loss/Management Discussion | Aug 03 2007 19:03 (UTC) |
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| First of all, you dont have to deep fry everything. The 'tadka' you make can be of olive oil (or sunflower oil), which has low sat fat and is high in monounsaturated fats which are good for health. Also u need only as much oil as to make the tadka and the rest of the veggies can be cooked on water. The amazing taste and the mouth watering aroma of food doesnt come only from oil or frying. It comes from the wide range of spices n seasonings like cinnamon, pepper, cloves, coriander, cumin seeds, garlic, ginger and diff leaves (dried n powdered). Matter of factly garlic and onion which are found abundantly in indian food are extremely good for health. Now agreed that you wud need to use oil with most of the dishes, but then there are ways to minimize oil. The simplest is to use non-stick cookware and u can use bare minimum oil. Another one is use oil-spray instead of using teaspoonfuls or tablespoonsfuls. Edit (3.00 pm EST) : Another good cooking habbit is to use microwave as much as possible. It's little difficult to start with but not that bad once u get used to it and again i said wherever possible not always. |
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| Fitness | Pace and Estimated Finish Time | Aug 03 2007 18:33 (UTC) |
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| fitnessfreak - from what i read in other threads you are already a great runner ! you run 10-12 miles at a stretch .. phew !!
I hope i get there someday :) |
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| Fitness | 5 K's in your local area | Aug 03 2007 17:09 (UTC) |
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| The best place to find 'local' races is to visit a running store near you occasionally. They normally have flyers of all local running events like 5Ks/fun races/children runs etc. The site give by joyfulake is great ! | |||
| Fitness | Pace and Estimated Finish Time | Aug 03 2007 16:52 (UTC) |
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| I found lot of calculators on web but they dont give a ready reckoner (or a table) kind of chart.
Here is one, which i found closest to the hard-copy chart i have. http://www.teamgodzilla.org/html/ClubTraining /pacechart.htm |
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| Fitness | Actual running, treadmill? | Aug 03 2007 16:25 (UTC) |
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| I too find i sweat more on treadmill for the want of steady breeze and the smell of fresh air although u hv cut thru the breeze many times n it gets tough. Besides i hate the monotonous setting, all u see is the same parked cars or the same TV screen. The most u can do is look arnd n smile at fellow runners but not w/o the fear of falling off the belt ! Treadmill might be assisting you by moving the surface but u can't 'toe-off' on a treadmill and i find it works great when u want to accelerate. It is much softer yes and thats why quite gentle on ur joints and it does let u maintain a steady speed w/o obstruction. Also it is independent of the weather outside, whether it's too hot or snowing, u can still get ur run in. Another disadvantage of tm is it doesnt let u change speed at will e.g u want a short sprint followed by 10-15 breather steps - it's not so easy on a tm aaginst when u have all variables in ur hands. Or when u want to go all-out u just cant keep toying with the speed counter at high speed n suddenly reduce it if u find it too fast. Also if u want to adjust form while running, with the belt running at constant speed u cant afford to do fine corrections unless u r at low speed. I started couch to 5K training on tm, for first 2 months i ran only on tm except for the actual races. I used to love it then. It really helped me begin running. But then i started running on school track and i found it's not that hard a surface either and u get the benetits of open-air setting. But even that gets monotonous - u do rounds n rounds (10-15) across the same track n there arent many to company. Finally i started running in a park and boy i love it ! I had never have to stop while running there, i found i always get the 'right of way' n ppl walking dogs/walkers/bikers on the walking route or cars at the intersections inside the park yield to me. I've always found i run faster outside than on a tm, even now. May be i am scared by the speed counter on screen, and i guess that happens with most of us. |
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