My HR goes over 200 when I am doing sprints, so I would say you are fine, but don't keep yourself there for too long bro. I stay around 175 or so when I am doing my cardio, but I try to average 160-165 for endurance.

 

My eyes are really bad! Didn't see that til I quoted.

I'm only doing it so I can drink more beer.

 

Holy crap guys I'm tired just reading this thread.

I can't wait for the 2027 version of this thread on TeamSpeed when all you youngsters are 40 plus.

I guess all the lifting I did when I was in my 20's did me no good. I like Sex, Wife, Sex with wife, Food and Kids in that order. I'll workout later.

I was going to write a book about weight loss but it was too short

Eat Less
Work Out

It doesn't matter what you eat or what you do for exercise. I guarantee if you guys do those 2 things it will work

 

195+ HR is fine for a healthy person in short bursts. The max HR formula (220-age) is BS, mine should then be 184 and I hit 195+ often in interval training. Its actually good for your heart. Dizziness and falling over means you've gone too far, not breathing hard and having to slow down.

If you want a good idea of where you should be training HR wise and progression graba copy of Joe Friel's "Total Heart Rate Training" which is kind of an general version of his more sport specific training bibles.

About med diets, natural diets, paleo diets, protein diets, vegetarian, small meals, intermittent fasting with big meals, etc... each has its own slants and rants, studies and so on about what you should be eating.

I steer away from absolutes, but a common theme among diets is to eat as naturally as possible. That means lean meats, healthy fats, fresh veggies, nuts and fruits, whole grains. In that order. Its not hard and its not bland either. Learn to cook kids!

Supplements? Sure, if you have some specific deficiencies or convenience issues then use them. But they should SUPPLEMENT a proper diet. There are no magic pills or shortcuts, being fit throughout your life simply involves doing the right things consistently over time.

I like H20's advice above, but my book would be:

Eat right
Play

 

yeah the HR thing, I remember dong crossfit and my HR being crazy, when I was done with crossfit I could pretty much count on almost throwing up.

 

Why on earth would you want to physically exert yourself?! That just seems like so much.... Work! No thanks! Not for me!

 

YouTube - Olivia Newton-John - Physical

 

I've been slacking on my exercising but I've really been working on my diet lately. 4-5 nights out of the week, my dinner is lean, baked chicken breast and steamed veggies or some sort. I've been doing that for about a month now and I actually look forward to dinner every night. I was always the weird kid that liked his veggies though. I've cut down on soda intake (was 3-4 cans a day, now down to 1 or 2 at most) and I drink a lot more water and low-fat milk instead. I eat lots of small meals throughout the day, usually consisting of a couple pieces of fruit or some almonds.

I haven't had the motivation to work out much other than playing around with free weights and crunches a couple nights a week but I'm really looking forward to running again when the weather starts to get nicer. I was really started to enjoy my daily runs right up until the snow came.

The main reason I've been watching what I eat more closely lately is so I don't gain a ton of weight while I'm not really working out and then by sticking to my diet, I should be able to start losing some weight by getting back into running, cycling, rowing, and all of my other summer sports. I'm already signed up for my first half marathon in May and as many of you know, my end goal is to run the Twin Cities Marathon in October.

 

Hockey 4-5 times a week. And shoveling snow.

 

*puts flame suit on*

Went riding on the dirtbike 3 weeks ago.
Realized I had zero strength in my arms/upper body.
Decided to work out.
Too lazy for a gym.

As a result, I do 100 crunches (started out 20x5, now 50x2), 100 pushups (20x5) and as many pullups as I can every day (around 50, I suppose?). I do feel a significant improvement in that I can now do actual pullups. I'm not big (155lbs), but could barely lift myself 2 weeks ago. That was a WTF moment.

Not sure how it'll translate on the bike though ... that's all I care about, to be honest.

And for "cardio", I walk to and from work everyday of the week. I think that's 4 miles. Hate running. Biking I can do once the weather improves.

Dietary changes, I've cut the 1-2 soda a day to plain old water (not sure if I'll really stick to it), keep on eating whatever I want in my usual small portions (ie for lunch a 6" Subway is just fine, grab a couple cookies around 6pm, eat a small portion of pasta at 9pm, skip breakfast or have one toast with Nutella ... and so forth).

So yeah. Go crazy on how wrong I am on many levels.