The "One Mile Walk Test"

**ABNAK** · 04-04-14, 00:36

Originally Posted by bp7178

@ ABNAK,

Pain and injury doesn't equal gain, it equals setback.

You should stop giving training advice.

Perhaps your sarcasm meter needs adjusted a tad? See the

I put in there?

Oh, and I wasn't exactly giving training advice either.

**BoxySatch** · 04-04-14, 09:12

If knees and running are no longer in the set of options I would suggest trying an indoor rower such as a Concept2. I jog a few miles but cross train with the rower and you can measure performance on the time/distance meter. HIIT training with a rower is less injurious over sprints as well. Seems to be rowing studios that pop up in markets where one may try them or some gyms have them tucked away in the corner. I am 52 with L5/S1 disc ruptured, and C6/7 disc in neck removed from injuries. Joyfully the more time on earth we get the more adaptation to decrepitude is required.

Going out for a run now in 65 F Houston weather.

**ABNAK** · 04-04-14, 16:45

Originally Posted by BoxySatch

If knees and running are no longer in the set of options I would suggest trying an indoor rower such as a Concept2. I jog a few miles but cross train with the rower and you can measure performance on the time/distance meter. HIIT training with a rower is less injurious over sprints as well. Seems to be rowing studios that pop up in markets where one may try them or some gyms have them tucked away in the corner. I am 52 with L5/S1 disc ruptured, and C6/7 disc in neck removed from injuries. Joyfully the more time on earth we get the more adaptation to decrepitude is required.

Going out for a run now in 65 F Houston weather.

Agreed 110%. Like I said earlier I didn't just stop running cold-turkey, I "phased it out" over a few weeks as I still had----subjective obviously----the "difficulty" level of it fresh in my mind and set standards (speed/resistance/time) to that level of perceived difficulty for my new exercises that would replace it. For instance I have grown to hate that damn Elliptigo, mainly because although it's like running it's indoors with no sense of accomplished distance, i.e. it's like running on a treadmill. I guess I could take it outdoors like I used to but on my trainer I have the speed/resistance/time down to mimic running and outdoors would skew everything.

One other thing I have come to accept: cardio is supposed to suck. If it doesn't you're not doing it right. Granted, it shouldn't hurt physically but should "hurt" from a breathing/HR/mental perspective. I don't like a grueling level of difficulty, just one that "sucks". To me grueling is like a couple of 20yo Rangers saying "Let's see if we can make ourselves puke duuuude!". That is a good way to find yourself not doing it anymore. "Suck" I can and do live with! At 48 it isn't a matter of "commitment" or "dedication", it's about the self-discipline to make yourself go and do that which sucks.

**J-Dub** · 04-04-14, 19:05

Originally Posted by bp7178

@ ABNAK,

Pain and injury doesn't equal gain, it equals setback.

You should stop giving training advice.

Dude I wish you post this in every crossfit thread out there lol

**platoonDaddy** · 04-04-14, 19:26

Originally Posted by JusticeM4

Why walk when you can jog/run?

For oldFarts such as myself, our shock absorbing system notifies the brain, immediately stop this shit. Therefore, we speed walk.

**ZGXtreme** · 04-04-14, 19:59

Originally Posted by J-Dub

After some high intensity work I like to throw on a 30lb vest, crank the treadmill elevation up as high as it will go and set the speed to 3mph for about 40mins.....that's a great workout.

Thanks, I'm gonna throw this on the tail end of my workout tonight and see how I feel. I lift after shift and am going to do Couch to 5K in the mornings, followed by Bridge to 10K, then the 10 week MARSOC program. This lil extra should fit nicely on days where I won't be running in the morning.

**ABNAK** · 04-04-14, 20:37

Originally Posted by platoonDaddy

For oldFarts such as myself, our shock absorbing system notifies the brain, immediately stop this shit. Therefore, we speed walk.

LOL! That ain't no lie. Since I phased out running in 2011 I have tried it a handful of times just, well, just because. And I felt it. EVERY. SINGLE. STEP. Within 100yds I have an altered gait and probably look like friggin' Gumby, as well as dealing with pain every time a foot hits the ground. THAT will exhaust you faster than any plain old distance/speed will.

I've resigned myself to the fact that if this is my fate that I have no other choice but to find alternate means of cardio (and I have).

**ABNAK** · 04-04-14, 20:39

Originally Posted by ZGXtreme

Thanks, I'm gonna throw this on the tail end of my workout tonight and see how I feel. I lift after shift and am going to do Couch to 5K in the mornings, followed by Bridge to 10K, then the 10 week MARSOC program. This lil extra should fit nicely on days where I won't be running in the morning.

At 3mph there isn't a lot of impact but that angle and weight sounds like it would be an awesome workout.

I've thought about one of those Bowflex things that have the two treads (like a tank) and give when you step on them. [Edit: the "Treadclimber" by Bowflex is what I was thinking of] Haven't priced one but it looks like a helluva workout. Of course with both a bike and an Elliptigo on a trainer in the basement my wife would kill me for putting a third piece of equipment down there!

**J-Dub** · 04-04-14, 22:47

Originally Posted by ZGXtreme

Thanks, I'm gonna throw this on the tail end of my workout tonight and see how I feel. I lift after shift and am going to do Couch to 5K in the mornings, followed by Bridge to 10K, then the 10 week MARSOC program. This lil extra should fit nicely on days where I won't be running in the morning.

It also doesn't help me that I live at 6k ft of elevation, but I bet its still a decent workout down in the okie state.