▲ 37 r/75HARD

Day 75 LETS GOOOOO!

Let’s see, it’s 8 AM: I’ve already got one run out of the way, at least 10 pages, progress pic, and 2 quarts. It’s in the bag, this day ain’t ready for me.

I am living breathing proof that this is achievable. Trust me when I say that if I can do it, then you can too. I was (and in some ways still am) a sloth POS who loves his indulgences, but now I wake up at 5:30 or earlier every morning and go for a walk or run, and use my lunch break at work for the same, despite being on my feet all day. Definitely adopting the early rise after this is over, it’s the quietest part of my day and I absolutely love my solo time. Now if I could just get to bed on time 😅

I’ll be doing this again with new goals and guidelines. Definitely feeling more disciplined, and generally healthier., maybe it will be next year, but for now ya boy wants some Ben & Jerry’s, tomorrow can’t come fast enough!

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u/KeyLay — 5 days ago

Am I the only one who can’t figure out how to launch ECG App for the first time? (FR970)

It’s like it never activates. There’s a big button in the Garmin connect app that says to launch the ECG app. I do it. The watch tells me to I put my fingers on the metal ring, which I think I’m doing. Nothing happens. Eventually it times out, and I get an unable to connect notification on the phone which asks if I want to retry. 😭

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u/KeyLay — 5 days ago

Books like You Can’t Win by Jack Black

It’s my favorite book of all time, I fear that I’m at a loss and that there’s nothing else that can come close to it, so prove me wrong!

I love the amount of adventure, I’m obsessed with hobo culture and life in the rails. I love the amount of shenanigans they get into, from the heist to BNE to the jailbreaks, etc., The trials and tribulations of it all, life on the rails, and the fact that it’s all true makes it that much more Rich of an adventure.

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u/KeyLay — 6 days ago
▲ 9 r/C25K

Coming from being a trash human, How am I doing? W3D1

It should be noted the very last interval is so long b/c i needed to keep the timer going, after the run I had 15 min more exercise to do on my daily 75 Hard workout.
Day 72 of that btw 😏

how am I stacking up? Looking for honest critiques. Please destroy my confidence if need be, I can take it. (Did I even post the right info? 🤔😅)

My main goal is to finish a 5k without injury.

u/KeyLay — 8 days ago

Where do I get high quality watch bands?

I’m absolutely obsessed with my FR970, wondering if there is such thing as an upgrade for the watch band!! Lmk whatcha got, how you like it, and where I can get mine :) just qualified for free shipping on amazon, so bonus pts for that option, but I **hate** that I use amazon, for the record!!

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u/KeyLay — 8 days ago

Noob here: quick questions (Forerunner 970)

This is gonna be lame, so forgive me:

Does this watch have a sleep mode that is accessible from somewhere like the control panel via holding the light button, or some similar quick access? On the control panel I can see “focus modes”, and one of the default is ‘sleep’ but is there another way to put it into sleep mode without having to go into another menu like that to put it into sleep mode?

Also on kinda that same note, I can’t figure out how to get my watch to display the monochrome face that is used for such modes as ‘sleep’ etc.
I remember getting it to display like that a couple days ago but I can’t figure out how to get it to display like like that now. Halp!

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u/KeyLay — 10 days ago

silly question, forgive me! What’s the difference between heart rate zones ratio and heart rate gauge ?(fr970)

Both have the colored zone indicator, and the number with the heart. To me, they look basically identical when choosing data fields

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u/KeyLay — 11 days ago

I don’t normally wear watches, does this look too big for my wrist size? Does it sit too far up my arm?

u/KeyLay — 15 days ago
▲ 0 r/C25K

I have questions about this plan

https://youtu.be/oLjatOYru1k?is=5zFc-gHqOByEmnKX I hope this link works?

I found this seemingly pretty sweet C25K plan on YouTube, I like it because it’s supposed to turn you into a better runner than that of a run-of-the-mill C25K plan.

Has anyone else done this one?
I was hoping to get some stuff cleared up, so, sorry in advance if this gets lengthy.

From someone who does not exercise, do any of the strength exercises here require weights? I feel like the Turkish getups may want a kettlebell, and maybe the Cossack squats could use a medicine ball? I’m just going to use some diy equipment if so…

The Saturday workout is where I’m the most confused: it consists of a hike/fast walk plus a very slow continuous jog at the end.
The chart says “Total Time” starts at 25 minutes and increases by 2.5 minutes each week. It also says to increase the slow jog portion by 2 minutes each week.
My confusion is: does the listed “Total Time” include the slow jog, or is the slow jog added on top of the listed total time?
For example, if Week 1 is 25 minutes total and I can currently do a 10-minute slow jog, is that:
A) 15 minutes walk + 10 minutes jog = 25 minutes total
or
B) 25 minutes walk + 10 minutes jog = 35 minutes total?
How would you interpret this?

If anyone is still reading, TYSM!!!

u/KeyLay — 17 days ago

Quick question

I am trying to set up the ECG and it asks me to make sure that I’m wearing my watch on the wrist I selected from setup, but I don’t think I ever did…can someone direct me how to do this?

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u/KeyLay — 17 days ago
▲ 718 r/75HARD+1 crossposts

Where should I start?!

I’m doing r/75Hard and am going to need a new self help book soon. I read How to Love Better by Yung Pueblo, and am making my way through his other book Lighter, and they are both legit! I did a bunch of scrolling reddit and these are some of the top books you all recommended that you say *actually helped you*, so, feeling pretty inspired I def went a little nuts at the bookstore today! They didn’t have Ikigai, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, or the Feeling Good Handbook, but they are going to remain on my list for next time!

Where should I start within this magnificent haul of self help books?
(“wtf came over me today?” is another really good question I keep asking myself, but you folks had so much great stuff to say about all of these.
I’m just really trying to show up right now and be my best self, so I couldn’t help grabbing them all!). Also I’d love any more recs you have, but pls point me in a direction with what I’ve got hahahah

u/KeyLay — 1 month ago

Would love to see true gapless playback

One thing I’d really love to see improved in Play Dead is truly seamless track transitions / gapless playback. Right now there’s a tiny pause or hiccup between tracks, and with Grateful Dead jams that kind of breaks the immersion and flow of the performance.

these shows are meant to feel continuous, especially during transitions and long jam sequences, so it’d be amazing if you could play a full show front-to-back without noticing the track changes at all

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u/KeyLay — 2 months ago
▲ 0 r/Strava

Just like the title says. I’m doing 75 hard, been using Strava on my phone, but just got an Apple Watch and tried using Strava for the first time, but my watch died,

is my workout erased?

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u/KeyLay — 2 months ago