The B&B Gentleman's Athletic Club

[Gruder]

"You may delay, but time will not." -- Benjamin Franklin

The B&B Gentleman's Athletic Club is a place for members to discuss fitness and weight loss goals in the encouraging and supportive environment that is B&B.

How can you join? Easy. Just post your BMI/weight/beltsize, etc., whatever you'd like, in this thread (a good BMI calculator is here), then check in from time to keep everyone updated on your progress. Fitness goals and tips are welcomed, as well! If you get a chance, sending an encouraging PM to someone on the thread every now and again would be quite in keeping with the gentlemanly qualities of B&B.

We're hopeful that the examples, tips, and eventual successes posted in this thread will encourage others to seek the confidence and energy that comes with improved fitness. After all, no one wants to be outlived by his shave soap collection! Thanks to Terry Awhile for inspiring the B&B GAC with his original thread, and to all who've assisted in moving the Club forward.

Your turn! Post your info/goals and be sure to keep us updated!

Members of the BBGAC are also keeping track of their goals and progress in a wiki page here (thanks perry!), and we've formed a locker room for even more ongoing chatter here (thanks sol92258!). All are welcome to join and post in both places in addition to in this thread. Join us!

[masonjarjar]

"You may delay, but time will not." -- Benjamin Franklin

The B&B Gentleman's Athletic Club is a place for members to discuss fitness and weight loss goals in the encouraging and supportive environment that is B&B.

This morning I'm 254 (I'm 5'6"). My goal is to lose 1 pound a week. That would put me at about 200 for the end of the year. So far since Christmas I've lost 4 pounds.

I'm going to post starting/current/goal weights.

258/254/200
(my BMI is right around 40)

My goal for this month is to start using our treadmill 4 times a week and find 3 times a week to get to the gym.

but I need me some walkin/exercizin' shoes first!

[yardpup01]

One week update:

Height: 6'
Weight: 218 lb
Waist: 43.5 in
Weight loss since last update: 0 lb
Total weight lost: 0 lb
Inches dropped since last update: N/A
Total inches dropped: N/A
Weight goal: 190 lb
Waist goal: 38 in

I decided to add a waist measurement in since weight isn't always accurate(especially if your building muscle). Didn't lose anything, didn't gain anything, can't complain. Keep the faith everybody.

[Gruder]

Thanks for being an Athletic [Club] Supporter!

I have a problem with the whole BMI thing though. At my last physical, I was measured by the physician and he advised me that, due to my build, I should weigh no less than 200 lbs. The BMI calculator still puts me into the "Obese" category. To be the proper weight I would need to drop down to 170. I weighed more than that by the middle of high school! I think I'm going to follow the doctor's recommendation...

Good call. It should probably be pointed out that nothing in this thread is intended to counter the advice of your own physician, who should be consulted before starting any exercise program. I suggested BMI simply as it allows folks to put numbers in the thread without taking the sometimes trepidatious step of posting an actual weight. Everyone is free to post whatever makes them most comfortable -- weight, belt size, whether the floor still creaks when you step on it in that one spot -- whatever!

Welcome to all the new folks -- good luck!

[sol92258]

alright, here we go.
I stepped on the scale (first time since November! ), back up to 294!
UGGGHH!!
scale must be wrong, tried again...292
all subsequent tries resulted in 292, so I guess I'll go with that.
that's +15 since September, crap I hate that...weird thing is, I didn't eat much more during the holidays (exc. desserts )
haven't done any other measuring yet, but right now 44 jeans are slightly loose, so I'll go with it for now, until I can justly measure later
I'll also add my distrust of the height/weight chart, and slightly less distrust of BMI, both tell me to shoot for around 180 on the high end!
bull crud-o!

Height: 6'2"
Weight: 292 lb
Waist: 44 in
Weight loss since last update: 0 lb
Total weight lost: 0 lb
Inches dropped since last update: N/A
Total inches dropped: N/A
Weight goal: 245 lb
Waist goal: 38 in

[saegoose]

www.fitday.com

[professorchaos]

Perhaps someone on this thread can explain my uncontrollable love of donuts?

In all seriousness, what a great idea. I wish I had kept up with the thread from the get go. One suggestion: Much like the SOTD threads in the General Shaving Forum, what are the chances of us getting a WOTD (Workout of The Day) thread going? A place where can show off our workouts and chastise slackers?

For now, I will create my entry in the Athletic Club Wiki.

[saegoose]

The WOTD is a fabulous idea!

[King of Kailua]

The WOTD is a fabulous idea!

Concur,a great idea chaos! What do you think, in this thread or stand alone?

[DunEdinRanger]

No running today, but did shovel snow for about an hour.

[King of Kailua]

Paddled today, but not too hard. My necks a little sore.

Are you folks bonking on the WOTD threads?

[SepticTank]

Are you folks bonking on the WOTD threads?

That has a whole different meaning this side of the pond

For me the more public I make the exercise record the more likely I am to continue

5.08km in 17' today

[rabidpotatochip]

That has a whole different meaning this side of the pond

For me the more public I make it the more likely I am to continue

5.08km in 17' today

Huh... for me, the more public I make it the more likely I am to get arrested...

Mrs. Chip and I tried a hip-hop workout routine last night. Apparently I can't do it properly since all my attempts to emulate the television resulted in her literally dropping to the floor laughing. At some point it just degenerated into her doing the funky chicken and me trying to do the worm while laughing ourselves silly.

Most people probably wouldn't count last night as a success, but we still got some cardio in and we continued our efforts to exercise. Rather than giving up on a workout that was way above our level we worked with what we had and managed to have a bit of fun in the process. Unfortunately, both our weights seem to be going up... hopefully it's muscle.

[SepticTank]

Huh... for me, the more public I make it the more likely I am to get arrested...

Fixed that misunderstanding you made on purpose

[saegoose]

Not bad for free, huh?

[DunEdinRanger]

Let me start by saying I am woefully out of shape. I let myself slide, badly, after the Edinburgh Marathon, heck even before that - after the Brooklyn Half Marathon. Today I had signed up for a four mile jaunt through Central Park with over 5000 of my closest running friends, including Julie (SJ) and Neil Cook. I have to confess that I really had not run four miles since last summer. Today's goals were simple

* Finish The Race
* Run The Entire Distance
* Do NOT stop at Fluid Aid Stations
* Run Negative Splits (Might as well, right?)

Shall we start before the beginning? Oh MTA how do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways! I am sure there is some sadistic couch potatoe at the MTA who looks at the NYRR race schedule and then arranges for construction so it has the maximum disruptive effect on runners trying to reach Central Park. There was no service on the 7 Line, so you couldn't get between Grand Central & Times Square that way, local service only on the A, which supplanted the normally local C trains. The 2 trains were affected, there was no L train service between 8th Ave and Union Square. In short, getting to Central Park this morning was a bit of a challenge.

Now, let me also say that one of the great things about coming to these races from the Jersey side is experiencing the sun rise over Manhattan Island as the city that never sleeps is cat napping, if not somewhat somnambulant.

In any event, eventually I made it to Central Park. One of the surest signs of creeping age is the need to first check out the lines at the portapotties. Fortunately, there were not many people waiting to use the facilities. I also did not see a lot of the regulars, as I call them. I could not find some old friends, or any of the Stevens Alum that seem to frequent these races.

At the corral, waiting to start, I once again unsuccessfully try to con the kids who are part of the NYRR Foundation that race etiquette requires them to finish behind anyone older. Despite the efforts of the volunteers, who think this is a Good Thing, the kids don't believe us, and we all get a good chuckle out of it.

This race started around East 68th Street, and went in a counterclockwise loop, north along the East Side, towards the 102nd Street Transverse, where the course turned west, and then on the West Drive, it turned south towards the finish near Tavern On The Green.

The good thing about this course is that we got Cat Hill out of the way early. The bad thing is that the western hills would haunt us until the conclusion of Mile 3.

We start and it takes 10 minutes to get to the Start Line. Despite that, the race is remarkably uncrowded, considering the over 5000 runners who finished. There are a few walkers in the first mile and once around them, it is not too bad maintaining a steady pace.

The first goal was to run the entire distance, and the first challenge to that goal was Cat Hill. The Cat was up to his old tricks today, salaciously eyeing the walkers, waiting to pounce on the weak. Despite the protestations of my legs, I run slowly, but running nonetheless, to the crest of the hill, beyond the Cat to the traffic light. Soon enough, we are in the vicinity of one of the greatest museums on God's green Earth - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and that means the first mile is not too far off, somewhere just north of East 86th Street. Sure enough, there is the mile marker and clock, ticking away the seconds oblivious to the runners casting furtive glances at its omnipresent glowing fluorescent numerals. I check my watch and my pace is about what I expected.

This was a run where I used every "trick" in the book to my advantage. I know it is one mile from 72nd Street to 90th Street on the East Drive, and made a mental note of the time. I was running a fairly steady pace at 90th Street just past the statue of Fred Lebow, and the next mile marker would be just after turning the corner onto the 102nd Street Transverse.

Mile 2 is now in the books, and it is slightly faster than Mile 1, but this is to be expected. The crowd has thinned out, and there really are no major hills. I also held back a bit since I realized every run/race is about energy conservation and I still had to face the Western Hills. The instant we make the left off the transverse, all you can see is a long line of runners snaking their way upward along Central Park in the golden early morning sunshine. This is the challenge. These are the hills that break men's souls. Here, slow as I am running, I begin to pass people, the runners who went out too fast, who did not have the respect the hills demand, who are now paying the price for their hubris. I do not focus on finishing this mile. I focus on getting to the next crest of the hill as Central Park rolls along, up to 99th, and then a slight reprieve before we begin going uphill again at 96th. After what feels like an eternity, the highest point in the park is reached and after this, there is only net elevation loss to the finish. The split is horrid, but it was run the whole way, and now it is just a question of getting to the finish and making negative splits. A quick mental calculation shows it is still possible, despite that last mile being my slowest by 30 seconds. It means I have to be 30 seconds faster than Mile 2.

The numbers on the lamp post slowly begin to decrease as the course winds it way south. There is still time to appreciate the winter scenery in the park - the bare trees against a cerulean blue sky, the frozen lake glistening in the sun and the course losing elevation. Soon, we're at 77th and that means about a half mile to go. A quick glance at the watch shows negative splits may still be possible. By now I have forgotten all about the pain experienced around mile 3 and Clarence Demars' words echo in my mind, 'Run like hell and get the pain over with as quickly as possible." Half a mile to go and I spot someone dressed in the colors of the Aridzona Cardinals. I am, by coincidence dressed in the black and gold of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and decide to crush them with a quarter mile to go. A quick maneuver, and what passes as a "burst of speed" and I pass the Cardinal. The finish line is now in sight and I know, without looking at my watch, that I am going to make all my goals. I may have crossed the finish with all the grace and elegance of a water buffalo, but I managed a negative split by 13 seconds.


Post Race goodies, besides hanging out with Neil and SJ, involved obtaining some Cluck U Chicken Wings, and once home, enjoying some Chimay Grande Reserve for meeting all the objectives. An added plus was seeing the one car I wanted most to buy when I first got my license. Yes, admit it you did too - The AMC PACER!

--
- Lou
e-mail - [email protected]

PS - Yes I did use the approved "Dan Quayle" spelling of potatoe, and I think Aridzona is a much better name for the state. :)

[SRock]

Thursday 1.5 mile "race" in 11:07

Friday "Tempo Run" 4.75 miles in 40 minutes.

[Mrs. Chip]

Finally did 20 minutes of aerobics after taking a week off. I still noticed muscle building during the week off, so I think the break was needed.

It's definitely good to take a break before burnout sets in.

I am feeling it this morning too!

I either read or heard somewhere it takes on average of 6 weeks to really see and feel a lifestyle change. So we are half way there and Chip says he sees it on us but I only feel different. My normal back aches are gone.

[frank85]

I took the bike out for a pin last night 7.61 miles 665 calories burned

Short commute to work this morning 5.2 miles 611 calories

Took a nice fall going up the bridge; it helps if your looking up and not down on your gears


current weight 270LBS this morning but not celebrating yet

[King of Kailua]

Friday afternoon 6Mar09

Warmed up with stretching.

20 pound kettle bell lifts for three minutes @ max reps, and standing squats for three minutes @ max reps.

Hit the mill and treaded:

Program: Run and power walk up hills for 3.5219999 miles in 44:50 minutes, burning an estimated 565 calories.

Soundtrack: I'm 9 Today; Mum. PodRunner Intervals; 1st day to 5 K - Level 1 Week 5 - Mix 2. Breath; Telepopmusik. Socially Inept; Proem.

Stretched.

Keep on keepin' on.