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Hi all, I started a thread a long time ago asking if anyone owed their health to moto. Usually when you think about motocross and health, injuries come to mind... Anyone who's spent any amount of time on dirtbikes had surely had their fair share of them.
But when I ask the question, I mean are there any of you riders that WERE or ARE overweight and owe your fitness to motocross. Would you be a total chunker if it werent specifically for your love of motocross and the dedication to fitness it takes. Most of us have come back to riding after an injury, school, getting married, deployment or whatever reason and quickly found out that fitness fades quickly (we see it with the pros all the time). They race back into shape etc.
I'm 6 ft tall and was 374 lbs at my highest and am down to 255lbs now, was 229 (my lowest) just a month ago and I hate the feeling of gaining the weight back so im reaching out for support, are there any trainers in here willing to work with me remotely? More than anything I need someone helping me stay on track and staying ACCOUNTABLE. Im ready to get back to work and make this a permanent lifestyle change so I can feel better and can ride longer and more often. I was even contemplating ddp yoga, p90x or beachbodyondemand like my sister has done...any and all advice/criticism is welcome.
Kyle
But when I ask the question, I mean are there any of you riders that WERE or ARE overweight and owe your fitness to motocross. Would you be a total chunker if it werent specifically for your love of motocross and the dedication to fitness it takes. Most of us have come back to riding after an injury, school, getting married, deployment or whatever reason and quickly found out that fitness fades quickly (we see it with the pros all the time). They race back into shape etc.
I'm 6 ft tall and was 374 lbs at my highest and am down to 255lbs now, was 229 (my lowest) just a month ago and I hate the feeling of gaining the weight back so im reaching out for support, are there any trainers in here willing to work with me remotely? More than anything I need someone helping me stay on track and staying ACCOUNTABLE. Im ready to get back to work and make this a permanent lifestyle change so I can feel better and can ride longer and more often. I was even contemplating ddp yoga, p90x or beachbodyondemand like my sister has done...any and all advice/criticism is welcome.
Kyle
1) Don't drink calories - this goes for soda, beer, latte's, smoothies, shakes, coffee with sugars, alcohol, etc. A few adult drinks here or there won't hurt you as long as you follow rule #2.
2) Don't consume more than 100 grams of carbs a day
3) No cheat days - alcoholics and drug addicts don't get binge days on their birthdays or on holidays. If you want to have birthday cake, that's fine. Just make sure you stay under 100 grams of carbs for the day whcih means really watching the other things you eat that day.
4) No snacks or meals after 6 PM
Following #2 will force you to eat things that are more healthy and even fruits and vegetables have carbs, so this will also force you to limit total daily caloric intake. It pretty much forces you to cut out processed sugars, etc. But if you want a piece of toast with your breakfast, it's not going to kill your daily diet. If you want desert, just make sure you eat lean the rest of the day.
Just hoping to help give you some advice that can make a lifestyle change more doable. It's nearly all diet related.
The above nutrition info is a good starting point by tbones. I would also suggest using a heart rate monitor when working out. Alot of people go way to hard thinking the harder they go the more fat they burn, exact opposite.
As for beach body and p90x, those are no joke. If are still 250lbs some of that jumping around may be a little extreme. All depends on how agile you are. Be prepared to be sore for a few days after those workouts. Good luck to you buddy!
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I changed my diet to LCHF about 2 months ago and i could not be happier with the results. It's also a very easy diet to stick to in my opinion. The only thing i miss is beer and drinks. Other than that, nothing.
I actually had a cheat day once and eat a whole pizza. I felt physically horrible the next day. Nothing in me makes me want to eat food like that again.
A friend of mind did something cool 2 years ago right at this time, so I'll share his approach.
First, he adopted a different mentality. He told himself that this isn't going to be an 8 lap heat race, it's going to be more like a 3 hour GNCC. The most important thing is to "stay in the race". Don't give up. Think of your diet and exercise plan like the lines you gotta hit every lap. The best racers aren't out there thinking about the championship, or even how much longer the race is. They're focused on hitting their next line according to plan, lap after lap.
Then he created a 17 round "race series" for his fitness. Every Supercross race weekend, he would race himself in something (usually on the rowing machine or stationary bike), and during the week, he approached it like he was training for supercross. Then in May, when he won the "championship" because he met his goals, he rewarded himself with a new 250X.
350 lb.guy that lives inside of me.....(whatever works, right???) This year I had to lay off
riding/racing for about 5 months, & getting back my fitness base at 62 years old really sucks,
especially when my goal is to compete with +60 experts......I'd really like to get myself set up
with a work out routine that I can do at home, with no expensive, complicated equipment, that
is tailored to give me the best results for the time/effort spent. To that end, I've been looking at
Coach Robb youtube clips myself, but I'm definitely open to suggestions-
Meats: canned tuna, chicken breast, turkey breast, sirloin steak
Veggies: whatever you want. You cant have enough. Broccoli is what i usually eat.
Carbs: rice or potatoes. Absolutely no bread or pasta
Drinks: low fat milk and water
Supps: creatine & protein
One of my fav snacks is parfait. Take some oats, fresh berries and some oikos triple zero yogurt and mix it up.
Use my fitness pal from under armour. Track what you eat the best you can. Stay within your macros.
Lastly, you need to have foods that satisfy your craving for cheating. Halo top ice cream and the pairfait i mentioned earlier do a great job at this.
People really do make weight loss complicated.
It’s about calorie deficit. So just work our your maintenance calories (can do this online) then just knock 100 or whatever you would like per day. Keep it realistic I’d go for 100 and it’s more sustainable. You don’t have to eat amazing, try pack a lot of protein in your meals, chicken etc. Fizzy drinks are bad, don’t have too many carbs. Just make small tweaks to your diet you will soon see a difference.
Good luck and keep us posted.
Thanks motofinne, i have been listening to coach Robb
Also and i think he is extremely smart.
She has so many things to offer from remote scanning of your body to nutritional plans and when/what to eat. It's not about grinding miles
out.
DebraMeszaros.com. go to the website and find all info on there.
I will also post a weight loss accountability thread later and try to figure out how to make it interactive and engaging for others to join in.
I have signed up for My Fitness Pal and downloaded the app to my phone, today 1/1/19 is the first day so naturally the most difficult but I made great choices all day and hope to get that accountability coach or following I need soon to help things keep chugging along.
I also bought a KX 125 a couple weeks ago and plan to use this as a training tool, I need to get the suspension figured out for sure. I just started a new job today hauling coal from CO to WY every night (graveyard shift) so riding will only happen on my days off and its currently -19 degrees here where I live but I'm determined one way or another to make this work...It has to, no more damn excuses from myself.
Thanks again for the support Vital
My favorite saying:
Every meal is not a banquet!
Pit Row
Congrats on the bike too the suspension on these older kyb equipped bikes is pretty easy and straight forward I always do RT springs and run a bit more oil than stock being 220+ myself
happy new year!
Problem is that the app gives me a ton of data but I dont know what any of it means or what to change going forward. Ive just made a concious decision to eat cleaner and smaller portions, its working but i feel like if I knew how to read the data and how to adjust the diet for optimization id do much better. Right now its all guess work, can anyone interpret how I did this first week? Thanks Kyle
1) calorie intake. intake less, burn more, lose more (oversimplified, but accurate):
2) macros (fat/carb/protein distribution across those calories):
3) meal distribution (when those calories are eaten):
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