Progress Check In

whlinder said:
I technically live in Piedmont Virginia since we're west of the fall line. Which isn't nearly high enough to get an altitude discount.
I've never noticed whether Concept2 publishes anything around the impacts of humidity on performance, since it can be pretty brutal for running. I definitely get tired easier on humid days on the C2 and sweat all over the place which is annoying. Surely pushes heart rate up for same effort, especially when not adapted to summer conditions, and has to be worth a second or 3 on splits.
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That's a great question. I'm sure there's some measurable impact. Doesn't your Cuntry Club have some decent climate control?
I've never really rowed anywhere super humid other than IRA's in New Jersey and I think we got lucky with decent weather.
 
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Down to 180 pounds
I walked 14 miles one day, but generally have been walking 3-7 most days as opposed to 0-3 like I used to, also at 1350 calories Sunday and 1710 yesterday…and now I am hungry…
I think I was 190 at one point in September

I'd like to get down to 165 pounds, which hasn't happened since I was 22 or so
Drinking is still a work in progress, I had a pretty stressful 2023 and fell off the wagon a bit
Some months I hit my goal, many I don't
 
YellowSnow said:
whlinder said:
I technically live in Piedmont Virginia since we're west of the fall line. Which isn't nearly high enough to get an altitude discount.
I've never noticed whether Concept2 publishes anything around the impacts of humidity on performance, since it can be pretty brutal for running. I definitely get tired easier on humid days on the C2 and sweat all over the place which is annoying. Surely pushes heart rate up for same effort, especially when not adapted to summer conditions, and has to be worth a second or 3 on splits.
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That's a great question. I'm sure there's some measurable impact. Doesn't your Cuntry Club have some decent climate control?
I've never really rowed anywhere super humid other than IRA's in New Jersey and I think we got lucky with decent weather.
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In the winter they're not running the AC but you'll get way more humidity on a rainy day than a dry one. Which makes everything feel gross.
The highest heart rate I've ever seen while wearing a monitor was on a hot and humid day where I tried to go for a long run and it was late morning. Got over 205 and even walking could not get it down. Looks like a couple of percents depending on just how humid based on How to Calculate the Effect of Humidity on Running Performance - Runners Connect
 
Fire_Marshall_Bill said:
Down to 180 pounds
I walked 14 miles one day, but generally have been walking 3-7 most days as opposed to 0-3 like I used to, also at 1350 calories Sunday and 1710 yesterday…and now I am hungry…
I think I was 190 at one point in September

I'd like to get down to 165 pounds, which hasn't happened since I was 22 or so
Drinking is still a work in progress, I had a pretty stressful 2023 and fell off the wagon a bit
Some months I hit my goal, many I don't
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Excellent work, Billy.
As @whlinder and I can attest to, alcohol is a stubborn low hanging fruit.
I could drink 3 or 4 6.5% IPAs daily and not get overweight based on my physical activity, but it's not ideal for sleep and mental performance. I also worry about about liver or cancer issues from that level of consumption.
My dad who is my canary in the coal mine was putting down a 6 pack of Bud Light a day at my age and more like 8 or 10 on Saturday. He's pushing 80 with no cancer, heart disease, dementia, etc. But he exercised like a mother fucker and ate very clean other than beer (which is still relatively clean). He did a 115 mile bike race at age 62 with 15,000 vertical of climbing.
 
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YellowSnow said:
Fire_Marshall_Bill said:
Down to 180 pounds
I walked 14 miles one day, but generally have been walking 3-7 most days as opposed to 0-3 like I used to, also at 1350 calories Sunday and 1710 yesterday…and now I am hungry…
I think I was 190 at one point in September

I'd like to get down to 165 pounds, which hasn't happened since I was 22 or so
Drinking is still a work in progress, I had a pretty stressful 2023 and fell off the wagon a bit
Some months I hit my goal, many I don't
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Excellent work, Billy.
As @whlinder and I can attest to, alcohol is a stubborn low hanging fruit.
I could drink 3 or 4 6.5% IPAs daily and not get overweight based on my physical activity, but it's not ideal for sleep and mental performance. I also worry about about liver or cancer issues from that level of consumption.
My dad who is my canary in the coal mine was putting down a 6 pack of Bud Light a day at my age and more like 8 or 10 on Saturday. He's pushing 80 with no cancer, heart disease, dementia, etc. But he exercised like a mother fucker and ate very clean other than beer (which is still relatively clean). He did a 115 mile bike race at age 62 with 15,000 vertical of climbing.
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It definitely fucks up my sleep (usually). Caffeine can too.
I've tried to limit myself to 40 drinks a month for the last five years with decent success, but it has become a crutch when life gets stressful. Both of my grandfathers were alcoholics (so I'm told), and both committed suicide, I believe within maybe two years of each other. One of them bragged to my grandma about knocking the teeth out of some dude at some Seward Park bar 85 years ago or something. CSB. She ended up divorcing him…

Good on your dad for being that active.
 
173 without the amount of exercise I would prefer and with wine
Down 8 since New Years
 
We’ve cut out a good amount of shit and are 75% organic. Still working on drinks and snacks.

being healthy is expensive for a small tribe.
 
ok @whlinder sea level is a hell of a performance enhancing drug. Took 42 secs off my last 5k and to keep it interesting, I fasted 6 hrs post breakfast except for 2 pool beers. Did a 2.4 mile tropical ball sweat hike before and hella jet lagged. Definitely faded in the last 2000.

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Nice. Have to assume the inverse isn't true, where if you train at sea level you'll be impacted more trying to row at elevation.
Nothing cracks me up more than a treadmill overlooking paradise. Rowing isn't feasible out there (unless you have a shell and oars to borrow etc) but surely you can walk or run outside.
 
whlinder said:
Nice. Have to assume the inverse isn't true, where if you train at sea level you'll be impacted more trying to row at elevation.
Nothing cracks me up more than a treadmill overlooking paradise. Rowing isn't feasible out there (unless you have a shell and oars to borrow etc) but surely you can walk or run outside.
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Seriously. But I had to do the C2 to prove my point on elevation discount and get the screen shots. Sacrificing my vacation and body for science!!
 
Respect to the people who can go longer than 30 minutes rowing, running, etc. Cardio bores the shit out of me unless I'm riding a bicycle at a decent clip. Need to move somewhere that isn't wet 9 months out of the year.
 
BleachedAnusDawg said:
Respect to the people who can go longer than 30 minutes rowing, running, etc. Cardio bores the shit out of me unless I'm riding a bicycle at a decent clip. Need to move somewhere that isn't wet 9 months out of the year.
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It's not exactly enjoyable. The people I know who go for multiple hours on the rower are usually watching a movie or something at the same time.
 
BleachedAnusDawg said:
Respect to the people who can go longer than 30 minutes rowing, running, etc. Cardio bores the shit out of me unless I'm riding a bicycle at a decent clip. Need to move somewhere that isn't wet 9 months out of the year.
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I typically don’t do a rower for more than 30 mins or 60 mins on a Peleton.

But yeah all exercise besides skiing and mt biking is pretty fucking boring.
 
BleachedAnusDawg said:
Respect to the people who can go longer than 30 minutes rowing, running, etc. Cardio bores the shit out of me unless I'm riding a bicycle at a decent clip. Need to move somewhere that isn't wet 9 months out of the year.
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I hear ya. I've been rowing 40-minute sessions in the past couple of weeks and am thinking about getting a TV for my exercise room. Looking to increase my time to 45 minutes soon, so a TV might be necessary at that point.
 
Here’s my progress thus far in 2025:
I’m still fat. Some might say morbidly obese but I prefer describing myself as big boned.
 
Eating Update:
Doing a whole 30 to reset my eating habits. No sugar, no alcohol, no grains, no dairy and a few other things. Basically just meat, veggies, fruit and nuts. I've also cut my caffeine intake from about 800mg/day (SO MUCH COFFEE) to between 100-150mg/day in black tea.

Down 7 pounds (mostly water weight, but I'll take it!), appetite has significantly decreased. Feeling energetic and not slothful and lazy. Not going to lie, the first 5 days sucked. Sugar cravings, caffeine headaches, general fogginess and drowsiness. Starting to feel much better now.

Pushups Update: Goal is 10,000 pushups in 2025. Just over 2k completed. A little bit behind schedule, but I expect as I get stronger I'll be able to increase my daily quantity and catch up.
 
Last day of the first quarter - as good a time as any for checking in.
Me: Yella called me fat so I had to drop some lbs. It actually happened, not sure if drinking slightly less (averaging 2.4 drinks per day since mid Jan which is down from before surely) or working out slightly more, or just compounding effects of everything. But I weighed in this weekend under 194. Been a long while since I was that low.
Cleared 550K on the rower through the first 3 months (345 miles), scores are good, increased the weight on leg weight exercises, ran and walked a bit more too. Had to make some insulin adjustments (in a good way, I was going low too often) which threw off management for a while. Blood draw I had came back with excellent numbers.
Everything is awesome! Until something went in my left knee doing left lifts on Friday. Had surgery on this knee when I was a teen and so I have been laid up since. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Had to cancel 2 rounds of golf in nice weather. GRRRRR. Seeing an ortho tomorrow. It feels better after tons of RICE but it still feels off and weak. Wearing a brace to protect it. NOT HAPPY. I did one legged rowing this morning to try to not lose all my cardio and it is not the same.
Plus have some travel over the next 6 weeks (including Europe and Oregon) so hopefully I won't lose everything. Having mobility restrictions while traveling, I don't even want to consider that
 
whlinder said:
Last day of the first quarter - as good a time as any for checking in.
Me: Yella called me fat so I had to drop some lbs. It actually happened, not sure if drinking slightly less (averaging 2.4 drinks per day since mid Jan which is down from before surely) or working out slightly more, or just compounding effects of everything. But I weighed in this weekend under 194. Been a long while since I was that low.
Cleared 550K on the rower through the first 3 months (345 miles), scores are good, increased the weight on leg weight exercises, ran and walked a bit more too. Had to make some insulin adjustments (in a good way, I was going low too often) which threw off management for a while. Blood draw I had came back with excellent numbers.
Everything is awesome! Until something went in my left knee doing left lifts on Friday. Had surgery on this knee when I was a teen and so I have been laid up since. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Had to cancel 2 rounds of golf in nice weather. GRRRRR. Seeing an ortho tomorrow. It feels better after tons of RICE but it still feels off and weak. Wearing a brace to protect it. NOT HAPPY. I did one legged rowing this morning to try to not lose all my cardio and it is not the same.
Plus have some travel over the next 6 weeks (including Europe and Oregon) so hopefully I won't lose everything. Having mobility restrictions while traveling, I don't even want to consider that
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T's and P's boss.
My C2 volume has been down since the Holiday challenge, but was still happy with my sea level results.
 
whlinder said:
Last day of the first quarter - as good a time as any for checking in.
Me: Yella called me fat so I had to drop some lbs. It actually happened, not sure if drinking slightly less (averaging 2.4 drinks per day since mid Jan which is down from before surely) or working out slightly more, or just compounding effects of everything. But I weighed in this weekend under 194. Been a long while since I was that low.
Cleared 550K on the rower through the first 3 months (345 miles), scores are good, increased the weight on leg weight exercises, ran and walked a bit more too. Had to make some insulin adjustments (in a good way, I was going low too often) which threw off management for a while. Blood draw I had came back with excellent numbers.
Everything is awesome! Until something went in my left knee doing left lifts on Friday. Had surgery on this knee when I was a teen and so I have been laid up since. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Had to cancel 2 rounds of golf in nice weather. GRRRRR. Seeing an ortho tomorrow. It feels better after tons of RICE but it still feels off and weak. Wearing a brace to protect it. NOT HAPPY. I did one legged rowing this morning to try to not lose all my cardio and it is not the same.
Plus have some travel over the next 6 weeks (including Europe and Oregon) so hopefully I won't lose everything. Having mobility restrictions while traveling, I don't even want to consider that
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Speaking of fat shaming, I have a new theory re: vacation eating.
When I was in Tahiti I average 6 to 10 drinks per day (very typical for Yella tropical vacation where I can whack down more pool cocktails and beers than any guy here) and I pigged out at breakfast eating all the bacon, eggs, French toast, pastries, etc. Exercised hard on 4 of 8 vacation days on erg, weights and treadmill hill climbs.
I didn't gain a single pound. I might have even lost 1 in the process.
But there was no snacking (I graze a lot at home) and only eating 3 times a day. So even with all the beer I might have been staying in relative caloric balance by fasting (excluding beer) between meals.
 
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