Raced My First Triathlon Yesterday! page 2

[Al_Kavadlo]

congrats al! keep up the good work. i've been looking in to some local duathalons in my area (bike-run-bike) and there are even some that are mountain bike-trail run. those are awesome. it's always good to set a goal and see it through. very nice!

Thanks! You should do it!

[otzi]

Hey, Al - Sorry to get off-topic here, but you always inspire me! I have been a pullup machine for the past year, I have been doing literally hundreds a day, every day. 18 months ago, I couldn't do one.

Anyway, after reading Body By Science, where they recommend super slow weight lifting with Nautilus equipment and a one week recovery time, I got to thinking I should try that with body weight stuff.

A couple weeks ago, I started doing body weight exercises just one day a week. I do pullups, chinups, pushups on one day and squats and sprint the next. Then rest a week.

I'm doing the pullups/chinups from dead hang, 30-60 seconds up and 30-60 seconds down. I can do about 2 or 3 of these, and it makes my arms burn for a couple days. Doing 'regular' pullups, I could do about 30 in pretty good form.

Have you ever tried super slow pullups? How many can you do on a 30 second count? Just curious because I know you are the pullup champ of New York, or something like that. ha

[Al_Kavadlo]

Hey, Al - Sorry to get off-topic here, but you always inspire me! I have been a pullup machine for the past year, I have been doing literally hundreds a day, every day. 18 months ago, I couldn't do one.

Anyway, after reading Body By Science, where they recommend super slow weight lifting with Nautilus equipment and a one week recovery time, I got to thinking I should try that with body weight stuff.

A couple weeks ago, I started doing body weight exercises just one day a week. I do pullups, chinups, pushups on one day and squats and sprint the next. Then rest a week.

I'm doing the pullups/chinups from dead hang, 30-60 seconds up and 30-60 seconds down. I can do about 2 or 3 of these, and it makes my arms burn for a couple days. Doing 'regular' pullups, I could do about 30 in pretty good form.

Have you ever tried super slow pullups? How many can you do on a 30 second count? Just curious because I know you are the pullup champ of New York, or something like that. ha

I've messed around with some super-slow training. I blogged about it here: Super Slow Workout

I'm not sure how many I could do with a 30 sec up/30 sec down tempo. Probably not very many.

[otzi]

I've messed around with some super-slow training. I blogged about it here: Super Slow Workout

I'm not sure how many I could do with a 30 sec up/30 sec down tempo. Probably not very many.

Awesome blog! Thanks for the link. Just out of curiosity, do you do rest days? Or just go balls to the wall every day?

[Al_Kavadlo]

I do rest days occasionally and I vary my intensity. I definitely don't go balls to the wall every day.

[JackieKessler]

Awesome!

[Karma]

I do rest days occasionally and I vary my intensity. I definitely don't go balls to the wall every day.

Trivia question. Do you know the origin of the phrase "balls to the wall"?

[Louisa655]

You must be a newbie for taking 10 min. No seasoned athlete stops to dry their feet -- that's funny....anal and funny.

[paleo-bunny]

You must be a newbie for taking 10 min. No seasoned athlete stops to dry their feet -- that's funny....anal and funny.

Thanks for your positive, life-affirming input.

[Al_Kavadlo]

Awesome!

Thanks!

Trivia question. Do you know the origin of the phrase "balls to the wall"?

I do now that I googled it!

You must be a newbie for taking 10 min. No seasoned athlete stops to dry their feet -- that's funny....anal and funny.

Um...yeah... that's why I titled this thread "Raced My First Triathlon Yesterday!"

Thanks for your positive, life-affirming input.

Ha!