What do you do for riding fitness?

[Sandblaster]

Seeing as how 50 is only a few months away I really need to work out in order to get the most out of my K5's...
You can be really out of shape and still ride but if your breathing hard after just a few minutes are you really having fun and getting the most from your rides?

So, what do you do to stay in shape?

I started working out again at the gym.
In just a couple months I've dumped 15lbs, improved my upper body strength and endurance.
My cardio is greatly improved and I feel a lot better.
I'll post more on my typical workouts later..

[Sandblaster]

Since I am just getting back into it after a long absence I have real easy workouts so as not to injure myself.
Today was 2.3 miles on a treadmill at 4.4 mph or about 30 minutes.
Then I swam a half mile in about 20 minutes.

We'll see what happens tomorrow

[Sandblaster]

Today I did mostly upper body.
Bench press, 6 sets of 15 reps at 90lb (Gotta start easy)
Reverse press, 3 sets of 12 reps at 180lb
Curls, 3 sets of 12 reps at 60lb
Pull downs, 3 sets of 15 reps at 140lb.
Then I swam a quarter mile.
Total work out time about an hour.

[Sandblaster]

Swam 1 mile, 34 laps, in about 40 minutes.
Then it was hot tub time

[Sandblaster]

Today I did a bit more swimming.
Bench press, 6 sets of 15 reps at 90lb
Reverse press, 3 sets of 12 reps at 180lb
Curls, 3 sets of 12 reps at 60lb
Pull downs, 3 sets of 15 reps at 140lb.
Then I swam a half mile.
Total work out time about an hour and 10 minutes.

[Sandblaster]

Today I'm taking the day off....
I need to recover

[Sandblaster]

Last night I walked at 4.4 mph for 2 miles.
Bench press, 6 sets of 15 reps at 90lb
Reverse press, 3 sets of 12 reps at 180lb
Curls, 3 sets of 12 reps at 70lb
Pull downs, 3 sets of 15 reps at 140lb.
Last, I did leg pull ups which really works you flabs, I mean abs.
Today will be a swim day...

[Sandblaster]

Today I did a bunch of leg lifts and then swam 1.27 miles.
Then I got home and had a big bowl of lasagna with spicy Italian sausage....

[foxx4Beaver]

Today I did a bunch of leg lifts and then swam 1.27 miles.
Then I got home and had a big bowl of lasagna with spicy Italian sausage....

haha...so in other words,you just subtracted about 2 days worth of working out for that yummy lasagna/with sausage

[Sandblaster]

Yep,
But..... It was worth it