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  1. #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Miranda View Post
    Do you wear a HRM when you mtb?

    Not yet but my Timex watch broke and I have plans to get a Polar watch to replace it sooner than later. So hopefully I will be investing in one in the near future.
    Amanda

    2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
    2007 Cannondale Synapse Carbon Road | Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow | "Miranda"


    You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great. -Lee J. Colan

  2. #2
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    Aug 2008
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    Boot Camp

    So I started fitness Boot Camp yesterday morning and I can barely walk today. I guess that means it's working!!!

    I don't know how I am going to get through tomorrow's BC if I can barely walk today! I am going to take it easy tonight on the bike, something like10-12 miles to work out that crazy lactic acid! My quads, calves, abs, and triceps are screaming at me!

  3. #3
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    Skagit County, Washington
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    Quote Originally Posted by ASammy1 View Post
    So I started fitness Boot Camp yesterday morning and I can barely walk today. I guess that means it's working!!!

    I don't know how I am going to get through tomorrow's BC if I can barely walk today!
    Isn't boot camp great?!
    I love that feeling -- sounds like you guys do more lower body than we do -- we do a lot, but I'm always worse on the upper body / core. Much more sore there than anywhere else. We do TONS of pushups, planks, medicine ball stuff, kettle bells, tri-ceps, etc. The legs are probably less than 1/3 of what we do. There's no way I'd push myself to do these alone. It's worth the money for me to join the group in this case! Hope your class goes ok!
    Jes
    Everyone Deserves a Lifetime

  4. #4
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    Aug 2008
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    Hey Jes!

    Boot camp is crazy! Monday morning, we had to run up and down this giant hill for 8 minutes straight. I almost threw up.

    Today we worked out in the rain. I didn't mind though, since it was pretty warm and the rain cooled me off. The trainer put a basket of tennis balls at the top of a 60 step stairway and we had to run up the stairs, grab a tennis ball and come back down. On the tennis ball were written different exercises and when we got down the stairs, then had to do those respective exercises. Everything from core, to squats, to frog jumps, tricep dips. It was a killer!!!

    I'm like you though, I need to have someone push me to the limit and I feel it's definitely worth the $$ too.

    On Tuesday, Thurs, and Saturday, we are supposed to do something low impact just to keep our HR up for about 45 min to an hour.

  5. #5
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    Sep 2008
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    Ok, great. This may motivate me not to skip those workouts!

    Monday (9/1): 32 mile easy ride
    Tues (9/2): 43 mile ride
    Wed: off
    Thurs (9/4): 19 miles
    Friday (9/5): 19 miles
    Sat (9/6): 47 mile hilly hard pace ride
    Sun: off
    Total for week: 160 miles

    I hope to start back running some more over the next week or so.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
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    Welcome Candie607!

    We are all here to motivate each other and give encouragement!

    Looks like you are logging quite a few miles too! Great job last week.

  7. #7
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    Sep 2008
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    If I can just get my diet under control! I haven't been making the best of food choices, but hopefully have done a little better over the past week.

    The boot camp sounds like a great workout!

 

 

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