Spring Workouts

Anyone else starting to get active again for the Spring?

Snow is finally thawed and the weather is starting to get nice again so I decided to start running. I have a new house since last Spring which is an acre and a third plot of land, so I just run laps around the perimeter of the property. I'm not a large guy by any standard (5'11, 160Ibs) but I haven't ran at all since rugby last year and my time for 2.5k shows it.

I have a 9 week couch to long distance run plan that I am going to do and it works by alternating walking and jogging until its pure jogging and eventually running. [link]

I'm confident it will work, but i need to get in to running shape at least because I applied to a policing school for next year (not an academy) and I need to be able to run 2.5k. It's going to suck because I haven't exercised since last year and I've never been fully fit in my life.

Any tips on getting fit?

I mow the lawn and kayak. That's enough.

I have been working out everyday except for wednesday and if there is something going on that keeps me from going to the gym. I love working out. I haven't worked out for 4 days counting today and it is killing me. Atleast one of the days I was in Chicago and walked all over the place. Otherwise, I'm getting up at 5:30 tomorrow to go workout before my 10:30 class. Working out has become an addiction for me for the past 2-3 months. I even started taking protein shakes and I also have a protein packed spinach smoothie that tastes amazing, pretty much everyday. I'm 5'6" at 131 lbs. Last time I checked I was under 14% body fat. I should still be and less. I have gained a good amount of muscle too. I don't know what I will do for the summer as I use the school gym. I might have to go find a gym and get a 2 month membership or just do what I did last summer and run every morning and do some other no weight workouts, but I love using machines. I need to buy running shoes though and I don't want to drop over $100 on those just yet.

I'm trying to do a 5k by the end of the year. So that's a thing. 

pntbl freak wrote: How's the new CoRec?

Not open till next school year. But it looks really good.


Edited by RoboCop - 09 April 2012 at 4:40pm

I was going to do Nijmegan a few years back. I did a few marches of a similar distance only over two days so just under 50mile total IIRC but we couldn't put a team forward in the end :( 

My workouts almost work perfectly for my schedule. I am lucky. Mon and Fri, I workout right after class at 2:30 and my roommate comes and joins or does something before I give him a ride home. Tues and Thurs, I workout before 10:30 classes, which works well because I don't carpool with my roommate on those days. Sat and Sun, depending when my gf is ready, we go workout together.

I've been doing lots of 12oz curls.