Refitifying myself - Page 2

petemc · 16-03-2009, 14:37

Right with you there. Walking can seem boring but not with podcasts. I try and do an hour a day. With a decent podcast it's fun. It's alone time. It's a break. I need to kick it up a notch. If I walk to work and then walk home later I should be able to do the 10,000 steps a day. The bitch is that I work from home so it's very hard to be motivated first thing. Good luck mate.

Blighter · 16-03-2009, 14:43

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Originally Posted by petemc

If I walk to work and then walk home later I should be able to do the 10,000 steps a day. The bitch is that I work from home.

Is it just me that is confused here?

Will · 16-03-2009, 15:08

I have to say that fitness is something you notice when you start playing sports to quite a high level again... I thought I was fit, but the rugby has highlighted issues which have been addressed. I can now run the full 80 mins (and sometimes some emphatic powerful sprints and tackles) without dropping dead - unlike my first game where I felt I needed a heart transplant! lol!

Stan_Lite · 16-03-2009, 15:30

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Originally Posted by Blighter

Is it just me that is confused here?

Bloody big house

Piggymon · 16-03-2009, 19:40

Go MB !

petemc · 16-03-2009, 19:48

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Originally Posted by Bigstan

Bloody big house

haha. It means I have to go out and walk to "work".

lostkat · 16-03-2009, 21:26

Nice one MB and a good time of year to start too. I used to walk 2 miles to Uni & back every day and really noticed it when I'd left. Like Del said, don't under estimate the amount of good it'll do you

MapMyRun is good if you want to keep a log of all your miles. I find that it's really helped my motivation. I'm aiming for 2 marathons worth of distance in March and am halfway at the moment.

Matblack · 16-03-2009, 23:31

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Originally Posted by lostkat

Nice one MB and a good time of year to start too. I used to walk 2 miles to Uni & back every day and really noticed it when I'd left. Like Del said, don't under estimate the amount of good it'll do you

MapMyRun is good if you want to keep a log of all your miles. I find that it's really helped my motivation. I'm aiming for 2 marathons worth of distance in March and am halfway at the moment.

That's bloody brilliant, I've added my route to and from work and saved them and then added them to my personal workout log, thats going to help me keep track of my walking

Thanks Kate

MB

petemc · 16-03-2009, 23:34

If you have an iPhone you can get an app like Trailguru or TrackThing and that will track you're adventures via gps. With one you can upload the data and it logs it so you can track performance and calories burnt. Brilliant stuff really.

Matblack · 16-03-2009, 23:44

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Originally Posted by petemc

If you have an iPhone you can get an app like Trailguru or TrackThing and that will track you're adventures via gps. With one you can upload the data and it logs it so you can track performance and calories burnt. Brilliant stuff really.

That's pretty much what map my run does, as I walk the same route I can program it though rather than use GPS

My phone doesn't have it, I may get an iPhone in the summer though

MB

16-03-2009, 14:37	#11
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	Right with you there. Walking can seem boring but not with podcasts. I try and do an hour a day. With a decent podcast it's fun. It's alone time. It's a break. I need to kick it up a notch. If I walk to work and then walk home later I should be able to do the 10,000 steps a day. The bitch is that I work from home so it's very hard to be motivated first thing. Good luck mate. __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!

16-03-2009, 15:08	#13
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	I have to say that fitness is something you notice when you start playing sports to quite a high level again... I thought I was fit, but the rugby has highlighted issues which have been addressed. I can now run the full 80 mins (and sometimes some emphatic powerful sprints and tackles) without dropping dead - unlike my first game where I felt I needed a heart transplant! lol! __________________ *No No!*

16-03-2009, 19:40	#15
Piggymon Lara Croft Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: PigmoPad - Braintree Essex Posts: 8,604	Go MB ! __________________ BF% 28/08/08 - 21%

16-03-2009, 21:26	#17
lostkat Good Cat Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,550	Nice one MB and a good time of year to start too. I used to walk 2 miles to Uni & back every day and really noticed it when I'd left. Like Del said, don't under estimate the amount of good it'll do you MapMyRun is good if you want to keep a log of all your miles. I find that it's really helped my motivation. I'm aiming for 2 marathons worth of distance in March and am halfway at the moment. __________________ Oooooh Cecil, what have you done?

16-03-2009, 23:34	#19
petemc Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nr Liverpewl Posts: 4,371	If you have an iPhone you can get an app like Trailguru or TrackThing and that will track you're adventures via gps. With one you can upload the data and it logs it so you can track performance and calories burnt. Brilliant stuff really. __________________ Thats no hamster, its a space station!