New to this...Can I do it ?
stealth
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Hi all,
I am new to this completely and a little unfit too. I used to be in the forces and got into running and swimming for them. My personal best was an event to raise money for M.S. where we ran 8 miles followed by swimming a mile then running 8 miles back. After that I was training for applying for a specialist unit within the forces and did a 10 mile run prior to my qualification run. this was done in exactly 60 mins.
Now however is a different kettle of fish !
I am 36 yrs old with a 38"waist weighing in at about 15st 4lbs 5ft 11 ins tall.
I have joined my local gym a month ago and trained about 3-5 times a week on average but nothing major.
Can anyone give me any tips as I would love to get down to about 12st 10lbs upto 13st 6lbs anywhere between the 2 and lose my gut. and obviously train for a triathlon of course. I can swim but I would need help[:(][:(][:(]
I am new to this completely and a little unfit too. I used to be in the forces and got into running and swimming for them. My personal best was an event to raise money for M.S. where we ran 8 miles followed by swimming a mile then running 8 miles back. After that I was training for applying for a specialist unit within the forces and did a 10 mile run prior to my qualification run. this was done in exactly 60 mins.
Now however is a different kettle of fish !
I am 36 yrs old with a 38"waist weighing in at about 15st 4lbs 5ft 11 ins tall.
I have joined my local gym a month ago and trained about 3-5 times a week on average but nothing major.
Can anyone give me any tips as I would love to get down to about 12st 10lbs upto 13st 6lbs anywhere between the 2 and lose my gut. and obviously train for a triathlon of course. I can swim but I would need help[:(][:(][:(]
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Just enjoy it!.....spend lots of time on here as well [;)]
Thanks
I intend to if it will give me hints and tips
Like gaterz said eat the right things and settle in gently to training.
Get a few miles under your belt and then start cycling. You might wont to look up brick training on this forum.
Stead and regular and the weight will start to shift. The gut might be the last place it leaves though (it was for me)
This forum is a wealth of info and humour at times.
Hang in there the results will be worth it.
Good Luck
I would say just go for it. Enter a sprint and you'll be surprised how much that will focus you.
My experience I am 40 was reasonably fit but still a big unit - 6'2" and over 15st. Running (slowly) was killing my knees so switched to Tri. Had never ridden a road bike before!
6 weeks training taking it steady and laying off the booze and I did sprint Tri in 1.12 (400m swim and I think bike was about 18k). I know not super-fast but I was well chuffed especially on my borrowed 12 year old bike.
The key for me was not physical strength but mental strength to do 1 more length, 1 more km, 1 more press-up, that litte bit faster. When you think you can't do any more you would be amazed the reserves you have if you really need them.
and the race - I loved it - smiled all the way round. Have entered loads of events this year including Windsor. Now 14st and still a bit wobbly on the belly but can nearly see the faintest start of a 6-pack if I breath in and use a narrowing mirror!
So go for it and enjoy
If there is one thing in life that is for sure......it is that you WILL lose weight if you train properly and then go on to complete your first Triathlon. I have been in training since Christmas, and probably the biggest change in me is not weight (wasn't overweight in the first place), it is inside me, I've become intensely motivated, like never before! And it has added something to my life already!! So, i would sum up by saying that if weight loss is your number one goal, but you don't want to work out in the gym aimlessly for hundreds of hours, focus on a specific goal - YOUR FIRST TRIATHLON - and see what happens. My guess is you'll love the challenge and get more from it than just a new belt!
Welcome!
In short I hated training, I tried several times to go back to kayaking but i was always so so much slower than before....
Now I am entered into 3 triathlons this year and training towards them, but feel like a complete beginner... for example i cant cycle up hill!!!!! I used to race Internationally and now i cant cycle up a F'in hill.... I am 14st 11, so i know i am not built like the other triathletes I see, but part of me feels that this is unjust.....
On the flat it isnt much better, everyone i speak to seems to be riding at an average of 22 - 24 mph and i am stuck at 18 - 20... and they are doing 50 - 100 miles and i am doing 15....
Swimming is ok, its close enough to kayaking and I seem to be more than able to keep up with triathletes at the pool...
Running, well by that stage my bike will have left me so far back, its just a case of crossing the line... i do hope it all comes together by June when do my first event with Human race at Eton... but only time will tell.
keep in touch we can lose the belly together.....
Great thread.
I find the great thing bout Tri is that your really out there racing against yourself
I personally havent even competed ina Triathlon yet ...but 6 months ago I hadn't done any exercise in 20 years - I was never really overweight but at 5'7 and weighing in at nearly 13 stone I wasnt light ... since starting to exercise I have lost nearly 2 stone and have completed a 40 mile bike ride ... have upped my runs to 5 mile and can swim 400 metres without drowning ... an achivement and a half for me ... I f i can do it am sure anywone can
Go for it .. it will all work out in the end .