Reynard Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 My college course, studying sports.Looking to see how much cardio people do to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Best type of training is Interval training imo. What types of stretches do you do before you exercise? Most people do the wrong type of stretching before exercise and not the right one after it. Yep. I have a programme worked out for playing squash. Just a series of sprints within the court and a bit of circuit training. And I do a bit of weights stuff too. Squats and deadlifts mostly and a bit of arm stuff. I am quite lucky that I have NEVER had any muscle trouble or any sort of joint injuries in all the time I have played sports. I have always been quite naturally fit anyway and I am naturally supple too. I know a lot of the guys I play against(squash) do all sorts of stretches and stuff. I should really lookinto this a bit more especially as I am an old b*****d nowadays. It will probably help me to play well into my fifties.(I'm 40 later this year) I don't really know what sort of stretching I do. I tend to walk about a bit and have a smoke. Give me a link to show the right stretching to do pre and apres. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 (edited) http://www.brianmac.co.uk/dynamic.htm Dynamic stretches for a warm up. And/Either For a cool down http://www.brianmac.co.uk/mobility.htm - PNF The best imo or... http://www.brianmac.co.uk/stretch.htm - Static Edited February 17, 2009 by gav-ffc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 http://www.brianmac.co.uk/dynamic.htmDynamic stretches for a warm up. And/Either For a cool down http://www.brianmac.co.uk/mobility.htm - PNF The best imo or... http://www.brianmac.co.uk/stretch.htm - Static Will check it out. Cheers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Any improvements? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I just had a week off training becasue I had a head cold - I think it has knocked me back about 3/4 weeks on my intervals this morning. Still a bit of phelgm hanging about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Arch Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 If I want to get my legs a bit stronger am I better of riding an exercise bike at low resistance, high resistance or mixing between high and low resistances? Not strictly running but I don't think this deserved a new topic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundermonkey Posted February 25, 2009 Author Share Posted February 25, 2009 My main issue is that I found myself spitting CONSTANTLY- I'm talking about every 100 yards. I normally grog a wee bit when running but not to this degree.Anyone know what causes this and how to avoid it? Is it dehydration (I had a pint of water 20 minutes before I went out), or is it because I was still a bit ill? Does anyone else suffer from having to grog all the time when running? I was gobbin all over the place last night. I realised that I never had to grog once when running the marathon. I can only put it down to fitness. Any P&B Nike+ers planning on running the Great Edinburgh Run? Yep, if it's the 10K you're talking about. Look out for the challenge that gives you free entry, that's how I entered last year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 If I want to get my legs a bit stronger am I better of riding an exercise bike at low resistance, high resistance or mixing between high and low resistances?Not strictly running but I don't think this deserved a new topic. Depends on what you mean by stronger. Do you mean that you would like to be able to work for longer or bigger muscles for power? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 i'm raging. I just haven't been able to get going this year: was ill for a chunk of January, then we had a big freeze where I wasn't risking doing my knee in, then I chipped a bone in my foot playing 5s just as I was getting back into it. This is the worst ever run of illness / injury I've ever had. I'm going to put in for the 10k on Father's day in Glasgow, hopefully my weak immune system and poppadom bones will hold up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 If I want to get my legs a bit stronger am I better of riding an exercise bike at low resistance, high resistance or mixing between high and low resistances?Not strictly running but I don't think this deserved a new topic. The bike pretty much does what running does. You will build endurance but wont build any muscle really. Get some weights and start doing squats, those bad boys really hammer your legs and will build strength. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundermonkey Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 i'm raging. I just haven't been able to get going this year: was ill for a chunk of January, then we had a big freeze where I wasn't risking doing my knee in, then I chipped a bone in my foot playing 5s just as I was getting back into it. This is the worst ever run of illness / injury I've ever had.I'm going to put in for the 10k on Father's day in Glasgow, hopefully my weak immune system and poppadom bones will hold up. That's hard luck, hopefully it will heal up fast. I'm clueless - when's Father's Day and where about is the 10K in Glasgow? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 That's hard luck, hopefully it will heal up fast.I'm clueless - when's Father's Day and where about is the 10K in Glasgow? June 21st Mens Health 10K (I managed to find that in less than a minute) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 I've also went through a fairly bad phase of injury this year. Already had a twisted ankle, strained the ligaments behind my knee in January and now I have a muscle sprain in my lower back. I'd been hoping to get down to eleven stone by the end of March but it doesn't look like that'll be happening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I got a mail through my door telling me about how the Edinburgh half marathon and the Dunfermline half marathon is coming up...sinse I'm not old enough for either I'm now doing the 5k With no previous running training I'm aiming for 19 minutes..I think I can achieve this because just on Wednesday I got 12.8 on a deep test..not the same thing but 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I got a mail through my door telling me about how the Edinburgh half marathon and the Dunfermline half marathon is coming up...sinse I'm not old enough for either I'm now doing the 5k With no previous running training I'm aiming for 19 minutes..I think I can achieve this because just on Wednesday I got 12.8 on a deep test..not the same thing but What's your middle-distance running like? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundermonkey Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 June 21st Mens Health 10K (I managed to find that in less than a minute) I'm a right lazy shit Cheers! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poker King Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I got a mail through my door telling me about how the Edinburgh half marathon and the Dunfermline half marathon is coming up...sinse I'm not old enough for either I'm now doing the 5k With no previous running training I'm aiming for 19 minutes..I think I can achieve this because just on Wednesday I got 12.8 on a deep test..not the same thing but 19 Minutes is pretty fast for a 5K I know there are different types of Bleep test but if that's the one where each level (the 12 in your score) is ten repeats (the 8 in your score) then youve only covered 2560m. And you've probably walked the first couple of levels. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Bleeding Nipples - whats that all about? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footiechick Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Jog Scotland beginners - that's me . We are on Week 8 and running for 12 and a half minutes now. Goes up to 15 mins this week. I know ths sounds piss easy for all you runners but for someone who's never ran before I'm well chuffed and it really does get easier week by week 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Jog Scotland beginners - that's me . We are on Week 8 and running for 12 and a half minutes now. Goes up to 15 mins this week.I know ths sounds piss easy for all you runners but for someone who's never ran before I'm well chuffed and it really does get easier week by week We all have to start somewhere - I started with a couch to 5k training programme in 10 weeks a couple of years back. You need to take it easy to begin with and then it gets easier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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