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Old Sat, Nov-14-20, 12:15
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Plan: Intermittent fast/Lowcarb
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50 trips up and down
27:43 and 158 BPM A new time record by about 30 seconds.
Yay for aspirin! It's tough on the knees going back down.

Later on I did 100 step shoulder carries - each shoulder - with a 40lb sack of floor-dry Gotta get creative when you are at work.

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Old Sun, Nov-15-20, 09:57
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Heh. I'm coming up on the 17 year anniversary of joining this forum. Dec 21, 2003. Been here on and off for quite a while in internet years.

Those were the days! Low carb was starting to take off, and everyone on "the other side" was full of ridicule and self-righteousness that low fat was the only scientifically sound way to lose weight. Flame wars and shaming...

The topics may change, but the behavior never does! Exercise later.

Edit:
50 sets of stairs (2 flights) up and down
26:18 New PR!!! Beat the previous best time by almost 1-1/2 minutes. Heart rate 167 Avg - Right up there. I saw over 180 a couple of times.

The halfway split was 12:43, so I didn't slow down too badly on the back end. The secret was coming *down* faster. Not a lot of time to catch up on breathing, but the sets obviously went much faster.

I don't expect to improve on that time by much, or very soon. Instead I might try doing it twice per 12 hour shift instead, and not worrying about the quickness of it.

Edit 2: 200 steps with 40lb sack of floor dry, left shoulder then right. Followed by behind the neck 200 steps. Then a 1/3 mile walk. good stuff.

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Old Tue, Nov-17-20, 23:35
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Plan: Intermittent fast/Lowcarb
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Back on night shift. Came in early for annual lung capacity /respirator testing and audiogram. Not fun, since you have to do the lung thing 3 times. The guy also broke my respirator while installing his test fitting too, LOL.

Shooting for 2 workouts tonight. First one went OK

50 trips up/down the two flights
28:35 and 160 BPM - I was trying to stay under 30 min, so that's good. We will see if I'm up for a second round at 3-4 AM.

Second time, six hours later: 50 trips
27:20 and 161 BPM

As an aside, I will be taking up bicycling again in the springtime. I hung up the bike about 25 years ago, and although I'm not as skinny as I was then , I hope I'm fit enough and light enough to go up some gentle climbs.

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Old Wed, Nov-18-20, 22:41
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Another 50 trips early in the shift. Not fast, and not feeling that great. I've been eliminating carbs, and it's really noticeable.

29:10 and 161 BPM

I've been putting in a great deal of physical effort, but stalled out on weight loss due to indulging myself with poor diet. I'm trying to clean that up and get below this plateau. Low cal, low carb, and high exertion. It works, but it's not fun.

There's an item on my bucket list that I plan on doing on checking off next spring: Climb nearby Scotchman's Peak. It's a moderate/difficult hike of about 4000 vertical feet with a stunning view at the top. The best part? Mountain Goats!

I don't plan on packing an extra 20 lbs of bodyfat along, so I really want the weight down by the time the snow melts off the mountain next spring.

Second time this shift
29:24 and 160 BPM

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Old Tue, Nov-24-20, 18:24
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Back to it after a brief hiatus. Wasn't feeling it my last night shift, nor my first day shift back. Wife's B-day was a couple of days ago and I didn't clean up the old diet *at all*. Cake, ice cream, cookies, and I made one of her favorites: Chicken Dumplings - Slow cooker size. Not low carb, to put it mildly.

Anyway, stairs
50 sets up & down you know the drill. Lots of cardio.
27:00 even, 161 BPM avg.
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Old Wed, Nov-25-20, 15:06
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Stairs, 50 trips.
26:12 (new PR by 6 seconds hahaha) and 166 BPM
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Old Thu, Nov-26-20, 15:08
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Happy Thanksgiving.
I'm taking a break today. Didn't sleep very well, and had a lot of chores at work all morning. About to get a few days off. Back soon!
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Old Mon, Dec-07-20, 03:50
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Stairs
50 trips up and down
Time: 28:10 Avg heart rate 163

I really didn't want to exercise, but it's been 11 days, and I can feel my pants tightening up, because I've been eating a lot of junk since Thanksgiving.

You can get away with that when you do 30 min of hard cardio every day. When you are sedentary, not so much.

This is my fourth 12 hour long night shift, and the first one that I've gotten enough day-sleep that exercising even felt like an option. I'm needed for a lot of the holiday decorating activities, so I lose out on sleep.

Anyway, I got it done - even if I didn't really want to do it. Now to get diet in check (as much as possible, given the season) and be consistent on the stairs.
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Old Mon, Dec-07-20, 21:47
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Last night on shift.
Wanted to get two sets of 50 stairs in tonight, but it is not to be.
Got to 36 sets and a queasiness fell over me, so I stopped rather than barf on the stairs. It was a bummer because I was on track for a good time.

20 minutes, 165 avg heart rate.

I'll see about a second go-around later on tonight/early morning hours.

EDIT - later on during night shift:
OK so I did a set of 50 trips up and down the two flights. It's pretty obvious that I'm not carbed up: Heart rate is high, not going quick, and I feel icky.
30:24 minutes, 169 heart rate

While I was cooling down from that, my OCD kicked in and I decided that I *had* to finish the first set that got interrupted. So I put in 14 more trips.

That was a fugly cardio session. I felt a bit sick for most of it, heart rate was up around 175 after each trip up/down. Had to rest at the bottom quite a bit, but I ground it out.
10:58 minutes 171 avg heart rate.

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Old Fri, Dec-11-20, 18:32
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Plan: Intermittent fast/Lowcarb
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Update:

Had a couple of days off but managed to get one elliptical session in, in spite of being assigned the job of decoration assistant.

I haven't been on the elliptical in ages. I prefer to do my cardio at work, because my job is more than full time and the shifts are 12 hours long. After work I just want to drop.

Anyhow, it was... different after months of stairs. For one thing, it was continuous! For another thing, it was easy on the knees. And I got to listen to music instead of howling turbines, air compressors and pumps. Better in every way, except that it bit into my very limited free time.

I had no way to compare how the elliptical effort would compare to going up and down two flights of stairs 50 times, so I just went 30 minutes even. It was pretty close, based on the heart monitor.

December 8
30 minutes elliptical, 4.1 miles
Resistance level 1, incline 12.5 degrees
Heart rate 163 - about the same as stairs

Today (December 11)
Stairs 50 sets x two flights x 2 steps at a time
28:30
158 Heart rate

Tomorrow when nobody is here, I'll try to get in a morning and afternoon set.
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Old Sat, Dec-12-20, 13:46
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Plan: Intermittent fast/Lowcarb
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Stairs
50 sets
25:46 (new PR by 26 seconds), 161 BPM avg heart rate.

May not get a second set in this afternoon - stuck in the control room. Depends on the good will of my shift partner...

Edit:

I have a gracious shift partner who agreed to kick back in the control room for a while, as I huffed and puffed on the stairs

In return I took care of a couple of unpleasant chores for him, so it works out.

Stairs (afternoon of 12-12-20)
28:15 avg heart rate 163 BPM

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Old Tue, Jan-05-21, 04:40
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A happy and healthy New Year to anyone dropping by.

I've been off the cardio, and wolfing down holiday junk food for a bit over three weeks. The jeans are feeling a bit tight - never a good thing for an old dude.

Two days ago, I went ultra low-carb. I've shed about 5 lbs of water. Down from 208 lbs to 203. The upper thighs are still rubbing together though, which is *most* annoying.

Tackled the two flights of stairs tonight. Instead of the usual 50 trips, I stopped at 30 - which still felt like 50.

16:12 and 162 BPM. All these numbers can be improved on.
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Old Wed, Jan-06-21, 22:16
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Elliptical, 30 minutes
Resistance level 1, incline 12.5 degrees
4.1 miles, Avg heart rate 170. 170!!!!

I guess when you slack off, something has to give - either the length of the workout, your heart rate, or the distance.

Sometimes it's all three things that get worse. At least I kept the stamina.
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Old Thu, Jan-07-21, 18:33
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Intermittent fasting.

Kicking it up a notch, next resistance level.

Elliptical, 30 minutes
Resistance level 2, incline 12.5 degrees
4 miles even, Avg heart rate 164
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Old Fri, Jan-08-21, 19:10
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2 flights of stairs x 50 trips up and down
Time:27:50
Heart Rate: 162
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