The lets motivate each other to do our strength and core work thread...

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The Scribbler May 2013 7:46am, 10 May 2013 2,506 posts	0 The Scribbler Nice one Rich. I love working with kettlebells and am thankful that I started using them at the start of my training. I reckon that's given me a lot of functional strength. And they are still the best fat burner!
The Terminator May 2013 7:46am, 10 May 2013 6,974 posts	0 The Terminator Hard Rich? I'm starting one next week. I am back being good with all this shizzle long may it continue.
RichHL May 2013 10:08am, 10 May 2013 6,567 posts	0 RichHL I don't need to burn fat. There's more meat on a butcher's pencil than on me right now. 'Scuse me while I eat this pie. I need to be stronger for longer to hit the times I want over 10k and HM for the rest of this year. You can't run really hard for that distance on aerobic fitness alone; you need to work on getting your body stronger. I find my form goes when my muscles tire and it's mostly my core which has the problems. When I can't get my glutes, quads and hamstrings to work, I find my calves have to do more work and end up in bits. It's a matter of self-preservation, really. Also, I saw the video of Alan and Will here and I really wanted to be able to do the same thing. cambridgekettlebells.co.uk It just looked really cool. I heard Mo does powerlifting now as part of his strength training and I'm not that hard but if it works for him, why shouldn't it work for me? Or is that sympathetic magic?
RichHL May 2013 10:10am, 10 May 2013 6,568 posts	0 RichHL And it's hard if you have little upper body strength. I find the presses extremely difficult with my weak shoulders and arms. I need to give a little bit of a jerk to get the bell moving before I can complete the lift.
The Scribbler May 2013 10:36am, 10 May 2013 2,507 posts	0 The Scribbler Kettlebells are great for core conditioning and the kind of whole body core routine that I posted over the page which will help keep your body strong. And I agree, they do look cool. I also do a bit of work with them as static weights, deadlifts, split stance squats etc. That's all designed to help strengthen the posterior chain (glutes, hanstrings) and help me keep my form when running. I don't go for heavy weights - only 12k but regular and repeated reps. If you're struggling with upper body strength, Rich, maybe start with more body weight and resistance - press ups and rows or quadrepedal (4 limb) exercises. I must have done miles of bear crawls, crab walks and side plank shuffles on the beach. And quadrepedal stuff is great triathlon training.
RichHL May 2013 5:25pm, 10 May 2013 6,570 posts	0 RichHL I'm doing pressups and rows. The bear crawls are horrible but I do them.
HappyG(rrr) May 2013 10:34am, 12 May 2013 20,150 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) 60 sit ups, 1 min plank, 2 x side plank 1 min, bench press, shoulder, bent over rows etc, then a 400m swim. And 14.5 miles total bike to and from work. Yay to x-train! :-)G
RichHL May 2013 1:15pm, 12 May 2013 6,587 posts	0 RichHL Lazy lightweight.
Red Squirrel May 2013 10:09pm, 23 May 2013 8,950 posts	0 Red Squirrel Not sure if this is the right place, but I'm going to start this: menshealth.co.uk No idea what it consists of yet ...
Derby Tup May 2013 10:14pm, 23 May 2013 5,593 posts	0 Derby Tup I have a plan to get 'ripped at fifty' and Stef, my partner, sent me that link above to kick-start my campaign