Yep, same here. I still think some version of the Texas Method might work well for me, but then I wonder if just doing the same weight increments mindlessly every workout might work just as well. In any event, I'll give my bastardization of the Texas Method a chance, and go by the chart, it's pretty mindless as well, once the percentages have been worked out.I am just trying to get the thinking out of the gym, have a plan, get in and out, and stay healthy.
As part of my travels, especially before I began traveling by bicycle, I would always seek out nice hikes. This included some multi-day hikes in the Andes and a three-week hike in the Himalaya doing the Annapurna circuit. I think the highest pass was around 18,000 feet. The deep blue sky is pretty amazing at those altitudes. The secret is to take baby steps and drink a lot of water, as a German friend taught me.Ahh yeah that bike trip probably was enough slow endurance for a couple of lifetimes.
Fill me in on the high altitude stuff? See something like that would not be my cup of tea. However this is something I am adding to my bucket list http://www.adventurecycling.org/rou...ute-network/great-divide-mountain-bike-route/
That Great Divide looks good. I cycled from Banff to Cody Wyoming a year and a half after I came back from traveling. Unfortunately I chose a pretty shitty route. It looked like tertiary roads on the map but they were filled with RVs and trucks. Cycling through Yellowstone was a lot of fun though.
concerning injury prevention, i think that if you implement your character-building patience plan, you will maximize your chances of being fine. i am pretty paranoid about getting hurt myself. it has something to do with my workout area having hardwood floors (but has the advantage of being heated) and not having someone to rescue me from under a twisted pile of iron and bones. so i have been trying to go slow. and since no-one is paying us based on our sporting prowess and, lord willing, there are a few more years left before the grave, i think you can afford to take your time. perhaps, you need to make sure that your "household fitness safety co-chairwoman" continues to dispense a small but meaningful amount of opprobrium to keep the process well regulated. as to a quantitative recommendation, i know nothing, but i'd say use the tiniest bumps you can, which is usually about 5 or 10 pounds. if it is going well, you can always bump it up again in the next session.
Ha, well put! And that was my intention. I felt a little something on the fourth rep, but for some reason I felt obliged to get in the fifth rep. Stupid.
I just saw the Chiropractor again. I woke up in discomfort at 12:30am, watched Wolf of Wall Street, and decided to move my appointment up from tomorrow to today. She said I was a little better, and that she expects a full recovery, but there's a chance that this will always be a weak spot, so I dunno. She did endorse my idea of using the squats as the limiter for the deadlift, but didn't commit to any kind of an exact ratio. I guess I'll start with 1:1 when I'm able to get back at it, and then eventually move to 4:5. She thought I should be good to go by next week some time, which seems fast. I was thinking of not deadlifting for at least a few weeks, maybe a month or two. In any case, I'll definitely be going slow, for all the reasons you mentioned.
I once ran close to 12 miles without any fatigue, so I can see how someone in good running shape could go a lot farther without too much hardship, but I don't know if I've ever read anyone's account of an hundo here at BRS that didn't involve a fair amount of suffering. I know it's possible to go the distance, but I just don't enjoy running that way, and I hate the small range of motion involved in slower paces. And then there's the whole sleep deprivation angle. I cycled some long days once in a while, but never through the night. I think my longest in the saddle was 15-16 miles, with just a half hour lunch break, in Syria. I found myself on a beautiful, newly paved road and so made my intended leg by lunchtime, so I did the next day's intended leg too and got all the way to Damascus by 9-10pm. When I stopped all I could find open were pastry shops. The infusion of sugar made my legs shake for 30-45 minutes if I recall correctly.concerning ultras, abide, go for it! i have designs on attempting a hundred this year, but i don't know if the logistics of temporal and monetary budgeting will work out or not. still, i can try to be supportive in whatever manner you think would be helpful. you'll have to tell me how since i can't read minds... and lee, i realize that ultras involve fatigued running at some point, but the idea is to go slow enough at first that the real fatigue doesn't set in until way late. oh wait, i guess i'll never win that way. but, at least i'll have fun and avoid most of the misery.