Less Is More: The Official Becker Fitness Thread

[Guyon]

There was some interest in the resolutions thread about a fitness log in the Becker subforum. So here it is.
Don't know what the ground rules are going to be, but I think it's about keeping track of exertion and ridiculing those who slack off.
Sound about right? We can work it out as it goes.

Me personally? I'm tipping the scales at about 225, and I need to be more in the 185 to 195 range.
That means 30 pounds minimum needs to come off so that I'll feel better when I hike, bike, paddle, play with my kids, etc.
I also need to work more on flexibility because I've noticed some loss there in the past couple of years.

What about y'all? Who's interested in being ridiculed if they don't hit the trail, gym, bike, whatever?

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Okay, given what I posted about intent, I think this one has done its job. We'll have two much more focused threads coming on January 1.
I'll leave it open until tomorrow so that, if there's any content that needs to be copied over via Quote, people can still access posts.

Looking back, it's cool to see that I met my goals. I tipped the scales at 172 this morning. Considering my max weight was 229, that's down by 57 pounds. 51 of those pounds were logged on MyFitnessPal.
Late in the year, I ran a 5K and won the Master's division (admittedly, it was a slow race overall). And I ran a five-miler well under my goal time of 40 minutes. On the agenda for spring is a 10K or two.

 

[Col Defender]

I will use the this thread as the beta, you can lock that down on the 1st.



I'd still call it a light rep, as you can still hit 15 even after the 5+ sets of 15 before it. If it dropped down to 13-14, I'd say it's your call if you want to recategorize.

OK! that's fine.

 

[LeeBower]

Thanks again Guyon, et al. This thread really got me going and kept me going throughout the year.. myfitnesspal has worked out great too. I started off the year thinking I could just make a few changes and see big results. After skating through most of the year half@$$ing it I made some real changes and now I am starting to see some real results.. beside my wife attacking me in the hallway and staring at me in the shower I am in the best shape I have been in in a long time.. 10+ years, and I have the motivation and mindset to keep it going for the long run. I am excited to see where I am at this time next year...


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[Qeth]

Thanks again Guyon, et al. This thread really got me going and kept me going throughout the year.. myfitnesspal has worked out great too. I started off the year thinking I could just make a few changes and see big results. After skating through most of the year half@$$ing it I made some real changes and now I am starting to see some real results.. beside my wife attacking me in the hallway and staring at me in the shower I am in the best shape I have been in in a long time.. 10+ years, and I have the motivation and mindset to keep it going for the long run. I am excited to see where I am at this time next year...


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Congrats everyone for all the progress!

The beta wll start in a couple of days, I want one or two more beta testers.

What do you guys think about punching bag drills for scoring? A single punch (even a 3 combo) is much easier than the light category.

Case in point:

I did heavy bag drills today:

Combo (1-2, 1-2-1, 1-2 roundhouse, etc) for 20 seconds, 10 seconds rest. Repeat 8 times, for a total of 4 minutes. After 4 minutes, one minute rest, and then repeat the 20 on 10 off with another combo, again for 4 minutes. Rinse and repeat until 6 4-minute sets are done. Counting each completed combo as 1 rep, I end up with 656 reps; I feel 6.56 points is way too high for the effort I did.

If we add movements like punches and kicks and similar drills, how does everyone feel about 200 reps (1 combo is a rep) = 1 point? That would put my 30 minute bag drill workout at 3.28 points.

Anyone have any input on this? 200= 1 point a good conversion?

 

[crimsonfalcon07]

I haven't used a bag in a long time, otherwise I'd be able to give you input.

 

[Qeth]

Doh!

Does anyone have any objections then?

 

[Guyon]

Thanks again Guyon, et al. This thread really got me going and kept me going throughout the year.. myfitnesspal has worked out great too. I started off the year thinking I could just make a few changes and see big results. After skating through most of the year half@$$ing it I made some real changes and now I am starting to see some real results.. beside my wife attacking me in the hallway and staring at me in the shower I am in the best shape I have been in in a long time.. 10+ years, and I have the motivation and mindset to keep it going for the long run. I am excited to see where I am at this time next year...


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Excellent. That's what it was all about. Congratulations.

Doh!

Does anyone have any objections then?

No objections from the peanut gallery. Thread closed. Off to the Beta thread!