The Running Thread - 2019

[LSUlakes]

This week we have the following folks with races:

26 - @Kerry1957 - T^3 Lake HM (NG / N/A)
27 - @Mr. Drauer - Celebration Town Half Marathon (2:15:00 / N/A)
27 - @tigger536 - Celebration Town Half Marathon (NG / N/A)

Best of luck to yall this weekend! If you would like to revise your goal or if someone would like to add a race to the list, just let me know! Again, good luck and I look forward to hearing how your race went!

 

[michigandergirl]

ATTQOTD: I am terrible about strength training. I loathe it. We even have a Bow-Flex in our basement and I still can't get it done. I do a Power Yoga class once a week though, which helps, and I at least try to knock out some squats, push ups, & planks a couple of times a week.

 

[KevM]

ATTQOTD: One of the main reasons I joined a gym is because I wasn’t motivated to do workouts st home. But now that I’m in a routine there zi’ve started workout at home. As others have said, mostly body weight exercises. I’m also trying to plank and wall sit once a day. I do also have two kBs and a set of dumbbells.

 

[huggybuff]

I also have a gym membership but I can't remember the last time I used it. And even if I did the weights scare me!

Me too! I am so intimidated by all those machines. I'm sure if I asked someone there to give me the 'tour' they would, but it still makes me skittish. I have had PIYO (Beachbody) on my to do list since I got it a couple of months ago but I figured doing that and starting to run again would be a little too much.

 

[huskies90]

QOTD: Todays question is from a fellow poster. I hope I am wording it well enough to get you question asked correctly. What do you do for strength training when you do not have a gym membership or a at home gym?

ATTQOTD: There was a well documented case in the 80's - for those of us who remember that far back and who remember Sports Illustrated - about Heisman Trophy winner Hershel Walker and his workout. He got huge just doing situps and pushups. Granted he did like 2000 a day but you don't need weights or a gym membership to get in a strength training workout. Personally, I have a rack and a bunch of free weights I use at home but I also leverage body weight training as well. I try to mix up my strength training routine every week.

 

[Miranda]

ATTQOTD: One of the main reasons I joined a gym is because I wasn’t motivated to do workouts st home.

I am the same. I just don't/won't do it at home. I HATE working out at home. And when I had a health club membership, I never went and worked out on my own there much, only went to classes like BodyPump, but the schedules were pretty limited and didn't fit my schedule well.

One of the things I really like about OTF is that it is only classes with an instructor. I love group classes! I don't want to go to the gym and make up my own routine of strength exercises. I just want to be told what to do. I like that it's always changing so I don't get in a rut of always working out the same body parts and neglecting others.

Nothing that we do there is anything that I could not also do at home... there's a lot of body weight exercises, and the stuff that uses equipment is nothing fancy... a set of dumbbells is by far the most commonly used thing, the next most commonly used thing is just a plastic Reebok bench that is about knee high (multiple uses, sometimes we lie down on it to do weight work, sometimes we use it as a box/step up), and then less frequently used in order are some TRX straps, an Ab Dolly (plastic platform on wheels that you do ab exercises with), and a Bosu ball. I could replicate tons of workouts at home though with just body weight, some dumbbells, and something to use as a bench/box.

 

[Jules76126]

ATTQOTD: I do have have a gym membership but I mainly use it for treadmill. I have also done pure barre in the past which I loved, Tobit the cost was too much.

As a true minnilial I have a couple apps I use. One is female fitness that has different workouts to target different areas. They also have a full body one that changes day to day. And I also have an ab specific one. I enjoy having someone else tell me what to do and how long and I like that there are videos to see the correct pose. I find that it has been working as my plank times have increased since I started. And none of these workouts require weights. I also have a stretching app which has really helped me getting a stretching routine.

 

[GreatLakes]

QOTD: Todays question is from a fellow poster. I hope I am wording it well enough to get you question asked correctly. What do you do for strength training when you do not have a gym membership or a at home gym?

I think strength training is too important not to have a gym membership personally so I can't really answer that. Short of being able to buy all the equipment I'd need for a home gym (squat rack, cable station, full set of dumbbells, etc) I wouldn't be able to do what I think is necessary weight wise at home. For example I do regular deadlifts and single leg presses that require more than I am willing to buy for my home.

That being said if you don't have a gym membership and don't want one the minimum I'd suggest is a pull-up bar, an exercise ball, a jump rope, and a weighted medicine ball and I'd do full body moves like burpees often.

 

[Bree]

ATTQOTD: I love me some heavy weightlifting cuz muscles! I'm doing things a bit differently this cycle by adding in more hip & glute strengthening as well as yoga. I'm still sore from my class on Monday. They just added a Barre class at my gym that I'd like to try.

 

[KSellers88]

ATTQOTD: I do the Beachbody workouts, currently Transform:20 but I've done P90X, PiYo, 80 Day Obsession, and countless others. Some you need more equipment, but most is just body weight. I am not strict enough to do my own workout routine so I use Beachbody and then do the Body Pump and Pilates classes at our YMCA.

 

[flav]

ATTQOTD strength training: I did gym with trainer for weight training before I started running. With running taking much of my exercise time, I asked for home based workouts. I have a mat under my couch and an elastic band. The routine includes lunges, hip raises, squats, bicep curls, pectorals strengthening, rowing, glutes and core streghtening. It is boring but it is enough to help... Except that a massage therapist found me so stiff that I was told to stop and foam roll and stretch instead.

 

[GollyGadget]

QOTD: Todays question is from a fellow poster. I hope I am wording it well enough to get you question asked correctly. What do you do for strength training when you do not have a gym membership or a at home gym?

I have been doing at home dvds once a week for strength training. I started out 4x a week but as my running ramped up, I couldn't find the time for both. It's mostly body-weight but there is some that require small dumbbells so not a big investment. When I'm traveling, I could go down to the hotel gym for weights but I don't feel that confident in it, so I just find a workout that doesn't require weights. Nike has a decent app that lets you filter based on time, intensity, and available equipment.

 

[Wendy98]

ATTQOTD: Since the New Year began, I have recommitted to strength training and stretching. I swear by TRX and even have one in my basement. I went to my gym for years with no clue what that even was. Then about 1 1/2 years ago, one of the personal trainers offered a free session to learn about it and several routines. I was hooked since. There are a ton of Youtube videos on different and more complicated moves. I seem to still do the ones the trainer showed me though.

There's a lot you can do at home with minimal equipment. Pushups are great and various plank poses are good for strengthening your core. Throw in a few dumbbells and you are set.

 

[txdisneygrl]

ATTQOTD: Strength training. My true weakness. I would find workouts and do them for awhile, pretend to set a schedule and then fail. However, thanks to a running buddy I found a Pilates calendar and have been religiously doing it every day- all the videos. I can already tell I am stronger. I am determined to keep it up- even if the instructor is so chirpy I want to reach into youtube and smack her. Best part- Free!

 

[Guidman]

ATTQOTD: I try to sit on a stability ball if I'm just sitting around or watching TV. It's mainly core exercises I'll do around the house or outside of the gym.

 

[PrincessMickey]

For all you ladies who wear Lululemon, what do you recommend? I have my discount code from the Strava challenge and not sure what to get. Thinking long pant but might consider a crop too.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

For that reason, you won. You learned about yourself. You pushed yourself outside your comfort zone. She never did and that's why she failed and continues to fail and I suspect all the people that are sitting next to her on the curb waiting to get swept are much the same way.

Exactly. It sounds strange, but I believe that first half marathon was tougher mentally than Dopey. Running is not easy, but I can truthfully say that it has taught me a tremendous deal about myself. And all of the benefits it has given me came after I decided to slow down, go at my pace, and only be removed from that course if I was swept.

 

[JulieODC]

I do body weight strength training circuits - various forms of squats, lunges, planks, clamshells, push-ups, dips, bridges, etc. sometimes I add an resistance band, but normally just rely on body weight.

Super easy to do while watching tv!

 

[Sleepless Knight]

ATTQOTD: While I have a gym membership, I became a firm believer in the benefits of strength training in combination with race training after my second half marathon. My first half marathon was difficult. Much of that was self inflicted, but I had done most of the training and every single one of the long runs, but just running. Because I lived in fear that I would be swept, I decided beforehand to stop for no photos whatsoever and then started the race itself way too fast. Slowing down caused the screaming pain in my shins to calm down and eventually I finished in 3:05. In training for half marathon number two, I incorporated some strength training into my routine. During that race, I also stopped for two character photos that were approximately 5-10 minutes total of waiting. And I finished that race in 3:07. I noticed that I felt stronger during the race, especially my upper body.

Now let's fast forward to summer 2018. In training for a September half marathon, I neglected strength training. And paid a heavy price for that neglect. My upper back screamed in pain from about mile 3 on and the entire race felt like a long difficult death march. Out of desperation I stopped at a medical tent and had them put biofreeze on my back. It helped briefly, but I still had to deal with the pain. The thought of running the marathon in that kind of pain terrified me, but since I recognized the likely cause of my issues, I made sure to incorporate strength training as part of my marathon training routine. At no point in the marathon did my upper back hurt anywhere near as much as the entirety of my September Half Marathon.

I still don't strength train as much as I would like to, but I have definitely noticed a huge difference even when I do it 2-3 times a week.

 

[TheHamm]

Question regarding Disney vs non-Disney half: there is plenty of talk about how the half marathon course this month is terrible. I’m not quite clear are the complaints were that the course was more boring than other Disney races, or other half marathons are better courses? I am doubting a more local race would be more fun or have better race support, or so few potholes, but if you all have amazing local races I would like to know how you find them.