offal wrote:I bought a weight vest -- an adjustable one, where you can wear 2.5 up to 40 pounds of weight by adding little sand bags, like this:Our family tries to stay active, and as a man of a certain age, I want to train for hiking with our 2.5-year-old daughter on my back. I do okay right now, but even hikes of 2 or 3 miles at elevation kick my ass pretty hard*.I did 30 minutes on the elliptical machine last week wearing 25 pounds. Felt okay during the work out, but I was pretty wrecked the next day. In a good way, though. Increasing to 30 pounds to night.*I carry similar weight when backpacking, but it doesn t wear me out like wearing the kiddo. There s something about the weight distribution on the child carrier that is inefficient. Might also have to upgrade carriers.Or get a smaller kid.

offal wrote:I bought a weight vest -- an adjustable one, where you can wear 2.5 up to 40 pounds of weight by adding little sand bags, like this:Our family tries to stay active, and as a man of a certain age, I want to train for hiking with our 2.5-year-old daughter on my back. I do okay right now, but even hikes of 2 or 3 miles at elevation kick my ass pretty hard*.I did 30 minutes on the elliptical machine last week wearing 25 pounds. Felt okay during the work out, but I was pretty wrecked the next day. In a good way, though. Increasing to 30 pounds to night.*I carry similar weight when backpacking, but it doesn t wear me out like wearing the kiddo. There s something about the weight distribution on the child carrier that is inefficient. Might also have to upgrade carriers.one of the better ways to burn fat. i was doing this on my off days from the 5x5 program i was doing for awhile. rucking, this act has has been called. short for ruck sacking. hiking with a fuckton of weight on you. i bought a 40lb'er because i'm a fucking beast and was walking 4-5 miles up and down the worst hills in my neighborhood in it. fuck these goddamned oppressive things. once i achieved my goal of losing the weight and building up the cardio i passed it along to my fitness enthused little brother, who immediately dropped half the weight in it so he could do some murph's. (1mile run, 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 squats, another mile run while wearing a 20lb weight vest. fuck these things too.) i do not miss this motherfucker. good on anybody who fucks with these. i had this one.

Oh I'd fuck with one of those hard^^I fell off a little bit, y'all. The death of my grandmother and the drunken 4 day Disney world wedding debauchery really got me back into boozing. That's no good. Got back in the gym the other night and noticed my precipitous dropoff in weight picking upness. This will be remedied with lean protein, 9 hours of sleep, and sober, lonely weekend nights. Eat better and stop drinking 7 Montucky Cold Snacks a night!

a. james wrote:offal wrote:I bought a weight vest -- an adjustable one, where you can wear 2.5 up to 40 pounds of weight by adding little sand bags, like this:Our family tries to stay active, and as a man of a certain age, I want to train for hiking with our 2.5-year-old daughter on my back. I do okay right now, but even hikes of 2 or 3 miles at elevation kick my ass pretty hard*.I did 30 minutes on the elliptical machine last week wearing 25 pounds. Felt okay during the work out, but I was pretty wrecked the next day. In a good way, though. Increasing to 30 pounds to night.*I carry similar weight when backpacking, but it doesn t wear me out like wearing the kiddo. There s something about the weight distribution on the child carrier that is inefficient. Might also have to upgrade carriers.one of the better ways to "burn fat." i was doing this on my off days from the 5x5 program i was doing for awhile. "rucking," this act has has been called. short for "ruck sacking." hiking with a fuckton of weight on you. i bought a 40lb'er because i'm a fucking beast and was walking 4-5 miles up and down the worst hills in my neighborhood in it. fuck these goddamned oppressive things. once i achieved my goal of losing the weight and building up the cardio i passed it along to my fitness enthused little brother, who immediately dropped half the weight in it so he could do some "murph's." (1mile run, 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 squats, another mile run while wearing a 20lb weight vest. fuck these things too.) i do not miss this motherfucker. good on anybody who fucks with these. i had this one.WTF Murph? It would take a month to do 100 pull-ups. No way , that s a thing?

I ve been doing pretty good with sticking to the gym the last couple of months. Have been sticking to barbells mostly and machines for the lower body and then killing myself of the stairs for at least thirty minutes afterwards. I don t think I ve lost many pounds, but I ve definitely been trimming up. I could probably do with a stricter diet, but I m on 12 hour days right now and preparing healthy food in advance and going to the gym and band practice and trying to be a decent husband at the same time is kind of difficult. Need to start working on core excersises way more. Favorite part of the whole thing is my appetite when I m working out a lot. I am insatiable.

Shed some 10 or so additional pounds. After my last weight in I'm at 117kg or 257lbs non metric. That's still some 17/kgs/35lbs off my initial goal of 100kgs by 1/1/19.Organized the shit out of my band shirt storage, PRF and non PRF kind, will be sporting out the old look in the coming months.

Ramped my weight vest up to 40 pounds 2 or 3 weeks ago, keeping up the weekly elliptical work with it. Did a hike last weekend, wearing my (~30 pound) daughter for about 4 of the 5 miles hiked. Significant improvement. Was tired, sure, but not wrecked. Biggest source of discomfort was the pressure points on my hips from the pack, not burning leg muscles. Stoked.Was not expecting results this good from the vest. Considering jumping back on Craigslist to see if I can find a good deal on a 60-pounder. Will look out for one with more robust shoulder pads this time, though. Current setup is pretty unforgiving in the shoulders.Down another 5-ish pounds I think. Pretty much back to my weight 20 years ago. Related: savory oats for breakfast are my new favorite thing. Most days I'm having steel-cut oat with pepitas, green chili, and some combination of eggs, meat, cheese, and/or greens. Ends up more like a hearty polenta dish than oatmeal, which makes it so much easier to eat healthy for breakfast.

seanurban wrote:WTF Murph? It would take a month to do 100 pull-ups. No way , that s a thing?usually done in sets. run, push, pull, run, push, pull, etc.

One calorie per day until the end of January should set me straight.

2018 was not a great year for me as far as health and physical fitness. I ran about 75 miles, no races, no biking, hardly doing any kind of strength exercise either.Me and a friend have a joint pact to run 500 miles this year, and working with other folks with the same goal has been a great motivator for me in the past. If anyone is interested in doing the same let me know and we can connect on Strava or something.