@betarhoalphadelta - how was that JK Exp ride and overall class experience?
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That ride was FUN! It's one of those where there's so much entertainment that you forget how hard you're working... (Which was hard.)
Highly recommend, especially as Peloton is purging older classes from 2019 so it may not be around much longer.
Hit my 100th strength exercise today! I took the 30 minute upper body with Andy live, hoping I might get a shoutout, but no luck on that one. Oh well. Certainly burned out my chest & back, so it was a great workout anyway.
Sitting at 496 total workouts right now. Can probably get to 500 total by Friday.
Sitting at 496 total workouts right now. Can probably get to 500 total by Friday.
it's Rainier cherry harvest time here in the Lower Valley, and I've been slammed since Friday. Just barely keeping my daily streak alive with a short Upper Body session, but I'm falling way behind on my cycling objective for this month. was two days ahead of plan until I had to focus on sherries, and now I'm 5 fays behind target
next ride will be my 300th, so I'm hoping to join a live class. likely going to be a longer PZ Endurance ride given my absence
next ride will be my 300th, so I'm hoping to join a live class. likely going to be a longer PZ Endurance ride given my absence
Well that cherry harvest is important. My wife and my son both love those suckers and so they're counting on supply!
I do think a longer PZE might be a good shot if you're hoping for a shoutout. Matt Wilpers has a 60 min PZE on Saturday morning--and he's pretty good with shoutouts--if you want to wake up for a 5 AM PT ride lol!
if you're looking for a quick Arms & Light Weights workout I recommend giving the 20 April 2023 session by Bradley Rose a spin. Metallica & Iron Maiden for tunes in this session to keep you inspired
done this one a couple times now, increasing the weights each time. some of the quick boxing moves at the end can be quite challenging to keep pace with a 2-1/2 pound weight in each hand
back to cycling sessions tomorrow (Sat) - yea!!
done this one a couple times now, increasing the weights each time. some of the quick boxing moves at the end can be quite challenging to keep pace with a 2-1/2 pound weight in each hand
back to cycling sessions tomorrow (Sat) - yea!!
Did a 30 minute upper body strength workout, and then jumped on what I was thinking would be a relatively easy 30 minute Indie Rock ride with Mayla. The ride itself wasn't super-hard, but I was DRAGGING booty the whole time.
Not sure if it was eating a bunch of unhealthy crap yesterday, sleeping like crap last night because my dog got up with diarrhea at 12:30 AM, or because I haven't eaten anything today. But all of those don't help.
So take care of yourselves, gents, or your workouts will suck lol...
Not sure if it was eating a bunch of unhealthy crap yesterday, sleeping like crap last night because my dog got up with diarrhea at 12:30 AM, or because I haven't eaten anything today. But all of those don't help.
So take care of yourselves, gents, or your workouts will suck lol...
had my first "post cherry season" ride this morning - a 60 min PZ Endurance ride with Christine. excellent way to get back into the saddle and sweat a bit.
it's good to be back for more than just a nightly 10 min arms mini workout
it's good to be back for more than just a nightly 10 min arms mini workout
Been two weeks since the last post - how all y'all doing?
A bit crazy here with holiday weekend, family/friends visiting from out of town, and an unending number of afternoons/evenings making jam from various freshly picked fruits. Been keeping up on a daily exercise of some sort, thought mostly a brief 10 min arms & light weights type just to keep progressing on something as I can squeeze it in. First ride this morning in ages (what my legs were yelling at me), but it was good to sweat a little and get back on to endurance conditioning.
No shame in be away for a while and foot dragging before returning to working out - we've all been there many times.
A bit crazy here with holiday weekend, family/friends visiting from out of town, and an unending number of afternoons/evenings making jam from various freshly picked fruits. Been keeping up on a daily exercise of some sort, thought mostly a brief 10 min arms & light weights type just to keep progressing on something as I can squeeze it in. First ride this morning in ages (what my legs were yelling at me), but it was good to sweat a little and get back on to endurance conditioning.
No shame in be away for a while and foot dragging before returning to working out - we've all been there many times.
All good here!
BTW Amazon has dumbbells on the Prime Day sale right now. Just grabbed sets of 30# and 35# because there are a few exercises where I need more than 25#.
Looks like they also have Prime Day deals on the Bike/Bike+, as well as on the Guide, if anyone is on the fence for those.
Been getting the workouts in decently. Ended up with a new 60-minute PR last Thursday. Most of the 60-minute classes I take are PZE so not much chance to PR, and I realized my previous PR was all the way back in November. I know I've progressed a lot since then, so I decided to go into a ride planning to PR it, and did. So that was fun.
Gonna spend a couple days in Palm Springs this weekend so it'll be a three day break from the bike (and likely little to no time on HBT). I'll ride Thursday before we leave, but not Fri/Sat and not planning to ride when I get back Sun either. Just going to be lounging in the pool if outside, and burning the Airbnb's electric bill running the AC like crazy if inside lol...
BTW Amazon has dumbbells on the Prime Day sale right now. Just grabbed sets of 30# and 35# because there are a few exercises where I need more than 25#.
Looks like they also have Prime Day deals on the Bike/Bike+, as well as on the Guide, if anyone is on the fence for those.
Been getting the workouts in decently. Ended up with a new 60-minute PR last Thursday. Most of the 60-minute classes I take are PZE so not much chance to PR, and I realized my previous PR was all the way back in November. I know I've progressed a lot since then, so I decided to go into a ride planning to PR it, and did. So that was fun.
Gonna spend a couple days in Palm Springs this weekend so it'll be a three day break from the bike (and likely little to no time on HBT). I'll ride Thursday before we leave, but not Fri/Sat and not planning to ride when I get back Sun either. Just going to be lounging in the pool if outside, and burning the Airbnb's electric bill running the AC like crazy if inside lol...
I got a couple of nice outside rides in this weekend. The frequency of outdoor rides has increased since local air quality improved. I'm hoping that we're settling into a groove for the next month with me taking mini-me for rides after my wife gets back from work every other weekday.
I need to get back into dumbbell workouts.
I need to get back into dumbbell workouts.
They feel introductory, they're short, and they align with my goals.
I think they're all 10 minute workouts, which I really should be able to work into my schedule. There are a few that I've taken that were really tough and I would describe as intermediate, but I was able to find a few that I could follow along with. I also tried one or two beginner strength that were described like A&LW, but those were not challenging for me.
My personal goals aren't to get super muscular. What I've been working with have been high repetitions of low weight. I want to get healthier and be able to comfortably lift stuff around my house. This just seems to fit that.
I think they're all 10 minute workouts, which I really should be able to work into my schedule. There are a few that I've taken that were really tough and I would describe as intermediate, but I was able to find a few that I could follow along with. I also tried one or two beginner strength that were described like A&LW, but those were not challenging for me.
My personal goals aren't to get super muscular. What I've been working with have been high repetitions of low weight. I want to get healthier and be able to comfortably lift stuff around my house. This just seems to fit that.
I'm with @Kent88 on the 'short and align with my goals'
I'm looking for conditioning and toning without building bulk. it's equal parts toning and (with the right class) cardio where I can hit a heart rate Zone 4 or even Zone 5 if I really push the speed intensity with the lighter weights. Also key for me is that they don't seem to aggravate my old back injury IF I choose the class wisely. I recently used a pair of 5 pound dumbbells vs the lighter weight, and the jarring impact caused me to significantly reduce my rep speeds moving this from a cardio type workout to more of a strength type workout.
I see the benefits in my regular yard work activities as increased stamina on tasks like digging planting holes for fruit trees, removing sod for creating garden beds, and other activities. I also see benefits when packing gear and a light boat in to fish a semi-remote pond.
and oddly enough, the little bit extra work shows result in my personal weight loss campaign in a way that riding alone doesn't. it may only be an extra 1 to 1-1/2 pounds per week, but that's 10-15 pounds extra over the course of two months for an investment of only 10 extra minutes 4-6 times per week
Got it.
I suppose I'm not interested in "bulking up" or anything like that. However, I think decades of aging without strength training has led to declines that I'm looking to reverse. So although--to my wife's disappointment--I'll never have shoulders like JJ Watt, I'm looking to build muscle to at least a reasonably stronger version of me. To me, that's going to require the higher weights...
Plus I might hit a golf ball farther.
I suppose I'm not interested in "bulking up" or anything like that. However, I think decades of aging without strength training has led to declines that I'm looking to reverse. So although--to my wife's disappointment--I'll never have shoulders like JJ Watt, I'm looking to build muscle to at least a reasonably stronger version of me. To me, that's going to require the higher weights...
Plus I might hit a golf ball farther.
@Kent88 just noticed there's an option to capture your outdoor cycling workout on the app
- little red circle with stick figure @ bottom right corner of app
- More options
- Outdoor Cycling
I've used the Strength and Outdoor Walking to capture non class type workouts, but didn't know until now that I could also capture my bike riding as well. I have a heart monitor, so might get some interesting results to compare against what feels like a similar level of effort when spinning in a class
- little red circle with stick figure @ bottom right corner of app
- More options
- Outdoor Cycling
I've used the Strength and Outdoor Walking to capture non class type workouts, but didn't know until now that I could also capture my bike riding as well. I have a heart monitor, so might get some interesting results to compare against what feels like a similar level of effort when spinning in a class
I wonder if I can capture for Wahoo and Peloton at the same time. I tried using Wahoo and Glympse simultaneously last year and my phone overheated.
Wahoo can send to other services, I have it upload my rides to Strava, but Peloton is sadly not an option.
Wahoo can send to other services, I have it upload my rides to Strava, but Peloton is sadly not an option.
I haven't figured out how to pair my Garmin watch with my Android Phone in the Peloton app to broadcast heart rate. It works fine for the Bike, but not the app. So every time I do an outdoor walk, Peloton doesn't have any of my HR data.
Apparently Strava will accept data uploaded from Peloton, but not the other way around.
anybody participate in the Peloton community over at Reddit? r/pelotoncycle
I think I read a thread noting how to connect Strava and FitBit
I think I read a thread noting how to connect Strava and FitBit
Yeah, I've been participating over there a bit. It's been helpful to keep up to date on certain things, has helped find some fun classes that I might not have heard of otherwise, etc. Gotten useful info on exercise in general and learned more about various workouts. I probably wouldn't have known what Power Zone is or jumped into it as early if I hadn't been reading people who spoke so highly of it.
They also track the annual challenge check-in for the day you should reach each thousand-minute milestone for people targeting 15K or 20K annual minutes. Which is good if you're trying to hit a specific goal (as I chose 15K and I see you're close to on track for that.)
I wanted to do a longer but easier ride today. Christine just released a 60 minute PZE that's entirely in Z2. It sounded perfect.
I thought it was the most recent Christine ride I had bookmarked. So I head over to the bike, load up my bookmarks, and Christine was the first one on the list. Perfect!
Got into the class, and realized it's actually a 45-minute PZ that's got a bunch of significant Z4 blocks in it. Oops.
I thought it was the most recent Christine ride I had bookmarked. So I head over to the bike, load up my bookmarks, and Christine was the first one on the list. Perfect!
Got into the class, and realized it's actually a 45-minute PZ that's got a bunch of significant Z4 blocks in it. Oops.
I did Christine's PZE Zone 2 class a week or so back. IF you follow her cadence guidance, it's a brutal workout. Yes, it's Zone 2 the entire time, but she works the entire power thru cardio range. Those slow Zone 2 power sections killed me, but I definitely saw the genius in her approach to just how varied and difficult a Zone 2 workout can be.
Definitely not a Kendall 10 min climb ride, but still brutal if you're not mentally prepped for what Christine put together
Definitely not a Kendall 10 min climb ride, but still brutal if you're not mentally prepped for what Christine put together
back after an exhausting business trip to Irvine. discovered the Double Tree near the airport had a Bike with shoe holsters, but bummed I didn't have time to squeeze in a ride. I did squeeze in a wonderful sashimi dinner on Tue night. will be grabbing dinner there again on future trips
my welcome back set list this morning was a 30 min PZE with Olivia, then a 10 min climb ride with Kendall, a 10 min cool down ride with Christine, a 5 min upper body stretch with Rebecca, and wrapped the morning up with a 5 min post ride stretch with Bradley.
great to be back after a few days away!
my welcome back set list this morning was a 30 min PZE with Olivia, then a 10 min climb ride with Kendall, a 10 min cool down ride with Christine, a 5 min upper body stretch with Rebecca, and wrapped the morning up with a 5 min post ride stretch with Bradley.
great to be back after a few days away!
Hopefully on a future trip we'll be able to meet up for a beer. Damn kids gettin' in the way!
Finally got to make use of my new dumbbells today. Didn't try the 35# yet but ended up doing chest press and lawn mower row with the new 30#. It was manageable enough that I probably should have bought those sooner lol.
Finally got to make use of my new dumbbells today. Didn't try the 35# yet but ended up doing chest press and lawn mower row with the new 30#. It was manageable enough that I probably should have bought those sooner lol.
I did Leanne's 30 minute Tropical House ride live today and got a shoutout!
So if you give that one a shot, you'll hear my callout with about 12 minutes remaining in the ride.
So if you give that one a shot, you'll hear my callout with about 12 minutes remaining in the ride.
congrats! I'll have to give this spin a ride
Q: How do you amp up your morning Bike+ ride to a new level of intensity?
A: Take a Grunge ride, and do it in German!
This discovery was enabled by tweaking my Preferences to include classes in German that don't have English in CC. There's a whole new world of classes from the German instructors that have no equivalent to the content delivered in English. Metal. Grunge. Screamo. and all with equally intense (intimidating?) class workout content.
The Bike+ with Auto-adjust set to on takes care of a portion for what could be lost in the language barrier, as it adjust the resistance following class parameters. That leaves watching the instructor for queues on the effort type and the performance indicator for cadence range.
I suspect that I'll never again feel intimidated by a class given in English
A: Take a Grunge ride, and do it in German!
This discovery was enabled by tweaking my Preferences to include classes in German that don't have English in CC. There's a whole new world of classes from the German instructors that have no equivalent to the content delivered in English. Metal. Grunge. Screamo. and all with equally intense (intimidating?) class workout content.
The Bike+ with Auto-adjust set to on takes care of a portion for what could be lost in the language barrier, as it adjust the resistance following class parameters. That leaves watching the instructor for queues on the effort type and the performance indicator for cadence range.
I suspect that I'll never again feel intimidated by a class given in English
Do you speak German?
I do not, and that definitely contributes to the overall intensity level given German is not renowned for it's calm and soothing sound
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