JOS 2015 WK 2: CORE/Weight Check In
Almost Monday!! looking forward to week 2 ????
Got your core plan working? CORE TRACKER-2015 JOS
How is the weight watch? Got a plan for yourself? No plan fits everyone - it's what works best for you and your goals IMO. I know I do better when I log my food - when I don't up goes the weight. I made a chicken mushroom dish today for my week of lunches. hope if freezes well. 
Keep up the great work!
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Uggh...first weigh in is a FAIL...somehow I gained 3lbs from Friday!!
I tracked my food all weekend and had a net calorie deficit, but I did allow myself a "free meal" which included beer and mac'n cheese. I will blame 1 lb on not having enough water this weekend - I woke up this morning with fingers that felt like sausages. The rest of the weight gain must be from food choices...looks like I need to curtail Free meal.
Not the start I was looking for...
Unfortunately, last weeks' weight was 168.2. Crap....that went the wrong direction. Had some late night hunger issues that led to a couple of unplanned bowls of cereal last week and family breakfast at IHOP on Saturday doomed me. Gotta do better. I like food.
Well I did what I said I wouldn't.....and stopped my core/X-training cold after Vineman Full at end of July. With that I'm up to 188-190 from race wt of 176....about what I was at JAN last year pre OS. Will Need to modify any/all OS core/x training due to wrist injury from MTB crash. would like to see some weight come off over next few months....interestingly last OS my weight stayed stable till I did low carb with the swim camp then some more as VOL kicked up and I got hyper focused on nutrition.
Core work will get a lot of attention soon. Ill post my WKO plan. Mix of "Fighter Abs" and misc hip work etc.
Pre-Hab + (unfortunately) some re-hab (shoulders) No burpies till wrist trabecular FX's Heal.
Good luck every one
Just checking in for the first time. No stretch cords so just planks and pushups for me right now. I think my wife has a set somewhere that I need to find.
Planks 1'/ total 1'
pushups 40/40 total.
Weight is 249 I need to set goals for the OS.
Found a new feature on my fitness pal. Under recipes you can post a URL and it will populate the ingredients then you can adjust - pretty cool! Thought I'd share. Makes it way easier to load something you make.
My core work was better for planks, not so much for push ups.
I'll be doing upper body / core work as the Marines and my wife both frown on my dream of having an Andy Schleck inspired physique. Plan is to incorporate pull-up/push-up/crunch+other ab work twice weekly along with an eye to my food intake. I've used the loseit! app enough to know that if I just eat smart and back off on the sweets, the weight will come off. I just have a hard time turning down the desserts and sometimes the job makes me default to dinner in a bag (bad...bad).
Weight as of this morning - 195 lbs. Goal weight for end of OS - 188 (0.5 lb a week). Eventual goal of 180 for October race. Race weight is most important to me so I'll go slow and steady. Good luck everyone.
I was up in weight all last season about 5-7 pounds. It just never came off during season. But I have a weird issue. I have the lose it app. My husband used it to drop weight. I used to write stuff down and count calories and lose weight. But for some weird reason when I use Lose it, I tend to GAIN weight. Seriously. GAIN. I went from being super concerned about calorie count and used it to track macro nutrients and still...gain. Sooooo, I use it now to just basically track my weight over time.
I did three workouts yesterday...I fuel each workout. So I think for me, I have to be super careful to eat really well or I don't get in enough real food during the day. Veggies in particular. So that is my focus this OS. Fuel the workouts so I can do what I need to do, and train my gut (I've had major issues in races so that's why I fuel like racing all the time) and get in enough good food. We won't talk about last night post swim.
I have been working on extending my plank times (up to 1:30) to get to 5'. I try and do 10-20 pushups a day because I miss my toned arms! I am planning on swimming twice a week as I'm on the run durability plan and it is included so I don't know how much cords I'll be doing. I also have "butt" homework to do for my long standing issues..squats, myrtles, clams that I'm doing several times a week. Thats going to be it for my extra stuff.
Thanks for the thread Ann!
I felt better this Friday...last week I was VERY sore. Added more time on planks and more reps for push-ups. I had to resist the urge to go to failure.
Weight: 255 - down 2 lbs this week, but it still leaves me +1 lb for the OS.
Going into the weekend I have 1 goal: DO NOT gain weight by overeating. full stop.
I have gotten in push ups every day, and planks every day. I also am now participating in a "mechanics" class taught by a former pro triathlete to shore up all those little areas that we as endurance athletes tend to ignore. I did my first class Wednesday. My butt and abs let me know I did some good work all day yesterday and today.
Just posting Friday's core session
planks 1:25/ Total 2:25
Pushups 44/ total 84
No stretch cords yet.
Core done and feeling stronger
Weight 255, down 2 lbs from last week, but still up 1 lb for the OS. I am using MapMyRun for a calorie tracker and I am definitely at a calorie deficit. It must what and when I am eating....so I signed up for The Core Diet Nutrition plan this weekend, hopefully this will help get the weight off.
Planks: 2:50
Push Ups 28
Cords: 51