TimbukTOO Team Room

[brotherjim]

nice idea jim! i'll go for the 11700.

btw. an interesting web site for those of us trying to create healthy habits is called "habitforge" at http://habitforge.com . it's free. an interesting idea...

joe

Cool website Joe, I signed up to try it.

[brotherjim]

Congratulations to Dalton for reaching 100K season meters yesterday. Also had time to see Toy Story 3 and give me a quick review.
TimbukTOO had a slower day yesterday but we still had 57077 meters rowed. We are having a great season, let's keep up the good work.

Stats for 7/2

Alison----------3000
Matthew-------5000
Pat--------------6377
Joseph----------8360
Sandi------------1500
Kaylee-----------1500
Tristan-----------1950
Ashlee------------1000
Dalton------------4615
Jim----------------23775

Have a fantastic day today team. Row for your good health and the fun of it.
jim

[brotherjim]

Happy 4th of July to all and Happy Independence day to those in the USA. I hope you have a wonderful, safe , and pleasant day today. Though she doesn't read this forum, Happy 48th birthday to my little sister Joyce. Poor kid had to endure growing up with a sports addicted older brother who had to drag her to so many sporting events.

TimbukTOO had another slow day yesterday with 48732 meters rowed. Not a bad total , but definately not TimbukTOOian.
Remember the challenge today, but please remember it is very optional. Family comes first and if you are cooking out,etc. etc. please take the time to be with family and friends.

Stats for 7/3

Joseph-----------6604
Pat---------------3595
Stu---------------5000
Alison------------3500
Ashlee-----------750
Kaylee-----------1500
Dalton------------1500
Tristan------------1500
Jim-----------------24780

Row for your good health, and please be safe.
jim

[kringel]

Challenge rowed, Jim! Now to go pig out...

Happy 4th, Everyone!

[brotherjim]

Way to go Karen Pig out to your hearts delight.
jim

[wyattwyatt]

thanks for the challenge, jim.
thought of you a few times during the hard parts of the row...

hope everyone enjoys the 4th!

joe

[brotherjim]

Great job completing the challenge Joe!
Matthew, Margaret, Fred, Karen,Tristan, Britt, Cindy, and Pat also completed the challenge. Nice going to all Thanks to you guys for participating.
We had an outstanding day yesterday with a total of 118472 meters rowed , almost tripling the previous day! Way to row TimbukTOO!!! I hope the day was a good one for all of team TimbukTOO and everyone had a nice time.

Stats for 7/4

Cindy-------------20485
Joseph-----------11700
Karen-------------12652
Britt---------------5000
Pat----------------5356
Matthew---------10000
Margaret---------9000 almost at 200K, Go Margaret
Fred---------------8111
Alison-------------3500
Tristan------------4680
Kaylee--------------1250
Dalton--------------2500
Ashlee--------------1250
Jim------------------22988

Once again I would like to say GREAT rowing to all. TimbukTOO is having a super season. Enjoy your day, row for your good health and the fun of it, and take care of yourselves.
jim

[sandi jump]

I went caving for the first time on Saturday and had a blast!!! Spent Sunday recovering from muscle fatigue. It never ceases to amaze me that no matter how fit I think I am; I still get my butt kicked anytime I "work out" in a different activity.
Sandi

[brotherjim]

I went caving for the first time on Saturday and had a blast!!! Spent Sunday recovering from muscle fatigue. It never ceases to amaze me that no matter how fit I think I am; I still get my butt kicked anytime I "work out" in a different activity.
Sandi

That is so true Sandi. Glad you had a blast.
jim

[mwright]

@sandi,

It's not lack of fitness, it's just different muscle groups! Just think of it as good crosstraining.

Margaret

[brotherjim]

CONGRATULATIONS Margaret on passing the 200K meter mark Great job! You are having a fantastic season, unlike my Cubs.
jim

[sandi jump]

If only I crosstrained like that 2 or 3 times a week. Then I would really be in good shape

[mwright]

So, here's a question, y'all (sorry, I'm in the South, although from CA to begin with. Rubs off with time). What do YOU like to do, with regards to crosstraining or other activites to complement erging/or the rest of your life? I really enjoy my yoga classes, which seem to be very complementary to urging with respect to flexibility and using different muscle groups. I did notice that the urging actually helped with my yoga with core strength. I wish I could get to class more than once a week though, and don't have any kind of at home practice. I recently started on-the-water rowing, which is HARD because I'm struggling with handling the oar (I think I need to chill out a bit), but it's great to get out and row outdoors on the water, as I work constanstly indoors in low light.

Margaret

[mwright]

CONGRATULATIONS Margaret on passing the 200K meter mark Great job! You are having a fantastic season, unlike my Cubs.
jim

Thanks Jim! Rowing on!

[brotherjim]

So, here's a question, y'all (sorry, I'm in the South, although from CA to begin with. Rubs off with time). What do YOU like to do, with regards to crosstraining or other activites to complement erging/or the rest of your life? I really enjoy my yoga classes, which seem to be very complementary to urging with respect to flexibility and using different muscle groups. I did notice that the urging actually helped with my yoga with core strength. I wish I could get to class more than once a week though, and don't have any kind of at home practice. I recently started on-the-water rowing, which is HARD because I'm struggling with handling the oar (I think I need to chill out a bit), but it's great to get out and row outdoors on the water, as I work constanstly indoors in low light.

Margaret

I love to walk, especially Nordic Walk with poles or my crutches. Works different muscles than rowing. I think that since erging is a non impact exercise, we need to do something like walking, running,tennis, caving, weight training, etc. I have read and know that as we age ,especially women, we need to do low impact exercises to strengthen our bones. Athletes who bike or erg exclusively still can develop osteoporisis, so they add more weight bearing exercises to their cross training. Hope that helps, please anyone out there , add some more info. A former music teacher has little useful knowledge in this field.
jim