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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: Misc Running Photos
« on: December 22, 2017, 09:50:02 am »
this thread is becoming all @ufnoof photos.. insanity.
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If it's really bad it might take some time to fix. But in my experience the best way is long extended static stretches of around 2 minutes. Elevate the front half of one foot slightly (like on a book or something) and lunge forward until you feel a good stretch, and hold. If you have had a lot of ankle injuries you probably have scar tissue built up in there and it might take some time to work the range of motion back in.
Sounds like what I did with my soleus/ankle stretches during dishes, hah. I'd just ease into it and often hold it for a few minutes, while doing dishes. Definitely seemed to help quite a bit. Tried to find the photo I took, can't find it yet. For people with calf tightness/ankle mobility issues, it could be a decent strategy.
I forgot to mention it when you first posted that one, but it's a fantastic stretch. I've done similar variations (ball of foot on wall, stretch on step with knee bent), but your way just hits the spot perfectly without overloading the knee.






yep, 8.32 is second longest run certainly since high school. i'm planning to build up to 10 km as the weekly long run pretty early in the new year. plan will be to get to about 40km per week with a couple of faster days:
Sunday 4-5 very easy Monday 10 easy Tuesday 6-7 easy Wednesday 6-8 x 500 interval @<20:00 pace Thursday 6-7 easy Friday rest Saturday 3-4 x 1000 interval @21:00 pace
but yeah don't want to be doing junk miles just to meet an arbitrary goal!
and yeah i'm gonna have a hard time not wanting to run right away, unless it's raining and miserable, or snowy/icy.
LEAVING TONIGHT! will try to get one last run in before the long trip home.
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- run 1 km
- intervals 1000m x 2, 90s rest
3:57, 4:07 -- a little faster than i meant to and pacing is still uneven. i'm learning.
- run 1.7 km
- stretch
time to shower and pack. not bringing running shoes in the fervent hope that i'll like the kinvaras. and if i don't then damn it i need a new pair anyway. there's always brick and mortar shopping.
Interesting topic. At first glance one might thing they're unrelated because one relies on explosiveness and power(fast twitch muscle) whereas the other relies on endurance but I imagine there is a pretty good correlation in a trained state due to structural characteristics. So if you have a body structure efficient enough to run a sub 5 minute mile you most definitely also have a body structure pretty efficient at getting up in the air as well.


I remember AlexV ran a study where they took a group of cross country runners and put around 6 inches on their average vert using strength movements over 6-8 weeks. I think it was for his masters thesis. But that's a pretty good increase relative to normal.
I am too lazy to use my head to read thru this and too dumb to understand it real fast. cliff notes please
agreed, lost me.

, so the vert equivalent of that would be ~42+ 
If it's really bad it might take some time to fix. But in my experience the best way is long extended static stretches of around 2 minutes. Elevate the front half of one foot slightly (like on a book or something) and lunge forward until you feel a good stretch, and hold. If you have had a lot of ankle injuries you probably have scar tissue built up in there and it might take some time to work the range of motion back in.
Played netball last night. A heap of running and jumping which was nice to get some higher intensity work in. The guy I played on (a complete C U Next Tuesday) wasn't handling losing well though and ended up running across my path twice tripping me up and sending me to the floor. We ended up beating them by 20 goals so it was a good win. Lucky to make it through uninjured though but am certainly banged up today. The entire right side of my body is sore AF. Was going to run this morning but will do 45 mins on the bike trainer tonight instead and then run on the weekend. Fucking netball![]()
Edit- It's funny though, even though it's a supposedly social game of netball I love that kind of competition and it just makes me want to be fitter and stronger and be able to beat him even worse next time I play. Love it.


Thanks bro!
Bench-
aarx12
60x12
80x6
100x3
110x2
120x2
110x3
100x8
Incline DB Bench-
10x12
20x12
28x5
36x5
30x10
Chin Ups-
30kgx3
15kgx8
10kgx8
dead hang- 35 seconds
I'm off to Brisbane for 8 days so won't be posting for a while. Merry Christmas to everyone!
aah!! enjoy it over there man. Imagine you're going there to see family & such?
Some nice PR's before you head out, solid.
Yep just staying up in Brisbane with some family who live up there. We're hiring a car for a week and going to spend a couple of days going to the theme parks in the Gold Coast (about 1 hour drive from where we are staying in Brisbane). I'm tempted to find a gym up in Brisbane and just get a day pass but I guess it just depends on whether I have enough time to do it. My plane leaves in 4 hours
12/19
Fasted
Behind head bb ohp:
95*8
105*8 PR
115*6 PR
Ez bar curl: 75 3*8
Ss1a: situps w/ 30lbs 3*30
Ss1b: Russian twists w/ 30 lbs 3*30
Ss2a: pull-ups 7, 4+2+1+1, 4+1+1+1 dunno what happened here
Ss2b: triceps cable extension 72.5 3*8
Traps: 230 2*15
Shots *50
SL SVJ 2*3
Dunks *10http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARtWcW_DIoI
meant to run last night but ended up having to work until 11. had a headache this morning so ran this evening instead. didn't think about it beforehand so tonight's distance gives me only 24.1 km in the last week, short of the 25 km december quota.
- run 8.32 km in 41:36
kept it easy, had let myself run a little too fast the last couple of times out.
- stretch
knees a bit achey now.
ordered saucony kinvara 8s to my parents' house,
hopefully they'll feel right (i'm usually a 10.5 or 11 so i ordered both and will return the pair that doesn't fit) and that'll help with the longer run knee ache.