Comments on: What lengths do you go to for your training? http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/ gubernatrix Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:57:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Good habits - weight training, strength, fitness, weights, losing fat, women's weight training, bodyweight, free weights, powerlifting, dumbbells, barbells, kettlebells, bodybuilding, olympic weightlifting http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-3642 Good habits - weight training, strength, fitness, weights, losing fat, women's weight training, bodyweight, free weights, powerlifting, dumbbells, barbells, kettlebells, bodybuilding, olympic weightlifting Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:27:08 +0000 http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-3642 [...] What lengths do you go to for your training? [...] […] What lengths do you go to for your training? […]

]]> By: How do workouts make you feel? - strength, fitness, weights, losing fat, female weight training, bodyweight, free weights, olympic weight lifting http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-726 How do workouts make you feel? - strength, fitness, weights, losing fat, female weight training, bodyweight, free weights, olympic weight lifting Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:31:57 +0000 http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-726 [...] What lengths do you go to for your training? [...] […] What lengths do you go to for your training? […]

]]> By: gubernatrix http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-500 gubernatrix Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:10:06 +0000 http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-500 What good discipline you have. I wish I had it! I'm too easily distracted... What good discipline you have. I wish I had it! I’m too easily distracted…

]]> By: tentigers http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-472 tentigers Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:23:34 +0000 http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-472 i travel on long haul flights alot, and one of the first things i do when i get to the hotel is some light calesthenics, to shake off the stiffness and go swimming if there is a pool available. When i get on my drillship after my first shift, i alway go to the gym no matter how tired i am and do something, normally fast and brutal, seems to get rid of jet lag a lot quicker. when i get home i do pretty much the same thing. then after that at work i always go to the gym after the 12 hour shift, and at home normally fairly soon after i get up around 7ish- and thats even if i had a couple of beers the night before. (not a work though no booze for 28 days!!!) I get odd looks at work, but my good lady is used to it now! i travel on long haul flights alot, and one of the first
things i do when i get to the hotel is some light
calesthenics, to shake off the stiffness and go swimming
if there is a pool available. When i get on my drillship
after my first shift, i alway go to the gym no matter how
tired i am and do something, normally fast and brutal,
seems to get rid of jet lag a lot quicker.
when i get home i do pretty much the same thing.
then after that at work i always go to the gym after
the 12 hour shift, and at home normally fairly soon after i get up around 7ish- and thats even if i had a couple of beers the night before. (not a work though no booze for 28 days!!!)
I get odd looks at work, but my good lady is used to it
now!

]]> By: gubernatrix http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-471 gubernatrix Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:25:48 +0000 http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-471 Great story though! I can just picture the scene. Good on you for carrying on regardless in such a public place - it's not easy putting your pain on display. Great story though! I can just picture the scene. Good on you for carrying on regardless in such a public place - it’s not easy putting your pain on display.

]]> By: Markus http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-470 Markus Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:17:52 +0000 http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-470 Because my knee hurts when I do long distance running, I resorted to doing hill sprints at a pedastrian bridge near my home. I carry my sandbag there to warm up and then do about fifteen minutes of pain. Every time I have at least three joggers tell me to "slow down" and that "running fast is not good for you". Actually, I dream of a day where someone comes by and just joins in the fun. :) Rereading this, it doesn't really fit the question, does it? Oh, well. Because my knee hurts when I do long distance running, I resorted to doing hill sprints at a pedastrian bridge near my home. I carry my sandbag there to warm up and then do about fifteen minutes of pain. Every time I have at least three joggers tell me to “slow down” and that “running fast is not good for you”. Actually, I dream of a day where someone comes by and just joins in the fun. :)

Rereading this, it doesn’t really fit the question, does it? Oh, well.

]]> By: gubernatrix http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-469 gubernatrix Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:44:49 +0000 http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-469 Mnem, your underhandedness and downright lying shows true commitment - I love it! ;-) Mnem, your underhandedness and downright lying shows true commitment - I love it! ;-)

]]> By: Mnem http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-468 Mnem Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:30:45 +0000 http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-468 Like the above commenter, I will resort to lying to people at times. I've said that I need to leave work at such-and-such time on certain days every week because of a regularly scheduled academic meeting that does not in fact exist- instead I go to the gym. Also, if I have academic commitments that try to infringe on my gym time, I just say I have to work. For me, gym=sanity and it's non-negotiable. I have to lie to my partner sometimes, if I am slightly under the weather or have the sniffles and am going to the gym anyway (I wipe down the equipment, fear not!). He doesn't think I should lift when I'm not 100% healthy, so I will unabashedly pretend I am going somewhere else. I have also gone to the gym in miserable weather- I don't have a car, so I either walk or take public transit. Fortunately the walk from my house is about 20 minutes, so very short, but Pacific Northwest weather doesn't exactly make it fun. Freezing rain, snow, regular rain, more rain- that's winter here. Even so, I make the roundtrip walk three or four times a week, regardless of the conditions. Like the above commenter, I will resort to lying to people at times. I’ve said that I need to leave work at such-and-such time on certain days every week because of a regularly scheduled academic meeting that does not in fact exist- instead I go to the gym. Also, if I have academic commitments that try to infringe on my gym time, I just say I have to work. For me, gym=sanity and it’s non-negotiable.
I have to lie to my partner sometimes, if I am slightly under the weather or have the sniffles and am going to the gym anyway (I wipe down the equipment, fear not!). He doesn’t think I should lift when I’m not 100% healthy, so I will unabashedly pretend I am going somewhere else.
I have also gone to the gym in miserable weather- I don’t have a car, so I either walk or take public transit. Fortunately the walk from my house is about 20 minutes, so very short, but Pacific Northwest weather doesn’t exactly make it fun. Freezing rain, snow, regular rain, more rain- that’s winter here. Even so, I make the roundtrip walk three or four times a week, regardless of the conditions.

]]> By: Andy http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-466 Andy Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:16:20 +0000 http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-466 Tucson, Arizona...where "it's a dry heat" You just have to prepare yourself. Don't just jump into it from cold air-conditioning. Wear plenty of sports grade sunscreen. Drink alot of water and gatorade (NOT ice cold). And accept the fact that its uncomfortable. Then...get on with it!!!! (Shade doesn't hurt either!) Tucson, Arizona…where “it’s a dry heat”

You just have to prepare yourself. Don’t just jump into it from cold air-conditioning. Wear plenty of sports grade sunscreen. Drink alot of water and gatorade (NOT ice cold). And accept the fact that its uncomfortable.

Then…get on with it!!!! (Shade doesn’t hurt either!)

]]> By: gubernatrix http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-465 gubernatrix Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:09:33 +0000 http://gubernatrix.co.uk/2008/02/what-lengths-do-you-go-to-for-your-training/#comment-465 I confess I find it much easier to cope with cold than with heat. Even I would probably think you were a nutcase if I saw you doing burpees in 115 degrees heat! Where are you based? I confess I find it much easier to cope with cold than with heat. Even I would probably think you were a nutcase if I saw you doing burpees in 115 degrees heat! Where are you based?

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