Originally Posted by jd1020 (Post 18038896)

Explains why all these body builders die young. Should have worked those thighs more.

Originally Posted by BigRichard (Post 18039021)

Man I got fat, 5'9" and 240. More a beer gut than anything but I have been sitting on my ass a lot for work. Ever since I went remote.... lazy lazy lazy. I have a desk that can move from sitting to standing so I decided to get one of those treadmills that goes under your desk. It doesn't have arms or anything on it. I also moved my weight rack upstairs in my office behind me. It cramps my room but I don't care. I have been starting to walk on the treadmill a lot while I work and have started lifting weights again. Nothing too heavy as I haven't lifted in a while. I was never a huge lifter anyways. When I was in tip top shape I was around 180 so definitely not a huge guy. I am already feeling better and can tell I am getting some muscle back but haven't really lost any weight which has me slightly concerned. And I know that muscle weighs more than fat but I was fully expecting at least a few pounds.

Originally Posted by BigRichard (Post 18039021)

Man I got fat, 5'9" and 240. More a beer gut than anything but I have been sitting on my ass a lot for work. Ever since I went remote.... lazy lazy lazy. I have a desk that can move from sitting to standing so I decided to get one of those treadmills that goes under your desk. It doesn't have arms or anything on it. I also moved my weight rack upstairs in my office behind me. It cramps my room but I don't care. I have been starting to walk on the treadmill a lot while I work and have started lifting weights again. Nothing too heavy as I haven't lifted in a while. I was never a huge lifter anyways. When I was in tip top shape I was around 180 so definitely not a huge guy. I am already feeling better and can tell I am getting some muscle back but haven't really lost any weight which has me slightly concerned. And I know that muscle weighs more than fat but I was fully expecting at least a few pounds.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 18038902)

What? Bodybuilding is half legs.

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties (Post 18038860)

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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 18039075)

Super dumb and simplistic.

Most 400 lbs fat guys have strongish legs. They really have to to be able to be able to walk, stand up, and function. But yeah, those guys live way longer than the 165 lbs in shape guy that doesn't have very strong legs.

Ludicrous.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 18039074)

90 percent of bodybuilding is mental, and half is legs.

On the topic of weightlifting, I'm built for speed, not power. I can bench about 135 on a good day now. But I just hitched up my courage and signed up for my first half-marathon since 2020. I can do this. (Exhales.). I can do this.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 18039079)

Yeah, I'd like to see the study this is based on.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 18039074)

90 percent of bodybuilding is mental, and half is legs.

On the topic of weightlifting, I'm built for speed, not power. I can bench about 135 on a good day now. But I just hitched up my courage and signed up for my first half-marathon since 2020. I can do this. (Exhales.). I can do this.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 18039079)

Yeah, I'd like to see the study this is based on.

Originally Posted by loochy (Post 18039081)

Speed? Or endurance?



I'm curious to what time you think will be realistic for you this time around.

Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 18039093)

How fast do you run a single mile? Been wondering if I should run a half marathon.

I am terrified to run hard more than a 5k because if you have a bad heart, and you might not even know it, dead. You can have a healthy but bad heart and keel over in a marathon. I try to not run close to my max HR for more than a few minutes. Im afraid in a marathon I would get to the end and really push it to hard.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 18039111)

I'm actually built more for math than for speed or power. But if I have to pick something physical, it's probably more endurance than speed.

I started running half-marathons at age 46, and my best-ever time is 1:58:56. For most of them I would run between 2:00:00 and 2:10:00. On my last race before the shutdown in 2020, I ran (I think) a 2:36, which was my worst time ever. For this upcoming race, I'm expecting to be slightly under 3 hours, and my dream goal is to beat 2:45. Yes, my aspirational goal is to have a worse time than my previous worst time. So not fast, but as explained below, I'm old now.



From 2009 to 2020, I did 122 half marathons, and I think 5 races that were shorter than a half-marathon. I think the long-distance running destroyed all of my fast-twitch sprinting muscles, because I just loped along in shorter races at my same half-marathon pace.

I've run a few 5Ks and 1 10K in the past six months, and my 5K pace is generally slightly faster than 10 minutes per mile. But recall that I'm in my 60s now, so I've done pretty well in my age group at that pace. I've been top 3 in my age group about half the time.

I've lost a ton of weight this year, so my heart rate has not been close to my max in the shorter races, which tells me that I should be running faster. I ran 13 miles this weekend and I was at my maximum heart rate for much of the time. Historically, I've usually run half-marathons at my maximum heart rate and I haven't died. I think it's really rare to die. In all of my races, I've only seen one guy die, and they brought him back with the paddle-thingies.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 18039111)

I'm actually built more for math than for speed or power. But if I have to pick something physical, it's probably more endurance than speed.

I started running half-marathons at age 46, and my best-ever time is 1:58:56. For most of them I would run between 2:00:00 and 2:10:00. On my last race before the shutdown in 2020, I ran (I think) a 2:36, which was my worst time ever. For this upcoming race, I'm expecting to be slightly under 3 hours, and my dream goal is to beat 2:45. Yes, my aspirational goal is to have a worse time than my previous worst time. So not fast, but as explained below, I'm old now.



From 2009 to 2020, I did 122 half marathons, and I think 5 races that were shorter than a half-marathon. I think the long-distance running destroyed all of my fast-twitch sprinting muscles, because I just loped along in shorter races at my same half-marathon pace.

I've run a few 5Ks and 1 10K in the past six months, and my 5K pace is generally slightly faster than 10 minutes per mile. But recall that I'm in my 60s now, so I've done pretty well in my age group at that pace. I've been top 3 in my age group about half the time.

I've lost a ton of weight this year, so my heart rate has not been close to my max in the shorter races, which tells me that I should be running faster. I ran 13 miles this weekend and I was at my maximum heart rate for much of the time. Historically, I've usually run half-marathons at my maximum heart rate and I haven't died. I think it's really rare to die. In all of my races, I've only seen one guy die, and they brought him back with the paddle-thingies.