Fitness!

wokeupnew said:
Finally getting back to a gym after 3 years. Winter has made it hard for me to be motivated and my measly 10lb weights and foldable exercise bike hasn’t been cutting it.

I’m not a fan of the headphones I use currently and am interested in Bone Conduction Headphones. Regular headphones are crap when running and the placement in my ears makes the music “whoosh” with my steps/movement. Does anyone use a set they like? I’ve never tried them before and are curious about them. Can other people hear your audio through them?
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trekz titanium. wouldn’t buy another kind. no, no one else can hear your audio.
 
wokeupnew said:
hmmmmmm. I'm not really an audio purist especially when exercising. But how bad is bad though?


is it like listening to tinny 128kbps files?
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Tough call. You can go to most running stores and demo them. I am fairly hard of hearing to begin with so I like my stuff jammed in tight and turned way up (hence the hard of hearing, lol). I think for me it was a combination of reduced fidelity due to not having a direct path down the ear canal AND being polluted with outside noise. I mean, if I get in a noisy place I can't hear shit but white noise and it's kind of like that. I need isolation and it simply cannot give me that. Obviously, introducing outside noise is the point, so...
 
debianlinux said:
Tough call. You can go to most running stores and demo them. I am fairly hard of hearing to begin with so I like my stuff jammed in tight and turned way up (hence the hard of hearing, lol). I think for me it was a combination of reduced fidelity due to not having a direct path down the ear canal AND being polluted with outside noise. I mean, if I get in a noisy place I can't hear shit but white noise and it's kind of like that. I need isolation and it simply cannot give me that. Obviously, introducing outside noise is the point, so...
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Fair enough! I’m not going to go out and buy a pair right away, I’ll test out my current headphones in a new environment and see if it would be too loud to have them there. If that’s the case I’ll look for newer/better in ear ones.
 
I've been told that the new Airpods Pro are remarkable at deadening that whoosh and pounding noise in the ear while running. I have a pair on back order that should arrive on 1/24 and hope to use them to this end. I will report back my findings! Otherwise, I'm another New Year sucker trying to rebuild some fitness habits. We had a kiddo a few years back and while that certainly keeps me active on some levels, it's also led to a level of laziness on many others. It's just so hard to find the time now between the toddler, working full time, and being a student. So, for now I'm making it a goal to close my Apple Watch rings every day. It's not a lot, but it's what I can manage right now. Ultimately I'd like to get back into running again, but it's dead of winter here and that presents its own set of challenges in Maine. And yes, I'm a bit of an Apple fanboi.
 
Bohnjaggs said:
Anybody want to convince me to start running again? I really want to but I lack the motivation.
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I started back about 3 1/2 weeks ago, and last night's workout was the first one I kind of felt like I had my legs back under me. I have been feeling better though since I started back. Already dropped a few holiday pounds.
 
I got a gym membership last year and kept up with it okay, but in the fall it all just fell apart. I still pay for it, as some sort of motivation to go back. But so far it hasn't really worked. I get a good bit of general exercise day to day at work, but it'd still be nice to actually work out harder. I don't have the commitment yet... The embarrassing thing is, I live essentially right next to my gym. It's one walk across my parking garage and across the street. So, I have zero excuses.
 
sjaygray said:
I've been told that the new Airpods Pro are remarkable at deadening that whoosh and pounding noise in the ear while running. I have a pair on back order that should arrive on 1/24 and hope to use them to this end. I will report back my findings! Otherwise, I'm another New Year sucker trying to rebuild some fitness habits. We had a kiddo a few years back and while that certainly keeps me active on some levels, it's also led to a level of laziness on many others. It's just so hard to find the time now between the toddler, working full time, and being a student. So, for now I'm making it a goal to close my Apple Watch rings every day. It's not a lot, but it's what I can manage right now. Ultimately I'd like to get back into running again, but it's dead of winter here and that presents its own set of challenges in Maine. And yes, I'm a bit of an Apple fanboi.
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$249??????
 
Bohnjaggs said:
Anybody want to convince me to start running again? I really want to but I lack the motivation.
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Whenever I lack motivation to get back out there I target a race. Signing up for a half marathon 3 months away always seems to help me get over the hump. Although if you've been away for an extended period of time, maybe look for a 5k? Also, Brooks has a sweet 25-35% off sale right now that ends very soon, I think. Grab yourself some new shoes, sign up for a race a few months out and enjoy the fresh air and listening to some jams while you're out there!
 
RowBearToe said:
Whenever I lack motivation to get back out there I target a race. Signing up for a half marathon 3 months away always seems to help me get over the hump. Although if you've been away for an extended period of time, maybe look for a 5k? Also, Brooks has a sweet 25-35% off sale right now that ends very soon, I think. Grab yourself some new shoes, sign up for a race a few months out and enjoy the fresh air and listening to some jams while you're out there!
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Yes. That's a good point. I got into running in the first place by signing up for a half marathon and then training for it. I did about 10-12 halfs and 1 full marathon before giving it up. I haven't run much at all in about 5 years (although it feels like longer). Thanks for the tip on the Brooks shoes. That's what my main pair of running shoes are now but they have a lot of miles on them.
 
Currently reading this thread as I annihilate a pack of ChipsAhoy! Lolol
Getting back into fitness mode is hard after holidays! Gotta get back to it tomorrow morning!
Usually my routine consists of 5-10 min warm up with jump rope intervals, 30-45 min weight training and 15min of cardio either on elliptical or treadmill!
 
wokeupnew said:
$249??????
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Yeah... I know. But I had a $100 gift card and a $30 off coupon code that Apple had offered me for a prior issue I'd had with an order AND they had a 6% cash back promo going on with the Apple Card at the time, so they only ended up being like $110 out of pocket.
 
Last year I had a 1000 mile running/year goal and I just fell short by less than 100.
This year I am going for it again and (injuries permitting) I'm planning on crushing it.

I've joined the Irish Mountain Running Association and will be doing some trail running this year, because I need regular targets to stay on track with my running routine, and also because there's nothing more fun than trail running (if you exclude the uphill part)!

i'll be happy to use this thread to share weekly/monthly activities summary as a motivational tool!
@Bohnjaggs , that could be your way to get back into running!
@Dash @RowBearToe @sjaygray @anybody..... , interested?
 
RowBearToe said:
I just realized I never linked the sale items. There's a tab at the top of their site that says 'Last Looks Sale'. They're essentially selling last year's models to move them. Here's the link: Brooks Running
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Thank for this, it is tempting lol. I’m trying to not buy anything unnecessary in January. I really want to try the Adreneline line.
 
sjaygray said:
Yeah... I know. But I had a $100 gift card and a $30 off coupon code that Apple had offered me for a prior issue I'd had with an order AND they had a 6% cash back promo going on with the Apple Card at the time, so they only ended up being like $110 out of pocket.
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Nice!

I shouldn’t complain, right after my other comment, I did some research and threw $200 on the Bose SoundSport Free. I saw a lot of really great reviews so I decided to take the plunge.

I’ve never been satisfied with the headphones I’ve used to work out. Never. For years. On here and at the old forum I definitely asked about what headphones other people used because I hated what I currently have/had. My first day at the new gym one of my head phone buds got stuck in my ear because my left ear canal is a little smaller than my right. So I was annoyed having to deal with that again. Had to go home and use tweezers to get the little rubber bud out. Hoping these new head phones are the end to that.
 
panino said:
Last year I had a 1000 mile running/year goal and I just fell short by less than 100.
This year I am going for it again and (injuries permitting) I'm planning on crushing it.

I've joined the Irish Mountain Running Association and will be doing some trail running this year, because I need regular targets to stay on track with my running routine, and also because there's nothing more fun than trail running (if you exclude the uphill part)!

i'll be happy to use this thread to share weekly/monthly activities summary as a motivational tool!
@Bohnjaggs , that could be your way to get back into running!
@Dash @RowBearToe @sjaygray @anybody..... , interested?
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I'd be down. I ran my second full marathon in the fall of 2018 and really struggled to get back into the groove afterwards (same thing happened to me in 2017 after running my first in 2016). But I definitely plan on getting back out there now. I'm looking at a a local half this spring (March/April timeframe) and also a destination-ish one at a DE beach that I've run a few times before in mid-April.

I like the idea of activities summaries on here. On a different forum I set up challenges using the Endomondo app and a bunch of the members joined and tracked on Endo and joined the challenges to help keep us all motivated. They can be yearly, monthly, quarterly or whatever length challenges based on number of workouts, distance, time spent, calories burned, etc. So we could really tailor them to whatever we're interested in. So if a bunch of people are interested in that, I would be open to setting them up again. @Bohnjaggs @Dash @sjaygray @Bennnnn @Englishbob @Memo @wokeupnew @Aron @Kris and any others, interested? Thoughts?
 
panino said:
Last year I had a 1000 mile running/year goal and I just fell short by less than 100.
This year I am going for it again and (injuries permitting) I'm planning on crushing it.

I've joined the Irish Mountain Running Association and will be doing some trail running this year, because I need regular targets to stay on track with my running routine, and also because there's nothing more fun than trail running (if you exclude the uphill part)!

i'll be happy to use this thread to share weekly/monthly activities summary as a motivational tool!
@Bohnjaggs , that could be your way to get back into running!
@Dash @RowBearToe @sjaygray @anybody..... , interested?
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Yeah I'd be down! I also love your annual goal. I should find one. 1k may be a bit lofty. 20 miles/week is on the high side of where I ever get, even when training for a half. I've always been a 3 run per week kind of runner. I find my body needs those days between to recover. When I trained for my one full marathon I had to up it to 4 runs per week, but that's the only stretch I ever had like that. 500 would probably be more in line with where I'm at presently and where I hope to be over the course of the year. MAYBE 600.

How do you propose we go about this? Are you thinking some kind of structured data, or just like weekly/monthly check ins?
 
RowBearToe said:
I'd be down. I ran my second full marathon in the fall of 2018 and really struggled to get back into the groove afterwards (same thing happened to me in 2017 after running my first in 2016). But I definitely plan on getting back out there now. I'm looking at a a local half this spring (March/April timeframe) and also a destination-ish one at a DE beach that I've run a few times before in mid-April.

I like the idea of activities summaries on here. On a different forum I set up challenges using the Endomondo app and a bunch of the members joined and tracked on Endo and joined the challenges to help keep us all motivated. They can be yearly, monthly, quarterly or whatever length challenges based on number of workouts, distance, time spent, calories burned, etc. So we could really tailor them to whatever we're interested in. So if a bunch of people are interested in that, I would be open to setting them up again. @Bohnjaggs @Dash @sjaygray @Bennnnn @Englishbob @Memo @wokeupnew @Aron @Kris and any others, interested? Thoughts?
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I am unfamiliar with that app, but curious! I would get in on that!
 
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